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Newspaper
Hilo Tribune
Location
Hilo, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1905
Page
4
Oceanic line offers coupon through tickets from San Francisco to all U S points and from New York by steamship to all European ports. Agents are prepared to issue these, with sailing times to and from this port and further particulars available from the agents.
The article surveys ongoing volcanic study from Vesuvio to Mont Pelee, noting limited success in forecasting eruptions. It highlights Arrhenius theory on magma and vapor pressure, the role of observatories and Dr. Edmund Hovey at the American Museum of Natural History, and mentions volcanic connections to earthquakes and the spread of research across institutions.
Internal revenue figures show tobacco industry prosperity with total cigars reaching 6,707,471,863 but revenue slipping to 20,122,415.59 and cigar output down 78,918,670. Chewing and smoking tobacco rise sharply with revenue up 1,077,790.20 to 19,719,042.61 and production up 18,000,000 pounds to 328,650,710. Snuff production soars to 20,157,580 pounds, up 1,316,833. Smokers grow as a steady revenue source through good and bad times.
A new lunar feature described as a great crack or rill runs lengthwise through the Moon’s Alps valley for about eighty miles. Discovered by Assistant Astronomer J B Perrine using a thirty six inch telescope, the rill resembles a dry river bed a few hundred feet wide and eight miles long, visible only in favorable atmospheric conditions when sunlight hits at the right angle.
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