Miners face cave-ins at Avoca mine in heavy damage
A Sunday morning accident at the Langeliff culliery in Avoca caused by two cave-ins wrecks property and endangers several miners. Surface settlement, collapsed front rows, and toppled houses are reported, with many other structures damaged. Fire chief Hin’s party crosses the Juniata in a staged event amid a presidential election wager and public discourse. The article covers local incidents, court verdicts, fires, and a variety of regional misfortunes and costs from printing to railroad damages.
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Misele Ho Ato
Avoca
Jess
Axo
Gilert
Asguellen
Juniata
Ice Road Bridges Across S Lawrence River How Built Each Winter
A historical note explains the S Lawrence River ice railroad bridging the gap between shores. It details the Victoria tubular bridge and an annual winter method by S E Railway Company to lay a cribbed track on ice. Engineers describe pine timbers, ice blocks, ballast filling, and pumping water to form a solid rail bed, with ice thickness around 16 inches and each track foot bearing substantial load.
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S. Lawrence River
Montres
Lawrence
Grand Trunk Railroad
S. E. Railway Company
Liocheiga
Longueil
Senical
Amok and Rabble in Malay Fury
An expository vivid account of amok as religious frenzy and homicidal outbreak, detailing the rampage of a Malay attacker with a kriss, pursued by a bloodthirsty crowd. The scene depicts the terror, shouting amok cries, and the ensuing panic as bystanders flee inland.
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Oran Amok
Giant Rand wheel built for Copper Company in 1889
A massive Rand wheel, 53 feet in diameter and weighing about 156 tons, was constructed by Dickson Company of South Scranton for Hecla and Calumet Copper Company. Shipped in sections, it operated by large cogs with fifty water buckets, delivering washings to a sluiceway. Also notes profitable sparrow catching at the Twenty-fourth District Police Station.
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Dickson Company
South Scranton
Rand
Hecla & Calumet Copper Company
Lake Superior
Alihe
Philadelphia Presa
Lnetrict
Twentyfourth District
Philadelphia Pres
Leech Barometer and Weather Fancies
A curious natural barometer uses a half pint of water a muslin cover and a leech. The leech sinks motionless in fine weather, climbs when rain is coming, writhes during storms, and acts similarly before frost and snow, predicting changing conditions in advance.
The End of Public Concerts for Chamber Music
In a historical note from 19th Century literature the tiny chivichord and delicate tonal gradations face obsolescence as modern audiences lose interest. It suggests Yerichs forty eight preludes and fugues were written for one listener and foresees string quartets fading from public life into private chambers.
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Chivichord
Yerich
Lone Peculiar Rodents Of Death Valley Exhibit Queer Creatures
Death Valley California hosts several odd rodent species including the kangaroo rat and kangaroo mouse both noted for their hopping movement. The pocket mouse pockets surplus food and the scorpion mouse feeds on scorpions, showcasing unusual adaptations in the arid valley.
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Death Valley
California
California Valley of Death
Farmers Chronicle on Farm Housings and Crops Practices
A compendium of rural tips on turkey housing, sorghum hay for sheep, worm control with bran or cornmeal, husking techniques, winter hog housing, crib design, ventilation, and fodder handling. Quotes note varying expert views from American Cultivator, Chicago Times, New York Times, and Indiana Farmer.
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New York Times
Farm notes on weaning calves and poultry care
The article discusses rapid harvest to prevent losses, early and gradual weaning with good pasture and dry feed, udder care in milking animals, and keeping hens healthy with proper housing. It also advises compact farming, dry picking for poultry, limited confinement for turkeys, and aging butter packs for consumer taste.
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Uie
Mikae Jong
Harm
Fred
Stockman
Vault scare recalls Louisville bank lockup tale
A former Louisville banker recounts his own near death inside a vault. At closing, he slipped inside to fetch a paper, the cashier mistakenly locked the door, delaying rescue until hours later. The fright highlights how a routine moment can become life threatening.
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French
Fiest National Bank
Louisville
Kentucky
Health Alphabet for Children Brings Quiet Advice
A juvenile column offers health tips from A to Z urging early bedtimes, dry feet, simple foods, clean homes, and sunlit days. It stresses pure air, water, regular exercise, neat attire, and cheerful temper, with a closing anecdote about a woodchuck and a fatal dog encounter.
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X-eurcise
A. Matthews
Clock garden in Puria displays time with flowers
A flower garden shaped as a clock in Puria functions as a living timepiece. A circular thirty foot diameter plot hosts colored plants forming hour figures with minute marks and ornamental designs. Hour and minute hands are plant covered and move over the dial, driven by underground water mechanism, revealing only the floral display.
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Puria
N. J
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Oran
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Woodchuck
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Lowell
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de. J. F. Exscuzzon
Conway, Ark
HL A. Ancemm
Oxford St
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the Centaur Company
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Detroit
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Mich
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