Puzzle to engineers sinks freight line in Utah
A Utah bore and salty bed create quicksand under a Great Salt Lake cutoff for the Southern Pacific. Engineers report piles sink, bottom weakens, and track construction faces repeated postponements. Experts discuss if quicksand or sediment filling can be overcome and what this means for Ogden to California railroad progress.
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Dodd
America
Dead Sea
Great Salt Lake
Utah
Southern Pacific
Los Atgetedl
Cal.Times
East Lake City
A. J. Woodbury
Mr. Woodbury
Ogden
Great Balt Lake
Wasatch Mountains
Snake River
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Great Intermountain Basin
Bear River
Central Pacific
California
Horder
Limb Length and Strength Differences Across Genders
Physiologists report curious limb comparisons from a study of fifty skeletons. Among men, 59.9 percent had a stronger right arm, 16.4 percent equal, and 23.7 percent stronger left. Among women, 46.9 percent favored the right and 24.5 percent the left. Half of the sample measured showed more length on the right arm and left leg, six showed the opposite, and seventeen had arms and legs roughly equal.
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Sgventeen
The Making of Books in 1902 World Output
A 1902 overview notes Germany produced about 27 000 books and pamphlets with the United States at about one third that amount. The U S led in newspapers and periodicals with roughly 21 000 titles. Germany and German Austria together top global production, while England leads in religious and educational works and France dominates history.
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Germany
United States
Austria
France
Italy
Moyland
England
Viatturs With Feta and Hostesses Face Pet Housing Dilemma
Vanity Fair details how society hostesses cope with guests bringing pets. Women travel with animals including boa constrictors, guinea pigs, Siamese cats, and lap dogs, creating housing and care challenges for hosts and staff.
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Viatturs
Feta
Vanity Fair
How to carve turkey and prevent Christmas tree fires
A digest of kitchen carving guidance for a Thanksgiving or Christmas table, detailing how to correctly carve a turkey with left hand fork and right hand knife, how to slice breast meat along the grain, and how to remove the wishbone and oyster bone. It also offers cautions from Good Housekeeping on preventing Christmas tree fires, stressing candle securing, distance from decorations, and safe placement away from inflammables. A brief anecdote about Dr Kings New Discovery noting its claimed efficacy for consumption with local testimonials and availability.
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Ad- Houston
Saya
Old Attorney and Son Exchange Witty Elevator Quip
In a Baltimore American quip, an older attorney chides a rising peer with a joke about rising in the elevator. The attorney asks what qualifies him as rising, and the son replies with a playful punchline about morning and noon elevators.
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Pather
Baltimore American
Goy'ner's Anger Sparks Quick Wit Across Papers
In a terse exchange, the goyner was described as awfully mad and a speaker noted the speaker's lack of brains. The response from veddie implied she would be awfully amused if bad actions continued, a line captured amid a general note about papers used under carpet or in lining buildings priced at 10 cents per roll.
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Mhveddie
Kitzie
Appetite at sea and meals on liners described
A passenger recalls nonstop meals aboard an English liner from Panama to Guayaquil, detailing breakfast from dawn to late evening, frequent beef tea and biscuits, and four hearty meals daily. The contrast with German and West Indies routes hints at generous provisioning and spirited dining aboard ships.
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Offett Ald
Panama
Guayal
Tita
Atlantc
Daghind
West Indies
Blond Contralto Voices and Westminster Abbey Satire
A historian notes blond contraltos rarely exist and discusses how eye color and hair influence vocal quality, while a Cornhill Magazine piece laments marble monuments in Westminster Abbey, and a Chicago Tribune anecdote captures a stubborn apology after a street fight.
Seaside Mayor Duty and Historic Quirks
A seaside fishing community elects a local “seaside mayor” to supervise fish distribution and curing, settle disputes, and enforce penalties during the term. The role, highly coveted for its authority, underscores coastal lore alongside quaint anecdotes about courage, dental foibles, and midwestern humor from period snippets.
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Newfoundland
Subscriptions and Recipes From The Thrice-Week World
The Thrice-Week World advertises wide circulation and a fair political stance with coverage of presidential campaign news. It also touts serial fiction and features while offering yearlong subscriptions at discounted rates. Also included are holiday recipes for Scotch shortbread and coconut cream candy with detailed steps.
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United States
Union
South Africa
Atastrdia
Gona
Partican King
Republican
Indiana County Hospital Charter Application Notice
Notice is given that an application will be made to the Court of Common Pleas of Indiana County on February 1, 1904 at 1:30 p.m. under the 1874 act for incorporation. Applicants include Geo T Buchanaan and others for a corporation to manage a hospital providing care for acute sickness and injuries with fee relief, without discrimination. Cunningham Fisher, Solicitor.
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Court of Common Pleas
Indiana County
Ami
Geo. T. Buchaanan
John
Fisher
A. J. Burman
M. Janek
James M. Welch
Sue Williard
D. I. Tomb
Cunningham &Isher
Bolicitor
Hhereby
Pennsylvanis
Siab
Wecander
Dd. Wile
EB. i
Willits
Stowe
Gilles Staphens
Uallia
Tidiana Carriage Company
Katy
October 1903 deed witnessed by Rabbis and Deputy
A damaged OCR fragment shows a dated October 13 1903 notice with witnesses including Rabbis and a Deputy, referencing a municipal or notarial act. The exact parties and locations are unclear, but it marks a formal signature event on October 28 1903.
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M. L. Bobbitt
Bargerton
Tenn
de. King
Daugherty Bros
Indiana
I. Moore's
Homer City
L. N. Park
Marion Center
Philadelphia Record
Westminster Abbey
Fox
Abbey
General Wolfe
William Wilberforce
Sheridan
Sir Clondesley
East India Company
Eyre Coote
Cornhill Magazine
Chicago Tribune
Annie
Aly
Albany Actin
Moreton Post
Conner
Hiladelphia
Porth Sit 4
Heylsander
Colina
Thayne
Penn'a
THE
NEW York World
Worice Aswene Bouton
Flyst National Bank of
Cherry Sree
Cherrytres
County of
Lodi
Pennsylvania
Lanking
F. Thomas P. Kane
Hirst National Bank
Cherryree
Cheveytree
Bess Tlon
Iral
Alice
Stuent
Conningham & Pisher, Bollectors
Indiana Progress
Indiana Progress 8
Progress
National Tribune
New York Tribune
New York
World
Philadelphia
Press
Process
Pittsburg
Daily Times
Daily Gazette
Procrss
Dispatch
Ohio
Farmer
Phowness
Youth's Companion
National Stockman
McClure
Frank Lestie
New York Weekly Tribune
Toledo Blade
Proaness
Daily Post
Indiana, Penn’a
Creekside
H. Kleinstub & Son, Penns
Creekside, Seuce
Equitable
W. Guthrie
Indiana, Pa
John F. Steving
Sutton
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