Birmingham District Iron Trade May Shift In 1900
A Birmingham district industrial review for the first half of 1900 notes continued growth in coal, coke, and pig iron production. It reports 423,422 tons of pig iron from the Birmingham district in the first six months, with exports down and domestic demand up. rail shipments and stock levels are discussed, along with rising building activity and population estimates for Birmingham and Jefferson County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingtm
Alte
Birmingham
Uly
Birmingben
Ala
Atlanta Constitution
Alabama
Tennessee
Vonuide Yon
Amull
Iran
Birmingham Distriet
Alabama Car Service Association
Jamaican Laborers Suffer Abuses and Midsummer Riots
Kingston dispatch reports Jamacian laborers enticed to work on the Panama Canal suffer slave like conditions with underpayment and near starvation. Mobs have killed several in Jumalen amid bitter prejudice and an American, Brice, arrested for the killing of Constantine after a restaurant taunt about Britain's war aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamatea
Panama Canal
William Thorp
Kingston
Chicago Record
Cubs
Jubhee
Constantine
Brive
Great Britain
Philippines
Otis
Brice
Jumalen
Labor Organization Notes From The Era
The American Federation of Labor reports 640 organizers. Grievances of engineers and firemen on Wisconsin Central are settled. Pitchburg line acquisition expands Hoxton and Maine by 468 miles. A new local union forms in North Baltimore Ohio with about 100 members. Minnesota and Kansas run state prisons with twig factories competing with former trade products. The Black Diamond notes George's Creek region operators are not pushing miners to return to work as top skilled workers have moved elsewhere.
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American Federation of Labor
Hoxton & Maine
North
Baltimore
Ohio
Minnesota
Kansas
George's Creek
Extract of Benne Plant and Mirvissipp river steamboat lore
An odd extract describes benne leaves as a miraculous remedy with soothing and healing properties. It credits the Mirvissipp river steamboat era and mentions chemist Maghias combining benn leaves with vegetables to create a cure said to have saved thousands. Also notes 1900s era ads for travel and tonics, with various products and promotions.
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Mirvissipp
Jamen
Constance Maguire
India
J. & G. Maghias Medicine CO
Louis
My Own Self Again Venus Letters and Health Claims
A patient writes of long illness and frail health seeking advice. The record cites Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as restoring health, with testimonials from Mina Clara Garrea of Johns P. O. Miss and earlier praise from Mrs Chana Garre, reflecting late 19th century patent medicine promotion.
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Dean Mra
PixkeAs
Lydia J. Winkham
Mina
Clara Gartea
Johne P. O
Miss
Formosa Controls World Camphor Supply Rise
Formosa now controls the world camphor product. Japanese annual production dwindled to 200000 pounds, Chinese yield never exceeded 220000 pounds, while Formosan supply rose steadily to 7000000 pounds in 1895 and has ranged above 6000000 pounds in the last four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Formosa
Queer Money in Central Africa's Copper Ingot Form
A large copper ore ingot over ten inches long serves as the mainstream currency in Central Africa. The crude heavy piece is described as cumbersome yet forms the principal money, valued by natives for trade and barter amid local customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Africa
Fiat 1,000,000 Members and Global Endeavor Society
The Christian Endeavor movement marks its nineteenth year with about 50,000 local societies and 3,000,000 members across forty denominations worldwide. The piece notes romance and marriage dynamics, contrasting bright expectations with occasional dubious appearances in wedded life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor Society
Geologist Barnum Brown Returns From Patagonia
Barnum Brown, Kan sas university graduate, has just returned from a two year Patagonian voyage collecting specimens for the American Museum of Natural History. He will soon lead an expedition to the Dakota bad lands after a brief stay in Carbondale. In Parla M Gustave Kabo sued a concierge for insult to Mme Kahn, with damages set at 25 francs and 15 francs fines. New Jersey supreme court rules streetcar drivers need not give audible warnings to children on sidewalks. drivers must still attempt to brake when a child darts into the path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coteots Mootogtea Apecimens
Barnum Brown
Kansas University
Patagonia
American Museum of Natural History
New York City
Carbondale
Kan
Dakota
Parla
M. Gustave Kabo
Mme Kahn
Iied
Mme. Kahn
Supreme Court of
New Jersey
End of Hot Spell Claims A Ven dor Dies in Washington
Robert Johnson a street news vendor died in Washington from heat prostration after surviving a prior amputation of both feet two years earlier in the same city. The piece notes the dangers of ill advised purchases and warns against CASCARETS substitutes other than the genuine metal boxed product with the C C stamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Johnson
Washington
Reward Offered for Thief and Woe Concerning Cure
A garbled notice offers a reward of one hundred dollars and asserts Fr Cheney and Co cannot cure a sentiment or affliction. It contains chaotic phrases about testimonials, drugs, and moral warnings with scattered references to E Tian and Pride goeth before a fall. The text blends odd commentary and reverberates with antique moralizing language.
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Fr. Cheney & CO
Fa Aniken
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Powers Mingli
T. W. Higernaon
United States
Jefferson County
Avondale
Woodlawn
Pratt City
Ensley
East Lake
Quien
Chicago
J. Quinlan
Franklin Street
Building Trades
Building ‘Trades Council
Contractors’ Council
Building ‘Trades’ Counell
BENNE
Bath National
Chicago Great Western Railway
Ita
Great Western
Lake Michigan
McKinley
Wentern
F. H. Lord
G. P
Adama Street
Phienge
Maude
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
al Fresco
Mire
Gates
Chana Garre
Johns P
Pan EE Ao
RG Grove
Grove's
Groove's
Grove’s
Cuba
Cascarets
Norberger Co
iCunnun City
Thompson
Oklahoma
Frodamanin
Pasque Bork
Addrose
Dick I
Muraba
Persy
Kin
Mathers
Terare
LeRoy
Chile
Nova Tastrl
Cori
Stara
Putnam
Goldthwaite & Son
Joy
Tesraima
Piso
Orr Wale O. Beaver
Vanburen
Ind
Acwoman
Neahly
Ewen
Wise
Winslow
Cyniews
Morfeit
Weaes
Moffett, M. D
ST. Louis
Sarl
Douglas
University OF Notre Dame
Tre Dame
Indiana
Classica
Npeds
Tate
Bt. Edward's Hall
Holy Crow
Conservatory of Music
Boston Normal School of Gymnastics
St. Mary's Academy
Notre Dame
Sawyer
Pomel Sawyer
Acta
Alasie Ware
Kanily
Alge Brand
Vatloguy
Santer
U. Kansan City
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