Coal Fields in Alaska Named at Brook s and Matanuska
Two high grade coal regions are identified: the Bering River field near Controller Bay and the Matanuska field near Cook Inlet. The Bering River area covers 26.4 square miles with anthracite and 20.2 square miles with bituminous coal, with beds 6 to 20 feet thick and some coke varieties. No mines exist due to lack of railways, though a small bed output was shipped by barge. The Matanuska field sits about 25 miles from tidewater in an inlet embayment. open seaport access requires travel to Resurrection Bay, about 150 miles away.
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Bering River
Controller Bay
Matanuska
Cook Inlet
Tidewater
Resurrection Bay
Kenai Peninsula
Coalields
Matanuska Beld
Bering Rivers
Pacific
New River
Georges Creek
Pacific Coast
Washington
Vancouver Island
Crow's Nest Pass
Alaska
Matanus
Alaska Coal and Mineral Wealth Growth Through Rail Links
The Alaska coal beds in Beld and Matanuska regions span thousands of feet with 5 to 36 foot seams over about 4614 square miles, suggesting a much larger potential. High grade coking coals from Roering and Matanuska promise lower costs and market disruption, while peat and other minerals span vast areas. Development hinges on railways to Pacific ports, with mineral production since 1880 totaling over 147 million dollars and inland belts awaiting transport and settlement.
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Alaska
Pacific Seaboard
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Mecca of the Fat Marienbad attracts English visitors
The Mecca of the Fat in Marienbad becomes a popular English draw as King Edward once visited, Goethe noted the place long ago, and doctors promote its waters for appetite and weight. The springs, owned by the Abbey of Tepl, boosted the town from obscurity to a famed spa.
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Marienbad
Edward
Homburg
Goethe
Tepl
Good Brothers
Bhut
Wide World
Pieces of Lace Designs for Jabots Bows and Collars
Clever readers can save lace ribbon and embroidery in good condition to craft jabots bows and collars now in vogue. The four easy designs include a mull Valenciennes jabot with linen embroidered butterfly tabs, a large collar for a collarless gown, a bow with marines under squares of lace, and a linen standing collar for practical summer gifts or personal use.
Some Parisian Coiffures Highlight Subtle Hair Trends
The article surveys Parisian fashion shifts toward lighter, taller hair with embellishments. It discusses aigrettes, jeweled bands, and varied wreaths of roses or leaves for young girls, older women's veiled velvets, and simple gold or silver fillets with roses, noting fashion's move from simple to elaborately adorned styles.
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Paris
Mantle Fashion News: Transparent Wraps Transform Evening Gowns
Chiffon silk voile and marquisette mantles in transparent hues become dramatic outer wraps over filmy evening gowns. Weighed with fringe or embroidery, they vary in length fulness and ends, reflecting the designer’s voice and the season’s elegant effect.
French Corsets and Graceful Figures in Teens
The article argues French corsets are supple and allow free bust and hips, while tight lacing at the bust or hips creates stiffness and ungraceful movement. It suggests lacing only at the waist, or using soft corsets, and warns against wearing real corsets before teens.
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France
Latest Hat Model Described in Linen and Feathers
A white chip linen hat with black chip features a brim trimmed with valenciennes lace and a mass of white knotted feathers, presenting a refined headpiece described in detail.
Uses of Cretonne in a Cretonne Girl's Accessory
A cretonne girl trims her hat to match waistcoat jumper girdle belt and collar. She fashions a bag from cretonne bands mounted on a gilt shopping purse frame with broken handles. If energetic she matches cretonne figures on an old parasol cover to create a matching parasol on the original frame.
Manicure Scissors Highlighted As Versatile Tool
The small curved manicure scissors are described as an valuable implement for capable women. They belong in the work basket beside a stencil cutter and are essential for cutting embroidery, hand or machine work, and for trimming material under lace to render it transparent. Curved manicure blades reach small spaces where other scissors cannot safely cut.
Fashion's Sake Becomes Veil Pattern Delusion
A young woman at a subway station wears a heavily embroidered veil that, in electric light, appears to mar her face with dark markings. The crowd pities the misfortune only to learn the markings are the veil's pattern, not facial blemishes.
Innovations in Rings From Germany A Ring for Divorced and Widowed
A German novelty ring designed for divorced and widowed wearers aims to spare embarrassment by signaling their status. The device claims to discreetly inform interested people of the wearer’s circumstances, reducing awkward explanations.
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Germany
Zion City Passes to Former Overseer Wilbur Voliva
Zion City in Illinois moves to control by Wilbur Glenn Voliva as Judge Landis accepts the bid of Cowe and McKinnon for the John Alexander Dowie estate. Receiver Guy D. Thomas approved sale for 700000 dollars, slated to transfer to Voliva for 900000 dollars. A 50000 dollar depository is directed to the purchase price. Investors sought a trust to keep land profits, noting the estate includes farms factories and Chicago property.
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Chicago
Zion City
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Kenesaw M. Landis
United States Circuit Court
Cowe & McKinnon
John Alexander Dowie
Guy D. Thomas
Voliva
Investors’ Association
Vail Indicted on Forgery Charges in Duchess County
Poughkeepsie July 16 Lewis H Vail president of the Duchess County Fire Insurance company was indicted on three counts for forgery after an investigation by Superintendent Hotchkiss of the insurance department.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Lewis H. Vail
Duchess County Fire Insurance Company
Hotchkiss
Insurance Department
Wheat and grain futures and live stock markets in Chicago and Buffalo
Markets report across Chicago and Buffalo shows mixed grain prices for winter and spring wheat, corn, oats, and barley with various brand and grade listings. Live cattle, sheep, lambs, and hogs show steady to slow demand, with prime steers up to 8.00 and hogs around 9.00 to 9.65 per cwt and other grades lower.
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Chicago
Minnesota
East Buffalo
N. Y
Live Stock Prices in Omaha and Nearby Markets
CATTLE ranges listed with prices for various grades and stock types. HOGS cover good to prime weights and sows with several price bands. OMAHA NEB July 15 reports native steers cows and heifers, western and Texas steers, range cattle, stockers, calves and bulls with varied bid ranges. Hogs show heavy, mixed, and bulk sale prices, while sheep list yearlings wethers ewes and lambs with corresponding values.
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Chicago
Texas
Omaha
Neb
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Yukon
Copper River
Prince William Sound
Yukon Placers
Copper
Sushima
White Pass
Sairbanks
Seward Peninsua
Cordova
Landis
Dowie
New York
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