Carrizo items of Interest in Carrizo Weekly Miner
F. E. Pike reports land office business in sale of lots. Cal Downing arrived with four horse load of feed for E. E. Pike. Mr. McKay, father of Wm. McKay, visited from Lamar. James Hessar from Lamar started a saloon near townsite. Independence tunnel work paused until machinery arrives. A. Van Etten from Lamar set up shop by Monday. N. L. Bradley and crew from Lamar, including Roy Washburn and Ervin Everett, arrived with work on E. E. Pike's store building progressing. H. E. Williams and J. B. Morris from Lamar planned barber shop arrangements. Williams returned for shop furniture.
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Carrizo Weekly
F. E. Pike
Cal Downing
E. E. Pike
Mr. McKay
Wm. McKay
Lamar
Independence Tunnel
A. van Etten
N. L. Bradley
Roy Washburn
Harry Hansen
Chas Hutchins
Ervin Everett
H. E. Williams
Inlaw
J. B. Morris
Mr. Williams
Local notes on residents and church services
Ed Moury hauls stone for a new dwelling. Miss Maggie Pickel recovers after a severe attack of neuralitis. Our school progresses with Miss Robinson as teacher. Chas Hall busy with homestead improvements and may partner with a Kansas Blossom. Services at 11 next Lord's day morning with sermons on Christ for the World and The Curse and the Cure. Cray T. Ruwyox, Pastor.
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Chas. Hall
Kansas
Christ
Jerusalem
Judea
Samaria
Earth
Jesus
Solomon
Unclaimed Letters Advertised February 7 1900
Advertised letter list from the office shows unclaimed mail as of February 7 1900. Names include Crosker F C Draper C C Middlemist R Sutton D H Wilson Jack In calling for these letters please say advertised D E Coorrr P M.
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Crosker
F.C. Draper
C. C. Middlemist
R. Sutton
D. H. Wilson
Jack
D. E. Coorrr
P. M
Annual Live Stock Convention at El Reno Ok
The El Reno Oklahoma hosts the annual live stock convention from February 133 to 15 with a round trip fare. Ticket sale dates are February 12 13 and 14 with final return limit February 17.
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el Reno
Gibson Lumber Co Bee Supplies Offer
The Gibson Lumber Co announces a campaign to stock bee supplies for the coming season. Customers are invited to share their needs so the store can tailor inventory and meet diverse beekeeping demands.
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THE
Gibson Lumber CO
Beards May Harbor Dangerous Bacilli in Tunis Fashion
A Washington Times scientific note from Hulr cites a Tunisian investigator who links facial hair to dangerous bacilli. He argues clean shaving could prevent infections, suggesting even baldness might be safer than whiskers if science holds.
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Bacill
Hulr
Washington Times
Tunis
Bacilli
Bacillus
Massive Flower Harvest Figures for Perfumery
Vast quantities of blossoms are gathered yearly for perfumery. Estimates show 1,860 tons of orange flowers, 930 tons of roses, 150 tons each of violets and jasamine, 75 tons of tuberose, 30 tons of cassie, and 15 tons of jonquils.
Comets and Earth Close Approaches Compared
The text notes that no comet has touched Earth and none are known to mix with its atmosphere. The closest recorded approach occurred in 1770 when a comet came within about 1.4 million miles of Earth.
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Earth
Character and Chirography in Banking Passbooks
A reflection notes that handwriting evolves with character and age, prompting some banks to require depositors to sign their names each time their pass books are balanced. The observation links personal change to financial record verification practices.
Chinese Thrift and Purchasing Power in China
A quotation from Atlantic Monthly notes that one dollar in China buys about 1,500 copper and zinc cash with a central hole, weighing seven pounds when strung on a cord. A Peiping laborer would trade ten days of work for this sum, a carpenter six days, enough to support an average Chinese working family. living costs run about three dollars a month or eighty six dollars a year.
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China
Peking
Atlantic Monthly
Copper mines to reopen as copper prices rise in east Maine
Copper profits revive plans to restart several large abandoned Maine mines. In 1879 copper sold for 14 cents, with 12 cents possible on a paying basis. The price crash followed Wisconsin mines cutting to 8 cents, but current high copper values promise strong profitability again.
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Maine
Wisconsin
Archway of Horseshoes at Wiltshire Forge
A remarkable archway of horseshoes marks the forge at Amesbury, Wilts built by the smith who collected the shoes. The two pillars weigh over four tons and stand as a monument to his patience and ingenuity.
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Amesbury
Wilts
Strand
The Walking Fish of Santa Catalina Channel
The walking fish of Santa Catalina Channel in California is a pediculan creature with pectoral fins adapted as legs. It uses these fins to rest and snap prey and builds a seaweed nest among the Gulf weed off the Mexican coast.
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Santa Catalina Channel
California
Mexican Coast
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Maggie Pickel
Miss Robinson
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Close Bros. & Co
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