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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1902
Page
7
Property insured for either tenant or owner. Written notice to inspection and name upon application. Will arrange entry or inspection, specifics to be written at the office in Ington.
Between Kansas City and Fort Scott Moran Iola Piqua Yates Center and others. CHAS E STYLES A G P A Kansas City MO TL C TOWNSEND G PL T A St Louis MO.
The Burlington Route advertises exceptionally low one way rates during March and April 1902 to Portland Tacoma Seattle Puget Sound Spokane and surrounding areas to Butte Helena and intermediate branches through through coaches dining cars and sleeper service Denver to Northwest via Billings connection and daily through chair cars sleepers and 8t Paul and Minneapolis via Omaha Sioux City requests for rates and free descriptive matter are invited from agents and managers in Kansas City and St Louis Howard Elliott general manager is named in the notice.
A Washington Star report cites a leading lawyer stating that no district law governs lost and found items, so practice follows common law. He notes England and its possessions claim found items for the crown, Germany and France use finder commissions, and in the DC area there is no statute though advertising and newspaper notices can secure title.
The Marseille consul explains olive oil characteristics in response to a label from Indiana. He cites tenderness in cold weather causing congealing, variability by year, and rapid rancidity versus cottonseed oil, advising cool dark storage and noting consumer unfamiliarity with olive oil’s delicate nature. He also remarks that sardine packing often uses other vegetable oils.
Promoters abandon a skyscraper project in the Strand after being refused a 999 year lease by the city. They pivot to constructing a structure based on English plans, signaling a shift in the ambitious venture and potential redevelopment.
A London Answers piece explains a simple method to gauge a river’s width using the brim of a hat as a sight line. Stand at water’s edge, align brim with opposite bank, then rotate with steady head to mark where brim meets the ground. The distance from your position to that point equals the river’s width within a few feet.
A May paper read at the Royal Astronomical Society notes a unique northerly plumb line deflection over Himalaya and Tibetan upland reversing to southerly between 23 and 24 degrees north, spanning 1000 miles east to west. Maj Burrow suggests a subterranean mountain chain increases crust density, with the range possibly sunk under alluvium.
In a Buffalo Enquirer exchange McTann, McFarlane, Cormack, and McLean debate difference between a mistake and a blunder. Cormack explains by analogy using umbrellas and replacements to illustrate the distinction.
An artist in the city abandoned painting for academy shows and turned to pyrography for illustration and decoration. He creates burnt wood style designs used on dinner cards at many dinners. The original is carved in burnt wood, photoengraved in somber tones with rare bright color. The effect resembles clay modeling in some pieces.
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