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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1901
Page
11
GANADA'S TRADE INCREASING The era of good times in Canada continues with a record foreign trade for the last fiscal year totaling about four times the nation’s imports over five years. Exports have surpassed imports, boosting wealth and leaving a substantial positive balance of trade since 1886.
In Lakeview cemetery Seattle a stranger monument marks the grave of Buck the thoroughbred horse owned by W L Wadleigh. The plaque notes Buck died September 20 1284 aged 18 years 6 months and served as a trusted companion in darkness storm and danger. The owner rests near the horse rather than with his family.
A preserved fragment of a Protestant cheese was sold in London. It bears an inscription crediting gratitude for the Duke of York’s support in Parliament on April 26, 1825. The residents of the County Palatine of Chester presented the duke with a 148 pound cheese, a portion went to Mary Isabella, Duchess of Rutland, and the fragment, kept by Professor Cumming, realized $9 at sale.
Prussia and Belgium plan a territorial exchange on the Belgian border. A small Prussian strip is to pass to Belgium in return for a land parcel needed for Eupen for a public building. Negotiations are expected to conclude soon to relieve border inhabitants from ongoing inconveniences.
A fragment notes a character or scene where uncut gems are repurposed into a buckle, a brooch, buttons, a pendant, and an umbrella handle. It mentions various gem types like turquoise, sapphires, emeralds, and marcasite as being used in those items.
The item recalls the first submarine cable laid near the English Channel and promotes H Mostetter's Stomach Bitters as a world renowned digestif cure. It warns of private die stamps on genuine bottles and urges readers to try the product for indicated stomach ailments. It also notes Mrs Lewis A Hall, wife of a railway builder, died in Portland last week from a stroke.
The text discusses health wishes and mentions Marconi and wireless telegraphy links between Newfoundland and Cornwall Hoagland. It references M L Papin, professor of electrical mechanics, and W Olin in Minnesota. It notes 17,000 shade trees planted in Hanmes City last year and 3,920 trees authorized on streets by the City Council. It also discusses fashion trends like white shirts and separate skirts, and French poachers using automobiles with nets and lights to harvest game birds.
The mourning period ends January 22 1802 with the likely opening of Parliament the next day marking the first full state ceremony of the new reign. The king queen and royal family expected to attend the opening. Also contains an advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming internal blood and mucous action and offering rewards for cures.
Captain Ahern of the Forestry Bureau describes virgin forests in the Philippines with trees over 150 feet tall and 80 feet of trunk clear of branches per acre, noting 10,000 to 20,000 cubic feet of lumber per acre and 50 valuable hardwoods available to buyers worldwide.
News briefs describe Columbia Missouri spreading oil on streets to dustproof and smooth roads at about 38 dollars per block, a St Petersburg capitalist funding 140000 rubles for a North Polar expedition aboard the Pantelimen ship, a 1908 health tonic Garten Tea touted to purify the body, and spies reporting seventy hostile Turks arrested including Mahmud Bey, son of Ismal Kemal Hey.
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