Mississippi school enrollment rises with mixed race share
The annual report of the state superintendent shows total school enrollment at 387,458 for the year and 300,548 for the two year period. The increase is 27,942 with 15,978 Negro and 1,064 white pupils in the rise. Whites total 179,142 and blacks 208,?46, about 56 percent of enrollment, while the 1900 census credits Mississippi blacks with 69.1 percent of the population.
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Mikstsatypt
Mississippi
Misalsalppi
Parisian barber patents electric safety razor with revolving blades
An injured Paris barber patented an electric safety razor operated by a low current. The device gained success until patrons reported blue chins and scorched skin from electric burns. He now faces a damages suit.
Berlin railway depots introduce ticket vending slots
In Berlin suburbs, slot machines sell tickets. Passengers insert coins in the slot to obtain a ticket labeled with station names and prices. Change machines stand nearby. The system aims to streamline travel at convenient depots.
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Berlin
Fr. Cheney Firm Oath Promise Payment In Court
Fr. Cheney and partners swear before a notary in Toledo Ohio to pay one hundred dollars for a cure not curable by Fall’s catarrh treatment. Notary A. W. Oldason records the oath on December day. Also mentions a Toledo firm selling catarrh remedies and a separate note about Manuel Dovette’s ten year Tacoma murder sentence.
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Frank J. Canney
Fim
Fr. Chenay
Toleds
Goonty
Stabenforeenli
Frask Jd
Cheney
Saas
Olidason
Notary
Hiali
Tree Ania Men & CO
Toledo
Manuel Dovette
Puyallup Halt
Vanco
Tacoma
Allen's Foot Base Promises Comfort for Sore Feet
In thisWinter use Allen's Toot Fase a powder claims to relieve uncomfortable nervous cold damp feet. For chilblains sweating sore feet or tight shoes try Allen's Foot-Base. Sold by all druggists and show stores with sample address Allen S Olmsted La Roy N.
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Allen
Sic
Allen S
Olmsted
la Roy
Wizard Oll Conquers Enemies in Royal Carload Sale
A fragment reports the California based Qured Fruit association selling 200 carloads of produce. The sale serves only 100 carloads of one year’s crop as part of a royal style claim that King Oll will conquer his foes.
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Californian Qured Fruit Association
Oll
Lighthouse Expert Presses Bells for Undersea Warnings
John M. Bacon, an English balloon expert, argues that lighthouses need warning bells beneath water as storms push sound farther underwater than in air, urging adoption to improve coastal safety.
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John M. Bacon
To Cure a Cold in One Day Advertisement Notes
An old patent medicine ad touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a cure for colds with a refund promise if it fails. It mentions Piso’s Cure and souvenir postal cards used in Germany, noting large daily counts and postage totals.
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Aruggista
Germany
Archaic Arctic Find Sparks a Franklin Era Mystery
An Arctic encounter near Polaris bay yields a frozen body with a gold locket. A later discovery in a leatherbound tome links the relic to Sir Thomas Smythe and James I, James Hudson, and a 1609 East India Company festival necklace. The narrator prepares to finish his late colleague Dr. Thayer’s work and unravel the enigma surrounding the mysterious voyager.
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Gordan
Boothta Bay
Thayer
Heath
Mellville Peninsular
British America
St. Petersburg
Inor
Eisat India Company
James 1
Thomas Blythe
Steelf
Boothia Bay
Deak
Arctic
America
Thomas Smythe
Kemsas Smythe
Henry Hadeon
Indies
Company
Thomas
James
Henry Hudson
The Saguaros Key to Arizona Flora Fades With Water
The saguaras, colossal desert cactus native to Arizona, are vanishing as irrigation turns arid plains into gardens. Once revered by Papago and Mexican traders for potent fruit and intoxicating beverages, their growth fades when constant moisture arrives, and the plant’s ancient life cycle accelerates toward decay.
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Plains
Ariana
Arizona
New York Sun
Mexico
Fragmentary prose on Citskills and a mausoleum
Fragmentary text mentions a figure named Citskills entombed in a tight mausoleum. It references the great Northern ocean and an implied open Highway to the East, suggesting a symbolic journey or quest beyond death. The fragment lacks clear dates or actions.
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Citskills
Ttaighty Mausoleum
Sleep Confession Motifs In Crimes From Criminology Tales
Criminologists note that many crimes are confessed in sleep, with a Prussian murder confession revealing a buried body. A young wife, widowed by deception, learned her new husband had slain her first, confessing in bed and linking to a recovered corpse in a nearby wood.
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Ita
Prussia
Schmidt
Pollen Bureau
Bamboo pens used in India for centuries
Bamboo pens have been used in India for over 1 000 years. They are crafted like ordinary quill pens and prove serviceable for a few hours of writing.
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India
Indian Territory Coal Deposit Valuation
The coal vein in Indian Territory runs four feet thick, yielding about 4,000 tons per acre. Lands leased in 900 acre parcels could produce 3.5 to 4 million tons. Royalty is eight pence per ton. Output last year reached 1,901,0127 tons, up from 1,400,441 tons the year before.
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Indian Territory
Knives in Use Spark Fatalities in Ceylon Variant
Fragmentary historical report notes frequent quarrels and deaths caused by knives in Yastreta and Ceylon. It mentions sheath knives feeding conflict and a push to require a button on the knife tips to render them harmless for legitimate use.
Fragmented OCR hints at medical ads and locals in Spokane
The text mentions Dr HLH Green's Boos of Atlanta and Remithete E thiomons in an unclear edlumon of Luis papa Godfrey Hartung aged 00 years in Spokane. It references Winslow's Soothing Strag for child teething and a Vancouver population remark, all in garbled phrasing.
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Green
Boos
Atlanta
Luis Papa
Godfrey Hartung
Aed
Spokane
le Dewd
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