Weight and depth limits of divers and shipyard progress
Details on heavy diving dress weight totaling about 60 pounds for underclothes and suit components, depth limits of 150 feet with rare dives to 204 feet, and the extreme pressure experienced. Notes that royalty of navy divers on flagships and cruisers is standard. Also reports La Porte Texas progress on deep water port construction with officials guiding improvements and a February 1900 sale, plus B&O railroad telegraph expansion adding 2,000 miles of copper wires and new lines Baltimore to Pittsburgh and beyond.
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la Porte
Texas
Galveston Cay
Gulf of Mexico
I. R. Holmes
Sylvan
Holmes
B. & Olr
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Carketsburg
Newark
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cumberland
Grafton
Coupon offer for 26th Century Year Book from J C Ayer Co
Reader is invited to send the coupon and three one cent stamps to J C Ayer Co in Lowell Massachusetts to receive a copy of the 26th Century Year Book in return. The notice specifies the required stamps and address for redemption.
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J. C. Ayer Co
Lowell
Mass
Switzerland
Tay
Tia Onor
COW Pinental Tobacco CO
St. Louis
Rod Cleverdale's Adventure Opens With Family Departure
Rob Cleverdale receives photos from Buenos Ayres showing his uncle David, aunt Anita, and cousin Elsie. His mother, moved to tears, agrees Uncle David can guide Rob toward engineering as Rob vows to endure the farewell and pursue a future far from home.
Robner Uncles Offer Opens World of Wealth and Power
Mrs Cleverdale reveals Rob’s Uncle David Horton in Buenos Ayres controls vast industries, mines, cattle, ships, and finances. He offers Rob a private secretary role, high salary, and potential heir status to manage the family empire, hoping to train him into a future manager. Rob envisions a dramatic rise and his mother’s tears signal mixed hope and fear.
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Rob
David
Solomon
Mrs. Cleverdale
Buenos Ayres
Mr. Horton
Bcard
Hob
New York
South America
David Horton
Pampas
Mra. Cleverdale
Huenos Ayres
Uncle David
Mra. Cloverdale
Slater
Itob
Brooklyn
Blaze
Anita
Elsie
Love
Hotel Minerva extortion case stirs Pisa travelers
Letters from Pisa warn English travelers about the Minerva hotel near the railway station. A landlady demanded 1700 lire for a guest's death, later reduced to 1100 lire. the writer notes no infection per medical certificate and urges consul help. The item cites typhus rules and compares compensation in Italy.
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Whalley
London Times
Via Sant’ Antonio
Pisa
Italy
Minerva
Pisn
Tuscany
Viareggio
Dreambook and mission statistics fragment
A garbled dreambook entry hints at marriage foretold while a mission statistic summary lists 249 societies 4694 stations 16200 out stations 11695 missionaries 65000 native workers and about a million and a quarter communicants with income around 19000000 dollars.
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Strong
United States
Great Britain
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
Taters Breakfast Cocoa and theatre notes
The item references Taters Breakfast Cocoa and a theater stage crew matter about a holiday for the scene-shifter. It notes a change of scenery desire and a flat refusal. A separate line mentions a watch’s intricate parts and production rates with many figures.
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Teleasee of Theater
Lessee
Keeping Charley’s Seat in a Bargain Matinee
A stout woman tries to secure a seat for a relative at a popular theater. She shouts Charlie’s name across the auditorium to summon him, while other seat-hunters eye the empty chair. The chorus of Charlie draws laughs as the youth stays hidden, and the seat finally goes to a spectacle-wearing spectator.
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Philadelphia
Charlie
Good Acting Farmer Carried Away by the Realm of the Scene
A Northwest lawyer William John Hahn of Minneapolis once attorney General of Minnesota and famed amateur actor led an English drama twenty years ago with Mayor James Richardson and Mat Stroup. In the court scene a Glasgow-area farmer shouted praise, lauding Hahn for mercy and integrity. The tale recalls a crowded hall of farmers and families as the jury and judge presided.
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Northwest
William John Hahn
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Philadelphia Post
Mr. Hahn
James Richardson
Connecticut
Mat" Stroup
Aberdeen
Hichardson
Btroup
Wassul
Johnny’ Hahn
Explosive ostrich eggs and curious world snippets
A Baltimore style column reports that ostrich eggs can explode when hole drilling releases gas and injure handlers, noting several incidents. A Kansas City Times item mentions a snake swallowing a frog then regurgitating it unharmed after motion. The chunk also lists Grain-O claims, a Jonah and whale joke, and Vatican Palace size notes.
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Declares Victory Ads
America lauds Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a top laxative tonic with testimonials from Mrs. Gaber in Chicago to Andrew Woodru in Dayaville. Readers urged to buy after noting widespread praise and a claim of up to five Milton boxes sold last year. Local plant details and extreme temperatures noted.
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Cascarets Candy
America
OHA Eee
Thousanda
Lere
Mia
M. Gaber
Larrabee
Chicago
Albert Ti
Burt
Main St. Andover
Mana
Mra
C. W. Durrant
Bumtalo
Gradwell
Mira Mary Cummings
Maud
Oklahoma
Irvin
Cor
Mead and Railroad
Meadville
Buntee J. Smith
Rich Valley
Olo
Cincinnati
Rew
Lavelle
Iowa
Woodru Dayaville
Tom Holt
Wellwood
Manitoba
John Wiegmink
Hox Sil
Allegan
Mich
Cascareta
New York
Coc CO
Spurgeon and a Critical Memoir About Language
An anecdotal piece recalls Spurgeon enduring an anonymous critic who pressed his grammar and phrasing. It notes Spurgeon’s shift from rebuff to profit, the critic’s habit of tagging repeated lines, and a few dated quotations and humorous asides. Also cited is a wartime-era tonic ad and a statistic on British coinage, highlighting a £205,000,000 prewar total and £490,000,000 minted since the queen’s reign, including £158,000,000 in India.
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Spurgeon
Britain
India
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New York Avenue
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Ene W.mormar
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Adama
California
Chiao
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Bo. Lele
Boston
Ima
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Talline
Olleitos
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T. A. Grady, Oniitorale Tutiriat Berrien
Adam Hives
CWE Allan
Buaranieet
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