Dam and bridge plans and curios in a mixed bag of items
The Register reports on Austin's plan to build a great dam on the Colorado River costing 1.5 million dollars for 14 000 horsepower, a sulfur spring artesian flow near Astor Pennsylvania, a 20 foot diameter cepara stump in Oregon, a Charleston murderer's still-practicing physician, and Berlin conference limits on child labor and Sunday work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
United States
Colorado River
W. S. Clay
Shohomish City
Oregon
Wealth and area contrasts in late 19th century notes
The text contrasts U S and British North America areas and Alaska, cites total U S wealth at 71.5 billion dollars with 42 percent rise in ten years, compares per capita wealth in England Scotland and Ireland, and notes iron production projections for America versus England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Alaska
British North America
Dominion of Canada
Newfoundland
States
Territories
England
Scotland
Ireland
France
America
Laws of Names and Market Pressure in Modern Writing
A lawyer laments women retaining names on deeds while noting different signatures. Monty influences today’s literature as authors chase higher pay through open markets. Authors accept commercial channels, with Mrs. Humphrey Ward and Henry M. Stanley selling works to highest bidders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monty
Humphrey Ward
Henry M. Stanley
Humble Coxswain Remembered for Brave End at Beaufort
The Boston Globe recounts Coxswain Thomas Jackson of the U S R 8 Wabash at the navy yard who, after a severe leg wound, tried to saw off the limb with a dull knife then perished two hours later after urging his crew to win the fight few words before death. The tale is joined by a Weatherwise gardener quip about rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Navy Yard
Beaufort
Thomaas Jackson
Jackson
Boston Globe
The Wicked Fountain Pen Poem by Frank Pemmom
A short verse from Yankee Blade about whimsy in writing tools. The speaker contrasts modern pens with an old quill and a gold pen for a sweetheart, while noting a rule against using two fountain pens for religious verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankee Blade
Frank Barker Buys Mil Grove Cottage At Last
Mrs. Barker doubts her husband’s spending while he travels for work but discovers he has quietly saved and bought Mrs. Bates’s Elm Grove Cottage. He reveals the deed at home after arranging a grand surprise dress and reception, proving his care for family and finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Banks
Nettie Wells
Frank
Mrs. Banks
Sarah
Margaret
Annie
Tyreckon
Waterford
Cinderella
Mrs. Bates
Frank Barker
Mil Grove Cottage
Fish in Air and the Climbing Perch Habits
The article explores fish that venture onto land or air, notably the Kavaya in Ceylon and the climbing perch of the Ganges. It notes their air breathing adaptations, ability to survive out of water, and tales of ascending cocoa palms to drink sap, with naturalists citing a gill-adjacent air cavity as the respiration mechanism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceylon
Ganges
Nautical Humor From Rowing Stars Largan And Hanlan
An article recounts humorous exploits of professional oarsmen Jack Largan and Ned Hanlan. Largan, famed for jokes and daring Thames rescues, recalls a tale involving a misread Humane Society medal, while Hanlan's club dinner mishap ends with a stumbling maiden speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Largan
Pearce
Shart
British Isles
Harrem
Largan
Thames
Humane Society
Larga
Whitehall
Bobby
the Humane Society
Missus
Ned Hanlan
Trickett
England
Hanlan
New York Mail and Express
Aunt Hanner and the eulogy of a town misfit
A humorous tale from a small New England town where a minister seeks a character sketch for a funeral. The grocer defers to a neighbor who points to Aunt Hanner as the only reliable source of virtue, sparking a critique of overly pious eulogies and funeral customs.
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B . Me
Hanner
Aunt Hanner
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Astor
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Dover
E. Cowles
Eaton Rapids
Mich
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Cowles
Cincinnati
War Department
Richard Iit
Quitman
New Haven
Tur German Handelsemuseum
Durne
Peter the First
Russia
Elizabeth
Lizzie
Lisa
Lisbet
Lisbeth
Harper' A Magasine
Frank Pemmon
Ella P. Wood
Somme
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