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Newspaper
New Holland Clarion
Location
New Holland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1906
Page
6
The article reviews barrel and tank spray outfits for orchards including barrel pumps mounted on sleds carts or wagons. It notes tank shapes rectangular or half round with elevated platforms to spray tall trees and compares barrel pumps to larger tank pumps.
The piece argues rural water systems lack sanitary standards despite large public expenditure. It notes high typhoid rates in rural areas, despite lower overall rural death rates, and cites a central Pennsylvania district with 100 people per square mile showing urban-like typhoid levels. It concludes city-style control is unattainable for dispersed rural sources.
Aerial dangers of high mountain snowslides threaten life and property around Idaho mines. Stories recount miners buried, bodies recovered after spring melt, and workers trapped by slides blocking mine entrances. A Chinese cook fell 1000 feet, body found next spring as avalanches unleash sudden destruction.
A proofreader notes how omitting a single letter breaks sentences and alters meaning. Examples include dreadful conflict, a polite reception in a humble sitting room, and a man arrested for eating a cabman after demanding more fare.
A fragmentary note reflects on social conduct and perception. The terse text hints at ongoing distraction and the struggle to give attention amid social pressures.
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a printed item and related timing but lacks clear names dates or events. The readable bits suggest a publishing or printing process but no concrete action or outcome is established for reporting.
A massive fire and earthquake damage devastates Adolph Sutro's Sutro library holdings in san Francisco. The vast collection, begun after 10 years of global buying, includes Shakespeare folios and manuscripts dating to pre printing. Distribution disputes and legal battles have kept most of the library sealed from scholars.
A capsizing of a launch near Philadelphia on June 21 left four men dead. Two occupants survived, pulled from the river as rescuers searched near the boathouse, with one victim found exhausted and rescued near the keel while others remained missing.
On June 22 in New Jersey a grand unveiling honored Red Bank and Woodbury heroes who fell in the War of Independence. An immense crowd gathered near the old Mercer site as Miss Ada Andrews pulled the cord, unveiling a statue that rekindled memory of forgotten patriots.
A cryptic clipping reports a sporting incident with the Philadelphia Ledger connected to a headline about lightning and a journalist. No further details are legible.
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