Two Dollars for a Dispatch at West Point Tale
A lawyer narrator recounts a July 1876 trip to a Broadway telegraph office, paying two dollars to help a flirtatious woman, meeting at West Point with artist George Moyers, and later becoming entangled in a dramatic will case involving Miss Isabelle Van Zandt and niece Mabel Appleton. The dispatch, later revealed, becomes a pivotal link in the tale.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Broadway
George Moyers
West Point
Greuze
Clara Vere de Vere
George
Hudson
Tom Kendrick
Coz
Isabelle van Zandt
Miss van Zandt
Edward Appleton
Mabel
Mabel Appleton
Farm engines save costs versus horses in field operations
The piece notes oil or gas engines cutting farm costs by twenty to fifty percent compared with horses. It mentions Italian Government tests on reinforced concrete barges and pontoons since 1897 yielding high satisfaction and orders for more. It also reports Consul-General Michael in Calcutta about a young Indian engineer who invented a machine to shred jute stems at about 60,000 stems daily.
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William H. Michael
Calcutta
Dalsing
Seral
India
Sulphuric Acid Levels Vary in Mine Water
Sulphuric acid content in mine water varies by district and mine condition. Some waters contain only a few grains per gallon while others show more than 100 grains per gallon.
Concrete Tank At San Antonio Gas Works Proves Durable
The Engineering Record notes a concrete tank in San Antonio gas works has operated for three years without leakage while holding heavy Texas oil, despite the belief that oil weakens concrete cohesion.
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San Antonio
Australian novel plans to end rabbit plague
A published plan tests rabbits’ fear by placing a newspaper at burrow mouths and filling the hole with earth. The disturbance is said to alarm the rabbits, causing them to avoid the area and die in their burrows.
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Australia
Global Coal Reserves and U S Production Surge
The article cites estimates by Professor Ferdinand Fischer of Germany and Baron von Richthofen on coal reserves in Europe and Asia. It notes Russia’s reserves are not well known, North America storing about 684 billion tons, and China, Japan, Borneo, New South Wales possessing sizable amounts. Germany could last a thousand years, England about fifty before exhaustion, while U S production rose from 6.2 million tons in 1891 to about 45 million in 1901.
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Germany
Ferdinand Fischer
Gottingen
England
Belgium
Austria-Hungary
France
Russia
North America
Baron von. Richthofen
China
Japan
Borneo
New South Wales
Africa
United States
Excuse from the Village Bad Boy Fascinates Observer
A young boy known as Little Dick, labeled the village’s bad boy, wades a swamp to catch frogs with a net. He pockets a fine specimen, until a walker scolds him for cruelty and admires a fancy creation on her hat that captures his interest.
Wooden clothes promised by Dresden professor
Professor Enil Clavier of Dresden claims wooden hats coats carpets towels and even wooden shoes can be made by processing wood into pulp then impregnating it with chemicals and weaving it into yarns.
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Enil Clavier
Dresden
Sanitation Drive Cuts Typhoid Deaths in Chicago
The Chicago drainage canal project greatly improved city sanitation and reduced death rates from typhoid and similar diseases by about 67.5 percent.
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Chicago Drainage Canal
New French Ice Making Machine Promises Cheap Quick Ice
A French inventor markets a rotative compression ice maker operable by steam engine linkage electric motor or hand crank. It uses a sealed cylinder in water to create ice or cold air without joints gauges or valves, working in water up to 113 F and saving cooling water and power.
Travel on the Lakes Shows Strong Passenger Movement
The St Louis Globe-Democrat notes a global rise in water travel with 7.5 million Detroit departures and 1.9 million from Chicago by boat last year, plus 530000 from Milwaukee and over 400000 from Port Huron Grand Haven and Marquette. It highlights safety and larger vessels offering far more comfort and varied fares.
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Lakes
Detroit
Chicago
Milwaukee
Port Huron
Grand Haven
Marquette
Lake Cities
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Postmaster General predicts rush with two cent letter rate
The Washington Star reports Postmaster General Meyer says the new two cent rate to Great Britain will greatly boost postal business. He recalls a tale of the old Nola Chucky postmaster hoarding mail until bags were full, joking about waiting for the bag to fill.
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Meyer
Great Britain
Mr. Meyer
Nola Chucky
Sharks No Real Danger to Divers Says Navy View
An article from The Divers of a Navy and Their Adventures explains divers face few shark threats. It notes sharks bite air-pipes and risk drowning, but they are timid and bubbles from a valve frighten them away. Entanglement is a greater danger for divers.
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St. Nicholas
Birds killed by hail on east side storm
Columbus Dispatch reports a rare hail event last Sunday night that killed hundreds of English sparrows near Miller Avenue and Bryden Road. Residents counted 312 dead under maples in front of the Evangelical Church and many others were washed into sewers by storm water.
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George Fix
State House Force
Miller Avenue
Bryden Road
Columbus Dispatch
Nearsighted Man Prefers Glasses for Listening
A New York Sun quote describes a near sighted man who reads better with glasses off, bringing print to his eye. He notes clearer understanding when listening while wearing glasses, except in darkness where light is absent and both modes work equally.
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New York Sun
Freak Storm Survives Tucker Farm Tragedy
A Kansas farm tale from Smith County recounts a freak tornado that left the Tucker home swept away except for the bed where Mr Tucker remained in bed with a broken leg unhurt. Mrs Tucker and three children rode the storm under the bed and survived, with others found in creek bed unscathed.
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Kansas
Tucker
Mr. Tucker
A Japanese View on Language and Culture
A 19th century American lament notes the lack of Japanese language study in U S universities and argues that Americans misperceive Japan as a mere island nation. It contrasts Japan s growing power with, in the writer s view, persistent cultural ignorance and prejudice.
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United States of America
Empire of
Japan
France
Germany
Change of Venue in Reeves County Texas Case
In Reeves County Texas a man named Riggs killed his friend McCutcheon claiming self defense after Mace hit him with a switch. Venue changes moved the case to Tarrant El Paso and back before a final trial in Reeves County where Riggs was acquitted 43.
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Texas
Reeves County
Tex
Riggs
McCutcheon
Ile
Mace
Tarrant County
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Zen
Dreamland
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Albany
Boston
Mr. Sterne
Starling
Isait
Herbert
Beecher
Gaming
Cotton
Bavcon
x—Beecher
Washington Star
Ohio
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