Advices From Sydney Report Big Earthquake and Storms
San Francisco reports from Alameda via Honolulu detail a severe earthquake across the north island to Christchurch New Zealand on December 8 lasting one to two minutes with north to south tremors. A Fiji cyclone battered the islands November 11 and December 13 with 85 mph winds wrecking vessels.
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Sydney
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New Zealand
Fiji Islands
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Goodenough Island
Thompson
Macquarie Islands
Loongana
Brother Bernard
Gilbert Islands
London
Victoria
Jack Griffiths
Cobar
Professor Bax
Newcastle
Percy Cavill
Swimming Association
Mckhan
H. Craemer
Auckland
Five Miners Trapped In Anaconda Tunnel Rescue Progress
Five men were entombed in a tunnel under a bluff near Anaconda Montana after a powder explosion wrecked the tunnel face and caused a hillside slide. Rescue teams driven a 20 foot pipe through the earth and established contact at 11 tonight. four miners were alive and well while one had died. The miners reported no thirst or hunger but asked for candles as rescuers continued efforts.
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Anaconda
Mont
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Canadian Mining Regs and Transport Plans for Klondike
Washington January 17 in a few days the treasury will disclose details of agreements with Canadian Minister of Interior Sifton on moving gallows and freight to the Klondike. Canada plans new costume and mining regulations for the region and will publish them.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Interior Sifton
Klondike
Grenadiers Ready for Egypt amid Gaza Campaign Prep
London reports the first battalion of grenadiers at Gibraltar is ordered to prepare for service in Egypt. Other line battalions receive similar orders, signaling preparations for an important campaign.
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London
Grenadiers
Gibraltar
Egypt
Bate
Berlin
Lme
Spanish men of war capture Jamaica bound vessel off Manzanillo
Havana reports the Algaria a Spanish vessel captured off Cuba near Manzanillo recovered a Jamaica bound smack loaded with war material medicines and clothing on board.
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Havana
Algaria
Cuba
Manzanillo
Jamaica
French Senate presidency settles with re election in Paris
In Paris on January 17 President of the French Senate M. Loabet was re elected to lead the senate. M. Scheerer Koetner was defeated for re election to the vice presidency, shaping the chamber's leadership.
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Paris
Report on relief expedition reconnoiter sent to Vancouver barracks
Seattle dispatch notes Major Rocker has forwarded a report from Dyea on ground reconnaissance for a government relief expedition and interviews with returnees from Daweon. The document reportedly warns against any undue expenditure of energy and money in launching the expedition and is being reviewed by Brigadier General Merriam.
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Seattle
Rocker
Dyea
Daweon
Merriam
Vancouver Barracks
Willapa Harbor Improvement Plan Details Dredge Proposal
A Washington report outlines dredging Willapa River and Mailboat Slough to 20 feet at mean lower low water. It describes existing bars with 14 to 16 feet depths, the North River junction, and the roadstead at North Cove. Projections show costs of dredging 260 000 cubic yards and 100 000 cubic yards plus engineering totaling 77 000 dollars. It notes lumber and fish trades at South Bend with three sawmills and plans to rebuild two mills.
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Hia
Willapa River
Mailwat Slough
Taylor
Corps of Engineers
Willapa Harbor
Columbia River
Ocean Bar
Willapa
Mailboat Slough
South Bend
San Francisco
Puget Sound
Pacific Coast
Northcove
Tam
South Bernd
Market Letter Reports Large Export and Prices Moves
Exports of flour and wheat last week reached 4.595 million bushels, 700 thousand more than the prior week and double the year earlier. A general export decline may follow, but signs point to a renewed movement for wheat corn and oats. Prices for wheat and other commodities are listed, with notes on domestic stocks, Argentine supply projections, and the American visible supply.
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Indiana
Protection Against Frost and Farm Profits Highlights
The piece discusses how liberal potash fertilization, especially crude salts, can reduce frost damage by retaining soil moisture and promoting denser cover. It covers sheep profit factors, silo value for cows, watering stock practices, and egg preservation methods including vaseline varnish and lime water.
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Kajit
Portland Transcript
Baltimore American
The Hot Shoe Method in Shoeing Practices
The article condemns hot shoeing as harmful to a horse hoof’s sensitive tissues and pore openings. It argues hot application charred the foot and shoe, reducing hoof quality and overall horse value, noting many smiths favor quicker but damaging methods.
Rearing Hog Litter Dynamics and Curbing Runts
The piece discusses hog housing, health risks in crowded pens, and the management method of selecting stronger piglets at seven to eight weeks. It explains weaning and feeding strategies to help runts gain growth once separated, allowing later life to yield uniformly fed animals.
Artificial Duck Hatching and Farm Moisture Tips
The article describes a native Formosan duck hatching setup with a low shed, grain, roasted paddy husk, and warm moisture to hatch eggs in about thirty days. It warns preserving shrubbery to retain soil moisture, suggests ponds and greenery, and notes straw feeding, bone meal benefits, and cautions on grade fowls, plus a thermometer button for personal comfort.
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Formosa
Unclear encounter sparks playful line about investors
The speaker notes a misunderstanding as he asks the maiden to sit with him. She responds with a teasing question, asking if he is one of Those crazy investors too.
Fullness and remedies mix in a curious frontier issue
An old reader notice blends sales pitches for St Jacob’s Oil and Hostetter’s Bitters with dubious medical cures and trademark claims. It cites Castoria, Piso’s Cure for Consumption, and Hall’s Catarrh Cure, plus a quackish guarantee from F J Cheney Co. The piece ends by noting a Boston fire machine using sand to extinguish fires.
Beware of Morphine Suffering Drives Women's Habit
Mrs Lucy Peassey of Derby Center Vermont describes dull side pain heat and throbbing leading to morphine habit. She reports weakness fatigue stopped periods and womb pains easing after five bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and urges others to try it.
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Lucy Peassey
Derby Center
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
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