Poor French Gunnery Uproar at Toulon Target Practice
The French navy fires at a 4000 yard target using three large warships including the Petrel which remains afloat after 800 charges. The piece recalls the Pensacola Ouquois Jamestown trio at San Francisco Bay during the 1876 centennial, where a mock wreck was torched by hand after failing to hit. Poor ammunition blamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toulon
Pensacola
Roquois
Jamestown
San Francisco Bay
Presidio
Fort Point
Cure for Catarrh Claims Shown by Patent Remedy Ad
An advertisement touts Eells Catarrh Care as the only cure for catarrh and constitutional disease, promising internal action to cleanse blood and strengthen the patient. It offers a $1000 reward if it fails to cure and urges readers to request testimonials from F. J. Cheney Co of Toledo. Also notes Hall's Family Pills and a claim about Roentgen rays revealing how voice sounds are produced in singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scienceas
Mall
F. J. Cheney, & Co
Toledo
Toe
Hall
Max Sehlier
Berlin
Castoria
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Massachusetts
Mothers of America
Centaur Company
Chas. H. Fletcher
Jie
Ceontaus
Impant
Murray Staecet
Various Advertisements and Curiosities From Far and Wide
A patchwork of notes reports statistics and curious facts including tobacco and tea adclaims, a 14 year old Indiana death from smoking, Piso’s Cure testimonial, London and Paris property values, women in bicycle shops, Roentgen silk worm sex determination, Russian population, Bangkok trade in 1896, X ray use in attributing old master paintings, and salt content differences in ocean waters.
Farm Notes on Butter Washing Entrances to Fields and Planting Tips
Topics include butter washing methods balancing flavor and safety, stones under apple trees, winter grain after potatoes, entrances to fields and road drainage, seed sowing on the surface, and orchard cultivation to retain soil moisture through shallow, frequent tillage. Mentions Jersey Bulletin and Median's Monthly as sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey Bulletin
Peter Henderson
Sweet Corn Smut, Turnips, and Rape in Fields
A compilation notes sweet corn smut spreading in gardens due to moisture and quick ear handling, praises ripe fruit for children, touts turnips as winter fodder with low effort, describes sowing rape in cornfields to smother weeds, and comments on fat hens market value and Dorset sheep merits. It also covers Timothy on sandy soil, Chinese populations in the US and Hawaii, and Greece budget cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Weekly Market Letter Reviews Weak Wheat Prices and Prospects
The report notes a low range for wheat due to diminished speculation and ample stocks, with export demand pausing and Europe seeking surplus foods. Corn prices fall amid large receipts and weak cash demand, while crop prospects worsen due to recent damage. next week may bring a firmer market as cash demand improves and forecasts show a large drop in yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Massachusetts convicts urge custard pie Sundays
Boston inmates petition for custard pie every Sunday showing quirky social notes. The Haine monastery in Thibet stands at about 17 000 feet, claimed as the loftiest inhabited place in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Boston
Haine
Thibet
Inroads of German Trade in Jewelry Market
France imported six million dollars of jewelry from Germany last year, alarming large French manufacturers. German goods are mostly cheap and often imitation. The shift shows Germany challenging France in a field where the latter has long held dominance, while French jewelry and watch exports remain strong, with Far East markets led by France in China and India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Germany
Far East
China
India
Gloomy mind with mixed ailments eased by Hos setter’s Stainech Hitwers
A dubious cure claim for dyspepsia and blues is paired with notes on a new microbe with a mouthlike description. A magnetized well near Jamestown Ohio is described, and an ancient Gaul technique for making handles from tree branches is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Megrima
Mulligrabs
Hossetter
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Schilling
Schiching
San Francisco
Ireland
Buell Lambereon
Portland, Oregon
Apt'les Parks
Clark
POR
Erie Medical
Alan
Reliable Howe
Post Street
Lara
Wondard-Clarke & Co
Dental Depot
Portland
Br. Sanden
Dr. Sanden
Sanden Electric Belt CO
West Washington
Fortland, Tr
Thie Duper
Wes
Aretelas Rovers
Paci Coa
Piso
John A. Miller
AuSable
Michigan
London
Paris
New York
Sehiliog
Russia
British Empire
Siam and Foreign Trade
Siam
Bangkok
Dead Sea
Fielda
Too Tony Gardens
the Tribune
Portland Transcript
New York Sun
Hawaii
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Greece
Weekly Market Letter
Wewnlog
Hopkins & Company
Portland Marketa
Walla Walla
California
Oregon
Burbanks
Wool—Valley
Seattle Marketa
Washington
San Joaquin
Mountain
Egge
THE
BLUES
Bowersville
Ohio
Lydia E
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Wiens
Inie
Walter Baker & Co.,’s
Dorchester, Mass
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Alaska
S. Silverfield
Portland, Or
Hercules
Hercules Gas Engine Works
Bay St
San Francisco, Cal
Sam Frank
CLU Ns
Gemis
Onder
War Athletic
Will & Finck Co
St. Market St
Gms
Wyge
A. P
Armstrong
Lim
Prin
Busin Cire Predtakie
Mawerrete Sterfield
Marnet St
Ss. FP
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