Mechanical shovel threatens change at Prosperity mine near Joplin
A compressed air driven underground mechanical shovel at Prosperity near Joplin is being tested as a world first. The device, protected by steel armor, moves ore dirt from drift to shaft, replacing the so called spade hand and ten ton manual labor. If successful it may phase out mule and tram car usage and usher in new mine methods across the district.
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Prosperity
Joplin
RB. Thew
Lorain
Kansas City Star
Aide
Dip Hee
Dyad
Muke
Flick
Connecticut Farmer Develops Potatoes Above and Below Ground
Samuel Wilson of Wolcott near Waterbury reports a two year experiment yielding potato buds at leaf bases that grow into mature tubers. The new bush potato a cross of Beauty of Hebron forms four to eight above ground tubers per plant and resembles regular potatoes beneath the soil.
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Connecticut
Samuel Wilson
Wolcott
Wetarbury
Cond
Hebron
Baby Fleet's Long Trip Aboard Lightships to San Francisco
Captain Albert Mertz of A N leads a government commissioned voyage carrying three lightships and three tenders from Tompkins Point New York to San Francisco then toward the US battleship fleet. The voyage faces storms and signaling challenges as crews train in new emergency procedures and maritime codes.
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Martz
Albert Mertz
San Francisco
United States
Tompkinsock
N. Y
Mertz
Ot. L
New York Herald
Auto Smoke for Mosquitoes In Southampton Fire-Fog Exterminators
Chauffeurs and cottagers in Southampton New York combat mosquitoes by racing cars that burn cylinder oil, releasing dense clouds. The smokey puffs choke walkers and residents while exhaling fumes drive along roads. Rich residents and several notable figures participate, showing a city funding plant at work.
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Southampton
N. Y
Agawam Lake
Hith Root
Neatiantol Boles
Thorhyeot
TY. Robb
Stephen Peabody
Job
Hugh J. Grant
New York
August Belmont, Jr
James Parrish
Maitland Alexander
Tme
Greenwich man hunts Florida wreck for Spanish treasure
J R Chard of Greenwich Connecticut vacationing near New Smyrna Beach Florida claims to have found the likely site of a vast Spanish treasure cache. He pulled a corroded doubloon from crab claws at a pier and believes buccaneers once used the area as a headquarters. He extended his stay by a month to conduct a thorough search.
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Florida
J. R. Chard
Greenwich
Conn
New
Mammoth Zoo Project Underway at Swope Park
Angas City starts building a new $500000 mammoth zoo facility to become a major geologic garden in the United States. The complex will include a 120 by 309 foot twin house for about seventy big cats and a 14 foot high fenced jungle area at the eastern end of Swope Park housing roaming wildlife.
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Angas City
United States
Swope Park
Elephant Training Farm Highlighted by U S Official
Vice Consul General Lucien Memtiinger reports to the Department of Labor and Commerce on a training farm for elephants at Apt in the African Congo. The facility is praised for its potential impact and progress amid colonial commerce and agricultural aims.
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Lucien Memtiinger
Department of Labor and Commerce
Auké Walt
Apt
Arcadian Reed Paving In Fort Scott Strikes Road Plan
A fragment notes paving efforts in Fort Scott Kansas with macadam style work and mentions workers and road plans amid unclear wording. The snippet references local paving activity and a street project in Arcadian Reed area.
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Fort Scott
Kan
A Beautiful Memorial at Greendale Cemetery
Miss Carrie D Jackson of 1801 Chapel Street Cincinnati born in Dearborn county Ind planned a water powered vase memorial at Greendale cemetery Lawrenceburg for her late brother George J Jackson and family members. She built a large vase with a water tank and automatic valves that refresh flowers nightly using solar heat and weights. The vase and mechanism are on display at the cemetery and may be completed to her full design.
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Monstein
Carrie D. Jackson
Chapel Street
Cincinnati
Dearborn County
Ind
George J. Jackson
Greendale
Lawrenceburg
Miss Jackson
Devery Plans Private Police Force Headed by Former NYC Chief
Retired Chief William H Devery announces a private police force to focus on crime. He says he will lead a department funded by business support, numbering nearly a thousand private officers within a year. He criticizes General Bingham era police as inadequate and vows no pursuit of idle loiterers or dog imports.
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William 8 Devers
New York City
Bingham
Playground Association Plans Conference on Farm Life
The Playground Association of America launches a special conference in New York on Sept 8 1 to aid in making farm life more pleasant. Dr Luther Halsey Gulick leads invites to country school superintendents with Prof L H Bailey joining from President Roosevelt. Dr Myron T Scudder’s work prompts talk on country playgrounds and school athletic leagues to curb rural exodus.
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Playground Association
Roosevelt
Playground Association of America
New York City
Luther Halsey Gulick
United States
L. H. Bailey
Country Life
Myron T. Scudder
New Potts Normal School
Scudder
Germany Leads In Conserving Forests Amid Global Shortage
A historical note extols Germany as the most scientifically minded nation in forestry. It warns that wood supplies stored for centuries are nearing exhaustion as northern and southern timber regions shift, urging sustained planting and value of sawmills to prevent collapse of rural livelihoods.
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Germany
Aclf
White Pine
Yellow Pine
Pacific Coast
Gcleati
Dolley
Big Rowing Regatta Draws Wide Participation
Entries for the Middle Piddle Regatta under the Potomac River Regatta Association of Washington will be officially announced August 29. The event features sixteen races with about eighty crews, including top rowers from the New York Athletic Club and other major clubs, and plans for simultaneous finals across eleven singles and seven fours.
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Washington
Odrsmen &S
Durando Miner
New York Athletic Club
Fred Shepherd
Beawa ’ Boat Club
Brooklyn
Fred Greer
East Boston Athletic Association
William Bennett
Springfeld
Mass
Philadelphia
Fairmount
Montrose
Malta
Crescent
Pennsylvania Barge
Quaker City
West Philadelphia
Bachelor
Vesper
New York
The
Harlem
Metropolitan
the Atalanta
New York Athletic
Boletaliia
Nonpareil
Staten Inland
Union
Wyanokesill
Virginias
Richmond
Old Dominion
Alexandria
Detroit Boat Club
Argonauts
Canada
Durando Miller
New York Athletics
Greer
Boston Athletics
Shepherd
Seawanhekas
Bennett and Werneck
Springfield
Meyarhouf
Naasaus
Weseley
Bohemians
Fuessel
Hartems
Nasesus
West Philadelphis
Unions
Ataten Islands
Wyanokes
Atalantas
Now + West Philadelphias
Maltas
Quaker Citys
Bachelors
Pennsylvania
Barge
Potomaca
Metropolitane
Fairmounta
Creacente
Ariela and
Arundels
Baltimore
Virginia
Harlema
Metropolitana
Nassaus
Potomumca
Weet Philadelphiaa
Argosants
Cincinnati Beating the Bushes Signaling Fresh Talent
The Cincinnati National League club expanded its farm prospects with young players likely to fill a minor league roster. New recruits include Gasper of Waterloo Iowa and Coulson of Charlestown, with reports linking Kristus of Evansville to Central league batting depth and options on Outfelder. The piece also notes a postponed New York to San Francisco endurance race, delayed to July 4, 1900, due to a channel setback.
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Cincinnati
Gasper
Waterloo
Outfelder Coulson
Charteroi
O. RK
John K. Tener
Chicago
Eike
Cloctonatiaino
Outfelder
Kristus
Evansville
New York
San Francisco
Sign Language on the Curb in Broad Street
The curb brokers on Broad Street employ sign language to convey quotations and sales to office boys and clerks who sit in the windows of nearby offices. The practice creates a visual exchange of information along the curb as traders communicate without spoken words.
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Broad Street
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