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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1905
Page
6
The Weather Bureau's vast data collection through 50 to 150 thermometers per state underpins major irrigation schemes. Daily readings, snow measurements, and rapid data sharing enable forecasts, warnings, and economic benefits estimated in the tens of millions annually.
The Osaka Electric Light Co of Osaka Japan serves a city of 800000 and uses entirely American electrical apparatus including six turbines from Schenectady. The firm has paid up capital of 1260400 dollars and is described as progressive on par with leading American electric lighting companies.
A study links a tropical parasite to widespread laziness in Porto Rico, naming uncinariasis or ankylostomiasis as the cause. The illness weakens laborers on coffee plantations and sugar lands, with transmission mainly through the feet and skin. Some cases improve with good nutrition, but poverty and poor conditions keep the cycle going, affecting earning capacity and health.
A. Gevet's concept of teaching history with dolls comes to life in Paris through M. Lee Clarette, a noted educationist and advocate of rei toa attractive. The exhibit features figures from the Crusades, the English wars, and the Middle Ages, designed as object lessons to illustrate France’s past.
The readable portion hints at a discussion involving Hay and Lincoln with references to wit and toward events. The passage remains garbled with stray symbols and lacks concrete persons, places, or actions to form a factual summary.
The submarine tunnel under the River Severn is the longest in the world with a total length of four miles six hundred twenty four yards. About two and a quarter miles lie beneath the estuary at depths from forty five to one hundred feet.
The article analyzes global submarine strengths with France ahead, boasting modern units and growing crews. It notes recruitment ease early on, shifts after Pelletan’s decree, and compares pay, rations, and treatment of submariners across nations amid ongoing naval developments.
The Brandon Suffolk site has produced gun flints for over ten thousand years with metal tools replacing stone. Weekly output remains about 250000 flints, while strike-a-light products for Italian and Spanish trade number around twenty thousand per week. During the Boer War 14006 flints were issued to British troops. Miners work alone in five-layer strata near Singhéath Common, selling to village chippers who pack 5000 to 206000 per barrel.
The article notes over 250000 girls five years old or younger were wed before census time with many becoming widows. Between ages five and ten the number of married girls was about ten thousand, ages ten to fifteen nearly seven million. Widows endure hardship under Hindoo custom despite English law allowing remarriage. Nearly 60 widows under fifteen and about 2000 under ten were recorded.
Jewelers’ Week describes measuring eye jumps during reading. A beam reflects off the cornea onto a photographic plate as the eye moves, revealing backtracking to pick up the next line. Findings suggest longer lines require more effort and narrow lines ease the eye, with wider than normal columns increasing strain.
The report notes widespread cretinism in a Turkestan city after a 1878 siege, with abnormal thyroid growth and delayed mental and physical development. It mentions pure mountain water, sanitation issues, and disease-linked curiosities, plus an account of a 16 foot shark with a boy in its stomach found in the Bay of Naples.
A distorted portrait of Thomas Paine gives way to honor in Independence Hall Philadelphia. The article recalls Paine's role in American independence and the impact of Common Sense on public opinion leading to the Declaration of Independence.
The German Office of Statistics reports 2,700,000 native born Germans living in the United States. The imperial statistician notes 24,842 Americans reside in the German Empire. This summary reflects the latest census figures.
Advertisement urges using Royal Baking Powder in all recipes calling for cream of tartar soda or baking powder. Claims Royal offers absolute purity strong leavening and reliable, uniform results while alum and phosphate powders at equal or lower price fail to produce dainty or wholesome food.
The article recalls monarchs who loved chess and faced dramatic outcomes. Edward and his namesake reportedly pursue the game as others like William the Conqueror Louis XIV and Charles I kept boards close, with fortunes, wars, and even executions shifting as moves arrived.
A manufacturer notes that distinguishing real tortoise shell from imitations requires more than a glance as high end imitations look nearly identical. He explains that horn and bone have long been used but horn prices rise. celluloid and other substitutes heat and burn differently, and shell remains more elastic as it ages. The discussion reflects concerns about advertising honesty.
The Todas, a hill tribe in India, are described as the laziest people in the world. They shun farming, do not milk their cattle willingly, share property within the hut, and rely on buffaloes for livelihood. An American missionary story illustrates their unconventional labor customs and stubborn resistance to work.
The Guango rain tree native to Brazil and Central America has been introduced to Australia but efforts to acclimate it in America failed. Work by the Bureau of Plant Industry along the coasts shows winter survival is impossible. While not producing moisture or rain, the trees help drain wetlands and cool the air around their leaves.
A Supreme Court judge om his yachting trip invites a friend for a cruise. A gale arises, and the guest suffers, prompting the judge to ask how he can help. The friend replies with a witty request that the motion be overruled.
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