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Newspaper
Pratt City Herald
Location
Pratt City, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1901
Page
4
Subscriptions and advertising notices fill a paragraph in a frayed historic page. The text mentions rates and a delivery address, with references to a postal office and a telephony line.
Fragments show an ATA Typographiew union label critique and a push for medical tonics. Items tout Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Herbine DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve One Minute Cough Cure and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with local Lovelady Co. endorsements and prices. A Buckeye Pile Gintment note promotes relief at 50 cents.
Disturbing delays in seed distribution hinder timely delivery by the Beliare and machinery work in progress. Inventors warn work may improve with time, but several days pass before bags are filled by hand and shipped to planting sites. Contractors show weft and wet conditions slowing process, while officials weigh the balance of quantity versus quality.
Noted builder Sir William Van Torne, former president of the Canadian Pacific line, outlines a new private rail project in Cuba. He claims the venture will develop eastern Cuba, with plans to extend from Santa Clara to Santiago and later boost mining and plantations. Under Foraker era limits, public concessions may go to US military authorities, but investors back a private railroad with hopes of government sanction. The project reflects strong capitalist confidence despite political restraint.
The document notes a possible rapid extinction of the fur seal in the Arctic region near Kiturash and Siberia during February, with expected declines in population reported by the East Siberia governor. It cites limited catches in 1905 and 1805 data, and warns that the crown property could fetch high prices as the seal herds dwindle.
Dr Ed Salmon of the Agriculture Department told the Castell commission that quarantine stations are set along the Atlantic coast at New York Boston and Baltimore and at Mexican and Canadian ports to prevent export and import of contagion. Inspectors visited Britain and Canada to test methods and prevent shipping of diseased meat. Meat inspection stations were established at major packing houses to guard against contaminated shipments and stock cards were proposed for traceability.
The Oil reek Mining company of Cincinnati reports a three foot vein of rich ore and pockets in Pike's Peak mountain after driving a tunnel to 200 feet. Key officials include Courge Bolren, George Krets, and J. R. Pictou, with secrecy among investors. London debt figures reach £50,564,019.
Martha Washington, aged 45, defies expectations with plain dress and speckled apron as she aids troops at Valley Forge. She knits for sailors, visits huts to comfort dying soldiers, prays with couples, and urges other women to help. Soldiers praise her steadfast devotion and vow to fight for her husband’s cause.
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