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Newspaper
Pratt City Herald
Location
Pratt City, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1901
Page
6
A collage of humorous lines and brief dialogues from multiple papers. Bits include playful exchanges about kissing, etiquette, and social mishaps, plus cartoons and short captions. Names like Cleveland Plain Dealer Yonkers Statesman and Indianapolis Press appear among miscellaneous gags and light verse.
A critical survey of John Alexander Dowie and the Zion movement in Chicago recounts his rise as a healer and impresario, the wealth amassed, the housing of Zion in Woodlawn, the bank, and the brutal toll on adherents while noting legal clashes and public backlash. The piece questions the sustainability of wealth driven religious power and foresees an ignominious end.
An article extols economical yet refined architecture for a modest home. It describes a two story cottage 37 by 55 feet with wood frame and stone foundation, comfortable first floor layout, large bay corners, and a staircase to four bedrooms on the second floor. The design prioritizes solid construction, practical interiors, and a fireplace, with heating by furnace and an estimated cost of 2000 to 2200 dollars.
A small number of white rhinoceros remain in Natal and Zululand, with estimates under 20 globally. A party including the Natal governor sighted a band of five, then a group of three on the aimedo. The species is strictly protected with heavy penalties for hunting and no permission can be granted by the governor. extinction likelihood is high.
The text outlines three land classes in China with differing taxation and yields from first class fertile valleys producing two crops of rice or one of sugar cane, second class on higher slopes with poorer water access, and third class farther from water sources. It also notes London’s population rising to 4,536,034, up 308,317 since 1800.
The United States Board of Ordnance and Fortifications recommends 15000 dollars for a thousand automatic pistols tested at Springfield Armory. The pistols, noted for a 30-shot test in about 15 1/2 seconds, achieved about 116 shots per minute, twice the rate of any competing automatic pistol. Five pistols would be allotted to each cavalry troop in service.
A discussion on bicycle touring stresses selecting reliable companions to maximize enjoyment. Also reported is a massive gray granite block from Bormin quarries, 63 by 20 by 14 feet and about 4400 tons, being cut into five ton blocks for a new English lighthouse.
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