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Newspaper
Pratt City Herald
Location
Pratt City, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1901
Page
5
A fragmented reminiscence recalls rough frontier life with a sheriff and posse pursuit of outlaws the Kollings clan tale of siege and capture ending with prison terms. It shifts to commentary on the Boer War toll with Britain benefiting from bloodshed and a note on aluminium soldering rails as a novel use.
A late 19th or early 20th century account outlines an expedition to Labrador led by Deena Wil Groorford and associated figures. Plans include geologic and geographic surveys, collecting natural history specimens, and documenting geology, geography, and ethnography with a tentative travel window from late June to September, listing ships, locations, and potential sites along Greens land and Labrivier.
Nicola Teela claims a new daylight illumination system for general use. The lamp glows ice white in sunlike color with no wires or carbon filaments. A glass tube coil powered by Tesla’s oscillator emits rapid gas particle light, producing continuous solarlike illumination.
Sensational Wisconsin bills seek to boost families with graduated maternal premiums from ten to thirty five dollars per year based on number of children while another proposal taxes all unmarried men over 30. Assemblyman Christian Saran of Oshkosh plans to present both measures drafted by Oshkosh Woman's club members.
Figures compiled at Bremen by Consul Diederich show the world wheat crop for 1900 declines by over 310 million bushels from 1899. Russia, United States, British India, France, Italy, and Germany anticipate notable reductions. Also notes Arctic outposts near Diomede and Little Diomede and cautions about coal shipment hazards and spontaneous combustion risk.
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