Sketch of Plant and Flagler Railroads Transforming Florida
A Floridian prospectus lauds Henry Plant and Henry Flagler for building a vast rail and steamboat network across Florida. It highlights the Plant System extending from Alabama to Tampa Bay with hotels and ports, and the Flagler System along the east coast to Miami, with palatial hotels and Cuba connections. The piece praises Plant's role as a public benefactor and details Tampa’s port growth, dredging, Port Tampa installations, and the Inn on the Pier, along with winter tourism prospects and rapid travel times from New York to Tampa and to Havana and beyond.
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Tribune
Peninsular
Florida
Great
Flagler
Cvetoms
Seaboard
Mimfield
Henry Bo Phent
Henry M. Flagler
Syuatem
Sanford
Meontgonery
Ala
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New York
Canada
Tampa
Belleair
Winter Park
Kissimmee
Oot
Port Tampa Inn
Punta Corda
Koy Weet
Havana
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Nassau
New Providence
Malumas
Pensacola
Mobile
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Prince Edward Ielands
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Ormond
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Palm Beach
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Jacksonville
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Europe
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Ha Vana
Mary J. Russell
Cnanal
Spain
Morre Castle
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St. Petersburg
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Piant
Cuba
Rome
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Tuna Bay
Bemont Key
Havenna
Havanna
Surise
Marro Castle
Mexco
Mavanna
Progreso
Tampico
Vera Cruz
City of Mexico
Hic Grande
Trenry RB. Flont
J. E. Richmond
New Railway Plan Aims At Mont Blanc Summit
Proposed electric cog railway to near the summit of Mont Blanc via open air lines and two tunnels starting near Sallanches Chamounix. Elevations range from 1100 to 2343 meters with a final ascent by elevator and foot for the final meters. Estimated cost about 21,000,000 francs. Power from the Arve water, target opening July.
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Mont Blanc
Sallanches
Chamounix
Arve Villey
Tacouney
Great Piateau
Potits Roehers Rougues
Petite Mulets
Iodine Found Throughout Body by M Bourget
Scientist Bourget reports iodine detected not only in the thyroid but in blood and nearly all organs. Plants absorb iodine from oil via underground water. herbivores ingest it with food and humans receive it in animal flesh. It exits the body in sweat hair nails and blood.
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M. Bourget
Chemical Industry Gains in the United States
The United States chemical industries have grown rapidly over the past decade. Henry Dower notes product value rose from 1540 to 177 million dollars, with 1960 expected to beat that as byproducts gain value through broader commercialization.
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Chemical Industries
United States
Henry Dower
Faamer
Se Magasine
Mahons Sells Low-Priced Footwear in City
Local store Mahon's advertises footwear starting at 28 dollars, highlighting affordable options for shoppers seeking bargains. The listing emphasizes value and daily deals in a competitive urban market.
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Mahon’s
Lackawanna Ayonue
Necessity for Experienced Cooks in the Army
An army report for the year ending June 9, 105 notes that diarrhea caused more deaths and weaker troops than gunshot injuries or malaria. It argues for skilled cooks to ensure proper feeding and sanitation, reduce waste, and prevent typhoid by improving camp health and ration preparation.
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Sear
Artful surgical craft and precision in manual skill
A fragment from Journal Am Med Asen stresses that careful technique and steady training influence incision cleanliness and mapping accuracy. It warns that a person must master a mechanical trade before attempting operations and should not practice without proper instruction.
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Journal
Med
Antidote for Formaldehyde Proposed in Ammonia Water
The article discusses an antidote made from ammonia water to neutralize formaldehyde used in disinfection and preservation. It explains how ammonia combines with formaldehyde to form harmless compounds and suggests practical administration forms. It notes formaldehyde’s widespread use and cites Dr. AL Phillip on thirst quenching and endurance with minimal fluids.
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AL Phillip
Phillip Attien
Rockefeller funds new medical research institution
John T. Rockefeller donates 200000 to found The Rockefeller Institution for Medical Research. The gift funds immediate expenditures and original investigations into preventing and treating disease, with emphasis on milk supply and public health. The initiative aims to advance medical science beyond politics.
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John T. Rockefeller
Rockefeller Institution For
Rockfeller
Doctor Menry Highlights First Printed Medical Text
Dr Frederik P. Menry reviews the tract De Epidemia et Prae, a late medieval medical book printed before 1500 and engraved with the ancient prescription called the theriaea. He argues its age is evident from marginal notes and discusses its insight into early pharmacology and the uncannily modern themes in medicine preserved in this relic.
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Frederik P. Menry
College of Physicii
Philadelphia
Temperia
Celub
Medical and
Citennaleal Famwlty of
Maryland
Moreland Medical Donarng
Dune
Teney
Deworthe
Entslage
Vislonr
Tella Vela
Epidemia Et Praia
Valencne le Taree
O. Merry
Bulielogias
Lead pencil industry in Germany challenged by American competition
On March 1, 1900, Conwal Wiehes of Cotwre notes American competition hurting Germanys lead pencil industry. He cites German success in improving machinery and the advantage of using boot cedar wood in pencil manufacture. Germans must import this material and cannot obtain it domestically, prompting trials with metal tubes and rolled paper coverings, none of which yet succeed.
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Conwal Wiehes
Cotwre
Germany
Moeating
Consul General Mason cites Berlin report on Gorman speed claim
Consul General Mason writes to the State Department from Berlin regarding a recently published report that a speed of 13 an hour was captured with electrical power on Gorman.
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Mason
State Department
Berlin
Gorman
Railway experiments and a dead body disposal ruling
A 19th century note outlines railway experiments on a Berlin to Zosen military line with two motor cars planned to carry 90 passengers each and speeds up to 125 miles per hour. It also reports California's Know known Lavder case on burial rights, stating no property in a dead body absent statute and burial rights depend on kin.
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Hathenau
General Electric Campany
William
Berlin
Zosen
Supreme Court of California
Helene
Acheme
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