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Shepherdstown Register

Location

Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1900

Page

5

Asbestos Knowledge Sparks Bet Between Restaurant Talkers

A gray moustached diner and two companions debate asbestos origins and history. A little man claims vast knowledge but is challenged as the discussion traces asbestos from Charlemagne to Franklin and Sloane, noting a museum link, Peters Plot experiments, early royal curiosities and the price of asbestos in Chinese Tartary. The exchange ends with a $10 bet over a claim about a 89,600 truth.

Charlemagne Suit Esa Franklin London Hans Sloane British Museum Benjamin Pranklin Royal Society Dr Plot China Plot Italy Ani Nein Luce Ani Gelestus York

Largest Things Across Cities and a Theater Tragedy

A survey lists the world’s largest items by city and country, from factories in Philadelphia Pittsburg and St. Louis to bridges in New York and Paris. A Phoenix Ant performance ends in panic after a stage gun mishap leaves actors wounded and bullets found in the theater.

Philadelphia Pittsburg St. Louis New York Essen Barberton London Vermont Minneapolis Detroit United States Elizabethsport Lynn Louis Texas Pennsyoania Carnegie Steel Compacapital Washington Paris Eiffel Tower Long Teland Sound Fall River Southampton Bremen Harvard Glasgow Son Casar de Bazan Phenix Ant Hy Santienve

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