Various Global Dots From A Century Ago Incoherent Summary
A collage of 19th century style notes touching on politics economy and public figures: mentions Tom Johnson and Ohio odds, Chamberlain and Westminster, Turkey Europe relations, Alaska jail petition to Congress, Edward VII cabinet influence, Bryanism mixed populism democracy, Danish West Indies lynching fears, Alaska product value, U S purchase of Alaska, mail losses at dead letter office, Marconi telegraphy in Bogota, canal news, army reform debates, Tammany Hall leader Charles Murphy political appeals, and Lionel Dowie and P T Barnum references with satirical tone.
Turbine Plants Show High Economy and Low Repairs
Turbine plants operating in recent years exhibit strong economy and require virtually no repairs. Compared with passecker steamers or alullar Slaw, the shift to turbines highlights increased force and efficiency for users, with about a 20 percent improvement noted.
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Passecker Steamers
Alullar Slaw
Teachers Meeting in Shoshone Discusses School Debates
The Shoshone section of the Lincoln County Teachers Association held a profitable meeting on Saturday October 3 with a full program including papers on arithmetic in upper grades geography and patriotism in schools plus songs recitations and a debate about admitting eighth grade country school pupils to the town high school without an exam. Attendance was not complete but future meetings planned for Hagerman and a reminder to all Lincoln county teachers to attend. Also a humorous note from New York theater a preacher learns the moral is that the fool and his money gather no mows.
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M. H Cromwell
Pearl Gooding
Crawford
Crabtree
Turner
Nog
Gooding
Higbee
Pratt
New York
Wisconsin
Gotham
Centenarian Amon Martin’s unlikely life tale ends in history
Amon Martin of Princeton Pennsylvania celebrated his 106th birthday, claiming to have served in the Highland battles of Waterloo. The man, described as a spinster and farmer, recounts proposing to a woman during a rainstorm after guiding a blind hare to her shed, then marrying her the next day. She died when he was in his late sixties. Five years prior he married a widow aged sixty.
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Mas
Amon Martin
Princeton
Waterloo
Nhery
Dr Lorenz and Slang Moralizes on Fees in New York
Doctors in New York joked about the English language and American slang as Dr Lorenz discussed fees earned while visiting. A young colleague claimed he pulled Armour's leg for 50000 dollars, but the doctor corrected that it was 30000 and blamed not the fault but the little daughter of the press.
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Dr. Lorenz
New York
Armour
Leetle
Anthracite Reserves Shrinking Warns Walcott
Professor Charles D Walcott director of the geological survey predicts United States anthracite fields will be exhausted in sixty years as he emphasizes the nearing depletion affecting energy supply and mining policy.
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Charles D. Walcott
Geological Survey
United States
Carrington Praises Colonial Troops In Boer War
Sir Frederick Carrington extols the services of colonial troops in the Boer War calling them exceptional and highly capable. He notes that Canadians Australians and New Zealanders trained differently yet adapted quickly and left a handsome record, with mutual respect from regular forces. The remarks reflect on leadership and the notable contributions of imperial soldiers.
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Sir Frederick Carrington
Frederick
Lady Carri
Pacific
Montreal
Quebec
Inspecting American Railroads by Lancashire and Yorkshire Co
J Tallow John Wharton George Banks F Z Dale and H O Brien are co dealers of the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway of Portland in this country and will make extended inspection of American railroads. They have viewed in eastern cities and will soon visit Chicago. They represent the mechanical freight and passenger departments of the Lancashire and Yorkshire road.
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J. T. Tallow
John Wharton
George Banks
F. Z. Dale
H. O'Brien
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Potland
Chicago
Lancashire and Yorkshire Road
Immense wealth to poverty: the rise and fall of George Kettler
George Kettler, an aged cobbler who died recently in Argentine Kansas, once valued at twelve million dollars, was born in Germany and during the Franco Prussian War ran a shoe operation in Hanover. Profitable army contracts swelled his fortune before he lost it all in speculation. He later came to this country penniless to start life anew.
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George Kettler
Argentine
Kan
Kettler
Hanover
Ife
Coreen's August Flower Advertised for Indigestion Cure
A newspaper inquiry asks if any reader used Coreen's August Flower for indigestion and liver trouble and to share results. It notes sour stomach, dyspepsia, headaches, sleeplessness and other stomach related issues, offering a free book and suggesting a 25 cent trial bottle introduced this year. Sold by Starrh and Greix in Woodbury New Jersey.
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Coreen
Thos. M. Starrh
G. G. Greix
Woodbury
N, J
Land Notice Summary From Hailey Idaho Claim Filing
United States Land Office Hailey Idaho records a sworn statement in a June 3 1878 land act notice. The fragment references a California claim, a sworn declaration, and a filing date in November with a person named Charl.
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Thaher Land
United States
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Shoshone Jura
W. D. Crouesr
Unitedtates
Ohio
Tom Johnson
Mr. Chamberlain
Westminster Abbey
Turkey
Congress
Nome
Edward the
Danish West Indies
Alaska
Ruesia
Columbia
Marconi
Bogota
England
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany
Republican Party
Murphy
George Alexander Dowie
Christian Catholic Church of Zion
PB. T. Barnum
County Teachers’ Association
The
Lincoln County Teachers Association
Shoshone
Lincoln County
Hagerman
Praibe
Carnegie
Pittsburg
Mr. Carnegie
Oregon
Metios
Per ‘Charl
Charles Burgess
City Dray Line
Idaho
Shoshone Realty For Sale
J. E. Laxe
Shoshone, Idaho
T. W. Parry
Idaho Brewing Co
Boise
Wheeler & Swope
Cood Housekeeping
Enleorte
Phelps Publishing Company
Pretiie
Columbian Building
San Francisco
Cal
Journal
Shoshone and
Lincoln Co
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