Interesting chapter on coal and its origins
The article explains coal as ancient vegetable matter compressed over ages, describes its types Anthracite Lignite and Bituminous, and discusses formation time. It notes ancient use limited, early 13th century Newcastle discovery, and 19th century consumption and reserves with imperial and global supply concerns. It cites statistics on 1873 production and future availability.
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Redfern
Fownes i
Aitkin
Glasgow
Mount Lebanon
Beirut
Newcastle
England
Edward the the Third
Manchester
Gan Works
M. «le Carnal
Prussia
New York
Mud Islands at the Mouth of the Mississippi
A vivid account of the Mud Islands at the Mississippi delta, describing their rapid rise and fall, gas vents, circular basins, and salt sprayed flats. It notes springs colder and saltier waters, a sunken brick fort on Southeast Pass, and a cemetery with old marble headstones on Gordon’s Island.
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Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Osgood’s Island
Pasa a-l'Outre
Sclly
Davia
The Ocean's Wonders Impress New Orleans Bulletin
A remark praising seacoast marvels as the most interesting wonders, noting how curiosity is repaid by the trouble and time spent reaching them. The bulletin frames coastal curiosities as premier attractions.
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New Orleans Bulletin
Ancient and modern self destruction in history and myth
A Chicago Journal piece surveys self infliction in ancient stories from Saul to Cleopatra and Lycurgus, then traces modern cases by gender, method, and motive. It notes April as a peak month, cites inventive methods, and quotes varied historical figures and incidents to illustrate a persistent obsession with personal crisis reports.
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Sasson
Saul
Razis
Lycurgus
Delphi
Rome
Pliny
Cicero
Murer
Brutus
Philips
Cassius
Lucan
Anthony
Cleopatra
Caesar
Eros
Diomedes
Casar
Pietro Peratti
Vesuvius
Pierre Dumartin
Jardin Dea Plantes
Greenwich
Peter Deems
Lord Stanley
John Powers
Tredegar Iron Works
Richmond
Little River
N.C
Creech
Lucretius
Huang-Myas
St. Paul's London
Londom
Chicago
Journal
School statistics for Pennsylvania schools reported
The Pittsburgh Commercial cites 1 200 youth of school age in the state with 6A0 073 enrolled and 611 848 attending schools. It notes 22 217 common and graded schools and 19 84 teachers. Total expenditure last year was 9 950 761 dollars and school property value 24 200 787 dollars.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Commercial
Totty's Walk to Boston
A nine year old Thornville girl named Lotty travels with a drover toward Boston to seek Dr Iris for her mother’s failing sight. In Boston she meets the oculist, who learns of Lotty’s brave journey and restores hope, eventually adopting the family and vowing to wait for Lotty to grow up to repay him.
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Boston
Ong Bridge
Thornville
Dr. Iris
Treasont Street
Cousin Srra
Sara
Betty
Iris
Lotty
Doston
Nic
Mia
Latty
Earth
Mother
John
Amile
Aood School
Rae
Jouth
Tryjinter's Hand Moves 24000 Letters a Day
A fragment describes Tryjinter's hand lifting and placing 24000 letters daily. It notes movement of two feet per action and a total daily travel of 48000 feet. The passage estimates yearly distance approaching ten miles and even compares to traveling from here to Europe.
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Tryjinter
Jila
Europe
View from Mount Diablo Reaches 32000 Square Miles
Observations from Mount Diablo California place land and ocean visible from the summit at about 32000 square miles with a sea horizon of eighty three miles. The loftiest visible peak is 188 miles distant. The era notes a declining union membership in New York City from 1872 to 1876, dropping to about 15000.
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Mount Diablo
Cal
Tay
Vaerious
New York City
Long buried bitumen bed struck near San Benito
A thick bituminous stratum over twenty feet thick has been struck near San Benito California. Local reports describe the find as an immense bed of bituminously material extending deep underground and potentially valuable for extraction. No further details available at this time.
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San Benito
California
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Great Britain
Indus
Comeraud
Dass
America
J. Lothian Bell
Americas
Australia
Ireland
Wales
Feduin Battley
N.Y
Town
Pruerlassis
TANCE
Belgium
Alaa Secereceue
Auatralia
Scotia
Spain
Lcss
Mississippi
Totty
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