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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1905
Page
4
Reported digging by Mexicans with teams plows and scrapers claims treasure up to 100000 pesos in Mexican doubloons buried during the Texas and Mexican war. Landowners to take a share for access. Many expeditions along Pond creek and Brazos river near Marlin. No verified finds. locals and strangers have searched the banks for years.
A missionary observes natives in Toro Africa learning work ethic as 200 entries compete in a king and queen judged display. The event, set in a central African realm west of Uganda, shows a rise from historic savagery to refined crafts, drawing contrast with St Louis exhibits.
The New York World notes that across the country from New York north to the Adirondacks Catskills and Blue Ridge there are only two poisonous species the rattlesnake and the copperhead. The rattlesnake gives warning with its rattle while the copperhead is a colorfully banded elusive species. Despite their presence in the eastern states serious accidents are rare.
George J. Gould returns from a 4000 mile European tour aboard the Philadelphia. An American resident of Moscow discusses press censorship that perverts war news and causes Russians to misread defeats as victories, while foreign trade in footwear shows steady growth and U.S. shoemakers' craftsmanship gains abroad.
The article outlines the coast near La Guayra, Caracas entry, detailing rugged mountains, a fortified but weak fort at Lavigia, a shallow-water landing risk, and fertile flats inland. It notes a four-mile primitive rail line to Macuto, the English-owned line from La Guayra to Caracas via viaducts and tunnels, rising 4200 feet over 22 miles, with a rail distance of about 26 miles.
The New Port News notes oysters are plentiful and replanted after market glut. The link between typhoid fever and raw oysters remains debated as overstocked markets persist. Some scientists doubt oyster contamination, while oystermen report water with sewage in beds.
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