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Sierra County Advocate in Hillsboro, New Mexico

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Sierra County Advocate

Location

Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1909

Page

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Record Breaking Raft Looms Over San Francisco Harbor

A steamship towed a raft containing 9,000,000 cubic feet of piles into San Francisco harbor from the Columbia river. The jumble of notes and excerpts includes legal filings for LAST VENTURE GOLD MINING COMPANY and references to Arizona territory corporate acts, with mixed old proverb and War era musings interspersed.

San Francisco Harbor Columbia River New Mexico Nathan Jaffe Arizena Orie New Mexic Santa Feybe Nathan Joffe Territory of Arizona United States of America Venturky Gold Mining Company LE Oolock A.M Helen Sr ARTIC Corpo Wildy Ehalt Be Labt Venture Gold Mining Company Articnr Eartz Ting Phoenix Maricpo County Arizona Minnesota Ste Waldal Dom General Tereentie Dumler Diretaus Visit Corporation Ataieh Euid Euid Corporation Psya Sai Porsticn Fev Directhe Dus SR Bes W. Bruck Frank Gob

Earthquake Quip Sparks Quizzical Gossip in Plain Dealer

In a clipped exchange from the Cleveland Plain Dealer a joke about a distant earthquake cites misreported events. The humorous dialogue transitions to a scene with a mother and Mr Poppleigh discussing a boy Alfred and his imagined fortunes, ending with a comic remark on a velocipede ride.

Acetylene Gas Aids Ship Refloating In Seine Test

Reported on a trial using acetylene gas to raise a sunken boat in the River Seine. Small balloons filled with acetylene generated from calcium carbide lifted the vessel, with inventor M. Ducasse predicting future use to prevent foundering after collisions.

Seine M. Ducasse

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