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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1905
Page
4
A New York Post recipe collection offers cocoanut pudding with butter, coconut, stale sponge cake, milk, eggs, and vanilla baked to a light brown, plus a gooseberry pudding using gooseberries milk butter sugar bread and layered steam. Also describes a whipped egg dish: eggs in boiling water create soft round eggs served on buttered toast with butter and seasonings.
A London meeting under a Church of England leader urged the chancellor of the exchequer to tax cats half a crown per head. The plan estimated to raise £500,000 yearly would reduce cat numbers but raise their social status by removing a stigma. Americans trade in Argentina noted. The Chihuahua Enterprise reports Mormon colonies in Mexico prospering with a census and rising wealth, 3600 residents in Sonora and Colonia Juarez.
A London Institute demonstration by Sir Gitter Loës proposes wet string as a lightning rod substitute. The report notes copper conducts best, while iron and wet-string substitutes produce volatile side effects and risks, casting doubt on the method’s viability for protecting structures.
A Dominican letter describes a May eruption of Mont Pelée in Martinique, noting May 8 to May 9, 1902 events with 20,000 fires and St Pierre destroyed but no loss of life mentioned. It recalls crater disturbances and a cipher warning later linked to officials and scientists who died.
The Jewelers' Weekly notes Burmese ruby buying relies on full daylight for color, with sales only from 9 am to 3 pm. Merchants place rubies on a copper plate to reflect sunlight through the stones, then buyers sort gems into nine small groups by size, color, and shape for valuation.
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