03 Mar 1905
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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1905
Page
1
Pillsburg Visible Typewriter offers simple strong action and easy touch. Adapted for tabulating and invoicing work with removable type action and instant cleaning. Send for catalogue from Pittsburg Writing Machine Co 208 Wood St Pittsburg Pa W O Thompson local agent Hillsboro New Mex.
The Santa Fe Route offers through trains to Kansas City St Louis Chicago Boston New York Philadelphia Denver Omaha St Paul and other northern points. Daily tourist sleeping cars to Kansas City and Chicago with elegant Pullman palace sleepers on all through trains. Dining cars absent on some trains, with meals available at the Famous Santa Fe Harvey Houses. Information cheerfully furnished upon application by W. R. Brown D F P A El Paso Texas.
The Japanese favor telephone and telegraph over wig wag and be10graphy for field comms. Telegraphy and line systems work irrespective of weather and terrain, offering secure, portable phones carried by men who advance the line at substantial speeds.
The process describes producing cellulose fiber from pine wood in Ba varia and similar wood in France. It involves pulping, bleaching, chemical treatments with bisulphate soda, chlorides, acids, and casting into thread, then drying and solidifying to yield a strong fiber.
A scientific note reports springs in Indiana with magnetic water that can magnetize steel briefly. Carbonate of iron in the water decomposes to carbonic acid gas, leaving magnetic iron powder at the bottom. A dip of five minutes can magnetize a knife blade, lasting about 36 hours, though boilers could be used after all carbonate decomposes.
The document, typewritten to signal a peace treaty, notes Boer leaders and shows varied handwriting. Louis Botha is in a fine hand while Delarey’s script is the roughest, his name split into three syllables de la Rey and de Wet also spelled with a small 4.
A pair of frisky horses from pasture ran ahead of a Pennsylvania railroad express near Pottsville. The horses kept pace through a tunnel toward St Clair, risking the lives of about 100 passengers as the train whistled and slowed. Responders lassoed the animals at the 8th station to clear the track.
A German calculator estimates annual European tourist arrivals and spending. Americans form only part of the globe's travel, with Switzerland hosting 9 million visitors spending about 90 million dollars, Italy and the Riviera drawing 60 million, and Paris London Berlin Vienna drawing combined tens of millions from 2.6 million visitors. Bath resorts host 12 million guests spending over 16 million dollars.
The piece notes Berlin rising from a village to the third most populous city in Europe since 1870. It details dramatic expansion after 1871 with population rising to 1,857,000 inside the city and a potential 2,450,000 in a larger area, reflecting postwar development and urban modernization.
Palmer notes Collier's Weekly account describing Japanese troops cooling themselves with fans during a morning skirmish. Inscribed fans bear Emperor Meiji's signature and the urging to do one's best for the country. The article suggests a fan can provide relief and boost a soldier's resolve in heat.
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