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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1909
Page
4
An expert tested a method to refloat a sunken vessel by raising ballast with balloons filled from acetylene gas produced from calcium carbide. The system uses small buoyant balloons inflated beneath the water to lift the ship. Ducasse promises broader maritime use to prevent foundering and collisions.
Dr Nansen praises a brotherhood of the sea among sailors noting their earnestness and fortitude. He argues sailors endure hardships with calmness, showing a better spirit than members of other professions.
The Batish consul-general at Laur ence Marques reports to the British foreign office on ally trade. He notes that Kaffirs employed in the Transvaal send back wages totaling about $2,500,000 annually for liquor. About 50 percent of the Kaffirs are involved.
The article notes sneezing as a brain clearer and explains faintness often follows a violent sneeze. It mentions ancestors using snuff for efficacy, but warns that tobacco snuff is rapidly absorbed into the blood and harms the system.
Fragmentary text mentions a person named DeRiter and his pride in a first book, with notes about an attempt at another writing. References to a manuscript or draft and a potential “hankbook” appear, but many words are garbled.
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