Irrigation in Old Spain Shows Vast Ancient Networks
The article explains Spain’s extensive irrigation across major provinces where soil is poor yet valleys host dense canal systems and terraced fields. It notes Roman and Moorish origins, modern windmills, artesian wells, and large reservoirs, with Murcia and Alicante showing dramatic population density due to irrigation. It also compares Spain to the United States and global irrigation potential.
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Old
Spain
Valencia
Catalonia
Taragona
Murcia
Khuela
United States
Bits of Information Dictionary Cites Toronto Population
A new Toronto dictionary estimates the city’s population at 250000. New Haven Connecticut plans a convention next month to select a national flower. Seventy six English railway station masters are ill with influenza. By year’s end the US Navy will be twice as strong as at the start of the Spanish American War.
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Toronto
New Haven
Conn
United States
Spain
Mines and Mining News From the West and Alaska
Reports from Dawson forecast a huge Klondike clean‑up this year. F A Gourley plans a year plus in China to run a large hydraulic mine. Mercur Utah style plant to mine low grade ore at Republic Washington. Ten tons of $500 ore stored at Johnny mine Stateline district. World pig iron output 1899 40,560,000 metric tons. US leads iron production. Keswick mine wages rise miners 3 muckers 250. Cape Nome rush begins Seattle May 10. Boundary line search Esmeralda Nye counties for bullion tax. Dredger mining rises gains Trinity river and Yreka creek. Golconda Cherry Creek surveys praised. Leadville gold strike draws 500 people. Vein similar to Cripple Creek opens east of Leadville.
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Mercur
Utah
Republic Mine
Washington
Johnny Mine
Stateline
Lincoln County
Alex Anderson
W. A. Atwell
Esmeralda
Nye
Klondike
Belmont
Leadville
Col
Cripple Creek
Goebel's Assassin Sergeant Golden Seeks Full Confession
Frankfort dispatch reports Sergeant F Wharton Golden of the Barboursville state militia may testify in the Goebel assassination case. Golden vows to tell all he knows but stresses honesty to himself first. Rumor links him to naming the alleged shooter, a reputed dead-shot mulatto once from Winchester.
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Golden
Frankfort
F. Wharton Golden
Barboursville Company
State Militia
Goebel
Naz
Attérenys
Winchester
Never Quit Certainty for Hope in Medicine
A defense of Hood's Sarsaparilla arguing that knowledge comes from nature and experience. The author warns against substitutes, asserting Hood's has a proven cure record for rheumatism dyspepsia scrofula and catarrh and urges readers to demand what they know works.
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Hood
Curs a Cold in One Day with Quinine Tablets
Advertisement notes a fast cure for colds using quinine tablets. It promises a full refund if the remedy fails and states Grove’s signature appears on each box, with a price of two cents.
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W. Grove
Karl's Clover Root Tea Offered As Cure For Headaches
Ad promoting Karl's Clover Root Tea as a cure for headaches, described as a blood purifier and tissue builder. Money back if not satisfactory. Priced 25 cents or 50 cents at Eagle Drug Store.
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Karl
Eagle Drug Store
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Receives Gratitude Notes
Readers praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for aiding fertility and recovery. Mrs Minpa Finxie of Roscoe New York credits it with conceiving a healthy baby boy after three childless years. Mrs Mary Lane of Coytee Tennessee reports relief from uterine and health issues and a successful pregnancy thanks to the remedy.
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Pinknam
Lydia E. Pinkham
Minpa Finxie
Roscoe, N.Y
Dutch Ancestry Sparks Brooklyn Family Reunion Name Change
The Wiglums and Waglums descendants of John Van Woggelum of Woggelum Holland meet in Brooklyn on Washingtons birthday to urge members to revert to the Van Woggelum name honoring their Dutch forebear.
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Wiglums
Waglums
John van Woggelum
Woggelum
Holland
Brooklyn
Washington
van Woggelum
How to Save Doctor Bills with Chamberlain's Remedy
A reader reports saving many doctor bills by using Chamberlain's Rough Remedy and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at the first sign of illness. They keep a bottle on hand and claim it never fails to cure, noting sale by Brown Bros., Druggists in Mattie, Bedford county, Pa.
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Chamberlain
Mearkie
Gzeneral
Mattie
Bedford County
Brown Bros
Breath Freshening Tea Boasts Purifying Effect
An advertisement touts Karl's Clover Root Tea as a cure for offensive breath by cleansing the bowels. Sold for years with an absolute guarantee at Eagle Drug Store, price 25 cents or 50 cents.
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Karl
Eagle Drug Store
Shiloh Cough Cure Backed by Money-Back Guarantee
The Shiloh Cough and Consumption Cure, priced at 25 cents 50 cents and one dollar, promises a refund if not cured. Sold for over fifty years through Eagle Drug Store with a full guarantee.
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Shiloh
Eagle Drug Store
Croup Cure Promises Relief for Young Mothers
An advertisement extols Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure as a magical remedy for croup, claiming immediate relief in severe cases and listing prices at 25, 50 cents, and 1.00. The piece also promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as economical blood purifying tonic and Hood's Pills for constipation at 5 cents.
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Eagle Drug Store
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F. A. Gourley
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Seattle
Minneapolis
Risdon
Trinity River
Poker Bar
Pittsburg
Trinity County
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Yreka Creek
Oroville
McDonald
Glasgow & Western Development Company
Ravenswood Mountains
Austin
N. C
Golconda
Cherry Creek
Austin Reveille
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Ani
Superior Accommodations
Diehl’s Book Store
Bridge Street
Winnemucca
IRES
Magasmen Sn
An Femeiie Dattian
Lae
C. Diehl
Castle Gate
N. Owen
Tver Winnemneca
D. Cordano
Pirtclas Hotel
Hull
Mearthe Depot
Winniemucee
Cnet
Felix Poulin
J.H. Hoyt
E. Reinhart & Co
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