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Newspaper
The Appeal
Location
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1908
Page
2
The City Investment Company's looming New York skyscraper, rivaling the Singer building, is projected to house about 30 000 people and surpass all others in height and cubic capacity. It remains unfinished but promises record size and floor space, eclipsing nearby landmarks.
The piece praises Kentucky for electing W O Bradley as a Republican and notes the state’s Republican wins in the last election, including Louisville, and the shift toward prohibition in many counties. It questions what has come over Kentucky and remarks on historic party changes.
The speaker laments the South’s representation in Congress calling it the same old scene and accuses Heflin and Jeffries Davis of blather, contrasting past respected leaders with current figures.
George W. Kemp of Auxvasse reports while fishing on his farm two squirrels leaped from a tree and bit him. He carried a gun and, angered by the bites, fired at a squirrel on a limb. He saw another in line and fired again, killing both squirrels.
Advert for a Swiss hotel boasts a picturesque setting near a police station with a resident physician and a well supplied English bar whose attractions coax most patrons to stay. The British Medical Journal notes this as a novel blend of medicine and the bar. Also recounts skyrocket mail delivery by steamers near Tonga where reefs hinder landing.
German Army authorities report enlisted men now receive mattresses filled with paper shavings after testing various materials. The lighter healthier filling is said to be more comfortable than straw and a single paper filling should last about three years.
A vast quicksilver lake over three acres in Vera Cruz Mexico is reported, with depths from ten to fifty feet. Worth millions, the lake has long been known to local Indians and lies high in inaccessible mountains. A tunnel plan is proposed to drain the lake by releasing the metal.
A London jeweler possesses what is said to be the smallest watch in the world. It once belonged to the late Marquis Anglesey, noted for extravagant and bizarre tastes in ornaments. The gold case is the size of a silver threepence and the minute hand measures an eighth of an inch. Atmosphere Affects Gas Flow reports that gas in mines in hard rock often increases flow when the barometer drops.
Virginia's A Caperton Braxton spoke in New York on "How the Negro became a voter" arguing the Fifteenth Amendment origin of the so called Negro question. He claimed the three fourths rule and the American Colonization Society arose from that era. He asserted Afro Americans voted in both regions before the amendment and cited the cotton gin as a larger factor.
The appeal suggests Tom Divon and his clansmen are overdoing their approach in Ken. The report notes tensions rising as the group stacks demonstrations and public display, prompting local officials to consider mediation and curbs on intensity.
The Turfan area in Chinese Turkestan is described as an arid basin 300 feet below sea level with Buddhist ruins and niches once protected by a sacred tower. Excavations by Huntington, Gunwedel, and von Le Coq uncovered manuscripts while Moslem fanaticism and climate change left forts, stupas, houses, and monasteries abandoned due to saline underground water.
The derelict Gardiner B Reynolds, built in 1887 at East Boston, was sighted Dec 8 east of Cape Hatteras, awash and aflame with foremast intact. Capt Furst of the Casco reports the vessel a navigation menace, crew saved by the Manuel de Larinaga near Liverpool after leaky flooding and gale damage.
A playful exchange features Herlock Sholmes of New York noting a mouse’s recent Brooklyn residence. The rodent, speaking through a trap, denies knowledge of mechanics and reveals a banker-staying past while another character comments on blushing at inquiries about living location.
In a humorous exchange from the Houston Post, the line questions why congratulations are given for a Maine guide who has not been shot as the season is half over. The cartoonish dialogue mentions a bibulous patient unable to sleep and a doctor suggesting counting sheep that the patient cannot see.
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