14 Feb 1901
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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1901
Page
1
A statistician estimates a pipe smoker can emit about 700 smoke clouds per bowl and 20 years of daily four pipes would yield 20 440 000 clouds. The piece also notes a Swedish class of landholders who till a fixed acreage in exchange for days of labor, a fixture unseen in other nations.
In Leigh near Bolton a tombstone bears a line claiming a virtuous woman is five shillings to her husband. The inscription allegedly shortened a phrase to fit space, with the stonemason equating a crown to five shillings as the explanation.
The note surveys longevity among composers, citing Verdi’s long life and listing ages at death for Schubert Mozart Mendelssohn Weber Beethoven and Auber. It highlights Verdi as living to an advanced age while others died earlier, with Auber the longest lived at eighty three.
The article lists horse numbers outside farms and ranches across states. New York leads with 302 271 animals followed by Illinois 233 807 Pennsylvania 215 977 Ohio 155 683 Iowa 147 275 Massachusetts 132 010 Missouri 124 952 Indiana 124 072 Nexas 106 819 and Michigan 100 4L.
At Constantinople the mosque of St. Sophia was built in the tenth century and the mortar used was mixed with musk. Since then kingdoms rose and fell and dynasties flourished and perished, but the musk scent has remained in the mosque without ever being renewed.
One of the best known cases of churches with streets through them is St John the Baptist church in Bristol England. The church sits over the ancient gateway into the city on the Avon and its tall spire rises high above surrounding houses and streets as seen from the roadway below.
The estimated annual rubber production reaches about 57,500 tons. United States and Canada consume 21,000 tons, the United Kingdom 21,000 tons, and the rest of Europe 15,500 tons. The Amazon district yields 25,000 tons, East and West Africa 24,000 tons, and other parts of South America 3,500 tons.
A patagonia expedition funded by a magazine seeks a living giant sloth while scientists report preserved footprints in Connecticut sandstone and sketches of re modeled prehistoric animals from around the world. The text notes living specimens belong to a period long on specimens but short on scientists.
A London fog proves an expensive visitation costing from 50000 to 100000 pounds per day in hard cash. Power companies gain a third more fuel while railways spend on signaling at Clapham Junction. Miss Helen Gould showcases a notable handshake technique, gripping the forearm then raising and releasing it while meeting the other’s gaze.
A proposed bill in the Wisconsin Senate would bar marriages for individuals suffering from true or hereditary insanity, insanity caused by vicious habits or drug use, consumption, and other diseases named in the bill. Applicants would appear before a three-member examining board appointed by the county judge and must pass a medical examination before a marriage license is issued.
A Poston paper claims a frog farm at Ware Massachusetts will raise up to 100000 frogs. The farm features five ponds linked by canals where frogs at different growth stages feed free of charge. As they mature they move to larger ponds and are sent to Boston, New York and other eastern cities.
A wide collection notes kings and rulers, trade prices, population figures, rail and telegraph history, and cultural tidbits. It cites 19,760 U S papers, 42,800 total newspapers worldwide, and a 1 025 billion dollar sum in Victoria era coinage plus mint output, with observations on piracy, industry, and travel, reflecting a late 19th century news sampler.
New York February reports detail Morgan syndicate terms for Carnegie control. Carnegie would receive 1500 per 1000 share, minority holders offered same, a new holding company to back bonds, and confirmation from RE Gary of Morgan plans to acquire major iron and steel properties.
Danigid Hanter oMcAlpine prominent widl technic foster hand manufacturer and philanthropist dies Friday at his New York City home. He was noted for community work and industrial contributions. The death was announced by his family and followed a long illness.
The United Nations reply to the Nicaragua canal project will not comply with the Senate demands. It will not be a flat refusal but mainly a counter proposal. The exact nature is not yet certain and several months may pass before a conclusion, by which time the Hay Pauncefote treaty will have elapsed.
Reports from St. Petersburg Feb 9 say Baku advices announce the naphtha fire has been extinguished after destroying new factories and fire depots with 35,000,000 poods of naphtha and residue. About 160 injured, 41 severely, six dead, and 100 missing. A Caspian and Black Sea Cos committee plans relief, with Rothschild tidings for aid.
London readers see Lord Roberts issue detailed mail dispatches from February 1900 to November 1900. The 142 page official history praises many officers while criticizing Sir Redvers Buller. Dispatches note provisioning struggles, ration shortages, and suggests wartime actions lack foresight and organization.
New York Feb 9 R Dun and Cons Weekly Review of Trade reports modest drop in staple prices while manufactured goods stay steady. Retail demand improves with warmer weather, western and southern distribution rising. Wool market weak, steel stocks large holders unlikely to affect prices. Footwear activity remains strong with large contracts, slight quality reductions noted. Washington Feb 9 weather bureau unveils a new wireless telegraphy system enabling signals to ships 500 miles out, with test range to 60 miles across rough terrain.
Reports from East London detail heavy, protracted combat near Tabaksberg Mountain between British units under Maj. Crewe and a much larger Boer force estimated at 2,500 led by General De Wet. Despite shelling and rear-guard actions, Crewe's column failed to hold and withdrew toward Bloemfontein after night entrenchments.
Madrid reports violent student protests after a lecture on Electra. Students pelted police, wounded officers, and 26 arrests followed at Valladolid where university crowds attacked convents and monasteries. Gendarmes and municipal guards engaged, then students demanded holidays as tensions rose.
In Steam Corners Ohio on a Wednesday night four men entered the home of Charles Krout, intimidated his family, and looted the residence of about 4 dollars then seized roughly 1300 dollars from a hidden stash. The assailants stripped Krout partly and placed him on a stove before moving him to a spare room.
In Ashtabula on Thursday night three masked men seized watchman Alonzo Root during rounds, gagged and bound him, then hid him in a barn. The robbers entered the national bank at Ane dover, forced a window, drilled the safe, and blew the outside door, but did not reach the vault containing money.
Farmers in the southern part of the county sign a remonstrance over the rural free delivery system. They complain mails arrive late, small post offices are abolished, and the private box convenience is lost.
New York capitalists plan an electric railway from Canal Dover to Newcomerstown, 15 miles south, with construction possibly starting in weeks. The line would run through Goshen, Port Washington and Gnadenhutten, and may extend north to Massillon and Canton, linking Tuscarawas County with Cleveland.
Quarrymen in the eastern county and western Pennsylvania reach a settlement after operators reverse a 20 cent per ton cut proposal. No strike will continue and about 2,000 workers will return to full shifts.
New Bullroad Incorporated of Columbus filed articles of incorporation Monday with the secretary of state. The Tiffin & Southwestern-Lailedad Co. of Kenton is behind the venture with a $50,000 capital stock. The line would run from Tiffin through Upper Sandusky to Wapakoneta, with options for steam or electric operation.
The supreme court adjourned for the fiscal year and Shauck retires as chief justice. Thaddeus Minshull is named to become chief justice, with the plan for Shauck to begin a second term and Minshull to ascend to the role, targeting the bench for a future four year term.
Theodore Rosen and his wife plus four children were damaged in a natural gas blast Thursday morning. A fifth child escaped. Mrs Rosenblih died within hours. The blast was caused by a stove misconnection or fuel line failure. Remaining family members were hospitalized and expected to recover.
Retiring judge James Wesmoith of the Hamilton County Court received an unusual honor last night from the Petrassy Getioen association, with a reception and banquet paid by the community. The event acknowledged his decades of service and marked a notable local tribute.
Charles Adams was killed and others injured in a coast crash on a steep hill near Feb. The sled carried 12 people. Adams helped a boy onto the sled when it lost control and dashed into a ditch.
Two sensational explosions at the Powder Mill near Brown's Mills, about 320 miles from Crts indats, Monday shattered the plant and two large buildings. About two and a half tons of smokeless powder went off in quick succession, causing extensive damage and smoke.
Cleveland notes a C P & E employee Frank B Johnson, about 60, robbed and killed in his Perkins Avenue crossing tower early Thursday morning. He had seven years in the tower and was due January wages of Sit.se on pay day. The slayer is described as a tramp, leaving a wife, a son and a daughter.
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