Drillers seek center earth pass to world fair
A Chicago man proposes drilling to the earths center to ease travel to an upcoming world fair. Elsewhere, a New York revolutionary society marks October 12 as Dischery Day and Albany women hide diamonds in their mouths to lecture burglars. Farmers in South Carolina push cotton acreage cuts as prices sag.
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Chicago
Amersae
Sons of the Revolution
New York
Albany
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Crawfordshire
Ind
South Carolina
Newspaper Roundup from Bisbee to Tucson and Beyond
A late 19th century update notes Dr. Goodfellow moving furniture to Tucson while smelters in El Paso and Socorro are stocked. Reports cover court records, a 60 year old Col Forseythe marriage, Van Arman’s California promotion, a missing green canary, memory ads, criminal cases, mining talks, and local ads.
Scientific Miscellany and Notable Firsts
A miscellany recounts new spider markings on Satern, cancer cures by Caneroin, and an oil swept sea buoy. It notes Georgetown College Observatory’s photochronograph for precise transit timing and profiles several literary figures and a large, aging woman who began writing as a child.
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Satern
Paor. Kuncher
Cracow
Bertin
Georgetown College Observatory
Weshibsden
Fragmentary notes echoing varied trivia and social commentary
A jumbled collection of quotes and facts spans currency values and metals, Latin numbers, languages in Africa, clothing weights, and admonitions about life and wisdom. It includes stray remarks on manners, blues, and satire about the Edmunds Act without a coherent narrative.
Low Neck Clams and the Wisconsin Governor Jest
A humorous exchange at a New Jersey dinner shows a Wisconsin governor and guests debating clams. A heckler quips that clams have no feet, provoking banter about regional stereotypes and wit at the seaside gathering.
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Mae
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Milk Based Substitute for Ivory and Bone Hits Public Attention
The New York Sun reports casein milk products as substitutes for ivory bone or velluloid in industry. Process involves gelation with borax and mineral salts, drying under heat, then forming solid articles like billiard balls and combs with color from dyes.
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New York Sun
Businessman Uses Theater for Mental Breakthrough
A sharp business figure explains he attends theater not for art but to clear his mind and focus on business away from distractions. He claims performances, whatever form, help him detach from his surroundings and avoid interruptions. The piece also notes royal seals and maritime lore as unrelated fragments in the same column.
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New York
Huth
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Potater for Stockem: Cattlemen’s Tax Dispute Moves Courts
A Colorado case questions county taxes on cattle driven from their accustomed range by harsh weather. The rancher admits the herd was in the adjoining county but refuses payment, securing an injunction to halt tax collection.
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Colorado
Williams Injured in Stege Cal Fall Aboard Train
Ed Kearney of San Francisco reports M T Williams of Tombstone Mill and Mining Co was thrown from a Pullman sleeping car near Stege California and severely injured left side scalp torn left shoulder dislocated and left arm broken. Williams is in Oakland California hospital with no life danger. Further details will follow.
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F. Staunton
Ed. Kearney
San Francisco
M. T. Williams
Vickers
Tombstone Mill and Mining Co
Mr. Williams
Williams
Lean
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