A Mountain of Coal Nearly 125 Million Tons Consumed Annually
Special Correspondence from Pressure reports the United States consumes about 124,929,651 tons of coal yearly for steam, power, and light. It outlines geographic consumption by state, estimates remaining coal supply, and suggests prices will rise as supply dwindles, predicting potential scarcity by mid century.
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United States
Washington
New York
New Jersey
Delaware River
Pennsylvania
Alleghany Mountains
Ohio Line
Cincinnati
Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Georgia
Atlanta
Washington Monument
City of
Capitol
Federal City
Rotunda
Keystone
Illinoia
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
Nevada
New Hampshire
South Carolina
Vermont
Wisconsin
Rhode Island
New England
Anthra East
M. I. Dexter
Ancient Landmarks in New Paltz Show 1705 Du Bois House
Ancient house Du Bois built in 1705 stands in New Paltz's oldest section. other early stone homes from 1712 and 1718 remain inhabited. The article details thick walls, imported Holland bricks, huge beams, and alterations since original fortress-like design. It notes Hugo net refugees and Dutch settlement patterns, with land purchases from Indians and royal patent by Edmund Andros in 1677.
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New Partz
N. Y
United States
New Paltz
du Bois
Holland
Walla
Esopus
Kingston
Penn
Louis du Bois
Shawargunk Mountains
Hudson River
Edmund Andros
H. T. Ware
Evolution of slang and jargon across social ranks
The article traces how slang emerges from various calling cards and groups, then earns a place as idiom in dictionaries. It covers theater, circus, mining, and crime subcultures, noting terms like main guy, round up, lost his grip, struck it rich, up the flume, hard pan, bonanza, ditched, wide open, out of sight, cinch, and sabe. It highlights sources, transitions to common usage, and the peril of ephemeral terms.
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London
Far West
Century Dictionary
Ewitchad
Joseph Cahill
Manhattan Beach
Cahill
Sweet Revenge Tale From Bloomington Professor
A Bloomington anecdote tells how Henry Gentry, once a poor boy, rose to wealth and refused a loan to a former store owner who had once expelled him for trying to buy shoes on trust. The banker’s hint led to a revealing confrontation, delivering a sharp moral about past wrongs and repayment.
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Bloomington
Ind
Henry Gentry
Gentry
Louisville Courier- Journal
Parrots charged to plead for the poor in French town
A French town trains a parrot to cry For the poor, if you please near the poor box, and coins flow in. The idea may extend to warnings of wet paint or wipe your feet notes, sparking talk of new parrot uses. Also included are old anecdotes from White Sulphur Springs and other brief items.
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Essayez Vos Pieds
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Frederick Sayward
The
Coal Trade Review
Ancient Landmarks
White Sulphur Springs
Maury
Board of Health
New York Weekly
Mme. Couvreur
London Times
Belgium
Tastra
Highgate
Tasmania
Europe
France
China
Music Racks
Nelson Greenland
Warren, Ra
WERY
Aflor Teatra
W. Jarvis
Angell
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Water St
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