Wells in South Africa Boost Water Supplies and Industry
An engineering report notes South Africa lacks surface water but can obtain it by deep boring. Cape government records show 2000 boreholes in five years at about £50 each, with three quarters yielding water and a daily output near 28 million gallons. Transvaal also hires an expert to study local potential. The article highlights impact on well-boring equipment makers as demand rises.
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South Africa
New York Tribune
Public Works Department
Cape
Transvaal
Crazy Snake to Seek White House Meeting With President Roosevelt
Chitto Harjo known as Crazy Snake, leader of the Ketoowah Creek band, plans a Washington visit to interview President Roosevelt. He is noted as the last Indian rebel to prompt U S military intervention and has served time for rebellion. At Tahlequah a war council chose delegates who will accompany him, all lacking English skills and needing an interpreter.
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Chitto Harjo
Crazy Snake
Washington
Roosevelt
Kansas City Journal
United States
Uncle Sam
Tahlequah
Government drills and plant expansion fuel long term work
The government reports at least fifty drills in operation and sufficient orders to keep the existing plant busy for three years. More applications will require substantial plant expansion and private sector growth in the same direction.
The Grape Cure at Wiesbaden Health Resort
The grape cure at Wiesbaden has long been a key autumn feature at the famed health resort. The cure rests on high grape sugar content from 24 to 50 percent, with important levels of acid and water, making grapes the central element of the regimen.
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Wiesbaden
Italians immigrate with rising share of women signaling permanence
In 30 years 1,391,075 Italians have migrated here. The pattern shows a shift from under 15 percent women before 1890 to 39 percent now, indicating a growing tendency for the immigration to become permanent.
Mite Eggs Reported Surviving Boiling Springs
Mr J Adams of Dublin reports observing eggs of Tyroglyphus histios toma in hot springs that remain well below boiling and survived five minutes of boiling, suggesting extraordinary heat tolerance in the mite.
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J. Adams
Dublin
Citizens urge president to enforce 1832 treaty terms
Advocates press the president to uphold the 1832 treaty, seeking enforcement of its provisions and recognition of ongoing obligations. Demonstrators plan to present petitions and legal arguments at a public meeting.
Speed Mania Gains Ground Among Scientists
A London exchange notes that extreme speed in human transition is seen as a disease called speed mania. In Paris a hypnology discussion linked the craze to loss of self control and intoxication, predicting traits like boastfulness and violence, potentially maximal in cyclists and automobilists.
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London Exchange
Societe de Hypnologie Et de Psychologie
Paris
Zborowski
Hatchet
Old Fashioned Cider Mill Echoes in Decline
Selected poems contrast the old time cider mill with modern efficiency. It laments the loss of traditional gear, the straw and cogs, and the human labor replaced by harsh science. The piece closes with nostalgia for fifty years past and the enduring memory of simpler days.
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Sing
Ur Mills
Joe Cone
N. Y. Sun
Tender Hearted Ted and Other Poems in 19th Century Psalms
A collection of short verses with moral and seasonal themes. Poems include Tender Hearted Ted by Annie Willis McCullough about sharing burden, Willie's Going to School lament, and seasonal pieces Thankful for the winter and As Autumn Brave, reflecting tenderness and resilience.
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Ted
Gay
Annie Willis McCullough
Chain of Suggestion and Barbers in Modern Barbarism
Senator Frye of Maine tells a tale of a man seeking only a shave but being urged by six barbers to trim and even singe hair. The sequence ends with a question about Dr Come up hair restorers amid quips by Senator Chandler.
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Senator Frye
Maine
Senator Chandler
The
Maine Statesman
Backache Relief Sparks Montana Town Improvement
In Sabra Montana Oct 19 a crowd reports less back pain as Mr Gottlieb Mill spreads Dodd's Kidney Pills after he found relief from kidney trouble. Mill cites personal use and recommends the remedy to friends with claims of renewed strength and ongoing satisfaction.
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Sabra
Montana
Gottlieb Mill
Mill
Dodd
Ian
Alarm Clock Anecdote From Stray Stories
A humorous exchange describes a first encounter with an alarm clock. Binay asks about using one. Jigsup admits never trying, recounting that the first alarm sounded and he yelled at Maria to shut up, causing confusion and laughter.
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Binay
Maria
Evidence of Money Making in the Southwest Booklets
Advertisement promotes booklets titled Beautiful Indian Territory Texas The Golden Square and Business Chances as sources of money making ideas. George Morton T P and T A M K and T Suite I Wainwright Building St Louis offers mailing on receipt of two cent stamp.
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Great Southwest
Indian Territory
Texas
Golden Square
George Morton
T. P
Wainwright
St. Louis
Landslide Report Pasted Into Real Estate Transfers Section
A young reporter describes a large landslide and asks where to place the item. The city editor directs him to file it with real estate transfers, noting it continues on the forty-first page within a multi line paragraph.
Advertising Snippets and Notes From Vintage Newspapers
A collage of ad lines and quips from early 1900s papers. Items promote laxatives and cough remedies, rail routes Chicago to the West, social quips about parties and manners, and brief jokes. Mentions Piso’s Cure for Consumption and Putnam Fadeless Dyes among other short notices.
Market price roundup from New York to Pittsburg
Oct 20 1903 price listings show flour wheat corn oats butter cheese eggs potatoes and live stock markets across New York Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburg with ranges for bakers flour cattle hogs sheep lambs and dairy items. Notable figures include hogs Yorkers at 6.00 6.15 in New York and steers 4.85 5.00 in Cleveland.
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New York
Minnesota
Cleveland
York State
East Buffalo
Pittsburg
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Hot Springs
Willie
Tom
Punchard
S. E. Kiser
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F. L. Stanton
Atlanta Constitution
Crmson
Viola Gardner Brown
Inter Ocean
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Ida
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Belle
Philadelphia Record
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North-Western Line
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Ocean Grove, N. J
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Putnam
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Iorn
Chicago Daily News
Toledo
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Jacksonville
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Washington St
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America
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