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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1900
Page
5
A lyrical fragment depicts sunset fading behind hamlet and town as twilight ascends. The scene shifts from amber dusk to night with a mournful, majestic figure of the dark stalking over meadows and parks while the evening star and moonlight bathe forest and fen in pale light.
The fall books list features Little Lords of Creation by H A Keays from Herbert S Stone. The novel follows a baby boy and his twin or two babies as Dr Bell and Mrs Bell cope with a crying child and a neighborhood drama.
A New York artist owns an intaglio linked to a fatal curse. A Boston artist who lost his daughter to suicide crafted a death mask of her and later killed himself. The mask passed to a New York owner, whose husband also died by suicide. The current owner esteems the piece for its eerie history.
A fragment discusses a German nobleman coming to Chicago for a bride as the Chicago Times-Herald laments gender imbalance and hostility to foreigners, noting many men and few women in the city.
Amid debates on faith cures at St Anne de Beaupre, a writer notes miraculous healings attributed to intercession of the saint. Accounts include Miss Matilda Powell of Laconia and Mme Genevieve Mailloux of Ile aux-Coudres, with priests and doctors verifying improvements.
The Australian Annual for 1900 notes novelties in vegetables ideal for drought regions. Yates apis proof cabbage resists pests and yields small hearts after cutting. An African cucumber from Rhodesia offers ornamental value and fruit resembling passion fruit. The mergi edible radish from Java yields large crops with crisp pods and asparagus-like flavor. Sweden and Germany see rising imports as Sweden aims for industrial independence.
Dr Ormandy of St Helens England formerly at the Technical Institute has developed a process to produce bricks from glass works refuse. The source notes the material contains spent sand glass particles and drone from processes with iron once seen as a barrier. A firm has commissioned trials and is building a plant to mass produce bricks claimed to withstand high heat and resemble silica bricks, with secrecy surrounding the method.
The article notes Russia faces fuel scarcity with limited coal and wood. It proposes using peat turf as an alternative. turf fuel offers double the calorific power of wood. Briquetted turf costs about $5.84 per ton to manufacture, competitive with coal prices.
In March a Russian government plan aims to build new dry docks at Vladivostok able to take ships up to 700 feet long. Excavations have begun and two large shipyards for 3000 ton vessels will also be built nearby. The existing Tsarevitch dock is being rebuilt with six new boilers. Military Engineer Savitzky oversees the project with three assistants while 60 new mechanical shops will be constructed and equipped.
The Bavarian government owns railroads and canals and is building a fine American model car at Maschinenbau Aktion Gessellschaft in Nuremberg for the express train. Pullman provides woodwork and fittings and supervises construction. This suggests Germany will replace small old-style cars with the commodious American pattern.
A new company forms to mine Bermese Oberland iron ore, with deposits of millions of tons averaging 50 percent iron. Plan to smelt electrically using abundant water power. The venture aims to place Switzerland among steel producers through modern electro metallurgical methods.
A sleek stranger in Seneca Falls, New York, sold an electric belt claiming cures for many diseases. Buyers felt a burn but received no relief. one belt was opened to reveal electricity from mustard plaster. Authorities are unsure how many fell for the ruse.
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