The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-01-16
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The number Of Mormons living II
Berlin II 12o. .,sf'S A'' '.''5S' '.' -, ", ,.
E5 R. G. sParvin, of Denver, has refused
$500 for . dollar Of 1904. .m
A scientist says there IL no doubt TO-
bacco assists intellectual labor.
Enormous grain mills are being built
n the vicinity Of Spokane. Wash.
IL, Five couples were welded 1T the
same ceremony in Armstrong, Mo.
Electricity IL the motive force en-
ployed on 1925 miles Of rail in Italy.
Bets on billiards are recoverable by
law. 90 the Paris courts have decided.
: A movement for the building Of Z
labor temple Is on foot at Kansas City.
Mo. :. ~1v&.. 8, n
Lily Langtry owns = Nevada gold
mine. said to be one Of the richest in
the world. -, aS~f5- '~-'ss~ 49,. ~,-''@@-'"
- The first celebration of Christmas in
the white house occurred on Decem.
Der Is, 1900. - . ... 49,. -. ,.,s
After a 30 years. courtship q couple,
: both over so. have just been married
1t Leeds. Eng.
The eruption of Mont Pelee is said
to have lessened the flow of oil in the
Beaumont oil fields. E. 70 ~ Z q K:
The southwestern rice crop has fall.
en- from 100000; bags last year to g..
100000 bags this year. y. 7'7. ','' i. ~&
Nine. Patti, 1t is said. preserves as
talisman the boots she wore at her
debut, over 40 years ago.
The fruit growers Of Southern Cali.
fornia say that 1903 will be the biggest
orchard and vineyard year of that
state. @@t> rr
The irrigated area of the. United
States is 1910. $50 acres. of which COL
orado contains 1,61l.271 and Califor-
nia 1.446.119.
Count Adami has presented to the
pope his magnificent villa. near Cheit,
italy, and some 600 works Of art con-
tanned therein. - -
New Jersey appropriates $3.50. 900 an
nually for public roads and an ef-
tort will be made to have this increas-
ed to 100000.
The state of. Missouri has over H..
900 manufactures, with total paid-up
capital of over $169, 5SS, SAG. They en-
ploy 1888 men.
= Zola's widow, it appears, possesses
scarcely more than a living income.
The Dreyfus case indirectly cost the
novelist q fortune. g. -
A New York man, s feet 10 inches
high, 80 years old and weighing SO
pounds, ate pounds of beefsteak at
one meal on a. wager.
. After May l. 1903. 10000 union stone
cutters in the United States and Can.
ada will refuse to work more than
eight hours in any one day.
A crusade against Chinese and Jap.
anese laundries is to be waged in
earnest by the drivers Of laundry wag'
ons at San Francisco. Cal. ~
Nine. Charcot, the widow OF
Frances greatest physician: is com
PEELED to rent rooms in her house in
order to make both ends meet.
Z In Worcestershire. Eng, 499 women
are engaged In making anchors. while
70s~ others make needles. and 1.0441
pals. Nearly all are married or wild.
oWs.
The census shows that each wage
Garner in our manufacturing establish
ments produces wealth to the amount
. Of 1915 q day, and receives $437.50 q
scar.
There were 80 glass-making plants
IN operation in Ohio during the past
year, employing 7.049 hands and pay
ing out $3,46s, s04 in wages, exclusive
of salaries paid Office help.
Fifty-eight feet is the height Of q
colossal monument to the late Prince
Henry of Orleans, which is to be erect
ed on Cape st. Jacques, at the mouth
of the Saigon river. French Cochin
China g.. -