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Image 4 of The Meridional (Abbeville, La.), July 4, 1891
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Sahara Desert Dispatch from Oran says that an enormous reservoir of water 120 feet below the surface has been dis covered at El Golen a small cara van station in the midst of the Sahara desert The reservoir was discovered while a number of work men were engaged in sinking a well at El Golea She shaft sunk already gives forty gallons of good clear water per minute and it is expected that this amount can readily bt found that a larger quantity is necessary The discovery is of the highest importance and will un doubtedly tend to develop the cara van trade of El Golea which is one of the stoping places in the Sahara desert of caravans which travel across that region This is the first time that water has been found at so alight a depth in Sahara ForMalarla Liver Trou ble or Indigestion use BROWNS IRON BITTERS ALITTLE GIRLS EXPERIENCEIN A LIGHTHOUSE It1r and Mrs Loren Trescott are keepers of the Gov Lighthouse at Sand Beach MIch and are blessed with a daughter Aur years old Last April she was taken down with mea alesfollowed with a dreadful Cough and turning to a fever Doctor at
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louisiana state university; baton rouge, la. 1891-07-04. Image 4 of The Meridional (Abbeville, La.), July 4, 1891. https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn88064005/1891-07-04/ed-1/?sp=4
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