The Modern Locomotive and Nation's Rail Prosperity
Final trade statistics confirm forecasts and show immense U S prosperity. The year produced vast freight and livestock totals with 28 million head shipped and 678000 carloads, grain surging to 239 million bushels in eleven months 1905. Lumber and coal exports grew with Gulf ports handling two thirds of last year’s cotton, while railroads expanded to power global trade and national growth.
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Moon
Earth
Othe
United States
trans-Mississippi
Chicago
Kansas Sty
Omaha
St. Joseph
Ameresa
Wen
Rya
Europe
Louisville
Kansas City
California
Oregon
Washington
Tacoma
America
England
Germany
Atlantic
South
Carolinas
Gulf Ports
Gulf
Middle West
Rocky Mountains
Tom Thumb
Goliaths
Peter Cooper
Cooper
Al Fresco Dining Comes Alive Across Cities
A Paris cafe idea to serve patrons outdoors in winter spreads. The London and Rome scenes show brazier fires, heated pavements, and outdoor breakfasts. American cities lag, with closed windows and weather seals that invite illness instead of open air dining.
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Paris
New York World
Au Soleil
Sweden’s Upper House Dominated by Wealth
Swedish voters face highly restricted suffrage with only a quarter of adult men qualified to vote. The Senate’s upper house is reserved for property owners or high income earners, and officials are elected by local authorities under graded rules. This system concentrates power in wealthy individuals and corporations.
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Sweden
New Peat Burns Like Hard Coal in Switzerland
Report describes New Peat Burns Like Coal produced in Switzerland. Process uses electric current to form a new compound with low ash and no sulfur. Claim asserts minimal corrosion to boilers and furnaces and odorless, smokeless combustion.
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Osmon
Switzerland
Quarter arter reply and health rules spark dinner quips
A Boston Herald writer notes a party asking a trolley line timetable and a host reacting to guests embracing new health rules against overeating. The quip about quarter arter and ha arter frames the exchange as a light social moment while a pessimist is called a misfortune teller.
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Boston Herald
Masculine Mind And Arab Hospitality In Brief Vignettes
A Kansas City Times quip frames a wife’s certainty about a stopped clock to humorously imply male inferiority. The piece then shifts to 'In the Desert' on Arab hospitality, describing an Arab sheik’s strict Moslem observances and courtly politeness, ending with a joke about Knickerbocker candidates.
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Kansas City
Kansas_ City Times
Desert
Sheik
Upper
Nile
Tie
Mecca
Japanese Newspapers and Print Rooms Compared in Tokyo
A reporter visits Tokyo newsrooms noting small extras, noisy newsboys, and compact presses. He contrasts Japanese practices with New York and Chicago showrooms, questions the use of cutups, and observes workers at desks while asking a guide about typographic practices.
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Tokio
Atchison Globe
Paris
Globe
Ile
Japan
New York
Chicago
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Mile
Mauricia de ‘Thiers
Lisbon
Portugal
Becker
New York Sun
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Ayers
Max
J. F. Lutz
Toledo
Ohio
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Parma
St. Jacobs Oil
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W.L. Douglas
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Douglas
Brockton
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Brockton, Mass
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