Georgia Grasses and the Wealth of Southern Hay
A Thom asville correspondent argues that Georgia should grow and cure its own grasses crab crowfoot and spur rather than import Western hay. He highlights Mr Y E Blackshear’s fruit farm as proof of successful local hay making and urges residents to abandon the slander that Georgia lacks usable grasses.
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Kansas
Amiens
Georgia
Beast
Y. E. Blackshear
Thomasville
Blackshear
Thomas County
Lake Tamonla
Sud
Americus City Council Names Watts Chief of Fire Dept
Official council minutes from Americus Georgia dated September 2 1559 record the election of H D Watts as fire chief to fill the vacancy after J J Smith resignation. The session covers bill approvals and referrals, street and railroad crossing matters with the Savannah Americus and Montgomery Railway, license transfers and renewals, and adjournment at 4 PM.
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Americus
Felder
Ald
Bagley
Mathews
Williams
Adderton
Mack
Jossey
H. D. Watts
J. J. Smith
Central Railroad
Dick Felder
J. A. Fort
Hill & Dixon
W. H. Speer
C. M. Wheatley & Co
P. H. Williams
Harris & Payne
Jesse Hawkins
H. A. Harris
John Bass
John Broaden
F. G. Olver
J. W. Guerry
W. E. Murphey
Col
H. Hawkins
5. A. & M. Railroad Company
8. A. & M. Railroad Company
Finn Street
Ald. Williams
Whilliams
Messrs. Bagley and
B. A. & M. Railroad Company
Ward Railroad
Americas
JH. Hawkins
Jackson Street
T Bagley
Williame
Ald. Mathews
Savannah, Americus and Montgomery
Jackson and
Finn Streets
Williams Oeition
Ald, Bagley
Central
A. &M.r.rb
Council On
Drawing Room Day In Regent Street A Portrait Of The American Photographer
An American photographer Vander Weyde dominates Regent Street on drawing room day. Royal and noble visitors arrive by carriage as electric light portraits are created with color glass. The artist, a war veteran, explains how an invention of artificial light transformed his career and altered court photography.
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Regent Street
Bolbing
Lord Tennyson
Duke of Portland
Miss Dallas-York
London
van der Weyde
Duchess of Marlborough
Lady Randolph Churchill
India
Duchess of Leinster
Adelaide Detchen
Dorothy Dane
Vander Weyde
Seventh Regiment
Libby
Philadelphia Frese
Paper in 1864 to build churches and cannons
A French inventor offered to make churches and cathedrals with building paper and even a train of artillery from the same material. The paper could be formed into long rolls, made stiff by gluing layers, and treated to be waterproof or fire resistant. It was praised for seamless surfaces, non resonant, non conductive properties, and potential asbestos inclusion.
Electric Mountain Railroad at Burgenstock
The Electric Mountain Railway near Lucerne Burgenstock opens to the public. The line runs 938 metres with a steep gradient from 82 to 48 percent and a single rail system. Power is supplied by two twenty five horsepower dynamos driven by a water wheel at Buochs with transmission losses around 25 percent.
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Burgenstock
Lucerne
Lake Lucerne
Aar
Ita
Buochs
New York Telegram
Iron and wooden railway sleepers in Germany and France
The New York Telegram notes a shift toward wooden sleepers in Germany with 2,462,000 wooden and 1,007,152 iron laid in 1885-86, then 803,263 iron vs 1,644,002 wooden in the next year, and 2,677,424 wooden to 760,670 iron last year. France opposes iron sleepers, but Algeria tolerates them due to heat enhancing profitability.
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Germany
France
Algeria
New York Telegram
How Often Do Our Brains Renewal Take Place
The article explains that the brain renews in cycles of about sixty days per nerve, giving each person six brand new brains per year. It notes each nerve cell has independent functions under the brain’s collective oversight acting as a boss to individual life and actions.
Nevada Deep Mines and Deep-Work Power Rise
Nevada electricity powers very deep mines boosting production by 23 percent. Workers at eight thousand one hundred feet face long shifts and short life expectancies, living about two years while laboring two hours daily. The piece notes high danger and rapid change in mining conditions.
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Nevada
Collection of Revolutionary Relics at Wadsworth Atheneum
Hartford Post describes the Wadsworth Atheneum offering rare artifacts from the Revolutionary era. It highlights Washington and Lafayette meetings, unpublished letters, Burr autographs, Washington’s snuff box, Martha Washington’s footstool, Jonathan Trumbull documents, Benedict Arnold items, swords of Putnam and Trombell, a Lexington news mail bag, Ledyard waistcoat remains, and connections to historic figures. It notes scarce items like Washington coffin fragments and Wooster’s bullet, plus unique copies of the 1779 Weekly Journal held by Hoadly and state libraries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadsworth Atheneum
Wadsworth
Gen. Washington
Marquis de Lafayette
Jonathan Trumbull
Count Rochambeau
Admiral de Ternay
Yorktown
Cornwallis
Washington
Silas Deane
Lafayette
Rochambeau
Great Marquis
Trumbull
Aaron Burr
Burr
Athenaeum
Martha Washington
Jonathan
Nathan Male
Yale College
Hale
Benedict Arnold
Andre
Jonathan Trombelll
Israel Putnam
Bunker
Abraham Tuttle
New Raven
Lexington
Connecticut
Col. Ledyard
Fort Griswold
Hudson River
New York
David Wooster
Danbury
Charles J. Hoadly
United States
Continental Congress
Hoadle
New York State Library
Journal
New York Library
Hoadly
David C. Claypool
Con
Hartford Post
Remarkable Telegraph Message From City Man
The article notes Hermann Muentefering achieved a groundbreaking electrical communication with Bonn, Prussia. At 10 30 in the morning he cabled Bonn and returned for lunch, then within an hour received a reply as the message traversed the distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermann Muentefering
Bonn
Prussia
Priso ® Mulles
Woolfolk tale on murder suspect Richards shocks Brunswick
A Telegraph report recounts a sensational tale about J Richards linked to Jack DuBose’s murder. The story claims Tom Woolfolk and an associates planned a robbery and a white man fled during the incident. Police say they have no evidence of a John Richards in Americas and doubt the tale.
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Brunswick
J. Richards
Tom Wayfolk
Jack DuBose
Ori
Americus
Jack
Macon
Kimey
Woox
Woolfolk
Janek
Anderson
Wixpow
John Richards
Americas
Tom Woolfolk
Electric railroad craze heads to Columbus, merchants discuss
The electric railroad craze is moving toward Columbus as prominent merchants and estate men quietly discuss the matter, weighing potential impact and prospects.
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Columbus
Related by an Unavailabit in Lippincott's September
Ferris Muir offers an entertaining account of the difficulties and known authors he encounters while attempting to secure manuscripts for print in Lippincott's September issue.
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Lippincott
Ferris Muir
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Kentucky
Texas
Bermuda
Alabama
Official Council Proceedings
United Sites
Central Park
Yarhat
New York Tribune
Wadsworth Athenaum
Woolfolk Innoces
Jack DU Bose
Bruo
Richards
wWweinue Gull Weight Pure
Tury
Dr. Oa
Boann Oy
Commiagrowens Roy
Rowtns Wenster Oe
Commissioners Co
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