Mount Lowe Railway Promises Grand Mountain Views
The Mount Lowe railway is praised as a landmark of engineering and scenic grandeur. Travelers recount the ascent from Aitagens to Rubio canyon, noting steep sections, cliffside cars, and panoramic valley views. The ride offers telescopic clarity of distant towns, mountains, and gorges, with diverse stations and dramatic drops to echoing canyons.
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Rerson
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Aitagens
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Los Angeles
Rubio Canyon
Mount Wilson
Easure
Hunt Aviation
Earth
Mountain Cable Dream Between Mount Lowe and Mount Wilson
A historic newspaper piece describes an aerial link between Mount Lowe and Mount Wilson, detailing scenic Alpine Tavern viewpoints, a great circular bridge, and sunrises over canyons. Engineer Brom notes the topography plus a proposed five mile track, with a wire elevated railway as the feasible solution.
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Alpine Tavern
Orang Mountains
Lews and
Wilson
Sierra Madre
Descripe
Pacific Ocean
Benu- San Gabriel Valley
Los Ageles
Pasadana
Santa Monica
Perhepa
Mount Lowe
Mount Agon
Alvas
Joboom
Seattle
Sanano
Steel
Nield
Skagway
Brooklyn
Behusies
Civi
Los A Yeles
Southwest
Ope Nation There. He Said: “Brom
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Mount Markham
San Gabriel Neale
Mount Wilson
Civil War gold hoard tale linked to Stout family legend
A Tennessee reader disputes a Southern paper’s claim that 52,490 in gold coins was found near Telford. He knows James Rittenbarger and Wattenbarger kin, asserts Stout family history, and notes a 1864 and 1865 timeline. He insists the story lacks proof and shares personal recollections of local figures and the Stout robbery narrative.
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Telford
James ‘Watten
Tomas Rittenbarger
Wattenbarger
John Tert
Catres Trav
Feric
Soipel
Federal
Man Stout
Stout
George Urman
Frank Lane
Kane Broyles
Smith
Sete
Stav Isaac
Broyles
John Stout
Sayoo
Urman
Lane
Stover
Poe
Spread of the Opium Habit by Harvey Sparks
The article discusses long standing opium use as a public menace in the United States, noting rising imports of smoking opium and the spread beyond Chinese communities. It describes opium pipes, preparation methods, and the social effects including addiction, criminal links, and the difficulty of quitting.
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Harvey Sparks
Ben
Alten Wilms
United States
United’ States
New York
Optum
Uttler
Australia the Giant of the South Seas by Frank G Carpenter
The article surveys the impending federation of Australia, describing a senate and house modeled on the American system, salaries, disqualifications, and powers. It details trial capital sites, intercolonial transport, rail gauge issues, and Melbourne's parliament, plus trade effects with the United States and Britain.
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South Seas
Frank G Carpenter
Commonwealth of Australia
Melbourne
Senate
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Hebden
Aia
Ganaran
United States
New Australia
Heya
Great Britain
Ireland
France
Europe
New Zealand
Eet
England
Adfrica
South America
Asia
New York
Omaha
Staels
Salt Lake
Chicago
Gulf of Carpentaria
White Star
Shaw
Seville
Cape of Good Hope
Cape Town
London
Straits of Magellan
Sydney
San Francisco
Vancouver
Honolulu
Adelaide
Perth
Verlougs
Washington
Cooksville
Captain Cook
Austraville
Austral Land
Albudonza
New South Wales
Victoria
Canada
South Africa
America
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Western Australia
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Amors
Lloyd
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Southampton
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
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Lonmin
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Eceat Ateamshie Company
Ent Line
Brition India
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Rispane
Sraneyd
Adelside
Mount Kosciusko
Murray
Mount Hosciusko
Friends of Alburyas
Albury
Wodonga
Mayo
Commonwealth Parliament
Parliament
Treasury Department
Bunker Street
Treasury
Victorian Congress
House of Commons
Australasia
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Sydney Docks
Newapa
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