Bolivias Rail Push After War and Treaty Realignments
The article surveys Bolivia’s postwar economic shift, noting loss of Antofagasta after 1879, the 1904 peace with Chile, and the 1903 Rio de Janeiro treaty with Brazil. It details rail concession history from 1863 to 1908, highlights failed private ventures, and outlines the 1906 contract with National City Bank and Speyer & Co. to build a trunk railway system from Oruro to Viacha, Cochabamba, Potosí, Tupisi, Uyuni, and La Paz to Puerto Pando, with financing and bond structures.
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Santiago
Bolivia
Chile
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Pacific
Antofagasta
Jost
Peru
Cordillera
South America
National Assembly
United States
Cobijl
Potosi
Bolivian National Oace of Immigration and Statistice
la Pas
Lake Titicaca
Puno
Nollendo
Alto of la Pas
Goagui
Lake Titicacs
Paraguay
Acre
Arica
la Paz
National City Bank and Speyer & Co
New York
la Pax
Oruro
Viacha
Desaguadero
Cochabamba
Potoal
Potos
Tupisi
Calsa
Catagalta
London
Antofagasta and Bolivia Railway Company
Speyer & Co
Antofagasta Railway Company
Iine
A Law Advice From a Country Lawyer
Amiss Burden seeks legal counsel over imagined rights to water shares and a path. Lawyer Fairman counsels that law needs facts and warns that fancy can mock justice, urging her to gather real evidence before pursuing court action. The tale ends with noted wisdom on facts over feeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Burden
Mag
Liz
Denver Market Cattle and Grain Prices Listed
Market page lists cattle types with pricing for beef steers grain fed fair to medium and grass good to choice, cows and heifers varying by grain or grass feeding, veal calves, feediers and stockers with quality ranges, and hogs. Also shows grains like wheat rye oats corn bran hay and miscellaneous commodities with per hundred pounds or per ton figures and egg case counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cholea
Colorado
Idaho
Nebraska
Deported Chinamen and Regional Rail News Mix in Las Vegas Area
United States Commissioner W. B. Bunker ordered the deportation of two Chinese men, Fong Sam and Fong Wing, after government prosecutions led by David J. Leahy. Details include connections to ex-conductor Hank Maynard and a mysterious visitor named Charlie Lee. Also notes a planned double daylight rail service by the Santa Fe between Albuquerque and El Paso, and new mining company incorporation filings for the Hi Porvenir Copper Mining Company with Las Vegas founders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stanley
Dawson
Fong Sam
Fong Wing
United States
W. B. Bunker
Las Vegas
David J. Leahy
el Paso
Charlie Lee
Hop Lee
Banta Fe
Albuquerque
Hi Porvenir Copper Mining Company
Nathan Jaffa
Papore
Pablo Gallegos
Andres Pollack
Marguerite Romero
Rafael Benavides
Ruberto Archuleta
Eulogio Duran
Nicanor Rodrigues
Alfredo Russof
Gallup
Curry
McKinley County
Beleneen
Doctor's Prescription and Antiquity Folklore
A fragment cites a dubious recipe mixing Sareaparilla syrup and Torls compound with whiskey for dosage before meals and at bedtime. It also recounts a Cassell's Saturday Journal anecdote about a child asking his mother if grandpa thrash was passed down, highlighting a joke about who started the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassell
Saturday Journal
The Last Resort Pondering Tax Proposals and Drinking
A local exchange shows residents debating tax hikes on beer spirits wine and inheritances with a wry plan to drink up money rather than bear higher levies. The dialogue highlights budget tensions and public sentiment toward fiscal policy.
Nonsensical Fragments Highlight Puns and Ads
A collage of clipped quips and local advertisements featuring humorous lines about ants and aunts, cautionary health claims, and products like Dr. Pierce’s remedies. The pieces showcase quirky sayings from various papers and vendors with no single cohesive event.
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Fliteight
Pulacayo
Guaqui
Denver
Hoge
Upland
South Park
Ceneeeremenes
Colo
Fiy
F. P
F. P. Fis
U Springs
Finis
Wigg
Scribbler
Philadelphia Record
Iva
Mike
Dodds
Seadache Posten
Thompson's
Conte
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