Speed but no smoke prospects for electric railways Edison says
New York Journal reports on a company formed to apply electricity as motive power to U S railways with Thomas A Edison and Stephen D Field as incorporators Edison describes a central rail system using a motor train and dynamos claiming a 34 percent coal saving and noting limited use for heavy freight or long distance passenger service for now He foresees electricity replacing steam gradually and cites ongoing tests at Menlo Park and various cities while denying further experiments beyond commercial work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
United States
Messia
Thomas A. Edison
Stephen D. Field
Menlo Park
Chicago
Mr. Edison
Kew Island
Long Branch
Fairmount Park
Baraloga
New York
Mr. Field
Edeon
J. Edison
Unusual Tools Used by Firemen
Firemen describe a full set of forcible entry tools stored on department trucks. The kit includes a three-section jimmy, a straight jimmy, mauls, a lock-breaker, a door-forcer and a battering ram. They explain these are patterned after bank robbery tools and emphasize the ram can breach stone walls. Additional gear includes crowbars, shovels, axes, hooks, extinguishers, oxygen and hydrogen tanks, red signaling lights, and red daylight flags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
New York
Gulliver
Eix
The Giddy Young Thing and the General Sherman
Washington Dispatch notes the young general nearing retirement for old age. Sherman plans to depart for Fortress Monroe and jokes with a reporter that he will miss the circus, the show he enjoys, though he must depart by gun-boat and cannot predict when he will return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Dispatch
Sherman
Fortress Monroe
The New Midstor of the World by the Conch Box to Sanctum
A portrait of Joseph Pulitzer as coachman and ambitious journalist in St Louis. The piece describes his languages, chess prowess, clashes with William Grosvenor, envy of Carl Schurz, admiration for McCullagh and Hutchins, and his strained public image. It notes his wife’s Jefferson Davis connection and his social reception in Missouri politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Tribune
Pulitzer
St Louis
William M. Grosvenor
St Louis Democrat
Bessolil
Chestnut and
Fifth Streets
Grosvenor
McCullagh
Globe-Democrat
Hutchins
Washington Post
John McCullough
Siimon Hutchin
John A. Cockrell
Missouri
Interest in Army Reunions Dying Warns of Fading Patriotism
A New York Tribune letter argues army reunions will shrink as veterans decline, school education on the Civil War weakens, and national memory shifts. It warns Decoration Day and related holidays will see changes in observance as fewer survivors parade and become public commemorations fade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Army of the Potomac
Washington
Gen
McClellan
Sherman
Union
Anguty
Ashington
Thebes
New York
When They Spill Things
In this column a mix of timid locals are described as respectful to store clerks waiters conductors and brakemen yet harbor a hidden bold streak. The piece suggests ordinary people occasionally erupt and spill their defiance as Wild Bill style action when pushed too far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
Uriah Hoops
Eastward the Star and Western Leaders in New York
The New York Tribune notes western origin and influence in the city’s professions politics and business. Norvin Green of Western Union is highlighted as a daily Broadway presence. The piece recalls a country doctor past crossing into metropolitan leadership and a historic meeting with Blaine in Kentucky.
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New York Tribune
East
Broadway
Norvin Green
Western Union Telegraph Company
Kentucky
Green
Blaine
After Death in Temple Bar Poem Fragment
A reflective verse requests a widow to avoid weeping and tend a grave with violets white and blue. The speaker asks she plant flowers as his last will and, in spring, to remember his love when the blooms appear, guiding the widow to visit his resting place.
Cyclones in the United States 1794 to 1841 Revealed
The Signal Service records show Kansas as the cyclone hotspot with sixty two tornadoes, Illinois close behind with fifty four, and Missouri following at forty four. The study details paths, speeds, and funnel forms, noting most occur in the afternoon from April to June with peak activity around 5 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Times
Signal Service Department
Washington
Rocky Mountains
Kansas
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
New York
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Texas
Tennessee
North Carolina
The French of New York in Townsend’s New York
The article notes a large French population in New York supporting two daily papers and leaning Republican yet often planning return to France. It contrasts French provincial traits with Italians who trade on the La Plata and return home after fortune. French artisans and cooks are valued in New York, with a restaurant feeding hundreds daily.
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New York
George Alfred Townsend
Europe
la Plata
Italy
Making Those Things We Strike at and Dont Hit
The article explains nail and tack production from rolled iron sheets 3 to 12 inches wide and 3 to 9 feet long, cut into 30 inch strips, cleaned in acid, and formed into nails by a machine. Knives, dies, and a lever shape heads. machines run 250 rpm for common nails and about 500 rpm for headless shoe nails, yielding 3 to 5 nails per revolution.
Cattle Brands and Ranges Listed Across Wyoming and Dakota
A long list of cattle brands, ranges, post office locations, and owners across Johnson County Wyoming, Powder River areas, Tongue River, Fort Fetterman, Cheyenne, and Custer City. Brands include Three Crow, Wel, and ship’s wheel types. Notes mention ownership by Bartlett Richards & Co and J Donoughue Foreman with ranges on Powder River, Rawhide, and North Platte tributaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ranges
Powder River
Tongue River
Johnson County
Wyoming
Rawhide Branch
Powder River Cattle Co
Rawhide, Wyoming
Custer City
Dakota
Goshen Hole
Cheyenne River
Cheyenne
Fox and Horse Creeks
Too True Alas Keep Within Reach of Your Ideal
The article warns that chasing the impossible drains energy and leads to discouragement. It urges maintaining a practical ideal to avoid morbid excess and wasted effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Inter-Ocean
The Long-Worn Swallow-Tail
A reminiscence recalls a Jester wearing a swallow-tail on an autumn evening in his Wilkes-Barre room during a lecture. A child clambered onto his lap, candy marks and oyster soup stains are noted as casual details of the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarra
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Joseph Pulitzer
Temple Bar
Male Bey
Tiffany’s
Tiffany & Co
Procenis
Eitch
River Cattle Com
Mulea
Branda
Brands
J. H. Ford
P, O
Notige
J. B. Morrow
Wyo
Smapmr
the Lakotah Cattle CO
Bartlett Richards
P. O
C.T
M. E. Post
Hhange Polo
Horse Creeks
North Park
Lemuel Smith
Jn. P.O
Dress
Fetterman
North Side
North Platte River
Waite River
Niobrara River
Neb
Little Powder River
Err
Avavol
Bartlett Richards & Oco
Cheyenne, Wyo
Spearfish
Plunkett, Roche & CO
Johnson Co
Range
John Donoughue
Foreman
Sturgis & Lane
Be'le Fourche
Donkey Creek
Cattls
Sturgis, Goodell & CO
Lane
Nom
Postoffice
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Sturgis, Goodell
Burlington
Hawkeye
Mulberry
Indianapol
San
California
Mitte
Stoc
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