Record of 1895 U S Railroad Track Added
The Railway Age reports 1895 saw 1782.39 miles of track laid in the United States, the smallest annual total since 1675. Texas led with 224.22 miles. Indian Territory followed. Florida ranked eleventh with 71.25 miles, while Canada and Mexico added miles as well.
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Railway Age
United States
South
Texas
Indian Territory
Florida
California
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Maine
West Virginia
Georgia
Illinois
Michigan
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Delaware
Tennessee
Nebraska
North Dakotas
South, Dakota
Wyoming
Oregon
Nevada
Idaho
New Mexico
Canada
Mexico
Knighted Sierra Leone Mayor a New Year Honor
A report notes Mayor Lewis of Freetown, Sierra Leone, being knighted in the Queen’s New Year honors. The article calls him an unofficial legislative council member and the first person of his race to receive this honor, highlighting racial and colonial context.
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Lewis
Freetown
Theapital
Sierra Leone
Africa
Legislative Council
Hints for Housekeepers from Flannels to Potato Salad
Practical tips cover fabric care, child etiquette, paste pastry, bottle cleaning, starch water for milk, borax for whitening, coffee adulteration tests, and potato salad methods. Guidance includes boiling bottles, dissolving borax, and using French dressing to coat freshly boiled potatoes. notes on new potatoes vs old and market origins.
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Rorer
Tolland
The Koran as Religious and Political Code
The Koran is both a religious and political code and many Muslims accept its use to back policy. Officials view Islam as maintaining faith, freeing lands from Christian rule, and opposing infidels who refuse tribute, while some Mohammedans seek to soften this stance with quotations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Éalmans
Ancient Mikado as Religious Head and Ruler in Japan
The mikado is described as both Japan's religious head and ruler. The office is hereditary and has been filled by the same dynasty for over 2,500 years. The current mikado is the 122nd in line. the founder lived around 600 BC, a contemporary of Nebuchadnezzar.
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Fia
Nebuchadnezear
Surplus of Colonels to Field 100000 Regiments
A cautious estimate claims the west and southwest could supply colonels for at least 100,000 regiments on a day’s notice if war breaks out. The estimate excludes southern forces from the calculation.
Impudent request tests a youth’s respect for a girl
A young man without property asks a girl to share his lot, provoking comments on prudence and propriety in the community. The incident is noted in local society discourse highlighting expectations of suitors and responsibility.
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Los Angeles
Through Georgia 8 Summary of Day to Day Happenings
Georgia news notes raise funds for a Waycross reform school for Black children. Augusta forms a $5,000 immigration society and aims to push its clasma forward. Vienna discusses a cotton factory protest with a major investor. Macon liquor taxes upset retailers while wholesale dealers pay less. Captain Goodyear paddles hopes for water depth at Bromwick bar. progress shown but not deepened. Rome court awards $1,600 to Mrs Dingherty in Keeley Institute suit. case arose from son’s death after treatment. Georgia volunteers officer corps hears Captain Mercer resign intent for retirement. governor grants 30 day respite to Seymour Keener in a high-profile murder case. Cunningham pleads guilty to a misdemeanor ending two sensational trials over a Brunswick bank. Pardon commission appointed to review clemency cases, funding debates spark legal questions. governor to issue warrants from contingent funds.
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Cunningham
Frank E. Cunningham
Brunswick State Bank
Wen
Costa
Brunswick
Glynn
Sweat
Reedom for Redwine Likely to Win Release Soon
Lewis Redwine, confined in Columbus Ohio federal penitentiary, is expected to be released within a week. Reports from the prison doctor cite declining health from consumption and urge early release, supported by his lawyers and supporters. The plan is for Redwine to return to Atlanta once freed, with formal notices already sent to Washington.
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Columbua
Lewis Redwine
Federal
Columbus
Ohio
Atlanta
Washington
Redwine
Kington
Alligator Kills Jamaica Youth in Costa Rica River
A young Jamaican named Sinclair was killed in the River Banana at Port Idmion Costa Rica after being eaten by an alligator during a bathing trip with companions. Searchers found body parts in the alligator's stomach and the river, with the reptile about ten feet long.
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Port Idmion
Costaica
Banana
Sinclair
J. Kaempiver
Pink Pills Restore Health in Washington Woman's Testimony
Mrs. B. A. Moaker of Southeast Washington reports dramatic relief from muscular rheumatism and stomach trouble after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. She describes long treatments and prior failures with various doctors and plasters, noting improved digestion, eyesight, memory, weight gain, and mobility over about fifteen months of use. She credits the pills with curing her ailments and recommends them to others.
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The
Star
Washington, D. C
Williams
A. Moaker
No. 207
Third Street
William A' Pink Pilla
Perelman
Thayes
Moe
Meeker
Tam
Frefert
Wonderful Clock Exhibit in St Petersburg Clock
A remarkable clock, once made for Duke Charles of Brunswick and left to the Swiss confederation, is on display in St Petersburg. It features ninety five faces and shows time for thirty world zones, lunar phase, sun orbit, zodiac, stellar meridians, and four calendars, with two years to assemble after shipment from Switzerland to Russia.
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St. Petersburg
Charles
Brunswick
Switzerland
Russia
Early vegetables and remedies advertised in regional notices
Advertisement fragment promotes Balzer Wisconsin grown seeds claiming early vegetables twenty days ahead with samples and a large catalogue from the John A Balzer Seed Co. It also includes notices for Tynee Dyspepsia Remedy and Halls Catarrh Cure with testimonials and drugstore sales pitches.
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Balzer
Wisconsin
John A. Balzer Feed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Thalr
Brad Riiness
Thorn
Monay
Ani Weare Milne
Tapibe
Ehoice
Fonteiblag
Niled Toy
John A. Salzer Seed CO
Curious old world miscellany and Albemarle fisheries note
A collage of curiosities reports that the Old and New Testaments repeat counts of the word and that blood contains much air. It notes Topeka claims a man with alligator skin and cites famous diamonds the Orloff and the Rajah of Mattan. It mentions light’s speed, a turnip with a human face, and a 1670 publication. It adds a North Carolina labor report on Albemarle fishery roe export and extensive sturgeon processing with crews earning weekly wages.
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White House
St. Jerome
Gaul
Topeka
Kan
Mattan
Waidau
Germany
Miscellanea Academiag Natura
North Carolina State Labor Commission
Russia
Albemarle Sound
W. R. Capehart
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Legignis
Persia
Raphereth
Sony
Wes
California Fig Syrup Co
Kiimers BwaAarraor
Rea Laboratory
Binghamton
Marica
Mammoth
John A. Salzer
Leo Tyun
Julius Loeb
Bprace Street
New York City
Clancy
Parker
Br. Hline
Arel St
Phila
Tean
K. D. Townary
Ft. Howard
St Epuen
Lebanon
Robert Louis Stevenson
Ayer
Waycross
Augusta
Vienna
Athens Banner
Northeastern Railroad
Macon
Southwestern Railroad
Rome
Mra
Eliza Dingherty
Keeley Tnatitate
A. B. McDonald
Georgia Volunteers
Savannah
George A. Mercer
Notise
Mercer
Seymour Keener
Arizona
Leona Moore
Grayton
Rabun County
Keener
Mites
Rabun
Pardon Commission
Senate
Nudionde
Lwvierature
Capitol
Renatore Whitley and
Bish
Representativer Jenkins
Humphries
Davidson
Whitley
Atkinson
House
Attorney General
Terrell
Treasury
Arma
Philadelphia Record
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dome
Tyners
Chipley
C. C. Tynee
Atania
Tynee
Legion
F. J. Cunsey & Co
Props
Toledo
Pric Tha
Isaac Thomson
Ba Nassau St
New Yorks
Popham
Draguiata
Scott
aTks Ei
Charles 8. Patterson
Patterson
Trugulata
Rte
TID Aermotor CO
Rockwell and
Fillmore Streets
Chicare
Jurdiiant Gov. Naver
Faith
Hooksent
BM. Woolley
Atlanta, Oke
Walter Baker & Co
Warren Vaxin
Lad
Dorchester
San
Salzer
Gil Pila
Alimaa
Whathir
Guaranter
Boney
Browna
Leneft Ang
Wrowm Cahmical CO
Dalton
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