Belfast to London tunnel under Irish Sea plan advances
Plans seek a 50 million pound rail tunnel beneath the Irish Sea linking Ireland and Scotland. If the government guarantees 3 percent interest, construction could start soon with completion about ten years after groundbreaking. Belfast would gain economic prominence and Queenstown would face routing changes.
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Scotland
United States
Europe
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London
Galway
Queenstown
House of Commons
Marquis of Londonderry
Lord Rosebery
Spencer
Treasury
Lord Londonderry
England
Artistocratic Park Lane
Dasks
Tam
Tunnel under sea between Belfast and Galway proposed
Curtis Brown reports on a speculative plan for a 35 mile sea tunnel linking Northern Ireland and the west coast of Ireland. The explorer notes potential speed gains from London to Galway in about three hours and Belfast as the likely rail terminus, with Galway as a transatlantic stop. He discusses feasibility, costs, and economic impact on Irish commerce and tourism.
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Ireland
Simpson
St. Gothard
London
Carlisle
Galway
Beaport
New York
Eileven
Arlberg
Lkely
England
Reland
Ateel
Green Isle
Scotland
Curtis Brown
A Vine Knob Watcher Calls Out During Performance
A fragment from Short Stories describes a man from Vine Knob watching a performance on a slide trombone. He grabs a companion, shouts Look thar Tiger, and claims to have outdone himself amid a crowded scene.
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Vine Knob
Northwestern Inventors Scoop Patents This Week
Listings from Minneapolis and St Paul show patents issued to inventors including Scott Evans Marty Helmick Holm Joseph Young Dater and Morwin Lothrop Johnson. Highlights include a computing machine graphophone calf-holder blow-off cock and other mechanical devices with patent attorneys Morwin Lothrop Johnson.
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Northwestern
Scott 1
Evans
Minneapolis
Minn
Marty H. Helmick
John O'Connor
Ely
Tydia IK
Sturm
Duluth
Morwin, Lothrop & Johnson
Pioneer Press
St. Paul
Dustnens and Foot Powder Ad from Allen Glinsted
An early 20th century-style advertisement announces a powder to shake in shoes to ease foot ailments including corns bunions and ingrown nails. It promotes low gas prices and urges readers to ask their dealer for Alien's Foot-Inse. Sample mailed free, price 26 cents.
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Glinsted
le Roy
Drawing Them and a Seashore Rescue Tale
A fragment recalls a New York two tone donor giving 100000 to a rescuer who saved a drowning woman. The remark credits women at the seashore for avoiding a shortage of men at resorts, per Chicago Times-Herald.
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New York
Ann
Chicago
times-Herald
They Seldom Do Till It Awfully Defiant Plays It
A gushing maiden asks playwright Waywright for ideas for plays. He replies he has never tried it and does not know. Brooklyn Life records the humorous exchange about literary inspiration and creative effort.
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Waywright
Brooklyn
Inventor of the fountain pen highlighted in Money Tatts feature
A brief Chicago News Money Tatts note touts the famous fountain pen inventor as a man who forged wealth from his writing tool. The piece contrasts frugality with riches and nods to long-distance telephony in a Syracuse Evening Tales style remark.
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Syracuse
Pain Conquered By Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound
A letter extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women health, claiming relief from back pain fatigue and menstrual suffering after two to four bottles. It urges others to seek Mrs Pinkham's free advice from Lynn Massachusetts and to write at first symptoms.
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Lydia EF
Pink
Mrs. Della Restokes
Rensselaer, Iad
Irate Father Confronts Suspected Affair Under Bushes
Fragmentary report notes a confrontation between a furious father and a man accused of kissing his daughter. The text also references railway and timetable details tied to the Chicago Great Western line and a substantial financial increase cited for July 1890.
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Philadelphia North
Chicago Great Western
Chicago Great Western Ry
Garbled ad quotes and garish medical claims from old column
Fragmentary OCR shows an odd mix of nonsense about tattooed men, dangers of pimples and boils, and supposed cures by Candy Cathartics. It includes stray prices 10¢ 26¢ 60¢ and a garbled Garfield quote about taking risks for convictions.
Two-Faced Wonder At Oslo State Museum Remarked
In a quirky note, Tommy Scroggins jokes about a two headed boy needing two faces to wash, while Wimmie Wiggins smiles at the notion. The Oslo State Journal records the playful exchange highlighting curious curios.
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Tommy Scroggins
de Museun
Wimmie Wiggins
Oslo State Journal
Railroad Adds Fleet of Passenger and Freight Cars
The Brltkmore and Ohio South Western Ruil Road expands with 4,000 freight cars and adds two 60 foot postal cars four 65 foot baggage cars five 60 foot combination baggage end coaches three 60 foot first class coaches with wide vestibules and modern finish and two 67 foot combination parlor dining and observation cars to its rolling stock.
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Brltkmore
Ohio South Western Ruil Road
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