Greenwich Meridian Adopted as World Time Standard
At Rome the Geodetic Conference committee nearly unanimously backed Greenwich as the universal time standard with noon preferred for the day start. The French delegate alone dissented. The North American Review December issue highlights telegraph government control, subtreasury evils, and defenses, alongside other scientific and moral discussions.
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Rome
Greenwich
M. Frye
North American Review
Telegraph
Gardiner G. Hubbard
J. Laurence Laughtin
Harvard University
Gail Hamilton
Thomas Carlyle
Henry George
Wantel
Feun
Woo
Praakdin
Hodge
Princeton College
Lafayette Place
New York
All Oregon Girl Marries the Wrong Twin
In St. Helen a remarkable tale arises from two brothers Alfred and Henry Grove who arrived from Kangaa. Their striking resemblance caused friends to confuse them. Henry, already married with a wife living in Kansas, met the Avery family and their daughter, leading to a mistaken union.
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St. Helen
Alfred
Henry Grove
Kangaa
Henry
Kansas
John Avery
Oil wells and iron trade dominate 1860s era reports
An 1860s-era summary notes concerns over petroleum and rock oil after a minister warns against drilling, while a New York visitor predicts global oil disruption. It also reports a major ore contract in Tennessee for 600000 tons over six years at 37 cents to 1.05 per ton, plus record weekly iron output at South Pittsburgh and Des Moines saloon license woes as keepers pay quarterly fees.
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Ohio
New York
Congo
United States
Nasavi Ee. Tenn
South
Shook
Tennessee Coal
Ron & Railway Company
Messrs. G. P. Crump & Co
Tennnessee Coal, Iron & Tailway Company
Pittsburgh
Trade and commerce mixed with odd notes and ads
Trade figures mix with grain and meat prices and scattered ads. The text lists prices for western and white wheats, oats and corn, hogs and cattle, with references to New York and Minnesota markets. It also includes a medical ad for Dr Fenner remedies and a report on royal health rumors in England.
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England
Fenner
Old-time rail routes and schedules across cities
A damaged notice lists rail lines between New York, Chicago, and Pittsburgh with station stops, times, and meridian time comparisons. It mentions trains running daily except Sundays, porches of connections at Carrollton, Bradford, Titusville, and Kunkle, and schedules for the Any Valley & Pittsburgh Road on Wednesday May 20, 1883, northward.
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New York
Dunkirk
Sherdan
Forestville
Smiths Mild
Perrysburg
Buyten
Cullutaugis
Little Valley
Selanne
Beaiebelie
Stein
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Yamaiatia
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Olen
Hinsdale
Cuba
Friendship
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Belmont
Cig
Wellsville
Andover
Alfred J. _Amend
Hornellsville
Pye Faily
Sheridan
Samths Mills
Perrysborg
Dayton
Cabturangua
Little Wiley
Carrollton
Wandtalia
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Scio
Wellxville
Alfred
Almond
Hopes
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Aera Gray
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Bradford Toeronees
Titusville
Bradford
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OU City
Corry
Buffalo
Sowfalo
Pittsburgh
Maville
Maywilie
Gnion & Titusvile Branch
Lakeville
Union City
Lakevile
Timneville
Livmon
Oil City
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Warren
Radford
Philadelphia
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New York Line Transits Upgrade Begins
Passenger equipment on the New York Line is new and fitted with provisions for travel. The Union Benevolent Society reports 45 trips now, with 28th as a key date for the new system rollout.
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Unclear text item on New York passenger act
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a Gen's Passener Act in New York and references a company and checks on a dependent, with garbled names and numbers. No clear event, date, or identifiable entities emerge from the readable portion.
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