Our Need for Better Roads Spurred by Rail Growth
Chicago Herald argues that neglect of country roads stems from rail expansion and funding gaps. It cites the Cumberland road’s decline, missing toll revenue, and a shift to rail transport, urging public will and scientific roadmaking to reconnect city and countryside.
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America
John London Macadam
Pullman
Wagner
United States
Cumberland
Henry Clay
The
Alleghanies
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
J. W. Jenks
Linois
General Assembly
Chicago Herald
How Bad Roads Hinder Rural Growth
A northern man considered settling near Washington Maryland but abandoned the plan after tripping through hostile, guideboardless roads, illustrating how poor roads impede national growth. The Kensington parish favors wood paving with 200000 square yards of wood blocks on a concrete foundation using Thames ballast and cement, laid in transverse rows for a smooth finish.
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Maryland
Washington
Detroit News
Kensington
Thames
London Daily News
Long Distance Ride Planned by Japanese Attache
Major Yasumasa Fukushima, military attaché in Berlin, will begin a 15 month horseback journey from Berlin to Tokio. He plans 10 000 miles excluding waterways, riding six days a week at about 30 to 35 miles daily. The route covers Berlin Warsaw Kovno St Petersburg Moscow to Irkutsk and Vladivostock then through Manchuria to Peking and Shanghai before sailing to Nagasaki and final ride to Tokyo.
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Yasumasa Fukushima
Legation
Berlin
Tokio
St. Petersburg
Warsaw
Kovno
Moscow
Kasan
Omsk
Semipalatinsk
Mongolia
Kobdo
Uljassutai
Gobi Desert
Kiachta
Siberia
Irkutsk
Vladivostock
Amur
Ussuri
Manchuria
China
Peking
Shanghai
Chinese Sea
Nagasaki
New York
Doctor Charms Stranger Who Returns 20 Carat Gem
Dr A Billhardt of Sandusky Ohio aided a penniless man in Philadelphia. Years later a package arrived from Mellmore South America containing a 20 carat rainbow gem valued at about 8 000 dollars with a note of gratitude from SARONINO Rossa.
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A. Billhardt
Sandusky
Philadelphia
Mellmore
South America
Dr. A. Billhardt
Sin
Saronino Rossa
Cor
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Wire glass innovation debuts in Dresden market
A new wire glass product from Dresden features hot plastic glass with a flexible iron wire layer enclosed by vitreous material. The design aims to resist rust and extreme temperatures, claims higher strength, fire resistance, and burglar proofing, suitable for skylights and eliminating standard wire protectors.
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Dresden
Sunflower seeds eyed as American staple alternative
The Washington Star notes the sunflower could aid food supplies if grown in western regions. It highlights two main types: small seeds for oil and large seeds eaten raw like peanuts, with 750000 acres planted annually in Russia.
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Sam
West
Washington Star
Across the water typewriting as an art form
London hosts an at home event where two expert women demonstrate typewriting and shorthand. A magic lantern show explains the craft with slides, including a sea piece and a Pantheon at Rome, drawing surprised pleasure from attendees.
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London
Pantheon
Rome
New York Times
Mary Livermore and Poets Toast Seventies
Mary A Livermore near seventy attends a gathering with Dr Holmes and Whittier. The poets admit to eighty birthdays and Livermore declares approaching seventy as Whittier jokes You are but a giddy girl.
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Mary A. Livermore
Dr. Holmes and Whittier
Mrs. Livermore
Mr. Whittier
Boston
Austrian War Ministry Orders Dogs Trained as Messengers
The Austrian minister of war issues orders to train dogs for military service as messengers and sentinels and to aid in locating wounded soldiers on the battlefield.
Four Boston Men Meet A Watchless Dinner Time Mystery
Four Boston men dining together notice all four watches have stopped at the same moment. They search for a possible cause and discuss common factors such as local magnetic fields or a shared clock event. Investigators note no immediate physical explanation.
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Boston
Costly Wedding Presents for the Princess May
A Philadelphia Telegraph note describes wedding gifts once intended for the Princess May now offered to the public as sentimental keepsakes. It highlights a Tiffany diamond necklace and a £5000 sapphire brooch formerly from a Russian noble family, with cautious anecdotes about public reception and value.
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Strand
Tiffany
New York
London
Philadelphia Telegraph
Field telephone tests in French autumn maneuvers reported
London Globe describes magneto telephones used with handheld transmitters and worn receivers tied to a kepi. A bare 0.6 mm bimetallic wire stretched 23 km over hedges walls and trenches, with five hours to lay and one hour to take up. Trials include a cavalry unit crossing without disruption and improvised earth circuits via bayonet or horse.
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London Globe
Mutinous Wilna Battery Officer Fires on Soldiers
At Wilna in western Russia an artillery officer fired a revolver in anger after his commands were ignored. He shot two noncommissioned officers before the third man was warned and saluted. Military opinion splits on whether the act was justified amid the mutiny report.
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Wilna
Russia
London Times
Explosion at Cave City Kills Two Men
Seth Williams and Morris McClelland died in a blast while digging a cistern eight feet down at Cave City Kentucky. Williams struck a rock with a sledge causing a terrible explosion that buried McClelland and threw Williams fifty yards into a tree. McClelland died after revealing the events. bluish vapor with sulfur smell lingered at the scene. Exchange report. Kansas City Times notes Patrick Costello’s death in Detroit triggers $60 000 to engineer Tom Costello of Wichita.
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Seth Williams
Morris McClelland
Cave City
Williams
McClelland
Patrick Costello
Detroit
Tom Costello
Wichita
Atchison Road
Patrick
Ireland
Australia
Tom
America
Kansas City Times
White kid gloves symbolize county morals in Franklin term
At the recent term of the supreme judicial court of Franklin County Maine no indictments were found. The grand jury, when dismissed, presented Judge Emery with a pair of white kid gloves as an emblem of purity in the county’s morals.
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Supreme Judicial Court of
Franklin County
Emery
Five Year Old Leads Guilford Coasting Party
A Guilford Maine coastinf party included Orman Cimpher age five his mother his grandfather and his great grandmother age ninety four. They coasted down long hills for an hour and then enjoyed a hearty backwoods breakfast.
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Guilford
Orman Cimpher
Dr Miles New Heart Cure Promoted As Reliable Remedy
Advert reads grave examiner claims doctors err in treating heart disease and that sudden deaths rise. It cites that one in four have a diseased heart and lists symptoms such as shortness of breath and chest pain. The copy asserts Dr Miles New Heart Cure as the only reliable remedy with thousands testifying and offers free books via Bradshaw Thomas.
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Miles
Cnres
Bradshaw &Thoma
Argentine coal mines change fuel supply for railways
The outlook for newly discovered Argentine coal mines is so favorable that railways have declined to renew contracts with British mines. Imported coal has long fueled Argentine railroads, but the new mines are believed to provide a domestic supply sufficient for all needs.
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Argentine Republic
Miles Pills Promise Quick Relief For Liver Bowel Ailments
Dr Miles pills claim to regulate liver stomach and bowels via nerves with speedily curing biliousness bad taste and constipation. Marketed as smallest mildest and surest 50 doses for 25 cents with samples available at Bradshaw and Thomas. A French experiment suggests a pyrometer method to measure high temperatures by comparing radiation with a standard lamp per the New York Times.
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Miles
Satinples Tree
Bradshaw & Thomas
New York Times
Mystic Cure advertised as rapid remedy for rheumatism and neuralgia
A 75 cent remedy claims to cure rheumatism and neuralgia in 1 to 5 days by removing the cause. advertised by D. G. Higley in Fairfield Iowa. The excerpt also features social commentary and multiple ads praising De Witt’s Sarsaparilla and Little Early Risers with local endorsements and varied medical claims.
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D. G. Higley Druggist
Fairfield
Iowa
de Witt
Geo. D. Clarke
Clarke
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Hubbard
New York Sun
Hetherington
Robinson
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Parrott
DeWitt
D. Clarke
Florence
Colorado
Geo. D Clarke
Montana
Montgomery County
Bradshaw & Thoma
W. L. Douglas
From
Evers
Angola
Jn von
Brockton
Aoe
J. F. Wilson, Jr
the New
Webster
Webster’s
the International
G. &C. Merriam & CO
Slishers
Springfield
Mass
U.S. A
Ary
Trice & Co
PTL
True &Co
Box 490
Augusta, Malone
Young Brothers
Anat Gaux
Lamar
Express
Clarke & Junkin
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Des Moines
Omio Chemical Co
Sycamore St
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Beadshaw & Thoesa, Agente
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Minnesota
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Nebraska
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Hutchinson
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Abilene
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Caldwell
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el Reno
Minco
India Territory
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Spings and Publo
DFS
Denver
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Pueblo
Joseph
Rocky Mountain
Salt Lake City
Ogden
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Manitou
Pike's Peak
Allther
St Joseph
Kanasas City
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Indian Territory
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Uhlengro
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Canada
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John Sebastian
Pass
Hicago, Ill
Pyles
And
South Dakota
Soip
St. Louis
Minneapolis & St. Paul
Cedar Rapids
Spirit Lake
Vickerson Sato
Union
Ives
J. E. Hannegan
Percheron
Norman
H. S. Mitchell
Puckwood, Lowa
BEND
Stover Bicycle Mfg. CO
Freeport, Ill
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