Delay in Illinois Central time card and bold car orders
The Illinois Central time card did not take effect on January first and officials foresee a delay before new trains run as 386 new passenger coaches are built. Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul promotions elevate A C Bird to third vice president and J H Hilard to general traffic, with E S Keeley becoming general freight agent. New Rogers locomotive for the Illinois Central is heavy, with 218000 pounds, 108 tons, and detailed specs, including a 504 inch center of gravity measured by suspension method.
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Illinois Central
Omaha
The
Central
Chicago-Omaha
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Earling
A.C. Bird
J. H.iland
Bird
E. S. Keeley
Mr. Hilard
St. Paul
Paua
St. Louis, Alton
Terre Haute
Bill
St. Louis
Kansas City
Northern
Wabash
Mr. Hiland
Milwaukee
Rogers Consolidation
Ilinois Central
Ohio River
Reuben Wells
Rogers Locomotive Company
Patterson, N. J
Accident at Yard Leaves Engineer With Facial Injuries
A railroad engineer fell from his engine in the yards on Monday. He slipped on the footboard while getting down and landed hard, cutting and bruising his face. Dr. Fair attended to his injuries.
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Tral
Markets Close Mixed as Wheat and Hog Prices Stand Out
Chicago closing quotes show May wheat at 70 with mixed grain and meat futures. U.S. stockyard results in Chicago and Denver report cattle steady, hogs active and higher, sheep up a dime, while Minneapolis and Duluth receipts rise week over week. Northwestern receipts show varied totals, with New York stock market inputs to follow.
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Union
C. W.killen
Fry’s
Cutcado
Northwestern
Minneapolis
Duluth
NEW York Stock Market
Freeport
C. W. Killen
Fry’s Block
Cutter raffle winner tied to L Place and Bardell
The article notes L Place held the lucky number for a cutter raffled off by C. H. Bardell.
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L. Place
C. H. Bardell
Sinai ibex seen as beast on mountain top by pilgrims
A 19th century account recalls Father Felix Fabri describing a horned creature he saw near Sinai. Modern readers identify the animal as the bedan or Sinaitic ibex, a wild goat inhabiting Red Sea mountains and Moab gullies. Esau hunted it, linking the tale to biblical birthright themes.
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Calvius
Felix Fabri
Sinai
Red Sea
Moab
Esau
Metal Railroad Ties Use Reported Worldwide
A Washington agricultural department report warns against forest denudation to obtain material for railroad ties. It notes about 20 percent of global railway mileage outside the U S and Canada uses metal ties, while U S progress remains limited. Worldwide share rose from 7 percent in 1890 to 10 percent in 1894.
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Agricultural Department
Washington
United States
Canada
Railway Review
Old Scotchwoman Criticizes Queen Over Sunday Ride
An Extremist notes a tale from a Westminster Budget story about a Scotchwoman near Bal moral who criticised the queen for riding on a Sunday. Her reply cites Christ plucking wheat on the Sabbath, prompting the remark that she does not think better of him for it.
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Mr. Irving
Annual White House Show Opens Social Season With 3350 Guests
Washington January 2 1900 More than two thousand citizens queued at the White House gates to greet the president during the New Year reception marking the social season’s start. A total of 8854 guests passed the line by 1 5 pm. Mrs McKinley attended despite poor health. General Miles led the army and Admiral Dewey headed the naval contingent. The diplomatic corps including Lord Pauncefote showcased in brilliant uniforms alongside judges, senators, and representatives.
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Washington
Cuba
Arctic
White House
United States
McKinley
Navy
Miles
Corbin
Admiral Dewey
Admiral Melville
Supreme Court
Carnegie Gives 300000 To Cooper Union For Day School
New York January 2 Andrew Carnegie has donated 300000 pounds to Cooper Union to establish a day school modeled on the current night school. The Mechanics Arts High School will complete Cooper founder Peter Cooper’s original plan. Carnegie wrote to trustee Abram S Hewitt pledging the gift and expressing pride in contributing to the benefaction. The trustees accepted the proposal at a recent meeting.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Cooper Union
Veter Cooper
Mechanics
Arts High School
Abram S. Hewitt
Carnegie
Hewitt Carnegie
Peter Cooper
New Zealand shooting ends in sudden death unrevealed motive
In Pas sonic New Zealand Hilen Thabash was shot and killed at the start of the new year. Michael Schwartz fired four shots from a revolver outside the house and then, believing the pistol empty, fired again inside. The incident ended with Thabash’s instant death and unclear motive.
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New York
Hilen Thabash
Passonic
N. Z
Michael Schwartz
Typographical Union chief to attend Charleston labor meeting
S B Donnelly president of the International Typographical Union will attend the labor meeting in Charleston West Virginia January 27. President Mitchell of the miners union has also been invited. The meeting is described as a labor clarification with miners and other union men to be represented.
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Indianapolis
B. Donnelly
International Typographical Union
Charleston
W. Va
Mitchell
Furey Bates Bout Halted by Police in Toledo Fight
In Toledo on January 2 Barney Furey of Cincinnati and Charles Bates of Elkhart Ind fought a ten round welterweight bout halted by police after a first round deemed too violent. Murrey led on points at the stoppage with the crowd unsettled over the outcome.
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Toledo
Barney Furey
Cincinnati
Charles Bates
Elkhart
Ind
East Side Athletic Club
Murrey
No Indictment Against Gallinger Senator Clalliinger Charged
Concord N H grand jury reported to Aldrich yesterday no indictment was found against Senator Gallinger charged with violating civil service laws by soliciting subscriptions for campaign from federal officeholders.
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Gallinger
Concord
N. T1
Dodge Aldrich
Senator Clalliinger
Civil Service
Influenza feared as Mississippi freezes over in St Louis
Chicaea physicians predict influenza will appear soon in the country. For the first time in years the Mississippi River is frozen over at St. Louis. Emperor William has conferred the title of prince on Count von Hulen burg, the German ambassador at Vienna. The tenth annual New Year's display at the Wellington hotel in Chicago featured a 115 pound game pie. Gold and silver outputs for 1899 are listed for Kloschke, California, and other regions. James W. Peletier of Marysville committed suicide in Chicago after his money and baggage checks were stolen en route to Norfolk to marry.
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Chicaea
St. Louis
William
Count von Hulenburg
Vienna
Barboursville
W. Va
Wellington Hotel
Chicago
California
James W. Peletier
Marysville
Norfolk
Greeley Boyhood Lessons From Old Scaggs In Erie
A New York Recorder tale recounts Horace Greeley's boyhood in Erie Pa where the prodigious reader befriended Nathaniel Scaggs an irreligious neighbor. Scaggs taught Latin and philosophy inspiring Greeley despite his father's harsh views. After repeated punishments for visiting Scaggs, Greeley recalled his loyalty to learning and Latin studies and how it shaped him. The piece notes Greeley later became a New York editor and reflects on the lashings he endured for his friendship and pursuit of knowledge.
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George Washington
George
Horace Greeley
Erie
Horace
Scaggs
Nathaniel Scaggs
Mr. Greeley
Mr. Grealey
Horacea
Old Scaggs
Cicero
New York
Vermont
No Waste in the Coconut Tree Uses Across California
A San Francisco Chronicle report describes how coconuts are processed in California from shell to desiccated meat, oil, and coconut butter. It highlights Berkeley’s coconut husk fiber turning waste into mattress filling and furniture material, with fiber price from 2 1 4 to 10 cents per pound as a growing industry. The piece notes 200,000 coconuts monthly and details steps from shelling to desiccation and new uses.
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California
Berkeley
Bay
San Francisco Chronicle
Morley debunks Cromwell voyage to New England myth
In the first installment of his Cromwell study, Morley rejects the libel that Cromwell sailed to America in 1636 with Hampden to settle in New England. He cites lack of evidence and notes Cranwell’s remark linked to the Remonstrance, suggesting the kingdom narrowly avoided a royalist setback.
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Oliver Cromwell
Morley
New England
Ltampden
America
Clarendon
Cranwell
Parkland
Nughind Snore
Italian Dables and Their Babes in Italy Explored
Lilith Bell notes a curious Italian habit of displaying babies on the front of houses. She recalls a disturbing anecdote about a baby tied to a board, screaming only when handled, suggesting a grim undercurrent to cultural traditions observed by foreigners.
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Italy
Lilith Bell
Editors Replies on Mr Stead Brochure Controversy
The text notes two London editors replying to Mr Stead regarding his brochure Shall I Slay My Brother Boer? The first asks what his family affairs have to do with the matter, while the second suggests proceeding by all means if he insists.
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Stead
Boer
London
Mr. Stead
Sir
Politicians Scared by Lakewood Red Flag Joke
Sherif Thomas J Dunn and Senator Timothy Sullivan, known jokers, spent leisure at Lakewood. They spotted a group of men around a small red flag and fled fifty feet as a boy cried a blast warning. They reached a stone wall and learned it was a prank.
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Sherif Thomas J. Dunn
Timothy Db. Sullivan
Lakewood
Dunn
Sullivan
New York
Burdock Blood Bitters touted as cure for dyspepsia
An ad claims two million Americans suffer indigestion and Burdock Blood Bitters from Emmert & Bur rel] offer a visual remedy at local drug stores.
Uncle Gabe on when the twentieth century begins
A humorous exchange in Darktown Point where Uncle Gabe dismisses starting the century before it has finished the nineteenth. The fragment also mentions enduring cold remedies and advertises Dr Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup and Emimert & Burrell.
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Gabe
Bengali Sermon By Calcutta Bishop Welldon
Dr. Welldon formerly of Harrow and now bishop of Calcutta learned Bengali with help from Mr. Munro C B once with Scotland Yard and now in Darjeeling. Within six months of his arrival he led full confirmation in Bengali and has delivered a sermon in the dialect spoken across his diocese.
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Welldon
Harrow
Calcutta
India
Munro
C. B
Scotland Yard
Darjeeling
Boy in Sedalia Bouts Brittle Bones Disease
A 12 year old Sedalia Missouri boy has sustained ten fractures in his legs wrists and fingers since learning to walk. Doctors diagnose a disease making his bones so brittle they break easily with minor provocation.
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Sedalia Qo
Walius
Dr King's New Life Pills Boost Vitality and Health
Bismarck's iron nerve was the result of splendid health and indomitable will, qualities not found when digestion falters. To gain these qualities and the success they bring, use Dr. King's New Life Pills. They develop brain and body power. Only 25c at Emmert and Burrell's drug store.
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Dr. King
Emmert & Burrell’s
Christmas Gift Idea Mentioned in Ad Column
A note to make someone happy includes giving a Wernicke Ldante honk aes as a Christmas present. The idea appears alongside another column ad, attributed to C. M. Donatuen.
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C. M. Donatuen
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