The Debt of England Through the Ages in War and Peace
A historical survey traces England as it shifted from extortion to borrowing to fund public needs, detailing debt levels from Charles I through George I and into the 19th century. It covers consols, funded and unfunded debt, and wars from the Caribbean to Crimea, noting milestones in totals and annual charges.
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England
Charles I
Charles II
James II
William III
Europe
William
George the I
Euue
India
Velocipede display in London fascinates French rider
A crowd at the velocipede riding school in Old Street, London, witnessed M. Henri Pascaud, 17, perform feats unseen in England. He rode with hands free, stood on the saddle, and controlled the machine with one foot, drawing astonishment from English amateurs and his rival Mr. Mayall.
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London
Old Btreat
St. Luke’s
M. Iunri Pascaud
The
Daily News
England
M. Henri Pascaud
Mayall
Brighton
Henri Pascaud
M Pascaud
Mr. Mayall
M. Pascaud
Paris
America
Bois de Boulogne
Place de la Bourse
France
Handkerchief Hijinks in a Horse Car
A young lady drops her handkerchief on a vacant seat in a horse car. A college-appearing man sits, unaware, on it. She returns, finds her seat taken, and hesitates to claim it. No one notices the item until the man discovers the white object and hides it. She leaves before he does, losing the handkerchief.
Tobacco STAMPs bring new duty marks into use
New stamps for manufactured tobacco enter general use. One pound, ten pound, and twenty pound stamps feature varied designs including a smoker and an Indian. Smaller stamps exist for ounces and cigars, with taxes set at thirty five cents per pound and five dollars per thousand cigars.
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Post Office
Tavern Signboard Promises Free Cab Home for Drunk Patrons
A Strasbourg tavern sign proclaims strong beer and wine of first quality. It states that customers drinking more than twelve pints will be sent home in a cab, free of charge, if they cannot walk.
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Strasbourg
I*rance
Chicago Time Table Summer Arrangement for Trains
Chicago, Alton and Texas and Louisiana Railroad timetable lists daytime arrivals and departures for Joliet Bloomington and Jacksonville division trains. Night Express departs at 9 00 pm with first morning service at 4 45 pm and 8 45 am. Passengers to Jacksonville division change at Bloomington and continue on that division.
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Chicago
Cincavo & Northwestrn Railroad
Omics
Clark
Ula Street
Omaha
Oriot
North Wells Street
Canton
Pacific
Pacific Night
Dixon Deets
Ee - Ee Pim Il
LI Freeport
Puntelth Pasa
Rosehill Galyare
Hivan- Bon
Ssasneass Sede Beraemon
Caeeene
Konosha
Walrega
Eangoee
Oevennere
Oevennere Aie
Miliwwaukee Do Wenenne
Wisconsin
Drror—Corneraint
Kinzie Streets
Bt. Paul Express
Vensee
Janesville
Woodstock
Geo. L. Dunlap
B. FE. Patrick
Teket
Illinois Central Railroad Union Oriot
Lake Street
Texpress
Rsses
Cosssecesseeseves
Eccseseseveseeerss
Keokuk
Kankakee
Hhyde Park O Goede
Hug
W.P. Johnson
Josefiu F. Tuckur
Michigan Southern Railroad
van Buren and
Sherman Ats
Clark Street
Pacific Express
Michigan Central
Union Derotr
Pacific Xpress
Raeveneredee
Kalamazoo
Cincinnati
Louisville
DOY Exxpress
Evening Express
Henry C.entworth
Eneral
Columbus
AIH Line
Mxepresa
Columbus Express
Columbus Night Express
N.E. Scott
General Northwestern
First American locomotive built in Philadelphia and trials
Rufus Tyler drafted the first locomotive later completed by Mathias Baldwin in 1832. Trials on the Germantown and Norristown Railroad showed initial failures with light wheels and a front tender, requiring riders to push. Baldwin made numerous refinements, and the engine lingered into Vermont. The piece also notes a CURRANT WORM remedy using powdered hellebore from an Ithaca Journal report.
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America
Philadelphia
Rufus Tyler
Mathias Baldwin
Copartnership
Germantown
Baldwin
Vermont
Sailors of Farragut Era Still Await Prize Money
The article notes that sailors who helped Farragut seize strategic river and port actions have not received their prize money. It also cites a Chicago paper musing whether piano lovers favor the Chickering or Steinway in heaven, and mentions Lower California's sparse population.
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Farragut
Mississippi River
Orleans
United States Navy
Chicago
New York Day Express Schedules And Connections
The notice lists train timings including 3:25 A M New York Day Express with stops at Hornellsville Susquehanna Turners and arrival New York 10:40 P M It connects at Great Bend with Delaware Lackawanna Western and at Jersey City with Midnight Express for Philadelphia Also 7:30 A M Express Mail Sundays omitted and 2:50 P M Lightning Express daily with Buffalo sleeping coaches to New York and connections to Harrisburg Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington The Cincinnati Express Sundays special stop pattern and Buffalo through service are noted Also one Eastbound train on Sunday from Buffalo at 2:50 P M and Dunkirk 1:15 P M reaching New York at 7:40 A M
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Leavittsburg
New York
Meadville
Hornellsville
Youngstown
Oi City
Winoia
Northern Central Railway
Harrisburg
South
Jersey City
New Jersey Railroad
Muadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Cincinnati
Leavittsburgh
Susquehanna
Turners
Philadephia
Cleveland
Hornellaville
Dunkirrk
Union Depot
Dunkirk
Hornelleville
Buffalo
Avon
Salaes
Newark
Turner
Great Bend
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Eapteus
Philadelphia
Avon and Hornellsville
Horneslaville
Elmira
Patent Well Pumps Transform Well Water Delivery
An advertisement touts TerrELL & Sueru Patent Well Pumps as superior wood pumps with iron cylinders and durable components. It claims ease of use no frequent repairs, long lifespan, and suitability for wells and cisterns, with mail orders and local testimonials including John S. Mill praising reliability.
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Sul
Stephenson Count Steryine
Dee
Terrell & Sueru
John
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Philip II
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Savanna
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Revenue Service
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Cairo
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Indiana
Robert Toombs
Bunker Hill Monument
Macon
New York Nation
Equal Rights Association
Sacramento
Independence
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacifica
van Buren
Sherman Ste
Peru
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Rocorendation
Sublingpon & Quincy
Aurora
Dail Arena
Sunda
Drich's Passener
Sthamer
Milwaukee, &c
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Grand Haven
Musicog Nm
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St. Sonaph
Green Bay
Ithaca Journal
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T-All-El
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Freeport
Illinois
L. G.joran
Erie
Boston
Asiles
Erie Railway
Eloika
Bouth
Owego
Ithaca
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Montggomery
Greycourt
Newburgh
Warwick
New York Time
Depot Corner
Michigan
New England
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Wae
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