Time zones and the spreading reach of Standard Time
The article explains US time zones Eastern Central Mountain and Western and how standard time aligns clocks across the nation. It notes Havana Cuba San Juan and Guam as examples and discusses dates and time differences with Manila, plus the 180th meridian as the world’s civil day baseline.
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New York
Chicago
United States
Greenwich
Denver
San Francisco
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Havana
Key West
San Juan
West India Islands
Atlantic Seaboard
Time and date line across the Pacific described
The article explains how time zones and the International Date Line affect calendars for ships crossing 180 degrees. It contrasts Greenwich time with Honolulu and Guam, noting how eastward travel loses a day and westward travel gains a day, with Monday becoming Sunday or vice versa.
Cat Show Tame Wildcat Draws Curious Visitors in Chicago
At the Cat Club event in Chicago a tame wildcat from Minnesota or Wisconsin delighted guests with affectionate behavior while four ordinary cats size, ears, and curiosity drew a finger test, and a sharp Angora scratched a passerby. An Iowa agriculturist eyed a top cat named Peter Jackson valued at five hundred dollars, joking about buying a carload of hogs.
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Cat Club
Chicago
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Angora
Iowa
Peter Jackson
Scott
Lightest Nickel Aluminum Tubing For Pneumatic Devices
The lightest tubing ever made is nickel aluminium. Three thousand feet weighs one pound. Used to convey air pressure to light pneumatic devices, it powers bells that are rapidly superseding electric bells.
Swallowed His False Teeth Drives Man Mad
A man recently swallowed his false teeth and it drove him mad. Stomachs will stand a great deal, but not every thing. If yours is weak try Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It cures stomach troubles, as well as malaria and fever and ague. It is strongly recommended at this season of the year. All druggists keep it.
Tobacco use in France reported by statistician
France has about 6,000,000 smokers estimated by M Le clair. Of fifteen smokers eight smoke the pipe, five cigars, two cigarettes. In 1898 cigarette consumption reached 294 milliards, totaling 807 million per day or 1,200 per second. If lined end to end these cigare ttes would wrap the world 514 times.
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France
M. Leclair
Farmer Receives Large Deering Catalogue Package
A farmer mailed his name and address on a postal card to DEERING CHICAGO and received by return mail a Deering Harvester Company catalogue set. It includes over 100 half tone illustrations, a picture of America’s largest factory, a twine booklet on binder twine, a Deering arm Journal, and a beronal letter all for a postal card.
Early Stockings Emerge After Cloth Bandages
The article notes that stockings were first used in the eleventh century, with prior foot coverings being cloth bandages. The shift marks a milestone in textile and clothing history.
Quick Cure Claim and Female Printers in England
A brief note cites J B Palmer of Seattle praising Piso's Cure for Consumption dated November 25, 1895. The item also notes that about 4,500 women worked as printers in England, highlighting gender and occupation statistics of the period.
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J. B. Palmer
Seattle
Wash
England
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New York City
Europe
St. Paul's
Russia
Germany
Hungary
Great Britain
Italy
Inhab
Sol- Itants
Ollers
Austria-Hungary
Lord Randolph Churchill
Guam
Manhattan
Pacific
Australia
Manila
City Hall
Uncle
Honolulu
Sandwich Islands
Sandwich
Palermo
Hares
Hood
Onne J. Ancuger
Dudley Street
Dayton
Ohio
Thomas Coles
Carr St
Sandusky, Ohio
Frank B. Trout
Griswold Ave
Detroit
Mich
Dr. Williams
Detroit Evening News
Dr Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
Deering
Deering Harvester CO
Sapolio
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