Wide Tires Outperform Narrow on Soft Ground but Hurt Hard Roads
A Utah and Indiana testing narrative notes wide tires need 150 pounds less draft than 15 1 4 inch tires on sod and 150 pounds less on hard roads, with 300 pounds less on dead pulls. Findings claim wide tires cut road wear but offer little advantage on hard surfaces. sod and soft ground favor the wide tire. The piece also covers San Leandro wagons for steam traction, Aubrey riding feats, and a Santa Fe Independence wager saga ending in his death.
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Indiana
Turnpike
Utah
San Leandro
Cal
Notable Horseback Ride Through Santa Fe Trail History
In Independence Missouri a tale recalls the Santa Fe era when freighters made one round trip per season. Frank X Aubrey from New York built a freighting business, expanding to two trips and amassing wealth as he moved between Independence and Santa Fe across seasons.
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Missouri
Independence
Santa Fe
Plains
Frank X. Aubrey
New York
Buch
Aubrey
25-Cent Bail Bond Frees Lizzie Hoffman in Chicago
Judge Goggin released Lizzie Hoffman on a 25-cent bond after she faced 500 dollars bail for horse stealing. Court records say she sold a horse to feed herself and a four year old child as her husband deserted them. The bond is described as the smallest ever in Cook County and may have stretched legal limits.
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Chicago
Goggin
Lizzie Hoffman
Lizzie
Hoffman
Cook County
Buffalo Express
Honorable Scar Explains Bir Robert Peel Hat Tilt
An account links a scar from a paddlewheel injury on Sir Robert Peel after he saved a drowning man on a Table Bay steamboat. The wound made him avoid weight on the scar, shaping his rakish hat habit for life.
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Robert Peel
Sir Robert
Table Bay
Robert
Whittier Courageous Abolitionist and Moral Resolve
Whittier chose moral courage over public office to fight slavery. He wrote Justice and Expediency in 1883, led the Anti Slavery Society, and edited the Pennsylvania Freeman in Philadelphia where mobs attacked him for advocating black self rule. He urged a boy to join an unpopular but noble cause and never regretted his decision.
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Anti-Slavery Society
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Freeman
Whittier
Fat
Ufe
St. Nicholas
A New Field for Electricity Reforms House Decorum
The article notes an impending shift in the U S House of Representatives with electric call systems replacing page boys. Two annunciators will divide the cloak rooms, 360 calls possible, desks equipped with push buttons and cables under the floor. Voters may later adopt similar tech to speed voting. The Lord Mayor's Secretary details Mr Soulsby’s honors and biographical notes.
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United States House of Representatives
Soulsby
Mikado
Order of the Rising Sun
Legion of Honor
Francis Joseph
Austria
Humane Redemption of
Liberia
Mansion House
City of London School
Inns
Aluminum lantern extended signal use for army work
The Signal Corps tests a new aluminum lantern akin to a locomotive headlight. It produced excellent results and functioned clearly at a distance of twenty eight miles, demonstrating another use for aluminum in military signaling as reported by the New York Tribune.
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Signal Corps
New York Tribune
Star Actor Hurts Self in Boiler Explosion ruse
A theatrical manager weary of a star who keeps getting hurt plans to advertise him as usual and announce a new piece starring the great Mr. D. in several roles. The tale includes a note about a first grandchild belonging to the grandparents.
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