Cotton States and International Exposition Ad
The Wabash Railroad offers a special low rate for attendees of the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta Georgia from September 18 to December 31 1895 Tickets are on sale and valid for return until January 1896 with one sleeper change from Wabash points to Atlanta For full details contact a Wabash ticket agent or the General Passenger Agent St Louis.
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Atlanta
Wabash Railroad
Agt
St. Lou
Fame Among New Zealand School Oya
In Lyttelton New Zealand a schoolmaster set before 200 boys the names of six famous men Livingston Stonewall Jackson Gladstone Howard Searle and John L Sullivan the pugilist. Sullivan received nearly 140 votes with most others for Searle some boys mistaking Sullivan for the New Zealand boat puller. The poorest man is not the one who has the least but the one who wants the most.
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Lyttleton
New Zealand
Livingston
Stonewall Jackson
Gladstone
Howard
Searle
John L.sullivan
Sullivan
Westminster Gazette
Lydia Pinkhams Vegetable Compound Ad Claim
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for backache dizziness irregularity and female complaints aimed at intelligent women and touting relief from painful menses and related issues while signaling gendered readership and marketing era language
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Braders
Lydia E. Pinkham
Magnificent Apple Orchard Reproduced by Seed Experiment
An Indiana farmer Tyre G. Whittington near Waveland on Montgomery County years after planting seed from his old Johnny Appleseed lineage orchard reports a thriving new stand. Cross pollination has yielded many large, varied fruits unmatched by nursery stock and demonstrates seeds can recreate premier orchards. Marsh fires rage in Kankakee region with rapid ground spread and property loss. A cider can explosion injures J V Ayer in Brazil. A reading circle promotes a low cost English and astronomy course. In state news, multiple accidents and a Baptist convention report show counts of churches, ministers, and members. Fulton County reports its largest potato crop, with high yields per acre despite drought. Prices are around 25 cents a bushel.
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Montgomery County
Tyre G. Whittington
Whittington
Waveland
Johnny Appleseed
Mr. Whittington
Joseph Hill
Steubenville
Ohio
Blomington
Logansport
George Hatton
Marshall
Charles Stonerock
Miami
Indiana Baptist State Convention
Terre Haute
First Baptist Church
8. C. Fulmer
Elkhart
Franklin
Fulton County
Unique SF railway device lifts grade by cable system
A San Francisco electric line uses a dual-truck cable system to climb a 25 percent grade. Two cars on the cable route ascend and descend, aiding each other with their own motors. Tests showed the down-going car provides more power than needed for the ascent under any load, and operation has continued satisfactorily.
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San Francisco
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