Cross Ties Used By U S Railroads in 1908
The 1908 cross-tie purchases by steam and electric railroads topped 112 million, costing over 56 million dollars at purchase, with oak and southern yellow pine supplying nearly three quarters of the total. Creosote and zinc chloride treatments extend beech and gum ties. new uses reflect wood preservation advances.
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Daily Item
Washington
United States
Bureau of the Census
United States Forest Service
Census Bureau
Europe
Roanoke Teenager and Wife Arrested After Elopement
William Stover aged 17 and his wife 18 were arrested in Roanoke on a Montgomery West Virginia telegram. Mrs Stover was released after her parents arrived. They previously fled Burwell West Virginia to Bristol then to Roanoke and married. Stover remained in jail with no charges filed. He seeks to regain his wife.
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Roanoke
William Stover
Montgomery
West Virginia
J. O. Hooaker
Bristol
Stover
Doan's Kidney Pills Bring Back Strength to Mrs Jasper Martin
Mrs Jasper Martin of Georgetown South Carolina reports chronic backache and weak kidneys hindered her work. After using Doan's Kidney Pills from Iseman Drug Co they removed the trouble with one box, restoring energy. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY markets the pills nationwide at 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Dean
Georgetown
Jasper Martin
Wood St
S. C
Iseman Drug Co
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
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