Southern Pacific Railroad Reaches Arizona Frontier
A New York World report details the rapid push of the Southern Pacific toward Fort Yuma and the Colorado, with a 6180 foot San Fernando tunnel, 140 miles of initial construction, and plans to reach Yuma by May 1. The line will open Arizona mining districts to rail freight, spur immigrant growth, and link to Mazatlan via the Gulf.
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New York World
Southern Pacific
Fort Yuma
Colorado
Southern Pacific Railroad
Goshen
Central Pacific
San Francisco
Great San Joaquin Valley
Caliente
Tehachape Mountains
Mohave Desert
San Fernaspio Mountains
San Fenanco
Seice
Foosac
Erie
Lacky@anna
Bergen Hights
Pere
Los Angeles
Indian
Great
Colorado Desert
Indian Wells
Yuma
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado River
Gila River
Verde River
Tuczon
Globe Mining
Gulf
Aia
Mazatlan
Stanford & Co
Mexico
Acapulco
Panama
Nevada
Silver King
Florence
Dos Palenos
Ehrenberg
P.S
Mining and Scientific Press
Pilot Knob
Cal
Dictionary as Instructor Highlights Webster's Popularity
A trade show in New York shows Webster's dictionaries, from Quarto to pocket editions, as in high demand and prices. The piece argues dictionaries improve spelling, pronunciation, and word meaning, urging parents and teachers to provide Webster's volumes to children, with various editions and a pocket version offered by Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co. in New York.
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New York
Webster's
Messrs
Ivison, Buakeman
Tay- Lon & Co
Grand St
Danube described as vast waterway with dangerous Iron Gate
The article details the Danube from source to Black Sea including length estimates 1100 to 1820 miles the 80 mile pass through the Carpathians and the Iron Gate rapids near Tiecheviztha. It notes floods from ice jams in 1876 the potential of artificial waterworks and the treaty history enabling steam navigation and tolls for obstruction removal.
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Danube
Belgrade
Servia
Sava
Austria
Seria
Transylvania
Eastern Carpathians
Roumania
Tron Gate
Old Orsova
Tiecheviztha
Iron Gate
Hungary
Mt Schrieber
Europe
Carpathians
Bulgaria
Wi'in
Black Sea
Sereth
Galatz
Prath
Ismail
Tulteha
Kilia
Sulina
St. George
Flangary
Vienna
Constantinople
Lower Danube
Col Johnson’s Wild Railroad Patent Stirring Milwaukee
A rumored inventor Col Johnson of Milwaukee proposes a steam and air driven system to run trains from the engine including fare collection and passenger handling. A bizarre device called the air bouncer would grab passengers with ice tongs. Trials on a car ending in mishaps are described with sensational detail. The tale blends invention boasts with outlandish accidents and humor, typical of a late 19th century urban column.
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Col. Johnson
Railroad Eating House
Milwaukee
Portage
Plankington
Bair
Polack
Johnson
Willsins
Prairie du Chien
Ha Po Sun
US beef exports to England spur Colorado cattle trade
The article argues that American fresh beef shipments to England, now thriving for about two years, could boost Colorado cattle profits. It discusses cheaper English beef, the Duke of Wellington, and potential direct Colorado to England dressed beef sales aided by corn feeding and refrigerated transport. It questions costs of corn imports versus shipping beef and suggests forming a Colorado breeder company to capitalize on a possible Westward cattle boom. It notes broader implications for markets, government interest, and west settlement.
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America
England
Great Britain
Duke of Wellington
Grant
Edinburg Scotsman
Great West
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Britain
West
Great Plains
Europe
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Greeley
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von Gohren
Notary Public
Greeley, We
Main Street
Eli Mall
HI All & Jonson
J. Leavy Y
ATS
Mme. Demorest
Smith
Main
Sherman Streets
Holsinger & Wolf
Jonson
Gore
Emerso & West
Pioneer Saddle and Harness Shop
E. Hart
OLD Col
Main St
Groley
N.B
A. Haynes
Albert Be, Giraon, Roger T. Ning
RAL Estate & Inurance Agents
Nathes Public
Cuwecer
CoLonapo
Childs
Creele
J. Leavy
Flor
Grant and
Sherman Sts
Marnes
Saddlery Hadware
Blake Street
Tengo
Southern Pacific Railway
W. W. Wells
H. G. Long
Edwin Smith
Boulder
Mr. Wells
Bear Mountain
Box Prairie
Cacho-a la-Poudee
Iere
Bruiv
Colorado Beef
Nashville
Cordwood
Norwich
Providence
Norwich Bulletin
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