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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1885
Page
3
The American Machinist argues that steel rails under 60 pounds per yard on many lines are prone to breakage as trains grow heavier and faster. Britain uses 65 to 85 pound rails and reports fewer breakages. Escalating rail weight or reducing locomotive and car weights is urged to enhance safety.
Death notice for General H. K. Oliver of Salem recalls an interview at a Salem picnic where he and I discussed music and his favorite tune Mertog. An anecdote recounts his remark that the minister’s hymn tune was composed during preaching. The piece notes rail gauge changes by June to standardize the country from Wilmington to Georgia, with rapid future adjustments and high initial costs offset by long term gains.
The article explains cyclone and tornado distinctions, noting cyclones are large horizontal whirlwinds and tornadoes are local eddies. It discusses air rarefaction, earth rotation effects, wind direction changes, and how these phenomena influence storms and navigation. It also mentions beer's harmful effects on health and behavior as observed by physicians.
An old physician offers a free recipe for a vegetable cure for consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma throat and lung diseases and nervous debility. The formula has been tested in many cases and is mailed in German French or English to interested sufferers upon request to W A Noyes 149 Powers Block Rochester New York.
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