Dining Car Service Expanded by Tikel Plate Road
The line announces new dining car service on trains 6 2 and 5 with meals served on schedule. Train No 6 to Chicago at 2 p m daily includes dinner and breakfast on No 5 arriving Chicago 9 35 p m from New York and Boston. Contact ticket agents or J Y Calahan General Agent Chicago IL for routes times folders and rates.
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Alot
Tikel Plate Road
Dinfer
Chicago
New York
Boston
Ain No. 5
Apor
Arest
Ees
J. Y. Calahan
Chicago, Il
Jackson, Bank Clash Under Jackson Era
The United States bank became a target during Andrew Jackson's presidency after 1816 reforms. Jackson fought Congress and secretary Duane over national deposits, kept funds away from the bank, dismissed Duane, and named Taney secretary of the treasury. The Senate backed Jackson, the House supported him, and no new charter issued. The struggle persisted through his term.
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Jackson
United States Bank
Andrew Jackson
Congress
Bia
Treasury
Duaneighy
Taney
Senate
House
Census Figures Show Vast Unequal Nation Income
The census places the nations earnings at a large sum with one tenth used on farms. If evenly shared 50 earners would get about 1,100,000 yearly each, while many individuals fall far below this, including millions under 400 dollars annually and vast disparities in distribution.
No-To-Bac Claim Promises Cure for Nicotine
A pamphlet promotes No-To-Bac, a tobacco remedy claiming to cure nicotine poisoning, strengthen nerves, and improve vigor. It guarantees satisfaction or money back, with distribution by Sterling Remedy Co. in New York or Chicago via druggists.
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Ac Sterling Remedy Co
New York
Chicago
Central America and West Indies Overview
Central America comprises five independent republics and the British colony Belize. Main products include coffee sugar and dyewoods. The elevated interior yields gold silver and coal. Cuba exports sugar tobacco cigars coffee and fruits. Haiti and Santo Domingo form the island of Hispaniola with two independent negro republics.
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Central America
Balize
Cuba
Haytl
San Domingo
Temperature at Ocean Depths Defies Simple Registering Methods
The piece notes the crushing ocean pressures make bottom temperature readings unreliable and difficult. It also includes brief, scattered ad and quotation snippets from 19th century sources about cures and personal observations.
Syrup of Figs Promises Gentle Laxative Relief
Purported health benefits tout Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system and eases colds fevers and constipation. The ad claims it strengthens kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them and notes it is sold in 60c and 1 bottles by druggists and manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Freak of Nature How the Popular Navel Orange Arrived
The navel orange gained popularity this winter with many in markets. It originated as a natural freak or sport likely in southern Asia, with a two story bud structure and a secondary blossom. Budded trees reached the United States in 1870, leading to plantings in California, Florida, and Bahia Brazil notes.
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Washington Star
Asia
Mediterranean
Brazil
Mr Saunders
Department of Agriculture
Saunders
Star
Bahia
United States
Orange House
L. C. Tibbetts
Riverside
Cal
Florida
California
Canadian Conservatism in Crisis After Premiers Depart
Special correspondence describes Canada's Conservative government in disarray as Sir John A Macdonald and successors depart the scene. Charles Tupper pressures leadership while Bowell struggles to govern, with debates on a winter carnival and Canada poised for tumult in parliament.
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COR Mademoiselle Canada
John A. Macdonald
John Abbott
John Thompson
Charlie” Tupper
Mackenzie Bowell
Canada
Young Tupper
John Mcdonalds
Deep Sea
Tupper
Sir Charles
Bering Sea
Harvard University
Miles
Ireland
Earl of Aberdeen
Citizens’ Committee
Sir John
Lord Aberdeen
Carnival Committee
Halifax
Thompson
Fashion in Fiji and a Canadian political carnival
The passage blends a vivid sketch of Fijian women's attire and customs with extended commentary on Canadian politics. It describes island dress, hair, and the tapa cloth industry in Fiji, then shifts to a lengthy, opinionated forecast of Manitoba school questions, Ontario politics, and the Toronto Ottawa carnival tensions, naming figures like Wilfrid Laurier, Bowell, Foster, Tupper, Aberdeen, and Thompson.
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Manitoba
Ontario
Liberals
Sts
Pacament
Lord Aberdeen
Lord Lorne
Lord Stanley
John Macdonald
Dominion
Liberal Party
Wilfred Laurier
Foster
Bowell
Foster Ia
Strange Cannons of Stone in Malta and Sicily
A historical account recalls Brydone describing rock carved fortifications in Malta and Sicily. Massive stone guns formed mortars with wooden wadding and powder charges, capable of firing heavy projectiles at ships, with mouths about six feet wide and ranges inferred by the large impact area.
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Lrydone
Sicily
Malta
Europe
Brydone
Centrifugal Pumps Yield Varied Efficiencies in Experiments
A Mechanics World report describes centrifugal pump tests with a circumferential, widening discharge orifice yielding 68 percent efficiency at peak flow of about 6.4 gallons. A second pump with altered blades achieved 65 percent efficiency at 66 gallons and 68 percent at 78 gallons under high head, while a dining car service links Chicago to Buffalo via Nickel Plate Road offering meals on through trains with sleeping car space reservations through agents.
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Mechanics’ World
London
Manitoba Profile: Wheat, Fur Trade and Harsh Winters
Manitoba, a grain rich province in Canada, ripening wheat in about 40 days. Fur trade is prominent with early settlers from France and Sengish traders arriving in 1767. Winters are very severe though summers can be hot. Winnipeg serves as the capital.
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Manitoba
Canada
Winnipeg
The Biggest Bottle at Bordeaux Exhibition
The largest bottle ever made will be shown at the Bordeaux exhibition standing 115 feet tall and divided into stories. The first floor hosts a restaurant while the neck accommodates thirty five observers to view the grounds and city. Aluminum is noted as a future material for guns and armor plating, with aluminum costs mentioned.
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Bordeaux
Notable Ad Fragments Reflect 19th Century Remedies
A collage of vintage ad copy highlights tonic cures, camphor ice, and household fixes. Witty remarks on monopolies and aging pepper the page, while mentions of Hindercors and Parker's Ginger Tonic frame the era's consumer culture.
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West Indies
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Fall
Hall
Ignatius Loyola
Lestre
D. Brennoellen
Lexington
Exrnanee
Sian
Freak OF Nature
Affairs IN Canada
THE
John A Macdonald
Fiji
Suva
Levuka
le Fanu
Bray
House of Commons
Charles Tupper
Laurier
Montreal
Ottawa
Tris
Jce
Sir John Thompson
Aberdeens
Lorne
Sir C. H. Tupper
M'Kinzie Bowlll
Defonsen
Buffalo
Nickel Plate Road
J Y Calohan
New York Recorder
Parker
Megeman
E. C. G. Clark Co
N. In
Dr. Pierce
John Carle & Sons
St. Jacobs Oil
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