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FACES AND FIGURES In 1870s rail and library facts distant places
A broad survey of long scroll of data covers U S and Canada rail car counts 878959 and locomotive engines 14939. Milwaukee census reads 40405 people with 47299 males and 47207 females. Augusta Georgia cotton receipts 200017 bales and stock 5489 bales. Russia rail expansion 1873 traffic 21000000 tons. Michigan libraries total 422 in 1870. Massachusetts, New York lead in volumes. Public notices urge moral reform and church access for young men in Chicago with YMCA details and a warning against sitting on stoops after sunset to avoid illness.
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