Indiana Democrat and Mall Plans Draw Fire
A longtime Indiana Democrat ties to government projects as tracks run through the Mall from the capitol to Pennsylvania Avenue. An agreement to remove them includes a 1.5 million dollar payment and a capitol-area tunnel to be rebuilt as a joint Baltimore and Ohio depot site. Concurrently, United States Corporation announced the takeover of Denora and South Sharon steel plants for 45 million dollars, funded largely by mortgaged bonds with owners adding 10 million more, valuing the plants at 35 million driven by ore resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mall
National Capitol
Potomac
Pennsylvania Avenue
Gaeta
Capitol
Baltimore & Ohio Depot
Prinsy
United States Corporation
Denora
South Sharon
Pennsylvania
Adrian Iselin
OD. Iselin
Arthur G. Yates
Lucius W. Tobinson
Benjamin M. Clark
George W. Means
Arthur BK. Stewage
Assembly
Pittsburg Gas Coal Company
Means & Clark
Tadiana
Solicitors
Statistics of Railways and New Income Highlights 1901–02
The Commission reports the Fourteenth Annual Statistics of Railways for year to June 30 1901 with added summaries. A synopsis of the preliminary 1902 income account shows railways operating about 195 385 miles. Passenger earnings rise to 472 429 165 dollars and freight to 1 200 884 603 dollars. Gross earnings total 1 611 724 200 dollars and operating expenses 1 105 187 105 dollars, yielding net earnings of 605 616 795 dollars. Dividends around 15 689 59 dollars per 1902 figures but total dividends exceed 30 million over prior year. Surplus from operations 79 185 367 dollars, with the complete 1901 report giving 84 704 782 dollars.
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Commission
United States
Dividend figures for United States leasing lines in 1901
The text notes that dividends declared by U S companies leasing property to others are paid from their own income, with only a small investment portion. It estimates 1902 final report dividends and cites $156,734,784 declared in the year ending June 30, 1901, about $35,000,000 via leased lines to stockholders.
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Way
United States
Homes seekers' rates to west and northwest by rail
Chicago and North-Western Railway offers round trip tickets to Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota Iowa Nebraska the Dakotas and other western and northern points at one fare plus two dollars for the round trip via the North Western Line. Tickets are valid twenty one days for return. Inquire at any ticket agent or W. S Kniskern G P and T A 22 Fifth Avenue Chicago.
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Chicago & North-Western Railway
Enle
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Dakotas
North-West
W. 2
Kniskern
G. P
T. A
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
Facts about Colorado pamphlet issued by railroad
A compact pamphlet from the Chicago and North-Western Railway offers condensed information on Colorado including railroad rates hotel accommodations stage lines hunting and fishing the climate and scenery. Copies can be mailed for two cents to B. W. Kniskern G. P. & T. A. 22 Fifth Avenue Chicago Illinois.
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Colorado
Chicago & North-Western Ba Y
B. W. Kniskern
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
Holiday Excursion Rates by Buffalo Rochester Pittsburg Ry
The Buffalo Rochester Pittsburg line offers holiday excursion tickets at one fare and a third for the round trip between Buffalo and Pittsburg including the Clearfield Division. Tickets good for travel on December 24 26 and 31 and January 1 1903 with return by January 2 1903.
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Buffalo, Rochester & Fittsburg
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Clearfield
Clerical Orders Sought by Pennsylvania Railroad for 1903
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company will issue clerical orders for 1903 to ordained clergymen with churches on or near its lines. Applicants must submit individual requests on company banks through agents, to reach the General Office by December 21 so orders can be mailed December 31 to eligible recipients.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Thrice-Week World Offer Advertised To Readers
The New York World touts its Thrice-Week World as a near daily with full coverage of political and other news. It promises first-class serial stories and home led features, offering combined paper rates and a bargain price for year-long subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tite
Republican
Democrat
Ily
Pennsylvania Railroad Announces Personally Conduated Tours 1903
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company announces season one tours to California and Florida with departures from New York Philadelphia and Baltimore. Tours include two routes to Jacksonville and one to New Orleans with dates in February and March. Tickets available through principal stations with full itineraries, rates, and contact details for agents in Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Pittsburgh.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
California
Twu
New York
Deetisburg
Pittsburg
New Orleans
Pennsylvania
Thos
EK. Watt
Western
Wittsburg
Bratimore Distret
Baltimore
C. Studds
Southeastern District
Washington
Oor Gey
W. Boyd
Assmant
Philadelphia
Market Prices and Commodities Listing Contained
Readable OCR shows a scattered price list with apples at 7ae per bushel, potatoes at 7¢ per bushel, wheat and rye figures, and various goods like flour, hay, and livestock feeds. Several items include errors and abbreviations, but the core is a late 19th or early 20th century market ledger snapshot listing farm produce and commodities with unit prices.
Soap in the Gingerbread Controversy at West Branch Camp
Frank Brown, veteran camp cook, claims soap in gingerbread is essential, recounting a recipe with soap, molasses, and baking powder. He boasts of 26 winters in the forest and eating the soap gingerbread for 25 years with no ill effects, arguing it is a traditional staple for lumbermen.
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Frank Brown
West Branch
New York Star
Increase in personal crisis reports in insurance records
In the Spectator an insurance journal, a company statistician analyzes suicide rates for 1901 from 450 cities. The study notes a slight rise from 16.7 to 16.6 per 100,000 and estimates about 10,000 annual suicides countrywide. It predicts further increases in personal crisis tendency among elites and highlights life insurance relevance.
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the Spectator
Our Shoes in Mexico Trade Shifts for U S Footwear
United States Consul Canada at Vera Cruz notes major changes in Mexican trade over the past decade. American shoes, once unavailable, now gain ground though high prices limit mass access. Duty on cheap shoes equals that on fine goods, hindering broader sales amid silver value fluctuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Large Reward Reveals Value of Money Across Supply
A Detroit ship owner narrates a story to illustrate how money value shifts with supply. A swimmer hero dives to rescue a boy and receives one dollar and a quarter. The tale, from the Detroit Free Press, notes the dockside neighborhood and compares the reward's worth to the boy's view of value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Alboy Q
Ife
Detroit Free Press
Japanese MP Punished For Yawning In Parliament
A Japanese MP named Tunka was imprisoned for 15 days and fined ten shillings for yawning in parliament. The crown argued that in an orderly assembly even a minor physiological act must be controlled to maintain decorum. The defendant reportedly yawned to annoy the government.
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Tunka
Insomnia relief with Dr A W Chase Nerve Pills
Mrs J B Younkine of 718 Church St Indiana Pasayri recommends Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills after sleepless nights. She reports nervous debility improves, box bought at Hetrick Bros Drug Store, pills sold by Dr A W Chase Medicine Co Buffalo NY. packaging bears signature.
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J. B. Younkine
Church St
Indiana
Pasayri
A. W. Chase
Hetrick Bros. Drug Store
Dealery
A. W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo
N.Y
M. D
Beautiful Tropical Fishes Trade in Bermuda Aquarium Market
The Philadelphia Press notes Bermuda hosts a world class tropical fish trade for American aquariums with over 160 Bermuda varieties available. Most fish ship north in summer, but many tropical species perish in transit. Grouper grounds on the south coast spawn in June attracting buyers. morays and large species prove fiercely challenging for catchers.
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Bermudas
Philadelphia Press
Bermudan
Mining in darkness before Davy's safety lamp era
The article recalls medieval mining hardships prior to Sir Humphrey Davy's lamp. It notes miners used phosphorescent fish, stone and oak tools, and limited light. It cites Agricola's 16th century treatise describing the horsegun lifting coal and draining water via wind-driven pumps and long tunnels to lower levels.
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Davy
Humphrey Davy
Angs
Agricols
Great Britain
Europe
Autocars in England expose bias in police and courts
London Truth notes that wealthy motorists see police errors and magistrate bias in cases impacting poorer people. The realization shifts opinions on the justice system with poachers and delinquents facing similar scrutiny of evidence and judgment. The piece argues administrative law by the Great Unpaid deserves late criticism rather than broad condemnation.
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London
Birdseye Maple Mystery and Veneer Worth
Maplewood notes explain bird s eye grain cannot be identified by exterior signs and requires cutting to judge. The Railroad Gazette recounts George M. Pullman turning a mahogany log into veneers, selling for seven thousand dollars after a three thousand dollar offer.
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Railroad Gazette
George M. Pullman
Butterflies Baked and Gathered by Australian Natives
The text describes Australian Aboriginals gathering large butterflies on Bugong moni rocks. They collect them by building damp wood fires to sulfovate the insects, then basket them, bake, and sift to remove wings before further processing.
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Dawograt PourLisntxa
Indiana County
Elasa
Matt Matter
Post Upioe
Pranklin Sansom
Statistics of Railways
the New York World
America
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lisit
Palct Beg Lee
Pete L
Oluhus
Slein
Oury
Maine Forest
Assa
Finch
Large
Overholt
Guckenheimer
Mt.Vernon
Thompson
Gibson
Dillinger
Bridgeport
Air Mall
Lewin & CO
Smithfield Street
Water Street
Pwa
Eialtoos
Work & Son
Court Mouse
Indiana, Pa
Chichester
Minto
All India
Autocars
England
Maplewood
Dr. Pierce
J. A. Montgomery
G. M. Keel
Montgomery & Keck
ER. I. Beckwith
Glen Campbell
W. It. Calhoun
Aditows Ngtele
Orphan's Court of
Harvey C. Schreconrost
Martin Schreconrost
Canoe Inc
John H. Hill
Court of Common Pleas
Indians County
Mas. Martin
William Smith
J. Becket
Jobn Brady
Calvin Keener
Pine Grove Cemetery Association
PENNA
Real Estate Trust CO
Fourth Avenue
Remington
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