American rail cables and coal age musings in history
The piece surveys Glasgow ordering street rail sway cables from the United States and notes Andrew Carnegie's facilities. It cites a Philadelphia banking estimate showing 5,073,776,000 tons of anthracite remain unmined and projects exhaustion in 190 years at current mining rates. It quotes Miss Annie B Scoville on Sioux civilization and lists Ohio presidents’ fatal fates and terms served, highlighting Hayes, Garfield, Harrison, and McKinley.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Hayes
Garfield
McKinley
William Henry Harrison
Harrison
Can a woman dress on $300 a year debate
A false report that Mrs Roosevelt said she dressed on $300 yearly sparked interest and anger among readers and dressmakers. The White House denied the remark while Collier's Weekly noted inquiries about $800 outfits. The incident highlights the persistent issue of dressmakers’ bills and the main question remains can a woman dress on $300 a year.
French economist notes US growth since 1861 tour
In Paris M Tales Siegfried praised U S economic progress since 1861 describing it as marvellous. He noted population expansion by two and a half times and wealth rising from 31 billion to 100 billion while foreign trade value grew from 533 million to 2 244 424 206 dollars.
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Paris
M. Tales Siegfried
United States
Judge fixes spanking age at ten years in Chicago
The Chicago Record-Herald reports a Juvente Court ruling by Judge utlill setting ten as the spanking age. The judge notes after ten, spanking has no effect and suggests parents may be best spared from being spanked, reflecting varied theories on child discipline.
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Utlill
Juvente Court
Chicago
Chicago Record-Herald
Maryland Court of Appeals bars women from bar admission
The Maryland Court of Appeals asserts that under existing state law no woman may practice in Maryland courts. Otta Maddox of Baltimore, a law school graduate, seeks admission to the bar and appeals to the Legislature. Judge McSherry states the court cannot grant admission without legislative authorization and emphasizes respecting separate state government branches.
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Maryland Court of Appeals
Maryland
Otta
Maddox
Balthroze
McSherry
Court of Appeals
General Assembly
The Girl Is Gone A Mother Weeps In Chicago Record-Herald
A Chicago Record-Herald report chronicles a mother waiting for her daughter who has left after a failed relationship. She recalls happier times, fears hardship, and endures white lips and bleeding fingers while wondering if the girl will return.
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Fh Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
Andy Showers and the Glass Eye Jest in Shelby County
NDY SHOWERS does not ask for sympathy because one of his eyes is gone and he wears a glass counterfeit in its place. The chief fan of Nisite laughs at his own quips about vision, claiming better luck with one eye than neighbors have with two. He jokes about dust catching in an eye and the cost of glasses, while showing off the varied collection of eyes for different occasions.
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Ndy
Nisite
Elder Jones
Andy
Shelby County
New Eye for Andy Ends Up Off-Key in Church
In Cra ter township Andy Showers receives a brand-new artificial eye while visiting Chicago. His daughter Sallie and mother pick a Nile-tinted compromise that mismatches his other eye, causing a comic mishap when the eye falls from its socket during Sunday worship.
Sunday Eye Theft Then Marble Trade In Town
A humorous tale from the Chicago record-Herald recounts Andy Showers losing his Sunday eye in a church scene and later trading the missing eye for a marble after his son Willie accuses Johnnie Silver of having it. The episode includes a prankster reaction at a photographer and a light, rural wedding-day atmosphere with local families Showers and Sal- lie Showers.
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Omni
Ed Banes
Elder Jones
Aunounedlog
Andy
Willie
Johnnie Silver
Johnnie Sliver
Mrs. Showers
Johnnie Siver
Andy Showers
John Howard Todd
Chicago record-Herald
Domestic ice machines still unmet by market forces
A period piece notes that no compact domestic ice or refrigeration plant exists due to reliance on ammonia based cycles requiring skilled handling of pressures and multiple process steps. It suggests small units remain impractical until a new system differs significantly from current methods.
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Longeo
Cassler's
The Law of Gravitation and Gun Velocity at Sandy Hook
At the Sandy Hook proving ground the chronograph tests measure artillery velocity using a magnet a steel rod and a knife blade. The experiment records the time interval from gun discharge to the rod’s fall, applying gravity to determine the projectile’s speed over 140 yards between screens.
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Government Ordnance Proving Ground
Sandy Hook
Hke
Earth
Appetite and genius in De Quincey and Carlyle
In London Lancet a discussion cites De Quincey on how even a beefsteak can dull thought and Holmes on digestion’s effect on writing. It argues great minds require restraint, sustained effort, and a workmanlike will, contrasting abstemious toil with indulgent ease.
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DeQuincy
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Carlyle
Rapheal
Shark tooth found in deep sea telegraph cable fault
The Eastern Extension Telegraph Company reports interruptions in submarine cables and notes a fault from the Sydney Nelson section at 330 fathoms depth containing a shark tooth. Experts confirm the tooth belongs to a shark species, with five known species existing around 300 fathoms and one near 500 fathoms.
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Fish Rita
Eastern Extension Telegraph
Sydney-Nelson
London Standard
Slower Torpedo Boats Desired Amid Naval Shifts
Foreign powers push for lower torpedo boat speeds while recent builds run at 25 to 26 knots. France reports tax revenue totaling 540,816,209 dollars for the year 1800.
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Iittle
France
CORDENSED TIME TABLE IN EFFECT NOW EASTERN TIME
Daily timetable notice from Rochester and Pittsburgh line shows trains 8 and 6 as solid vestibuled with day coaches and reclining chair cars. Trains 7 include Pullman sleepers between Buffalo and Pittsburgh and Rochester and Pittsburgh. Edward G. Lapey, general passenger agent, Rochester, N Y.
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Rochster
Filsurgh
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Rochester
Pittsburo
Edward GC. Lapey
N. Y
Fragmentary Train Schedule Snippet With Abbreviations
A damaged OCR style excerpt shows scattered station names and times such as Punxsutawney and Adrian with a mix of am and pm markers. The legible items indicate a timetable fragment listing crossings and routes, but many entries are unreadable or garbled. The piece hints at a regional rail or bus schedule with place names and numbers amid lingering punctuation.
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Sorthnounn
Pan Titts
Allegheny
Puad
Crajen
Punxsu
Jowett
Ian
Butler
Punxsay
Pan Roehe
Boise
Craigeville Ong Rantier
Punxsutawney
Roeynoldsville
du Bais
C. & M. Junction
Curwen
Dunction
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Mary Clagett
W. FE. Clagett
Spokane
Judge Clagett
Duke
Tie
Montana
Congress Inn
Lirber
Ge Ler
San Frantisco Chronicle
Pennsylvania & Northwestern Railroad Company
New York
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Baltimore
Harrisburg
Altoona
Johnstown
Ollier
Susie Psu
Bo Floweriy
Conlport
Jalna City
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Hliman
Ss Ord
Canes Creek
Lindsey
Mjar
Ug Wordham
ELE
Adrian
Tae
W.gureka No
Qlark
River Ad
Klpp Junction
Bm. Poamsa, LY. A.m. P.m. P.m
Mai Maric
Model
Helen
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