American rail progress praised by George H Daniels address
George H Daniels of New York Central and Hudson River Railroads credits the press association with fostering a public spirit to boost U S commerce. He cites foreign interest in American locomotives and rail equipment, the Oregon’s voyage, and the growth of U S rail exports as proof of national influence and prosperity. He recalls early railroad pass practices to illustrate industry consolidation.
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George H. Daniels
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
New York Press Association
United States
Earth
Egypt
China
Tokio
Japan
Russia
Great Britain
Spain
West Point Foundry
Cold Spring
Hudson River
Prince Michel Hilkoff
New York Central
Lake Shore Limited
Imperial Commission
Germany
Berlin
Oregon
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Cuba
Santiago
Pacific
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Secretary of the Navy
Dewey
Islands
Atlantic
Union
Central Pacific
Thomas H. Benton
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Ocean
India
Lake George
Lincoln
Central Line
Buffalo
Boston
New York
Ezekiel C. McIntosh
Albany and Schenectady
Erastus Corning
Utica
Schenectady
R. R. Co
John Wilkinson
Syracuse
Henry B. Gibson
Rochester
Joseph Field
Rochester R. R. Co
William H. Swift
Western R. R. Co
Isaac Newton
People’s Line Steamboats
Job Collamer
Watertown
Rome
E. D. Worcester
Albany
Niagara Falls
Charles E. Littlefield Succeeds Dingley in Maine’s Second District
Charles E. Littlefield, born 1851 in Lebanon Maine, rises from carpenter to lawyer, legislator, speaker of the Maine House, and state attorney general. He defeated F A Powers to win the attorney general post and later backed Thomas B Reed in the Republican convention. He helped the state in tax litigation against the Grand Trunk road, securing over 200000 dollars in the U S Supreme Court.
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Charles E. Littlefield
Nelson Dingley
Maine
Carpenter
Mr. Littlefield
Lebanon
York County
Week's Mills
Rockland
Rice & Hail
Knox County
J. P. Chilly
Arthur S. Littlefield
Common Council
Thomas B. Reed
Pe r u n a endorsed by Treasury official Judson W Lyons
Register of the Treasury Judson W Lyons praises Pe r u n a as an effective remedy for summer catarrh and related bowel afflictions. The letter from Washington notes Lyons as a prominent Republican figure and cites Dr Hartman of Columbus Ohio endorsing Peruna with claims of a forty year practice and free literature on summer catarrh.
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Judson W. Lyons
Register of the United States Treasury
Washington, D. C
Register of the Treasury
Peruna
United States
How Lyons
Augusta
National Republican Committee
McKinley
Hartman
Columbus
Regularity of London New York Mail Across Atlantic
The 1894 returns show the mail carried by the City of Paris and City of New York lines averaged seven days six hours and fifty five minutes outward from London and seven days six hours and fifty six minutes inward. Distances include eighty eight and a half miles from St Martin's to Southampton and three thousand sixty nine nautical miles to New York.
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London
New York
St. Martin’s-le-Grand
St. Paul's Churchyard
Blackfriars Bridge
Waterloo Station
Southampton
Paris
Ocean
Atlantic
Chestnut Flour Use Among France's Poor
In France the poor rely on chestnut flour when flour is scarce. The text notes the longest day need not be in June and can fall in January if awaited arrival is delayed by an evening train.
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United States
France
Panic Striken Plotters. King's Cool Despatch Saves Expedition
Clarence King leads a government expedition in the western frontier tale where a deserter is captured and returned in a bloodstained show of force. King warns the band of ruffians that desertion ends similarly, and none dare flee again. The episode ends with the men silenced and obedience secured.
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Clarence King
Far West
Mr. King
Periods of Suffering Give Flack to Joy
A reader recounts illness from menstrual complications and long illness. After using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash, she reports recovery and improved health. The testimonial cites Mrs Pinkham's remedy from Lyon Massachusetts and claims significant personal betterment.
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Certan
Pinnkman
Lydia
Pinkham
N. J
Vegetable Compound Helped Irregular Periods Say Mrs Brow
Mrs Moore A Brows of Wor Presayr New Jersey reports using Lyidis ham s Vegetable Compound relieved monthly menstruation problems after two bottles. She recommends the medicine to others.
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Lyidisham
The Decoy Screen Obsession on a Porch
A fragment describes doors and windows with screens and people sitting on the porch in comfort. The text hints at a prior scene about screening and staying outside while trying to get in.
Allen's Foot-Ease Ad Promotes Shoe Powder Cure
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder to treat swollen burning sweaty feet corns and bunions with a 25 cent price and free sample from Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy N.Y. The snippet also includes casual banter about a peace conference and fashion tips for well groomed women referencing starch and laundering.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N
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Dingley
New Face
National Congress
Register OF Treasury
Drown
Denver Directory
Harne
Petree
Roree
Arapahoe
Brown Palace Hotel
Fidelity, Savings
Coeat
Oxford Hotel
E. Burlingame & Ssay
Siisce Kk Labora Meta
Colorado
Fame
Rt Express
Lewreare
Curtis ST. Denvis
J. H. Montgomery
All Grocers
Per
Hagat
Leah
Carter
Candy Cathartic
O'Parrell
New York Avenue
Washington, D.C
Northern
Arizona
Africa
Santa Fe
J. P. Hall
Atchison, Topeka & S# Railway
Denver, Colorado
W.N. U
Denver
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