Wabash Sleeping Cars to Chicago Highlighted by Rail Lines
The Wabash line promotes through first class and tourist sleeping cars from El Paso and major Texas cities to Chicago without change, in cooperation with several railways including the Texas & Pacific and Iron Mountain. Tickets and train times available via railroad agents, with the Wabash name guaranteed on the ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wabash
Wabash Railroad
Texas & Pacific
International & Isreal Northern
St. Louis
Iron Mountain & Southern Railways
el Paso
Fort Worth
Dallas
Laredo
San Antonio
Austin
Palestine
Texarkana
Malvern
Hot Springs
Little Rock
Crane
Gen l
Gleanings of curious science and society notes
A collection of odd facts and figures drawn from various domains. Notable items include plant growth timing, British Army Temperance Society membership growth from 1990 to today, medical notes on cyclist Zimmermann, platinum wire spans, pauper counts in Britain, a legendary bridge at King Tung, China's highest chain bridge claim, Bessemer steel production estimates, the Japanese mikado's aversion to photography, and a Paris anarchist portrayal debate involving Henry Rochefort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Temperance Society
British Army
India
Zimmerman
Great Britain
King Tung
China
Henry Bessemer
Bessemer
Japan
Henry Rochefort
Paris
Parsee Fire Worshippers in Bombay Described by Dr Talmage
Dr Talmage reports his Bombay visit focusing on Parsees the Zend Avesta and Tower of Silence. He contrasts Parsee burial rites vultures and sun worship with Hindu and Christian practice, then observes a Parsee wedding and reflects on religious contrasts and Christian supremacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Talmage
Bombay
Brooxius
Talmage
Jerusalem
India
Zoraster
Versia
Ersia
Brindisi
Zoroaster
Christ
Et Anfaltar
Hoe
Ormuzad
Ahriman
Ormuzd
Chinvat
God
Hombay
Malabar Hill
Jamshidji Jijibhar
Tower of Silence
Ceanut
Brooklyn
Marathon
Salamis
Persia
Greece
arsenic drug blamed for beauty craze across cities
Health boards in thirty cities and nine states move to curb arsenic use amid reports of its cosmetic appeal. The piece links arsenic to beauty, languor, pale skin, and nervousness, noting a national rise in arsenic wafers and unsafe prescriptions. It warns of health ruin behind transient allure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
New York
Treasury
Interior Departments
Health Board of
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Arsenic
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Marble Till Press
Coll
Marble Hill
Missouri
Spillins
van Uraim
Shingiss
Hicks—Gigson
Hicks
Artis
Ahmen Corner
Tinks
Dora
George
Brooks
Grean- Wood
Boards of Health
St. Peter
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