Early History of Railroads and the Gange Origin
At the fifth annual convention of the American Society of Civil Engineers, J. D. Steel of Coatsville presented a paper on early railroads and the origin of gauge. He traced transitions from wooden tracks to steel rails, noting England’s first steam usage in 1714 and subsequent advances. The talk covered key locomotives and milestones, including the Rocket, the Baltimore and Ohio line, and the adoption of the four feet eight and a half inch gauge. The discussion highlighted Horatio Allen and the first American locomotive era, with vivid recollections of early engines and museum displays.
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American Society of Civil Engineers
J. D. Steel
Coatsville
England
Stephenson
United States
Quincy Road
Maneh Chunk
Balimoore
Ohio
London and Manchester
Peter Cooper
Baltimore
Eliotts Mills
New York
Chicago
McAlpine
Horatio Allen
Association
Charleston and
Hamburg
America
Kensington Museum
London
Watt
Bank of England
RM. M. N. Forney
Allen
South Carolina
Beets to Sugar and Political Alarm in Greeley Era
A long denunciation rails at a so called new and all powerful party led by Horace Greeley. It quotes minority reports scolding northern Democrats for predicting the end of black political presence and foretelling a political death for the negro, while detailing a beet sugar factory process and capacity.
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Frank P. Blair
T. F. Bayard
Cox
James B. Beck
P. van Trump
A. M. Waddell
J. C. Robinson
J. A. Hanks
Kuklux Committee
Frank P. Ria
T. Y P. Baxaxp
James B. Bacx
P. VaxnTrump
A. M. Warritt
J. C. Normson
Jd. M. Hasxs
South
Horace Greeley
Stihlocela
Greeley Movement
How Beet Sugar Is Made at the Sacramento Beet Swear Plant
The Sacramento Union details a two story frame beet sugar factory near town with a 60 foot tower and a large tank where water for operations is pumped. The $150000 plant claims a superior extraction method for sugar from beets.
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Sacramento Union
Beet Swear Company
WhitinG For A Living In First Class Writing
A lament on writing pay in magazines. Eight to ten month markets yield twelve to fifteen articles yearly at about eighty dollars per piece, totaling around twelve hundred dollars. Mark Twain failed at monthly humor work in Galaxy, mocked as mere cash driven invention.
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Mark Twain
Rural Roads and the Case for Systematic Road Repair
The article laments spring and fall road damage from frost and rain, detailing how broken soils and mud hinder transport. It argues for thorough drainage, nonlevel road design, proper ditches, culverts, and rolling to ensure passable roads year round, urging farmers to support road maintenance for better profits.
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Shelver
The Baby and the Mute and Other 19th Century Tales
A compilation of dramatic anecdotes: a distraught mother recalls her lost child after an Indian guide’s decoy mule sinks along the Platte. A Bergh encounter frames maternal grief with sly humor. Nearby notes discuss Chicago artesian wells, depths, costs, and yield. A German paper rebukes forged Wilson speeches. A Dubuque woman storms a saloon, subdues furniture, and abducts her husband.
Ingenious chimney builder escapes descent mishap
A venturous chimney builder, thirty stories high, faced a dropped rope at dusk. Friends below discarded ideas and finally used stockings as a makeshift lifeline to lower him safely to the ground, yielding cheers from onlookers and a cautionary tale about improvisation.
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Msien Siockings
St. Simeon
The Cool Soldier Jim and the Lost Wife
An old Toledo Blade anecdote tells of Jim, a Stone River cripple, who after the war learns his wife remarried. He visits his children and accepts fate with calm humor, saying legality cannot help his misery. He remains unbowed, his quiet face betraying only dignity.
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Toledo Blade
Jim
Enoch Arden
Stone River
Columbus
Western Union Annual Report Shows Growth and Plans
The Western Union Telegraph Company report closes June 1872 with 62,032 miles of line and 137,190,000 miles of wire under control. It lists 5,237 offices and 8,347 employees, notes gains in lines, wires, and offices, and reports 12,444,440 messages sent, 8,457,095.77 dollars gross receipts, 566,563.16 expenses, and (-) net profits around 2. Succinctly, no dividend is paid as revenue funds new lines and broader operations. An unrelated incident recounts two intoxicated men buried in a graveyard and later found, sparking a local tale.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Hue
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