Railroads Study Electricity for Locomotion Trials
A nine member railroad expert commission from the Northern Pacific Wisconsin Central and other lines visits Edison Thomson Houston and Westinghouse works in Lynn and Pittsburgh to assess electrical propulsion for cars. Chief Engineer McHenry says cars may become self powered by axle motors with tests to start immediately and with railroads bearing much of the cost. Transmission and power supply remain key challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitburg
Northern Pacific
Wisconsin Central
Edison
Thomson-Houston
Lynn
Maass
Westinghouse
McHenry
Northern Pacific Company
Tacoma
Baltimore and Ohio builds western rail network plan
Surveyors map a B and O line through Hancock County Illinois from Havana to Keokuk with a branch toward Edina Missouri. A connection to Quincy Omaha Kansas City line and to Trenton then St. Joseph will form a western network with minimal grades and low initial cost.
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St. Josefa
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Hancock County
Ills
Havana
Keokuk
Quincy
Omaha
Kansas City
Edina
Trenton
Baltimore and Ohio
Missouri River
St. Joseph
Creede Boom at Jack Pot Claim Sparks Silver Surge
In Creede Colorado the Jack Pot claim by Croft Webb and Dornett yields ore with 220 ounces of silver per ton and sparks a population surge from 2000 to 3500. With trains daily, scarce housing, 75 cent bed space, Pullman sleepers on sidetracks, and lumber at 22 cents a foot, towners predict 15000 by May 1.
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Creede
Colo
Croft
Webb & Dornett
Supersedens Granted in Graves Case. Bail Ordered
The Colorado Supreme Court granted a writ of supersedens allowing Dr. Graves to be released on bail. Due to docket congestion, the case may not be reached for two or three years. A string of other notes include a Cod Rapids monument testament and Kansas wheat estimates.
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Graves
Supreme Court
Denver
Colo
Supreme Court of Colorado
Cepar Rapids
Caspar J. Hart
Cod-- Rapids, Jr
Anden
DR. Sanden
Sanden Electric CO
Cor
Third St
Second Ave
South
Minneapolis, Minn
Davison
South Dakota
Thomas S. Clodfelter
John O. Porterfield
Thomass
Clodfelter
Mitchell
Davison County
Mitchell Capital
J. L. Hannett
C. J. Johnson
J. N. Crow
Boyd Wins Nebraska Governor Seat in Supreme Court Ruling
The United States Supreme Court decides the Boyd Thayer gubernatorial contest in favor of Boyd pronouncing him a citizen entitled to the Nebraska governorship. The ruling also upholds a law prohibiting lottery advertisements in mail circulation.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Boyd
Justice Field
United States
Nebraska
Harlan, Gray and Grown
Fuller
Supreme Court
British ship Ferndale wrecked off Pacific coast
The British ship Ferndale from Newcastle to Portland to load wheat was blown ashore ten miles north of Gray's Harbor. It lies a mile offshore as a total wreck. Twenty crew members are lost, including officers. the mate's body washed ashore in a life preserver. A severe gale and high tides contributed.
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Ferndale
Pacific
Portland
New Castle
Gray's Harbor
Agreeable taste aids digestion in cod liver oil emulsion
An old fashion notion claims medicine must taste bad. Scott's Emulsion hides the fishy taste and aims to help digestion. The ad notes comfort and palatability matter, warns against a sickening taste, and cites Scott & Bowne of New York with the price of $1.
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
South Sth Avenue
New York
Puzzle Solved at 1889 Paris Exposition
The 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris awarded Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines the highest prize, with the No. 9 for family use and the No. 12 for manufacturing use praised as the best in the world. The French government honored Nathaniel Wheeler with the Legion of Honor.
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Paris
France
ROE
America
Wheeler & Wilson
Capetnny
Nathaniel Wheeler
Couny
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Kan
Martin Mohler
State Agricultural Department
Dodge
Mohler
Department
Memmphis
Fred Gallagher
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London Sporting Life
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California Athletic Club
San Francisco
John L. Sullivan
White
Chicago
Boston
John William White
Harvard
New
Chicago University
Eider
Hennecke
Lloyd's
Federal Supreme Court
Thayer
Ask Egan
House
Arnold
Missouri
Chile
Patrick Egan
Committee On Rules
Senate
Utah
Committee On Public Lands
Kyle
Cleveland
New Orleans
Thomas Semmes
Bar Association
Nashville
W. T. Hill
Davidson County
United Sta’ Court
Thomas Theie
Boalan
Recorder
Columbus
Dyer
Ohio Penitentiary
William Walk
Houston
Tex
John Shields
Simpson
Shields
Gilkeson
Pirrspur
Edward F. Fitzsimmons
Hamburg
Hamaputna
Elbe
Indianapolis
Rome
Ceciarelli
Redbird
Huron
Griffith
Thomas Redbird
Hankakoxe
Sisseton
Des Moines
N.etar Kare
St. Vitus
Siso
Koenic Med. CO
Ill
Meny
Sanden
Inggu
State of South Dakota
Fourth Judicial Circuit
Towa State Savings Bank
Corporation
Jacob Jacobson
Beardes
Charles Litsey
Daylon
Martha T. Litsey
Wny
A. D
Pierre. S. D
U. mi
Thos. K. Roth
Office of Commissioner of School and Public Lands
Pierre
S. D
Dayson County
Thos. H. Ruth
Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. CO
Wabash Avenue
D. Ww. Collins
Haines
Golden Specific Co
Race St
Cincinnati
Ferry
Oecus
Siwmo
Detroit
D. M
Star and Stoughton
D.W. Col
LMS
North Main Street
Sucessor
Lot & Welch
R. D. Welch
Bren
Prins
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