Pennsylvania Tunnel Scheme Reflects Era of Big City Franchises
The article discusses the Pennsylvania Railroad plan to tunnel under the North and East rivers and Manhattan Island from Jersey City to Long Island City. It notes a proposed junction with the Long Island Railroad, potential Montauk Point terminal, and echoes past dreams of rapid transatlantic access, while addressing taxation of franchise rights and court rulings on franchise property assessments. It closes with a mention of a new ten dollar greenback honoring Lewis and Clark.
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Penneyl‘vania Railroad Company
Taft
Maonhattan Island
Jersey City
Long Island City
Cassatt
Thirty-first
Thirty-fourth
New York
New York City
New York Central
North River
Pennsylvania Railroad
Long Island Railroad
Montauk Point
Austin Corbin
Pennsylvania
New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
Newark
Traction Company
State Board
Supreme Court
Broadway
Kalamazoo
New Jersey Supreme Court
Lewis and Clark
Northwest
Christmas Stocking Souvenir Inspires Global Wanderers Note
The passage notes emigration from Norway and Sweden to the United States as depopulation concerns. It humorously references Mark Twain, a Molineux trial, and Paris in a dense fog. It then discusses the bone luz or resurrection bone at the spine, its incorruptibility in Jewish tradition, and legends of Hadrian testing rabbis with it.
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Norway
Sweden
United States
Hadrian
Markets show mixed wheat gains and steady fats
Chicago and New York reports feature wheat opening strong then slipping, corn and oats trading firm to weak, potatoes and eggs varying with fresh cases noted. Live poultry and butter hold steady, hogs and cattle mixed with lower prices. weathered by cross-country activity and demand signals. A separate Ohio-Indiana note records a railway accident near a union crossing killing Dr W E Bowman and a companion.
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New York
Maite
Atd
Cream Co
Thoc
Penrestranti
Mihawaka
Ind
W E. Bowman
Elkhart
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company
Union Crossing
Philippine bill passes House amid party split vote
Washington December 19 the revenue bill for the Philippines passed the House 163 to 128 with five Republicans voting against and three Democrats for it. Debate included a motion to recommit to reduce U S customs and internal revenue laws and extend them to the Philippines until a stable independent government is set up. The Senate considered committees and industrial schools bills, while measures for a new Department Building and a railroad bridge in Indian Territory advanced.
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Washington
Philippine Islands
House
Messrs. McCall
Mass
Littlefield
Heatwale
Eddy
Stevens
Minn
Messrs
Robertson
Davey
Broussard
Meyer
Louisiana
Foster
Illinois
Warner
Congress
Crumpacker
Richardson
Ways and Means Committee
United States
Philippines
Mr Meyer
Messrs. Hepburn
Dalzell
Henry
Tex) Williamse
Misa
Italso
Philippa
Ravo
House Committee On
Senate
Platt
Conn
Arkansas River
Fort Gibson
Indian Territory
Hale
Nelson
District of Columbia
Porto Rico
Territories
Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Mercer
Neb
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertises Deafness Cure
A 19th century advertisement claims deafness results from inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining and asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure can restore function. offers $100 for any case cured by constitutional remedies, mentions BF J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio and Hall's Family Pills.
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Hall
BF. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Over-Work Weakens Your Kidneys
An old health ad highlights kidney function, linking kidney trouble to heart pounding and constitutional issues. It promotes Swansp-Root as the remedy, notes its availability in sizes and prices, and urges readers to contact Dr Kilmer Co for a pamphlet.
Death by morphine ends King’s prison sentence in Indiana
Albert H. King, one of three men convicted in bunco steering of a fixed foot race, committed suicide with morphine in Michigan City jail to evade a two to fourteen year term. Also, W F Perry, Civil War brigadier general, died of pneumonia in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Census bureau reports 1900 turpentine and rosin industry values and facts.
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Brookville
Ind
Albert H. King
Michigan City
Bowling Green
W F. Perry
United States
Census Bureau
Scott's Emulsion Supports Strained Child Growth
An advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a strong growing medicine that helps backward or weak children endure strain and gain strength. It promises to send a sample and lists Scott & Bowne as the New York address at 409 Pearl Street.
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
New York
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