Early Electric Traction Gains Noted by Rail Leaders
By Bion F. Arnold the piece notes steam railways initially paid little attention to electricity but progressive lines began examining electric traction. It cites Pennsylvania Railroad electrifying its New York terminal area and Long Island service, New Haven Hartford electrifying York City to Stamford, and the looming European tunnel project as signs of large electric investments totaling about 100 million dollars with 304 million more in collateral. It argues these developments show the future path of transport electrification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bion F. Arnold
Smubg
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Long Island Railroad
Manhattan Island
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
York City
Stamford
Conn
Switzerland
Italy
Unity of medical sciences in heart block study
Dr. W. WH. Welch argues medicine advances through embryology anatomy physiology and pathology. He highlights heart block as an example of lab and clinic cooperation and says future research will surpass past gains in understanding living matter and disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. WH. Welch
Editing Consular Reports Cut for Publication
The Atlantic notes that consular reports are carefully edited to remove content considered harmful to the government. Objectionable material including criticisms of foreign nations or officials is omitted from material sent to commerce and labor for publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart
Bureau of Trade Relations
The
Atlantic
Department of State
Department of Commerce and Labor
State Department
Desert rancher talks future as visitor questions viability
A Western ranch owner guides a relative through arid acres, discussing desert conversion plans and profit potential while stressing practical weathering of drought. An art studio anecdote features a painter denying romantic intent, revealing the subject was his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great West
Cyrus
Life and Love in Modern Society
The piece argues romance remains essential to marriage and life yet cautions against unworthy targets and unbridled sentiment. It defends romantic love as a noble force while urging discernment between true affection and reckless passion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Oldfeld
Richard
South
Do Teank
Trial Marriages Would Be Monstrous
Rev Dr Frank Crane argues against Mrs Parsons proposal for trial marriages as a dangerous modern attack on the family. He warns such schemes would encourage crime, undermine commitment, and undermine the vows of marriage bound by fidelity and loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Crane
Oddest Tree in Australia and the Baobab's Fame
A historical account describes Australia’s diverse flora and highlights the baobab as a remarkable tree. It notes the tree’s spherical to bulbous trunk, spongy wood, moisture content, long fruit stalks, and cream of tartar flavored powder inside ripe fruit. It recounts the dragon tree of Tenerife and a Tencriffe specimen measured near Ora favo, with a hollow trunk and interior staircase, damaged by a 1867 hurricane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Europe
Tencriffe
Orafavo
Meren
Humboldt
Rethencourts
Feopard Pleads Caution Over Recitation Exits
A scrambled, humorous line from Harvard Lanmoan features a handicapped and anxious voice lamenting late recitation exits and constant being spotted, with a playful misspelling echoing classroom missteps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Lanmoan
Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Remedies Warns Public
An old newspaper item cautions readers about mercury in catarrh treatments and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as mercury free. It notes the product is made in Toledo Ohio by Fr J Cheney Co and sold by druggists with testimonials offered. Also mentions a line about extermination of tame moles and pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uae
Hall
Bid, Cheney & Co
Toledo
Foledo
Ohio
Fr. J. Cheney & Co
Teatimonials Tree
Drogeises
Prs Tse
Furious humor on child cured of measles
A mother recounts her seven year old granddaughter recovering from a measles cure after a furious itchy eruption. She claims substantial relief within 24 hours from Vaticura Remedies and complete cure in five days. The note is dated Bakersfield California with June 25 and July 20, 1906. The second item mentions agricultural schools in Siberia and widespread use of steam plows and reapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Ruefenacht
Bakersfield
Cal
Pisces
Siberia
The Domestic Hen a Wonderful Farm Helper
The article extols the hen as a powerful farm asset able to lay about 700 eggs in five years with highly rich content. It urges readers with small plots to keep multiple hens, notes disease prevention and breeding, and promotes a book from the Book Publishing House in New York City priced at 26 cents for practical fowl-raising knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard St
New York City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pleasant View
Concord
Mary Baker Eddy
Christian Science
Eddy
Warren Street
Hone
Tuttle
California Fig Syrup Co
Senna
Carl ED Akicioon
Louisville, KY
Waltman Mea
London
England
Putnam
Monroe
Baltimore American
Destiny
Kline
HB. Kline
Arch St
Phila. Pa
Ake Ga Garfield
Montevideo
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Sobglas
WL. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Bess
Frerrhers
POU Glas
raminsHon
Quailty
Harnest
Meio Torarge
Elkhart Carriage & Harness Mig
Elkhart
Adians
Standard 681
Company (Incorporated
Onticura
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!