Forth Bridge A Triumph In Modern Engineering History
A Chambers' Journal recap details the Forth Bridge across the Firth of Forth. It covers the cantilever design by Sir John Fowler and B Baker, project origin in 1881, contract to Tancred Arrol & Co, vast scale with 54 000 tons of steel, tall piers on Inchgarvie and Queensferry, and long spans including a 1710 foot central section completed in 1889.
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Chambers’ Journal
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Northeastern
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Messrs
Forth Bridge Opens Tested 1800-Ton Span With Royal Ceremony
Engineers report the Forth Bridge spans of 1700 feet each tested with two trains totaling 1800 tons. The structure shows ample safety margins under adverse loads and temperature shifts, with a formal opening by the Prince of Wales on March 4. Completion of approach lines near Edinburgh and Glasgow promises faster travel to Perth Dundee Aberdeen and Inverness.
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Prince of Wales
Forth Bridge
Winchburg
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Glasgow
Edinburgh
Sid Inverkeithing
Inverness
London
Scotsland
Mysterious disappearance of George Liscomb after Rochester banquet
In Braver Fas Pennsylvania March 2 authorities report no trace of George E Liscomb after attending a Rochester banquet. A hat found floating in the Ohio River below the hotel is positively identified as Liscomb's. Officials fear drowning or foul play and plan river dragging and searches southward.
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Braver Fas, Pa
George E. Liscomb
Rochester
Ohio
Liscomb
Costs to Run Washington County Over a Decade
Special telegram from Diefatch Pennsylvania reports County Treasurer A. S. Eagleson tabulating Washington county receipts and expenditures from 1880 to 1889. Total expenses approached 2.7 million for county state and school needs, with convict maintenance rising to 4,971.56 in 1889 and jail costs up to 4,775.52. Public school spending totaled 1,166,092.77, while assessed property value stood at 45,717,309 last year.
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WasuHiIncTox
Eagleson
Washington County
Descriptive Treatise for Dr Flint's Remedy
A fragment notes that occasional faintness vertigo nausea and insomnia signal early brain inflammation and urges taking Dr Flint's remedy. It promises a descriptive treatise with each bottle or to address the dealer for information.
Baker's Cod Liver Oil and Emulsion Promoted
Baker's Pure Cod Liver Oil advertised as a trusted product for over forty years. The note also highlights Baker's Emulsion intended for throat and lung troubles, distributed by local druggists.
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Baker
Pittsburg Tour Events and Personalities From New Year Notes
A lively roundup of Pittsburg theater views from Aronson on theater needs in the city, plus notes on Daly's Theater lighting, Captain Sam Brown's racing stables and horse entries, Pittsburg Phil's England tour and Derby plans, billiards tales in Chickering Hall, and local social figures at Hoffman and Fifth Avenue venues.
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George G. McMurtry
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Lymas Kate
Sanford's Remedy for Catarrh Promoted by Boston Drug Firm
A promotional notice touts Sanford's Rapi cat CIRE as a cure for catarrh from head colds to severe stages. It claims instant relief and permanent cure, calling it safe and economical. The package includes a bottle, catarrhal solvent, an improved inhaler, and a treatise, priced at $1 through Porter Drug and Chemical Corporation of Boston.
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Porter Drug & Chemical Corporation
Boston
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