No Problem 100 Big Millions Insignificant
A New York era review discusses vast railroad consolidation efforts and electric business unions led by financiers like Chauncey M. Depew and P Olcott. It highlights a half billion dollar rail system, the Edison Thomson electric alliance, Whitney’s surface lines, and Andrew H. Green’s metropolitan and bridge projects as signs of intense intellectual and financial activity shaping modern infrastructure.
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New York City
Chauncey M. Depew
Mr. Depew
Depew
Europe
West
Tesla
Olcott
Ponneeeee
New York
Mr. Olcott
Thomas A. Edison
Thomson
Edison
New England States
Launhing
United States
Whitney
William C. Whitney
Navy
Goodby
Navy Department
Philadelphia
Chicago
Broadway
Andrew H. Green
Andrew H., Green
London
Brooklyn
City Hall
Green
Tion
Change
Boston
Enterprises
P Phia
Ton
Men of Brains
Spirot
Hudson River
Island of Manhattan
Jack
E. J. Epharps
Cursed by soldiery in Brazil sparks military clash fear
From Pana Brazil April 12 a censorship dominated decree suspends official guarantees at Rio for 73 hours amid a feud between 13 military and naval officers and President Floriano Peixotto. Manifestos, retirements, and protest actions fuel a looming military clash while Brazil risks a drift toward dictatorship. The piece notes currency decline, England-led trade shifts, and Brazil's vast resources.
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Pana
Brazil
Brasilian
Rio
Brasil
A Maniifesto
Floriana Peixotto
Deodora Fonseca
Fonseca
Congress
Resolutioni Ting
Peixotto
1Hi Newent
Ceara
Eduardo Waldenkolk
Jose Almeide Barretto
Walkenkolk
United States
Barretto
Soldabanha da Gams
Bahia
England
Animals That Do Not Drink Water Claim
The item notes claims from Mr Blanford and Darwin that doreas Benett's gazelle huanacoes sloths parrots wild rabbits and certain sheep may not drink water in various regions or conditions. It cites observations from Regent's Park's Zoo and Rev J G Wood regarding dew fed forage reducing water needs.
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Blanford
Abyssinia
Benett
Darwin
Patagonia
Zoological Gardens
Regent's Park
J. G. Wood
Higher Education for Women at Ohio State University
The Ohio State University disputes a claim that an Eastern college was first to admit women to postgraduate study. Miss Annie W. Sabine began a post course in 1884 and earned a Master of Arts after two years in history and English literature. Several other women have pursued studies in the department.
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Colosema
Ace
Fees Olcott
Financial Department of
New York State
Olcott
New England
Annie W. Sabine
Ohio State University
Personal crisis reports rise in Paris amid planned suicides
Paris police note a disturbing class of personal crisis reports who arrange every detail for a fatal act. They write farewell letters and elaborate wills, prepare rooms, don fine clothes, and choose methods like hanging or drowning, as cases of self destruction appear to rise.
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Paris
Seed of Ekumkhi End rakshi Offered in Calcutta
A rare seed revered by Shiva followers, Ekumkhi End rakshi, is catalogued for sale in Calcutta. Legends say it grows in Nepsul guarded by soldiers. only one seed survives in the territory and fetching ten thousand pounds is claimed for authenticity.
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Shiva
Calcutta
Nepsul
Four Years Aboard the New Bedford Whaler Triton
Captain J H B Robinson recounts his 1876 voyage from Nantucket on the Triton, a 350 ton whaler, detailing shrewd crew recruitment, rough seas, a near disaster when a boat capsized, and the grim fate of a sick officer while the crew endured months at sea on a four year global cruise.
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Africa
New Bedford
Egid
Atlantic
Nantucket
Union Street
Goodby
Yankee Land
Asores Islands
Mattapoisett
Navy
Fairhaven
Vineyard Haven
Gay Head
St. Helena
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Prey
P. Olcott
A. Edison
Tennessee
Alabama
South
Potomac
Mississippi
Jay Gould
Great Britain
Virginia
Great Southern Railway
Www
Wattney
Dom Pedro
Amazon
J. Ozton Keegy
Womer
J. H. B. Robinson
Waiter
ICE
Hopper Bros. & CO
Hopper Bros & CO
Wood Street
Fourth Avenue
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