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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1899
Page
8
Chicago struggles with elevating and depessing railroad tracks as city and railroads clash over cost, legal power, and safety. Courts side with municipal authority while roads resist significant expenditure, prompting a shift to detailed engineering agreements and selective ordinances.
The article recounts a long legal and political struggle over elevating railroad tracks in a city. Despite initial resistance and costly debate, courts sided with the city, enabling track elevation and stricter speed controls near depots. By 1892, many crossings were elevated or slated for action ahead of the World’s Fair dedication.
German Emperor Wilhelm II visits Geisenheim fruit nursery where baron Von Lade demonstrates trees shaped to spell Bismarck and form a communion cup. The scene ends with a crown prince impressed by a tiny tree called Wilhelm der Grosse. Old statesmanship meets horticultural whimsy.
A historical essay praises railroad expansion before and after 19th century lines. It cites New York to Buffalo and Chicago travel times, crop yields across Kansas Nebraska and California, and the role of railways in shipping wheat, gold, fruit, and imports. It notes early routes to Portland and Seattle and the impact on westward development. It ends with a note on clever students seeking a signed excuse from President McKinley.
An eager youngster climbed to the presidential stand and pressed a scribbled note to President McKinley asking for a signature. McKinley signed it, and the boy left delighted. Next day the two truants offered excuses at school, where the teacher, noting the autograph, kept them in as punishment.
Gen Sir Redvers Henry Buller commands in South Africa with over 75,000 troops, a force nearly four times the English soldiers Wellington led at Waterloo. He appears suited for the task, though details continue.
A biographical sketch portrays General Sir Redvers Buller as a formidable commander with a long record from the Chinese war of 1860 to the Boer War. Described as energetic, disciplined, and coldly precise, he is noted for bravery, sternness, and a relentless drive to plant the British flag over Pretoria as swiftly as possible.
A town welcomes Queen Margaret of Italy with grand preparations but she declines a full meal, requesting only water and a sandwich. The mayor, misreading her gesture, bows and assures her the lunch is paid for.
London society notes a new fashion where stylish men wear two watches, one plain chronometer and a decorative hybrid. The trend echoes an old practice linked to the era of a gilded cane and a silver-hilted sword, recalling the modern Zop of 1777.
An editor recalls offending Mrs. Lorenzo Van Rensselaer and her family as they arrived in Newport with a large retinue of servants. The exchange underscores social tensions in the society pages and the gaps in etiquette reporting.
The oldest German coal mines were first worked in 1295 near Warms. England began coal mining in the fourteenth century. The text notes that more men die of idleness than from hard work.
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