Vast American cities and a famed railway empire
The article extols Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul as the great trio behind a renowned railroad famed for management, safety and electric trains. It notes Despotic Austrian Law, various ads, and short anecdotes about public life, health products, and a profile of President Diaz as a tireless worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Bamea
America
Ita
Omaha
LL. Dowsign
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Salt Lak City
Utah
Vienna
President Diaz
Diaz
Gen. Diaz
Largest elephant tusk at South Kensington Museum drawing notice
The South Kensington Museum displays the largest elephant tusk known, surpassing a second tusk bought in Antwerp by a firm named SheMeld for £325. The tusk weighs 216 pounds, measures ten feet in length and twenty three and three fourths inches in girth.
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South Kensington Museum
Antwerp
SheMeld
Love Divinely Bound Lovers Reach Forgiving Unity
In a Civil War era tale Rachel and Dick face family and political tensions over Union and Confederacy. Rachel resists a reunion with Dick to spare her father’s pain, but at Decoration Day a veteran reconciliation grows. An elderly Confederate and Union veteran bond as Rachel and Dick’s love gains acceptance in the end.
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Union
Rachel
Grand Army
Copperhead Pendleton
Barker
Pendleton
Machel
Concord
White Field Isles
Jared Roberts
Virginia Cavalry
Sopperhend Pendleton
Hachetame Aid
Dirck
Pather
England Opens Hangman Education Amid Moral Reform
An English school for the education of hangmen has been formed in London to improve execution methods after bungling in recent months. The program teaches procedural refinements from pinioning to scaffold ascent and rope adjustment to ensure swift, controlled deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Great Britain
London
Had It All Fixed. A Politician and Italian Voters
An orator addressed Italian voters in English, who applauded with Viva and Bravo. The chairman joked he would fix the crowd by raising fingers for Hurrah Viva Brayo and Hiyi, eliciting a loud cheer as he claimed the task complete.
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Capitalic
Patent Office
The Waltz and the Patient Wife
A brief social note reflects on how a young man savors a waltz while hinting that a failing man often has a patient wife who makes excuses for him, illustrating domestic tolerance in a light moral tone.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Ilinois
California
Montana
Nevada
Pittsburg Dispatch
Jons F Borau
Trinity Springs
Ind
Virginia
Jedge
Harper's Magazine
Philip James Bailey
Festus
Javelle Mtg Co
Dept
D. Parsons
Hamlins Wizard Oil NL
Ekg
Harris
Sho
Ps Johnny Reb
Libby
Paletabie
McNeill
Alabastine School
Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids, Mich
Ouraen
Ermath
Wales
Venes
Odowaren
Pope
Howard E. Burton
Cope
Osme
Ogden Isaav
Sas
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