Record Run Sets Milwaukee Chicago Speed Mark
An Atlantic type locomotive No. 921 on the Chicago Milwaukee line clocked 102 mph over 3.4 miles between Caledonia and Lakewood, covering the 87 minute run from Chicago to Milwaukee New Year’s Eve. The engine weighed 290000 pounds with 84.4 inch drivers, coal 19000 pounds, water 7000 gallons.
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Milwaukee
Chicago
Caledonia
Lakewood
Western Avenue
Edgebrook
Stowell
Wadsworth
Western Union Junction
Pioneer Expatriate Letters Praise Saskatchewan Settlement
A letter from Prince Albert Saskatchewan by Henry Laughlin to Dr. C Tt Field of Chase Michigan appears in the Reed City Clarion. Laughlin reports good crops and ripe potatoes, strong stock for winter, and a planned settlement with residence built. He notes mild winter weather and log shanties, plus a remark on women as moral flowers in society.
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Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
Canada
Henry Laughlin
C. Tt. Field
Chase
Michigan
Reed City
Clarion
Lake County
The Classes of Freight on the Santa Fe Railway
The article lists freight categories by tonnage for the Santa Fe during the last fiscal year. It ranks items by importance: bituminous coal, wheat, live stock, lumber, stone and sand, merchandise, corn, ores, fruits and vegetables, cement and brick, flour and cotton, with agricultural products and animal products also highlighted. It notes household goods surpass liquor shipments and compares agricultural to manufactured items while linking all freight to the broader economy.
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Santa Fe
Live Stock Market Report South Omaha Feeds Demand
Cattle receipts were light but demand remained strong with buyers bidding good prices for desirable grades. Corn fed steers were scarce and cleared quickly. cows and bulls sold well on quality. Hog prices held steady with some strength for heavy weights as provisions broke. sheep and lambs saw a weaker, slower market with sales easing about a dime lower.
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South Omaha
Cattle and hog market prices mixed with steady to higher cattle
Cattle heavy steer prices steady to higher with choice ex port and dressed beef steers at 5.80 to 6.60. Hogs opened 10 cents higher then closed near session lows with top at 6.06, bulk 5.65 to 6.40. Sheep and lambs moved strong western lambs 5.00 to 6.00, yearlings 5.00 to 6.50.
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Western Fed
Texas
Ight
Industrial Commission completes final Trusts report
The industrial commission has finished and sent to the printer its final report after years of study. The volume, about 1000 pages, reviews evidence from eighteen prior volumes and discusses questions under separate headings with recommendations. It follows the president's trust guidance from his annual message.
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Washington
Industrial Commission
Times
Congress
Commission
Coffee Chat Reveals Hidden Java Secret
In the New York Press, Victor Smith quotes a friend noting the morning need for strong coffee. He recalls paying 40 to 45 cents for Mocha and Java, then reveals a secret about “Java” often being Maracaibo sold at 15 cents a pound.
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Victor Smith
New York
Java
Mocha
Maracaibo
Bootmakers and the uneasy label of boots in America
A quip on Broadway shops labeled Bootmakers and the broader confusion over what qualifies as boots. The essay notes English usage limits shoes to clodhoppers, while Americans once called high top boots topboots, raising questions about how ordinary shoes are named.
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Broadway
Victor Smith
England
America
Kidney Pills End Diabetes Claim by Mrs. Bowers
In Candarbe Halo Indiana on January 27 Mrs. L Bowers reports kidney trouble leading to diabetes with extreme thirst weight loss and fatigue. After failing with two doctors and many kidney medicines she says seven boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills eliminated all listed symptoms and restored health. The piece ends with a proverb on hypocrisy and bachelorhood.
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Carnbbe
Halo
Ind
Bowers
Dodd
Power to Make Treaties and Tariffs Debate
A Senate subcommittee studying reciprocity treaties and treaty making power decided to report its views to the full Foreign Relations Committee. The House argues revenue laws must originate there and should cooperate on tariff related measures.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Executive
Senate
House of Representatives
House
New Philippine Coins Proposed by Philippine Commission
Sketches of the proposed Philippine coins were shown to the house appropriations committee by Mint Director Roberts. The designs feature Philippine motifs and reflect colonial administration.
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Washington
Philippine Commission
House
Angular Committee
Mint
Roberts
Investigation finds Greek king life-attempt report false
An Athens report claiming an attempt on King George of Greece in Phaleron Park is proved unfounded after a formal investigation.
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Athens
George of
Greece
Phaleron
Cleveland is After Ducks
Former President Grover Cleveland and a party including Rear Admiral Robley D Evans Colonel E C Benedict General An son G McCook Captain P B Lamberton and Herman May arrived in Georgetown South Carolina for a morning breakfast before taking the Water Lily launch to Ford s Point on the Lower Santee river to visit General E P Alexander s shooting preserves.
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Cleveland
Georgetown
S. C
Grover Cleveland
Robley D. Evans
E. C. Benedict
Anson G. McCook
P. B. Lamberton
Herman May
United States
Ford’s Point
Santee
E. P. Alexander
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Salzer
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Defiance
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