World Facts and oddities from a late 19th century page
A collection of brief notes: Siberian railway investment at 401.7 million dollars, US rail freight figures, population growth, Siemens electric railway 1879, Caspian Sea depth, Caracas to Valencia tunnel count, a man’s coffin-bed, fruit loss from insects at 300 million, rubber from the Amazon tied to two deaths, Tolstoi’s preferred writing hours, a 29-pound badger in England, revived name for Gibbet Lane, pension claim after a long-distance shock, traveling libraries in British Columbia camps, race and dress in Weimar Germany, Boston’s white Arctic circle birth celebrations, Missouri’s Governor Dockery, Senator Hanna’s winter housing, Emperor William’s billiards, Wu Ting-fang’s replacement, future marriage of Liang-Cheng’s daughter, Steljes typewriting telegraph, one-piece statue casting, sunfish stranding in Norfolk, Bloodgood Cutter’s sale of a Long Island home.
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United States
Siemens
Berlin
Caracas
Valencia
Brazil
Amazon
Tolstoi
Hemingley
Lincolnshire
England
Gibbet Lane
Halesowen
Worcestershire
Frankfort
British Columbia
Weimar
Germany
John R. McVicar
Boston
Arctic Circle
John Franklin
Dockery
Missouri
Charlemagne Tower
Bleichroder Palace
Congress
Washington
Senator Hanna
Hanna
William
Wu Ting-fang
Lkely
Liang-Cheng
Yu-Keng
Paris
Madame Wu
Steljes
London
Blakeney
Norfolk
Bloodgood Cutter
Long Island
Mark Twain
Little Neck
L. 1
Coal Shortage Sparks Grand Jury Probe of Dealers
Chicago faces extreme coal famine with 2000 sufferers and rising deaths as police and health officials blame dealers and mines. A special grand jury will investigate a ring of coal men amid reports of trains sidetracked and coal hoarded along tracks to keep it off the market.
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Chicago
Weekly Bulletin
The
Health Department
Severe fuel shortages plague Kansas and Missouri towns
Across Kansas and western Missouri fuel is unavailable and fires burn non essential materials. Kansas City endures coal price pressure with existing stockmiles of contrast to other cities. In Reading coal shipments set a weekly record, while St Paul sees harsh cold and Detroit prepares to convene in Washington within ten days.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Reading
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
New York
Schuylhill County
ST. Paul
Minn
Detroit
W. C. Maybury
Washington
Chicago
Coal shipments delayed by extreme cold in Illinois
Extreme cold slows coal movements from northern Illinois to Bloomington and Indianapolis. Tonnage is to be reduced and train speeds cut by up to twenty percent to keep traffic moving. Indianapolis faces fuel scarcity as Council finance committee considers city buying coal to sell in wholesale quantities, with free coal for the poor.
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Bloomington
Nouthern Illinois
Trafic
Indianapolis
Bookwalter
Council
Special grand jury probes coal price conspiracy in Chicago
A special grand jury in Chicago is investigating an alleged conspiracy among coal operators and dealers to fix coal prices. Attorney General Hamlin leads the probe, citing reports from mines along the Chicago & Alton road and other regions. Witnesses include mine owners and wholesale coal dealers. officials note delays in railcar returns as factor in market control.
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Springfield
Chicago
Hamlin
Chicago & Alton Road
Cook County
Senate probes DC coal shortages and rail delivery changes
The Senate District of Columbia committee heard that anthracite shipments to Washington fell 30 percent over the last year on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Freight rates remained unchanged. Local dealer W Zeh noted easier coal access from independents than railroads, suggesting big companies favored smaller buyers to prop up prices.
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Washington
Senate Committee On the
District of Columbia
Joseph Crawford
Pennsylvania Railroad
W. Zeh
Oil boom grows in Chadron with 250 claims filed
Chadron Nebraska oil field activity Intensifies as county clerk logs about 250 placer mining oil claim certificates. Hud Mead leads Guatemala Oil Mining Co with local merchants to drill, while Omaha Douglas County group gears up with machinery and geologist reports of oil indications in the anticline near the Sioux reservation. Indians on the reservation show interest in joining the exploitation.
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Chadron
Neb
Hud Mead
Guatemala Oil Mining Company
Ed Satterlee
J. Brogieimer
W. H. McCann
Omaha
Douglas County
G. W. Loomis
J. C. Holtorf
James Hodge
L. A. Harmon
Sioux Reservation
Dawes County
Mickey Takes Oath In Nebraska Governor Change
Ezra P. Savage's term ends as John H. Mickey is inaugurated governor in Lincoln. The transition features contrasting remarks from the outgoing and incoming leaders as a large crowd watches the oath, with Savage’s long message followed by Mickey’s shorter, polished address.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Ezra P. Savage
John H. Mickey
Savage
Sullivan
Mickey
Traveling salesman sick with consumption in Nebraska
Davenport Nebraska April reports Reuben Moore formerly a traveling salesman for a St. Joseph grocery firm took the first grocery order at Wymore and other points in the state ever given. He is dangerously sick at his home after conducting a local grocery store for several years.
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Gage County
Dempster Mill Manufacturing Company
Nichols’ Hall
Beatrice
Nebraska City
U. N. Association of Post Office Clerks
Clyde E. McCormack
H. Clifford Leigh
Melvin Thompson
Ashland
Railsback Bros
Swift and Company
Fce
Sidney
Union Pacific
Baggee
Cozad
Fremont
Saunders County
Platte
Jack” Lambert
Metropolitan Stock Company
Greenwood
Nelson
Beatrice Volunteer Hose Company
Ed Maxwell
Ira Lock
W. D. Moore
Patrick Quinn
John Plebuch
E. A. Gordon
G. Kuhn
York County
National Medicine Company
Kuns
Nebraska Newspaper Union
Worthy Lée
Tobias
Neb
York
Fourteenth Judicial District
Frontier
Furnas
jRed Willow
Davenport, Neb
Reuben Moore
St. Joseph
Wymore
Gage County Deed Transfers Reach Large Totals in 1902
Beatrice Nebraska report shows 1,237 deeds filed in Gage County during 1902 with total consideration of 2 241 505 dollars.
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Beatrice, Nelb
Gage County
Actor Takes His Life in Greenwood Neb
In Greenwood Nebraska comedian Jack Lambert of the Metropolitan Stock Company shot himself through the heart at 10 45 pm Wednesday after performing his usual role. He had gone to his hotel room to retire for the night when he drew the pistol.
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Greenwood, Neb
Jack” Lambert
Metropolitan Stock Company
Greenwood
Ashland
Lambert
Mighty Healing Powers Promised by Prof Adkin
Dr. L B Hawkey and Dr L G Doane investigate Prof Thomas F Adkin who claims Vitaopathic cures for blindness, deafness, paralysis, tuberculosis and other ailments. He offers free diagnosis and home treatment, with patient letters kept confidential and a promise of universal access to his methods. He cites several cured cases and says distance does not affect results, urging readers to request his book How to Be Cured and How to Cure Others.
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Thomas F. Adkin
Adkin
Adkins
Amy Powers
God
L. B. Hawkey
L. G. Doane
Bo Ae
Bright
Iija
John Adama
Drakesbury
Ira
Rochester
P.” A. Wright
John FE. Neff
Millersburg
Logansport
Ind
Mary Elcher
Warrent Pa
G W Savage
Prof
Jong
Ponsone
Anne
Sthin
Thomas F Adkin
N.Y
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senate
Professor Adkin
Thomas ¥. Adkin
Institute of Physicians
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