The Railroad Commission Report on Kansas Lines 1854 85
The Kansas Railroad Commission reports show year end 1885 freight tonnage rising across major lines yet revenue lagging due to tariff cuts. It details Topeka and Santa Fe, Missouri Pacific, and Kansas Pacific metrics, noting increased traffic but lower earnings per ton mile and potential savings from adjusted tariffs.
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Soldiers' Home report warns of drunkenness amid pension flaw
The Soldiers' Home annual report covers Oct 1 1884 to Sep 30 1845. Disbursements exceed 245403 dollars, with 72543 for new annex and improvements. Discharged soldiers admitted numbered 192, mostly disabled or long-serving. The report cites a rise in inmate drunkenness linked to pension disbursement rules and urges reform to curb waste and temptations. General Sheridan signs the report.
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Congress
General Sheridan
Market Reports from St Louis Trade Notes and Prices
Market data across grains, meats, livestock and provisions. Prices for wheat, corn, oats, lard and pork show steady to firm tones in Chicago, St Louis and Kansas City as traders note dull and unchanged signals for various futures and cash trades. Cattle and hog markets display mixed movements with steady to higher quotes for select steers, stockers and feeders, while butter and cheese trend shows firm to weaker readings in western markets.
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Kansas
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Tina Ale
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Miscellaneous curiosities from the era and Europe
A Baltimore era digest surveys oddities and observations including Havana cigar making, Louisiana Creole furniture value, California codfish resembling salmon in Shasta River, Montreal falls powered rail ambitions, a Texas editor’s complaint about a hook and ladder company, and a San Francisco Cats note. It also mentions the Sutlej River’s swift descent in India, a weathered anecdote about nails and toothache, “bond” nomenclature for horse ears in Brazil, and American influence on London fashion trends with frontier phrases and slang.
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Louisiana
Shasta River
California
San Francisco
Montmorenci Falls
Quebec
Burculous Shrine of St Anne
Texas
British India
Wealthy Men in Public Esteem Split Into Three Classes
A Detroit Free Press piece examines wealth classifications, arguing three honorable paths: inheritance, legitimate long-term business, and speculative fortune. It contrasts hereditary wealth with patient, lawful enterprise against real estate and invention-driven riches, noting the quirks of inheritors and the Boston fashion scene.
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Gumbler
Detroit Free Press
Percheron Stallions Boosts for Hard Times Farmers
In tough markets farmers increasingly buy finely bred Percheron stallions. The article notes rising demand for large, well formed horses due to scarce suitable sires in the United States, with Oaklawn Farm in Wayne, Illinois, highlighted as a leading importer and breeder.
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Mr. Dunham
Oaklawn Farm
Wayne
Illinois
JSS
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