Railway mileage in United States reaches 180657 miles in 1895
The total railway mileage in the United States on June 30, 1895 stood at 180,657.47 miles, up 1.09 percent from the previous year. Increases over 100 miles occurred in Arizona Illinois Pennsylvania Maine Texas and Montana, with total track length at 236,894.26 miles including second third fourth and yard tracks and sidings.
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United States
Commission
Arizona
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Maine
Texas
Montana
Butter Trade Notes from British Guiana December 1896
The U S consul at Demerara outlines butter production and imports in British Guiana for 1895 96. Total imports include Great Britain France United States and the categories include table and cooking butter sold in tins or firkins with prices in cents per pound. Export butter requires heavier salting for tropical markets.
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United States
Demerara
British Guiana
Great Britain
France
New York
Tropics
Queen Victoria’s dolls exhibited in UK museums
The article recalls Queen Victoria ordering public display of her childhood dolls to delight her subjects. It notes dolls in Salisbury Cathedral’s small museum gathered from royal wardrobes, including a Marie Antoinette dressed doll, and a British Museum Egyptian doll found in a royal princess’s sarcophagus, possibly the oldest doll known.
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Victoria
Salisbury
Marie Antoinette
Duchess of Portland
British Museum
Christ
Self marriage highlighted by Kalamazoo pastor
In Kalamazoo Michigan last week Reverend Caroline J. Bartlett of the People's Church entered a self marriage to Dr. A W Crane. Critics argue ministers should protest this subversion of the marriage industry while questioning how a poor soul is to live.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
Caroline J. Bartlett
The
People’s Church
A. W. Crane
Grant’s spartan meals and two legged fear at table
Historian EN Horace Porter recounts General Ulysses S Grant’s dining habits during campaigns. He avoided meat with blood, disliked fowl and game, and preferred cucumbers with coffee. He ate little, kept meals frugal, and drank only tea, coffee, or water.
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Napoleon
Grant
Both Fish and Reptile Which Puzzles Naturalists
Dr. Emil Goldi reports the discovery near the Amazon mouth of a lepidosiren a creature half fish and half reptile. It has legs lungs can live out of water and a fishlike head. It digs into mud during dry seasons curls up seals itself with a shiny mud binding substance and can survive without air.
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Emil Goldi
Para
Brazil
Amazon
Triumph for the X Rays in Bone Surgery
A child with a deformed arm shown to have bones precisely located by skingraph. X rays enable removal of superfluous bones and confirm accurate diagnosis, promising safer bone surgery and relief from old maladies.
Wash-a-kie Baptised at Fort Washakie
Wash-a-kie, chief of the Shoshones, who lived as a pagan and polygamist for ninety three years, has been baptized at Fort Washakie in Wyoming. He is described as one of the bravest and wisest of western Indians.
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Wash-a-kie
Fort Washakie
Wyo
West
The Important Question Fireman Sketch Exchange
A brief comic exchange features Sandy at a hotel bed asking for a refund while a fireman shouts to stay alert. The scene highlights a brisk, humorous tempo with quick humorous banter over pay and duty.
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Sandy
Definition of a Fool in Yonkers States
Challie defines a fool as a man who neglects to kiss a girl who asked him to tuck her sleeves in her coat in the Yonkers States.
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Challie
Dollie
Yonkers States
New Botanical Discovery Promises Kidney Relief
The Kava Kava Shrub from the Ganges region is hailed as a cure for diseases caused by uric acid in the blood. Claims of nearly 2,000 hospital cures in under two months accompany testimonies from ministers, doctors, and governors, with a free Alkavis treatment offered by the Church Kidney Care Company for readers with kidney or bladder disorders.
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Ganges River
East
India
New York Christian Witness
John H. Watson
Sunset
Texas
Alkavis
A. C. Darling
North Constantia
New York World
F.D. Jackson
Iowa
Alice Evans
Baltimore
Mary A. Layman
Neel
West Va
L. EF. Copeland
Mk River
Inn
Church Kidney Care Company
Fourth Avenue
New York
Ten Cent Side Show Duplicates Circus Audience
A West Virginia country town spectacle offered ten cents for a “most wonderful thing in the world” side show. A man sat whittling, assuring spectators that gentle whittling prevents cutting themselves. The simple act drew crowds and reportedly outperformed the main circus in business.
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West Virginia
Merit Wins The Alabastine Wall Coating Supremacy
The invention of Alabastine created a new era in wall coatings and spread globally. Owners favor its durability, while cheap kalso mine labels attempt to ride the company’s reputation. Strong advertising and usage show merit wins and support for first class products.
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Jefferson County Record
Rank T. Pearce
Horace Porter
Gen. Grant
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