Timé: Tablé trains to Buffalo Scranton Elmira and more May 21 1899
Passenger schedules list Mt Carmel to Buffalo Scranton Elmira Wilkes Barre White Haven Hazleton Philadelphia and New York with multiple departures around 7 18 a m 12 18 4 40 p m also Centralia Shenandoah Mahanoy and Pottsville routes. Lehigh Valley offers express services to Philadelphia and New York and daily/weekend departures from New York Philadelphia Pottsville Wilkes Barre and Shamokin. Also promotes LV Railroad as cheap quickest route to western cities with through baggage checks and onward connections.
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Mt. Carmel
Buffalo
Scranton
Elmira
Wilkes Barre
White Haven
Hazleton
Philadelphia
New York
Centralia
Shenandoah
Mahanoy
Vito Pottsville
Peter Shamokin
Mt, Carmel
Pottsville
Wilkesbarre
Allentown
Wilkesoarre
Coat Branches
Shamokin
Lee
Pass
R.A. Wipur
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Detroot
Chicago
Omaha
San Francisco
Indianapolis
Louisville
St. Louis
Kansas City
Memphis
Nashville
Mobile
New Orleans
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Timetable 1899
Trains to New York Philadelphia Reading Pottsville Sunbury Williamsport Alaska and Carmel run daily with varied weekday and Sunday departures. Coal fueled no smoke engines listed. Times include morning, afternoon and late evening slots.
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Reading
New York
Tamaqua
Hastop
Philadelphia
Pottsville
Frackville
Sunbury
Milton
Williamsport
Alaska
Atlantic City Train Schedules From Philadelphia Read Like Historic Timetable
Atlantic City Division lists departures from Chestnut Street and South Street wharfs for Weekdays Express and Accommodation services to Atlantic City with times in the morning and afternoon and Sunday variations. Atlantic City Depot offers additional Express and Accommodation trains to Cape May Ocean City and Sea Isle City with chestnut and South Street references and signatures of A Sweigard Edson J Weeks general superintendent and passenger agent at Reading Terminal, Philadelphia.
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Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Chestnut Street Wharf
South Street Wharf
Atlantic City Depot
Cape May
Ocean City
Sea Isle City
Chestnut St
South St
A. Sweigard
Edson J. Weeks
Reading Terminal
Briton climber adds sunrises to American peak list
The New York Commercial Advertiser contrasts sea serpent yarns with a British climber who systematically scales American mountains. He notes Blue Mountain as the steepest yet, recounts a glacier rescue involving an elderly uncle, and describes their successful tide to safety after a near drowning.
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New York
Adirondacks
America
Pike's Peak
Mount Washington
Whiteface
Blue Mountain
St. Bernards
Push cart clash at World's Fair ends with protester action
John Baughman, a tall blind Indiana man, confronted a drug firm push cart at the 1898 World's Fair. When ordered to move, he blocked the cart and toppled it against a German iron gate, scattering acids and salts as onlookers watched the disruptive scene.
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Chicago Post
John Baughman
John
Indiana
Germany
Women in Uncle Sam's Service
Barton Cheyney argues in the October Ladies' Home Journal that women are eligible for many government positions on equal terms with men. He notes the 1898 Washington appointments show 190 women among 418 appointees and lists roles from clerical to skilled and unskilled positions available to women.
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Barton Cheyney
Uncle Sam
Ladies’ Home Journal
Washington
A Queer Payment
A Yorkshire parson who officiated at a church wedding was asked to name damages. He said no fixed amount and could take any sum. The groom offered five grey hound pups at a sovereign each, half a sovereign for one, but the parson declined. The groom later sent one pup with a note praising his wife Maria and offering the dog for nothing.
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Yorkshire
Maria
London Exchange
Waffles and the German Word Wafel Honeycomb Link
A breakfast note explains that ordering waffles traces to the German term wafel meaning honeycomb. The etymology connects the breakfast treat to a decorative cell pattern and its linguistic origin.
Major Cavendish on Chinese military system and courage
In the Army and Navy Journal Major A. HE. J. Cavendish argues Chinese military weakness lies in training and discipline. He cites native sayings about using good steel for a nail and notes lack of infantry practice, while acknowledging potential gains under modern governance and discipline.
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United States Service Institution
A. HE. J. Cavendish
China
Cavendish
Army and Navy Journal
Pressure on Milk Promises Cargo Preservation Breakthrough
Government tests show milk sealed in tin tubes inside steel cylinders resists souring under high hydraulic pressure. 10 to 15 tons delays spoilage days. 70 to 95 tons keeps milk sweet for up to a week. At higher temperatures low pressures suffice. complete bacterial destruction remains unattained.
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Phil
Milking Machine Demonstrated on Sycamore Farms
Tests on large dairy farms near Sycamore Jil show a foot powered milking device with eight suction bulbs fitting eight teats. The system milks two cows in three minutes, about 40 cows per hour, with gentle rubber contact reducing sore teats and improving cleanliness. Inventor Nehring personally demonstrates its merits.
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Sycamore
Jil
Nehring
Queen Victoria as a Proofreader in Memoirs Delay
London publisher delayed the Memoirs of Mary Adelaide Duchess of Teck as Queen Victoria insisted on reading proofs and making changes. The Duchess of York, daughter of the author, also corrected proofs with a blue pencil. Emperor William officiated as proofreader for his wife’s book, advising against printing and leading to plate destruction.
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Mary Adelaide
Duchess of
Teck
London
Queen Victoria
Duchess of York
Wiliam
Germany
Fourteenth Century Blanc-Mange Recipe Introduced
A modern Italian reprint of old Italian cookbooks presents a bramagere recipe, a blanc-mange variant for twelve. It calls for four fowls or fish, four pounds almonds, finely ground rice, spices, all pounded and stewed in milk to yield a snow white result.
Butchers of Berlin Post Sausage Day by Chair Announcement
In Berlin a peculiar system marks days when fresh sausages are prepared. A chair draped with a clean apron sits beside the shop door to inform customers of the sausage-making schedule.
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Berlin
Observations on social pages and weather forecasts
The text mixes verse and prose musing on courtship, punchy quotes about London society columns, Christmas consumerism, and a bleak winter forecast. It cites the cost of society notices, the agony column, and common reactions to social events, finishing with a humorous cold weather prediction and a call to prepare for winter.
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John J. Laughlin
Boston
Sudays
John Christ & Sons
Butchers
ICH Cream John Shoemaker
North Oak Street
Wee
Endless
Wall Paper and Stationery
H. Pensyl
Ran
Diplomatic Corps
Philadelphia Times
Prince of Wales
John Mackay
William Waldorf Astor
Mount Carmel, Pa
Soper
Third Street
Oak
Peter A. Stief
Clothier, Tailor and Furnisher
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