Norway opens mountain railway linking Bergen and Christiania
A new Bergen Christiania railway advances unity across Norway by traversing Dovre and Langfjeldene. The 492 km line includes 178 tunnels totaling 36.7 km, cost 54 million kroner, and features three American rotary snow plows and reinforced wooden walls to sustain year round traffic. The project followed decades of iron industry planning and state building, uniting eastern and western regions at last.
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Christiania
Bergen
Haakon
Norway
Dovre
Fylefjeld
Langfjeldene
Trondhjem
Harold Haarfager
Storting
Vosse Taugevaud
Hallingdal
Christiania-Gjovik
Roa
Gravehall
Chinese Adept Fan Makers Washington
American consul Pontius reports on southern China fan making from Peng-Chow near Swatow. The craft, begun centuries ago, employs nearly all ages for mass production of shell shaped, gauze faced fans with bamboo frames and ivory handles. Prices range from a few cents to several dollars. annual exports around 40,000 dollars, though demand has waned with imports of Japanese straw fans.
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Washington
Albert W. Pontius
Swatow
China
Peng-Chow
Ampow
Ratcatcher Jarvis Lands London County Post
John Jarvis is named official ratcatcher to the London county council with a annual salary of 243.12 dollars. He claims a four generation family heritage in rat catching and challenges rivals to catch more vermin without dogs or ferrets, promising to trap 1,000 rats in three nights with his uncle’s help while his daughter assists.
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London
John Jarvis
Lonadian
Jarvis
J. Dalton
Kit
Chicago Women Win Lower Car Steps Fight
Chicago women secure lower car steps as City Railway Company builds new Philadelphia manufactured cars with platforms at least one and a half inches lower than current levels.
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Chicago
Kitty New
The
City Railway Company
Philadelphia
Peoria miners plan joint conference on international issues
State sessions in Peoria and Springfield feature Walker and other leaders as they seek to resolve industrial differences. A second stenographer dispute delays hearings, while a separate suit targets the Hamilton National Bank over a failed Louisville sewer contract.
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Peoria
Illinois
Walker
Springfield
Thomas Little
Tenth District
State Mining Board
Henry Terrill
State Labor Commission
Chicago
Ferwin FF. Kemp
Weber Company
Hamilton National Bank
Charles R. Rankin
Wamilton National Bank
County Boards of Supervisors
John T. Ingraham
Adams County
W. H. Eubanks
Frank
Dickson
Millinois National Guard
Cairo
Springfield Hospital
James Brandt Latimer
East Fiftysixth Street
Walter Leggett
Burlington Railroad
Garden Gate
George Parsons
Col. C. & Ryan
John Hannon
Harvard Street
Municipal Electric Power House
Halsted
Sebor
Hannon
Alton
Harrison Henkel
Federal Lead Works
Auburn
Emanuel Prenoda
Ind
Charles F. Davies
Charles Yr. Foster
Cadillac Automobile Company
Davies
Wayman
Foster
Old Maid No More as Independent Women Rise
The typical old maid image fades as women seek their own niches and work in charities boards and leadership roles. Personal anecdotes praise improvements in spinsterhood, while a sales-style testimonial promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments with calls for confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
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Chicago
Ill
Decpcitors
Lydia E. Pinkham
William Ahrens
21St St
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Cure for Eczema Through Cuticura Remedies Proclaimed
A nine year relief claim from Mrs. Alfie Elson of Battle Creek Michigan describes severe eczema suffering ending after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. The note notes initial improvement after first bath and a total recovery with four bottles of Resolvent nine years ago. A humorous aside from The Truth Seeker follows.
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Alfie Elson
Inn Road
Battle Creek
Mich
Constipation remedy touted as a top seller
An advertisement promotes Cascaret as a nightly bowel regulator that works naturally without griping or nausea. It claims ten cent boxes and a week’s treatment available at all drug stores, calling it the world’s biggest seller with a million boxes sold monthly.
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Opset
Gjeilo
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Pontius
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