World’s oldest steam engine retired for a newer model
The article notes a 1777 Boulton and Watt steam engine once used by Birmingham Canal Navigations is set aside for a more powerful rival unit yet to be installed. The old engine will be reassembled at another site as a memorial to skilled workmanship. It also discusses US coal and iron industry growth and rail and shipbuilding advances on the Great Lakes, with data on postal delivery exclusions by state.
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Population totals of Europe per Revue Francaise de l Etranger
The latest census data give Europe a total population of 880 million, up 87 million since January 1888. Figures from the Revue Francaise de l Etranger list country totals for European Russia and Finland 100.2 million, Germany 52.2 million, Austro Hungary 4.5 million, the United Kingdom 39.8 million, France 33.5 million, Italy 81.8 million, Spain 18 million, Belgium 6.5 million, Turkey in Europe 5.8 million, Romania 6.6 million, Portugal 5 million, Sweden 5 million, Holland 4.9 million, Bulgaria 8.8 million, Switzerland 8 million, Greece 2.4 million, Denmark 2.9 million, Servia 2.3 million, Norway 2 million. Density per square kilometer is shown, with Russia leading population growth in the last decade. Projections for 100 years hence estimate Russia 223 million, Germany 106 million, Austria 79 million, England 15 million, Italy 44 million, France 40 million.
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The Pygmy Bandit Story From St Regis 1846
A Detroit Prep Press tale recalls a boy narrator who tracks a pygmy bandit riding an eagle. Through clues from an eagle feather and a daring shot to save a rider, the curious youth solves a wilderness mystery in Missouri frontier days and earns a detective’s blessing.
Degeneracy of Great Names Across Cities in 1808
The London directory links famous names to humble trades, listing Cromwell as a clock hand manufacturer Luther as a secondhand furniture seller Milton as a carpenter Pitt as a shoemaker Cooper as a grocer and Longfellow as a broker. Paris and other cities show similar reversals with Robespierre a cheese merchant Hugo a dentist Chopin a horse doctor. Venice notes 140,000 residents with about 40,000 on relief.
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General Shafter on Cuba Campaign and Acclimation
The New York World interview quotes General Shafter criticizing unacclimated American troops sent to Cuba. He cites heat, fever, and scarce doctors as fatefully affecting the Santiago campaign, notes hospital ships were lacking, and praises handling to save lives while admitting wartime pressures shaped decisions. He recalls 13,000 troops, 27,000 captured, and Cervera’s fleet actions in early July.
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Corbett and McCoy Set Date for Buffalo Fight
Jim Corbett met Kid McCoy at a New York resort and agreed to a October 15 bout in Buffalo. Corbett left for Asbury Park to resume training while McCoy returns to Saratoga. Corbett said he will retire from boxing after the fight, win or lose.
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Boll worms ravage cotton and state funds debate education use
reports from Dodge county indicate boll worms destroying bolls after opening suggesting heavy crop damage. a proposed law would divert fertilizer inspection fees totaling up to 20 000 or 15 000 to educate young men in industrial and technical institutions with 10 000 to the agricultural department. other items include a georgia political note on james k hines declining a congress bid, bondholders contesting portions of a special report, a tragic rattle snake incident in chattahoochee county, troop mustering changes, a deed transfer in a chemical company deal, food shipments rumors, port mcpheerson hospital tallies, and rev a g p dodge will provisions.
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