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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1948
Page
5
Census figures show US families increased 175 percent between 1890 and 1940 while overall population rose 110 percent. Three member or smaller families rose from 52 percent in 1930 to near 58 percent in 1940 and five or more member households declined from 31 percent to 25 percent.
The New York Herald described 1864 horse drawn buses in vivid terms calling the service a modern martyrdom. The remark reflects the era’s strive for progress amid harsh urban transit realities.
The Peshtigo fire in Wisconsin on October 9 1871 killed about 1200 people, the largest loss of life in a single U S forest fire. The same day sparked the start of the Chicago fire of 1871.
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