Electric locomotive for New York Central Railroad
The NY Central & Hudson River Railroad has completed an electric locomotive described as the most powerful of its kind. It features dual operation with a single engineer, symmetric double-ended design, and a top speed around 70 miles per hour. The unit is planned for routes including 30 miles from Central Station to Groton and Harlem division service, with a heavy express capability and tailorable coupling for multiple car trains.
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Ork Central
Hudson River
Amercee Locomotive Works
Largue
Bet
Reiue
Tte
Vom Rand Central Station
Vk Avenue
Tausel
Groton
Tina
White Fishie
Harlem
Rip Van Winkle on a Slow Train with Jefferson
The famed actor Joseph Jefferson, long tied to Rip Van Winkle, reportedly kept passengers amused on a Missouri night train. On the way to St Joseph the slow ride inspired him to joke about a nap before the dawn arrival, while a porter and fellow travelers played along with dialect banter.
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Joseph Jefferson
Missouri
St. Joseph
Philadelphia Preas
Jeferson
St. Jo
Language muddle sparks market of misread laws
The Lewiston Journal and Chicago Tribune reflect on misunderstandings in cross language and law. An Indian in Washington County comments on game laws quoting a $500 fee for killing a cow moose. The piece contrasts misinterpretation with what society fails to appreciate when correct actions occur.
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Washington County
Lewiston Journal
Postum Food Coffee Aids Digestion For Children
A reader cites Postum as gentler than coffee for sensitive stomachs and nervousness. Parents report children from age two to four respond well to Postum with milk or cream, noting improved digestion and regularity. The letter says Postum supports adults too and promotes vitality, with a reference to The Road to Wellville booklet.
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Almbame
Postum
Abe
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellvilla
New Woolly Feathered Fowls Defy Flight
A feature on the new white pluff cock, the fluffs, a poultry breed with wool like plumage that cannot fly. They are steady layers, especially in cold weather, with incomplete wing feathering making a three foot fence sufficient. Roosts and nests must be near the floor. The birds have clean legs and rich yellow color.
Ripeness of honey and market chickens from Farm and Home notes
Extractor honey ripeness discussed by Dickenson at the Ontario Bee Keepers convention. He favors a simple method from the third story and two thirds or one half capped cells, avoiding bees’ recent gathers. Also notes on profitable poultry marketing with early two and a half pound birds at 18 cents per pound and selling at five pounds for seven cents. Married farmer’s wife reports a $400 summer profit from poultry, aided by regular supply to merchants and hotels.
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Dickenson
Ontario
Bee Keepers
NelIntyre
California
Wintering Bees: Prepare Colonies for Winter
Wintering the Bom, it is none too soon to be making preparations for the wintering of bees. Bees are not hard to winter with proper fall care. Ensure abundant stores and strong colonies by uniting weaker ones until each hive holds a peck of bees.
Paint Your Tools Paint should be judiciously used for preservation
An old Farm and Home note advises liberal use of paint to preserve tools. It recommends painting in spring when paint cures well, applying two coats at least three if possible, with the first rich in oil and the final coat mostly paint. Finish quickly after drying, but ensure complete drying for durability.
Bees on the Farm and Profitable Beekeeping Practices
The Philadelphia Record notes beekeeping is surprisingly profitable for a small number of keepers. It details hive management from comb foundation to swarming, winter protection, and queen replacement, stressing forage and seasonality with buckwheat as a late bloom. Enterprising beekeepers blend bees with poultry for higher returns and urge aspiring keepers to study authoritative guidance before starting.
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Philadelphia
Bulky Food for Poultry Backs Up Varied Diet Letting Hens Eat Grass and Hay
A leading poultryman argues against a grain only diet for hens. He cites success feeding hens like cows with grain hay enallage cooked roots bone meal and ground meat. He says bulky foods improve digestion and egg production and that pasture and hay in season benefit flocks.
Keep Pump From Freezing Simple How-To
A farmer can prevent freezing by draining water at night through the discharge valve located near the top of the pump cylinder, or by boring a small hole to leak water in cold weather. The leak adds a few extra strokes to prime the pump, and the hole can be plugged with a wooden pin when winter ends. Geese need leaf grain and cheaper buildings than other poultry types.
Fragmented OCR Vanity in 19th Century Gossip
A garbled collage cites Chicago Record-Herald Philadelphia Public Ledger and Indianapolis News quotes. It references Mrs Nolan, Phelim Herli, Ramet Ws, and a line about a daughter and her professor father amid notes on costumes and jewelry.
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Nolan
Tom Nolan
Phelim Herliby
Min
Chicago Record-Herald
Fragmentary OCR News Snippet From Arkansas Dispatch
An unreadable clipping mentions a photographer who moved here from Bepp and a teaser about pills and Bright's. The fragment references December and a city, with garbled names and phrases, making the full event unclear.
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Ark Ind
Dee
Ioarapher
Bepp
Dodd
Kidbey Pils
Bright
Claims of cure and medical ad from old paper
A fragmentary reader letter extols Cuticura products for eczema and skin relief, while unrelated notices promote mining investments and a St Louis guarantee company. Names include Mrs. Eaton Bellevue Michigan and Arbuckle Reform Company with addresses.
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West
Loen
Arbuckleieformlence Company
Olivea. Street
St. Louis
Grand Trunk Railway Highlighted in Early 20th Century Promotion
Promotional copy extols the Grand Trunk route via Niagara Falls with Grand Trunk Lehigh Valley connections. Descriptive literature available from Advertising Department, Grand Trunk Railway System, Chicago. Mentions marketing slogans and quotes from periodicals.
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York
Philadelphia
Niagara Falls
Grand Trunk Railway System
Chicago, Ill
Wedding organist in England plays Fight the Good Fight
A Cincinnati Enquirer paraphrase notes an English organist at a wedding reportedly played Fight the Good Fight as a fig leaf of patriotism. The report suggests the musician may have intended mockery or coincidence, leaving readers to judge the humor.
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England
Cincinnati Enquirer
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New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company
Mileeping-Car Porter
Rip van Winkle
Chicago Red
Chicago
Sentoe Dumont
Indianapolia News
Catieura
Etaon
Bellevue, Mich
Chicago Daily
Jess
Chicago ‘Tribune
Tam
Piso
Thos
Robbins
Norwich Pb. I
Chicago Daily News
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Eam
Max Fairbanks
South 7Th St
Minneapolis
Minn
Fairbanks
Lydia E. Pink
Lydia
Pinkham
Ensens
Avion Lamon
Castoria
Infante
Eeneente Rena Sk
Qouglal
Mustang Ang Liniment
Webster's International Dictionary
Feomes Schock An Omerad Publishers
Springfield
Mans
Gee
SimaTeina Elest
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