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Panorama. "Copyright 1910 Pennsylvania Railroad Co." Includes index and inset of the front of the Station. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Sheet detached from Rand McNally & Co's (Enlarged) Business Atlas, 1905. Includes text, listing of chief cities, inset of "Western portion of North Carolina," and indexed directory of the railroads. Text and Indexes (heavily annotated in red) on verso. LC copy imperfect: Use-worn, index heavily annotated in red, fold-lined. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift; Jim Flatness; 25 February 2014.
Cover title: Rand McNally & Co.'s indexed county and railroad pocket map and shippers' guide of Kentucky : accompanied by a new and original compilation and ready reference index, showing in detail the entire railroad system. Relief shown by hachures. Includes indexes to chief cities and railroads. Accompanied by index. (50, [12] p. ; 17 cm.) Scale 1:741,312 ; statute miles, 11.7 = 1 in. ; kilometres, 18.5 = 1 in. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. | Poster promoting the Ephrata Cloister, Lancaster Co., Pa., showing two angels dropping flowers on the community.
1 print on board (poster) : lithograph, color. | Poster promoting the Ephrata Cloister, Lancaster Co., Pa., showing two angels dropping flowers on the community.
Cadastral map showing 40-acre parcels of property being offered for sale by Live Oak, Perry & Gulf Railroad Company; these parcels are represented by the very small squares. Covers Lafayette County and parts of adjoining counties. Map of northeastern Florida showing "Suwannee River Land Belt, Suwannee, Taylor, Lafayette, and Jefferson counties, as traversed by the Live Oak, Perry & Gulf Railroad Co." on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift; Russell Tedder; Dec. 1997. LC copy annotated in red ink to show underscored word "open" at various locations on map. LC copy imperfect: Brittle and torn along edges. Acquisitions control no. 98-19
Shows New England, eastern New York, and the Maritime Provinces. Gives completed, in progress, and proposed railroads. Indicates drainage, state boundaries, and larger cities. Slightly different edition, engraved by B. W. Thayer & Co., Boston, accompanies Morton's Report on the Survey of the European and North American Railway ... in Documents in Relation to the European and North American Railway Company ... (Portland, Harmon and Williams, 1851)
Includes a table of distances from Boston to New York. Shows rail lines from Burlington, Vt., south to Bellows Falls in Windham Co., Vt., and includes drainage and topography on both sides of the line. Indicates county and township boundaries. Chartered November 1, 1843. Name changed November 6, 1847.
ALMOST A MIRACLE THE WORK OF A STROKE OF LIGHTNING 0 C Peak of Milwaukee Wis Knocked Down While at the Telephone ReceiverA Subsequent Experience Such as Falls to the Lot of Few Strange happenings are constantly being eeorded but it is safe to say few people iu tell of a personal experience as wonder ul as that which fell to the lot of Mr D C 1 yak of Xo 814 Wells street Milwaukee is His miraculous recovery from loco uotor ataxia is attracting widespread at tention throughout the country and has ex ted much comment from the press and Liming physicians Mr Peak is wellknown in railroad circles liroughout the entire State and held an im ortant position with the Chicago Milwau kee St Paul R R Co for a number of ars up to the time he was taken with this rrible affliction He is now well and ex erts within a short time to resume his posi n with the company Iu view of the int oi tance of Mr Peaks case and the talk his n C PEAK has caused a reporter was assigned to k up tlie matter lie went to Mr Peaks Alienee
___ SB BELFAST IN 1904 THE JOURNALS ANNUAL REVIEW OE LOCAL EVENTS LOCAL INDUSTRIES Tlie Duplex Roller Bushing Co great ly enlarged its plant and facilities the past year The company bought the Dana building on Front street opposite their machine shop and moved much of the machinery there The wood de partment is on the ground floor on Front street and the machine shop in the basement The foundry is continued in its former location with the added rooms vacated by the machine depart ment A forge shop 45 by 65 feet has been built on the Dana property near the railroad track Tlie office was mov ed from the F A Knowlton store on Main street to the office room in the Dana building The company also bought the D Lane wharf which af fords a good water front privilege The business of the company is steadily in creasing and it is now a rival of the shoe factory as the leading industry of the city Leonard Barrows had an excellent years business at their shoe factory A full crew was given steady employment so much so that even for the necessary shut downs for stock taking the
WILLIAMS KIDNEY PILLS Have you neglected your Kidneys Have you overworked your nervous system anc caused trouble with your kidneys anc bladder Have yon paius in loins side back groins and bladder Have you a llabby appearance of tbe face especially under the eyes Too frequent a desire tc pass urine If so Williams Kidney Pills w ill cure youat Druggist Price 60c Williams Slfg Co Props Cleveland 0 Miss VioletHow do you give your dog gie exercise Miss Rose 1 speak kindly to him and he wags lits tailChips For Over Sixty Tears An Old and WellTried Remedy Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup has beer used for over sixty years by tuillious ol mothers for their children while teething with perfect success It soothes the child softens the gums allays all pain cures ind colie and is the best remedy for Diar i lima Is pleasant to the taste Sold by druggists in every part of the world twentyfive cents a bottle Its value is iu calculable Guaranteed under the Food and Drugs Act June t0th 1906 Serial November 1098 HeWhat do you think dear 1 have ad my salary raised 6 a month sheHow nice Now we can have
MRS BLAINE S LETTERS Edited by Her Daughter Mrs Harriet S Blaine Beal Mesgrs Duffield Co published last Saturday The Letters of Mrs James G Blaine edited by her daughter Mrs Harriet S Blaine Beal As excerpts from familiar letters that passed be tween the wife of one of the great his torical characters of America and her children and relatives and friends they have a peculiar and intimate charm For Mrs Blaine as this book proves was an excellent letter writer vivacious keen wilted and humorous She draws excel lent little vignettes of Mr Blames fa mous contemporaries his friends and his enemies She makes passing allusions to the great events of the day which are full of insight and acumen Unfortunately she and all her family were in Augusta dur ing Mr Blaines successful candidacy for the Republican nomination in 1884 and the unsuccessful campaign for the presidency that Vilowed Consequently this exciting period goes unchronicled There is very little about Benjaman Har rison that little only indicating that she did not like him The letters begin in 1871 when Blaine was at the height of his popularity as the Speaker of the House and end in 1899
THE REPUBLICAN JlURNAL BELFAST THURSDAY APRIL 22 1909 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY The Republican Journal Publishing Co CHARLES A BILSBUKY BuStSnager Subscription Terms In advance 200 a year 100 for six months 50 cents for three months Advertising Terms For one square one inch length in column 50 cents for one week and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion MAINES LITERARY OUTPUT Maine has many claims to distinction If it may no longer be called the Pine Tree State we can take the spruce as an emblem or adopt Miss Sarah Orne Jewetts designation The Land of the Pointed Firs We no longer build ships but they are not built elsewhere and until this class of shipping went into decadence Maine held her supremacy both in ships and their commanders Un til the advent of the artificial ice plant and the Morse ice trust our ice crop furnished employment to hundreds of men and horses in the winter months and when the rivers opened our vessels carried the ice to market Maine is be coming the summer playground of the nation and the mecca of sportsmen dur ing the fishing and big game seasons Lumber and granite are important fac
THE REPUBLICAN JOURNAL BELFAST THURSDAY APRIL 29 1909 __it_ PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY The Republican Journal Publishing Co CHARLES A PILSBURY Editor and Business Manager Subscription Terms In advance 200 a year 1 00 for six months 50 cents for three months Advertising Terms For one square one inch length in column 50 cents for one week and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion THAT SURPLUS REVENUE The question was recently asked in a Maine paper as to the amount per capita received by this State in 1838 from the surplus money under the Jackson ad ministration It was referred to in a sketch of the life of the late Mrs Salome Sellers of Deer Isle and at that time the enquiry was made as to amount dis tributed It was given by one person as 100 per capita while others united in the opinion that it wjs less than 10 The latter conclusion we believe to be cor rect although we have not been able to ascertain the exact amount The history in brief of this distribution of money by the national government is as follows The distribution of the treasury sur plus among the States in preference to
or Cat calls for quidVf yAo treatment Dont try experiments M Ivl I Bu I You are safe and sure with the oldreliable ri j f JOHNSONS Limmenti avopyv Liniment ghMMUi Used over 100 years for Rheumatism Swellings f Pills Stiff Joints Wounds Used inwardly for E _ I Colds Sore Throat Croup Bowel Troublesr a 1 s 25c and 50c Bottles At all Dealers System CO LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES The December Womans Home Com panion is a specially illustrated and beautified Christmas number It con tains aside from the usual illustrations a great many pictures in color Stories are included in greater number than usual and several of them are extraor dinary presentations of the Christmas spiritfull of action and the best kind of sentiment Some of the contributors of the fiction are Jeffery Farnol Mary E Wilkins Freeman Norvell Harrison Owen Oliver and Hulbert Footner Among the articles in the December Wide World Magazine is one entitled A 200000000 Treasure Hunt which deals with the recent excavations in i Jerusalem by British explorers for the j purpose of recovering the buried riches of the Jewish kings It is written by A Resident of Jerusalem and is illus
The Republican Journal BELFAST THURSDAY MARCH 281912 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY The Republican Jour Pub Co CHARLES A PILSBURY t Bu Manager Subscription Terms In advance 200 a year 100 for six months 50 cents for three months Advertising Terms For one square one inch length in column 25 cents for one week and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion Taxes are already too high We must spend less of the peoples money The direct State tax must not be in creased It cannot be reduced for 1911 but it should be materially reduced for 1912 Gov Plaisteds inaugural ad dress The direct State tax for 1911 was2712641 88 1912 1809081 65 4621723 53 The direct State tax for 199 was1286651 55 1910 2143156 47 3429808 02 Increase in State taxes1091915 51 In addition to this direct tax on the people there was an increase in other taxes such as railroad tax tax on ex press companies tax on automobiles etc etc amounting in all for the two years to more than 500000 Thus it is clearly shown that during Governor Plaisteds administration the total tax k levy was nearly 1600000 more than the LUA IV I Y UIIUC1 VJVYY1IIU1
Some New Books QUINCY ADAMS SAWYER DETECTIVE L C Page Co of Boston have re cently published a volume by Charles Felton Pidgin entitled Quincy Adams Sawyer Detective chronicling the fur ther experiences of Quincy Adams Saw yer The possibilities in the establish ment by this clever discreet and ever entertaining person of such attractive qualities of an office for the investigation of crime are capably handled by the au thor The young detective proves his intelligence by unravelling a seriesof startling mysteries which have long baffled the city police LITERARY HEARTHSTONES OF DIXIE La Salle Corbell Pickett widow of Gen George E Pickett the Confeder ate officer whose name is associated with the desperate charge at Gettysburg who has devoted her life to literature is the author of Literary Hearthstones of Dixie a volume full of side lights on Poe Sidney Lanier Paul Hamilton Hayne Henry Titnrod Joel Chandler Harris Francis Scott Key Fr Ryan Dr George W Bagby Margaret Junkin Preston and Augusta Evans Wilson all of whom are poets or authors of the South The text is appreciatively writ ten and much of the material relating to the writers who are alive was gathered in person by
The Republican Journal BELFAST THURSDAY MAY IS 1916 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY The Republican Jour Pub Co CHARLES A PILSBURY f Manager Advertising Terms For one square one Inch length in column 25 cents for one week nnd 26 cents for each subsequent insertion Subscription Terms In advance 200 a year 100 for six months 60 cents for three months This is Tulip Week Do all the young men know itBoston Globe Yes but they dont spell it that way With them it is twolip fiftytwo weeks in the year The editor received by mail Monday several strawberry blossoms picked by Merton Bessey in Peru May 2ndRum ford Falls Times South America7 The Germans fired a shot into Dun kirk from a distance of 20 miles and would have killed an infant had it not been rescued by its father Such is war fareGerman warfare Whatever may be the verdict of the jury in the case of Barnes vs Roosevelt i the verdict of the people as voiced by the pressof all shades of political opinionwill be adverse to the Colonel Indeed we may say that the verdict has already been rendered in advance of the jury Chapters of inside