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52 AUCTION SALES TOMORROW SHANNON CALDWELL CO Large Sale of Household Effects 5 S Every Description At Public Auction X AT SHANNONS f 304 10th NW SATURDAY Nov 19 1927 at 10 AM C SHANNON CALDWELL A CO Buick Touring Willys Knight and Chevrolet Sedans for Trustees and other Automobiles By Auction At Weschlers 920 PENNA AVE NW SATURDAY November 19th 10 AM This ale also Included several stand rd make late model ears by order Inanee Company to be sold in good i order nr no sale C G Sloan II Co Inc i jg Aucts liGISTEREB 715 13th St Household Furniture Opalite Tables Bentwood Chairs Steam Table and Counter Water Cooler Etc At Public Auction AT SLOANS GALLERIES 715 13th St Saturday November 19th 1927 At 10 AM And at 12 M j Podge Sedan by order of E C Snyder U S Marshal and Others Terms Cash n017i8 Automobiles By Auction Saturday Nov 19th at 12 oclock f 462 Pa Avc NW V All MakesAU Models V A Car For Everybody t GUS EICHBERG V Auctioneer Official Auctioneer tor IT S JS Government V A Remember the Number VL t 18 V ADAM A WKSCHIKK SON Auctioneers
By authority of Battlefield Commission, July, 1910. With a record of the Division Association, organized Harrisburg, March 25, 1890, and dedication of equestrian statue to General John F. Hartranft, Commander Division May 12, 1899, and the dedication of the monuments at Fort Stedman and Mahone on Petersburg battle field, May 19th, 1909, with the addresses delivered there by President Taft and others. Also available in digital form.
This map shows the major railroads located in the Russian Far East, Manchuria (China), and Korea in the early 20th century: the Ussuri Railroad, the Manchurian Railroad, and the Korean Railroad. The establishment of railroads was a major vehicle of imperial expansion and control in the Far East in this era, particularly for Russia and Japan. The map utilizes a variety of lines and colors to explain various phases of railroad construction: a double-black line for the completion of two tracks, a single black line for completion of one track, a red line for an established but only partially constructed railroad, and a dashed black line for a proposed (but still unbuilt) railroad. Several well-known Russian, Chinese, and Korean cities are shown on the map. These include Blagoveshchensk, Khabarovsk, and Vladivostok in Russia; Harbin, Mukden (present-day Shenyang), and Port Arthur (Lüshun) in China (Manchuria); and P'yongyang and Seoul in Korea. Black triangles signify the presence of Japanese troops in parts of northeastern China and Korea, reflecting the extensive military occupation by Japan following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-5. In the 19th century, as the Qing Dynasty of imperial China weakened, both Russia and Japan sought to take advantage of China's waning power by expanding into areas of northeastern China and neighboring Korea. Russia forced China to cede territories north and east of the Amur and Ussuri Rivers in the Treaty of Aigun of 1858 and in the Convention of Peking of 1860 and increased its influence in Manchuria from its base of operations in Harbin. Japan moved aggressively into China and Korea after victories in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95 and in the Russo-Japanese War. As Japan became ascendant in the region after 1905, it targeted Russian railroad interests and reengineered local rail networks to serve its own interests. This map was compiled from notes of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society for use in a book on the Maritime Region of Russia (Primorskiy Kray, near Vladivostok). The map shows a scale at the bottom that utilizes the verst, a tsarist-era unit of distance equal to 1.07 kilometers. World Digital Library.
This map, produced in the 1920s by the Transportation Department of the United States Department of Commerce, shows the railroads and rail stations of Jamaica, at that time a crown colony within the British Empire. Also shown are the island's main roads and its three counties--Cornwall, Middlesex, and Surrey--and their borders. The scale of the map is in statute miles (1 mile = 1.61 kilometers). The Western Jamaica Connecting Railway was built in 1845. Running from Kingston to Angels, a distance of some 23 kilometers, it was the first railroad constructed anywhere outside Europe or North America. The Jamaican railroad system was expanded throughout the 1900s, mainly for the purpose of bringing sugar and other products to the ports of Kingston, Port Antonio, and Montego Bay. Expansion of the railway in the late-19th century opened up the interior of the country to farming and the establishment of banana and citrus plantations. The map is held in the Columbus Memorial Library of the Organization of American States (OAS). After approximately 300 years of British rule, Jamaica gained its independence in 1962. It joined the OAS in 1969.
This map, produced by the Transportation Department of the United States Department of Commerce in 1925, shows the railroad network of Trinidad. The main rail line in Trinidad was the Trinidad Government Railway, which originally was built in 1876 to connect the major city of Port of Spain with Arima. It later was extended to other inland towns. In addition to railroad lines and tramways, the map shows towns and counties and county boundaries. Originally claimed for Spain by Christopher Columbus in 1498, Trinidad was seized by Britain in 1797. With its much smaller sister island of Tobago, it became a single British colony in 1889. In the 19th century, the economy was dominated by agriculture, chiefly the production of sugarcane and cacao. Oil was discovered in 1857 and the petroleum industry developed from the 1860s onward. The colony of Trinidad and Tobago achieved independence in 1962.
"This panoramic map shows Atlanta, Georgia, as it appeared in 1871. The town sprang up at the confluence of the Chattahoochee River and Peachtree Creek; it later became a railroad settlement, located at the intersection of the Western & Atlantic Railroad and the Georgia Railroad. The capital of Georgia was moved to Atlanta in 1868. The importance of the railroad to the area is evident in this map, which shows a view looking northeast over the city. The railroad depot (Union Depot) is visible near the center of the image, with several trains traversing the rail lines running through the city. Streets, homes, and industrial buildings sprawl out from the depot and into the surrounding hills. An index at the bottom of the map indicates points of interest, including the state house, city hall, the Governor's mansion, schools and colleges, houses of worship, U.S. barracks, the gas works, freight offices, and various industrial facilities (foundries, mills, an iron works, and a brewery). The panoramic map was a cartographic form popularly used to depict U.S. and Canadian cities and towns in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Also known as bird's-eye views or perspective maps, these maps are representations of cities portrayed as if viewed from above at an oblique angle. Not generally drawn to scale, they show street patterns, individual buildings, and major landscape features in perspective. This map is by Albert Ruger (1829-99), the first American to achieve success as a panoramic artist. Born in Prussia, Ruger immigrated to the United States and worked initially as a mason. While serving with the Ohio Volunteers during the Civil War, he drew views of Union campsites. After the war, Ruger settled in Battle Creek, Michigan, where he began his panoramic mapping career by sketching Michigan cities. In the late 1860s, Ruger formed a partnership with J.J. Stoner of Madison, Wisconsin, and together they published numerous city panoramas." World Digital Library.
"This panoramic map shows Elkins, West Virginia, as it appeared in 1897. The city was developed as a railroad hub in the 1880s by two entrepreneurs and politicians: Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) and Stephen Benton Elkins (1841-1911), with the city named after the latter. Both men served terms representing West Virginia in the U.S. Senate. The map shows the city of Elkins along the Tygart's Valley River, with two bridges crossing the river--one for rail (adjacent to Railroad Avenue) and one for pedestrians and other transport (Davis Avenue). A train is seen on the far side of town, traveling on the West Virginia Central Railroad. The railroad enabled the success of industry involving the extraction of natural resources such as coal and timber. The index at the bottom of the map indicates points of interest, including the railroad hub, major industrial facilities, shops, schools, churches (Presbyterian, Baptist, Catholic, Methodist, Baptist Colored, and United Brethren), and the opera house. The panoramic map was a cartographic form in popular use to depict U.S. and Canadian cities and towns in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Also known as bird's-eye views or perspective maps, these works are representations of cities portrayed as if viewed from above at an oblique angle. Not generally drawn to scale, they show street patterns, individual buildings, and major landscape features in perspective. This map is by Thaddeus Mortimer Fowler (1842-1922), one of the most prolific makers of panoramic maps. Fowler was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, and fought and was wounded in the American Civil War. After working for an uncle who was a photographer, in 1870 he established his own panoramic map firm. Over the course of a long career, Fowler made panoramic maps of cities in 21 states and parts of Canada." World Digital Library.
NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEEK MARCH 1622 Jackson Advocate S VOLUME XVINUMBER 20 JACKSON MISSISSIPPI SATURDAY MARCH 15 1958 PRICE TEN CENTS Congressman Powell See South Getting Better PROPOSED CURBS ON U S SUPREME COURT HIT Former U S Senator Herbert Lehman Chides Gradualist On Program For Quick Federal Action On Civil Rights Says Eisenhower Must Give Moral Leadership In Howard Uni Speech A WASHINGTON D C Mar 10 Former U S Senator Herbert H Lehman Friday took to task the advocates of gradualism in de segregation and proposed a bold fivepoint program of Federal ac tion to bring an end to what he termed 300 years of waiting by American Negroes for social jus tice The New York Democrats pro posal came in an address during Charter Day exercises at Howard University the nations largest predominantly Negro institution of higher learning Earlier during tha program the University con ferred the honorary degree of Doc tor of Laws upon Mr Lehman It was the 19th such honor received by the former lawmaker since he entered public life 30 years ago Also honored during the pro Continued on Page Five O FBI Director Says Negroes Rejecting Communism Wasington D C March 10 FBI
Cover-title. "Largely copied from the Utica daily newspapers--the Observer, the Herald and the Press."--Dedicatory note, signed: Thomas R. Proctor. Also available in digital form.