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Map of the midwestern states showing drainage, cities and towns, administrative boundaries, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Consolidated June 30, 1868, from Cedar Rapids and Burlington and the Cedar Rapids and St. Paul.
qu er o YOUNG WOLVERINE CITY MATTERS wes The Younc WouverineE is for sale at Gro P Sextons News Room in the Post Office Price four cents ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS c We have omitted our Enigmas Charades e in this No but here give the answers to those in the April No Enigma No 10Hay Charade No 10StriKing Con 1stN Con 2dBecause she tries to get rid of her weeds Con 8dBecause he fingers the keys OUR CONTRIBUTORS With this number of our unassuming and we trust not uninteresting sheet will complete its first year We thought that a hasty glance at some of our contributors would not be amiss and so we photograph them for our readers Wayland Morris is the designation chosen by our Mishawaka Ind friend over which or under which as the case may be we haye been favored with many poetic favors The lines My Sisters Grave in the January number and the fine Poem The Pilgrim Fathers in the Febru ary number have been much admired The lat ter Rep says is capital His real name is Fouiuer and he was once a resident of this city Byron M Brown is a young gent
Advertising map covering Michigan and vicinity. Shows drainage, cities and towns, railroad land grant, and the railroad network emphasizing the main line. Information on bond sale by Winslow, Lanier & Co., N.Y., on the verso. Under construction by Continental Improvement Company, George W. Cass, President.
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Map of the northeastern United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network with named lines. Emphasis on the main lines. See also entry 504.
Covers Manhattan south of 62nd Street. Also shows streetcar lines, trunk railroads, ferries, and piers. Title from panel. "Published Feb. 18, 1879, First Edition, 50,000." Includes notes and inset showing stations north of 59th Street. Text, station directory, table of running times, and advertisements on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Map of the midwestern states showing drainage, township and counties, land grants, railroads with named lines. Includes geographical description and advertising.
1928 - Mar 1951. 82 sheet(s). 001. 2 skeleton maps. Other places as they appear on original: Pineville.
1928; Republished 1953. 88 sheet(s). 35 X 29 cm. Bound. Other places as they appear on original: Pineville.
Photoreproduction. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Grand Rapids Public Library, [n.d.]. -- 21 p. on [14] leaves ; 21 x 28 cm. Also available in digital form.
Intensive railroad development took place in Argentina between 1880 and 1916, a period of rapid economic growth and national consolidation. The railroads made possible Argentina's emergence as a major exporter of wheat, beef, and other products. The most important railroads were owned and built by British companies, which were granted concessions by the Argentine government because of their technical expertise and their ability to raise large sums on the London market to finance the construction. This 1899 map, issued by the Buenos Ayres and Pacific Railway Company, of London, shows the country's main rail lines. The inset map at the upper left shows the dense network in and around the capital city and main port of Buenos Aires. Most of the British-owned lines adopted the broad-gauge, 5 foot 6 inch (1.68 meter) standard, wider than the track used in most other parts of the world, including Europe and North America. Other lines used the narrow gauge of 3 foot 3.27 inches (1 meter wide), or, as indicated in the note on the map pertaining to the provinces of Entre Rios and Corrientes, the 4 foot 8.5 inch (1.44 meter) standard gauge.
Within two months of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House on 9 April 1865, the Confederacy had collapsed, and its armed forces had ceased to exist. In the spring of 1865, the U.S. Army faced the unprecedented task of occupying eleven conquered Southern states and administering "Reconstruction" -- the process by which the former rebellious states would be restored to the Union. But a rapid demobilization of the Army placed the remaining occupation troops at a disadvantage almost from the start. Mark Bradley traces the Army's law enforcement, stability, and peacekeeping roles in the South from May 1865 to the end of Reconstruction in 1877, marking a unique period in American history. During that time, the Southern states remained under military occupation, and for several years, they were also ruled by military government. Veteran Army commanders such as Philip H. Sheridan, John M. Schofield, Daniel E. Sickles, Edward R. S. Canby, and Winfield S. Hancock may have found the work of Reconstruction less dangerous than fighting the Civil War had been, but they also found it no less challenging.
JAKES WESTS AWAKENING I The horse lumpered coming up the hill there was no doubt about that only if the driving had been a little more careful the accident might never have happened But James West and his friend were both marketmerry and upon this occasion the special prov idence that usually attended them was absent for after lumpering the horse started olf leaving the two to pick themselves up from the hard road as best they could James AVest as proprietor of the rapidly vanishing horse and trap was first on his feet Palk AAhere be you to AVe must follow on sharp heres me with a broken shoulder But Palk having less at stake was more bewildered And heres me with me brains beat out I be goin to sit in t hedge But the rneare be gone along I tell you shell be doing herself or some one else a mischief Pick up this cushion aud come along Now Henry Palk was the last man to leave his friend in the lurch and as his senses cleared his wonted energy and goodwill returned Come along then tis you be biden about As to the meare she knows
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Naval Strength of Argentina It is Absurdly Overrated The National Navy Yard Interesting Items Concern ing our Distant Sister Republic Special Correspondence of Tlie Journal Tigre Argentina July 1 1905 This queer little town where is the national navy yard of Argentina is about twenty miles from Buenos Ayres at the confluence of two riversthe Parana and Lujan Several torpedo boats and other small craft that make up the navy of the republic are always to be seen off shore It is diflicult to imagine how these boats could be of any use in case of emergency because the water is so shallowin many places barely two feet deep though fairly rough and with a very rapid current that no vessel with much draft could possibly be gotten out without a very slow and tedious trip up this branch of the Parana river to distant San Pedro and then down again by one of the main branches We are given to under stand however that the torpedo boats are maintained chiefly for the overaw ing of the neighboring republics and are expected to furnish more employ ment to painters than to gunners They are rarely ever in practice hut are
THE BEST TIMBER TREES How the Government Studies Them for thi Benefit of Forest Owners and the Public Timber owners and manufacturer will be interested in the results of thi detailed studies of commercial timbei trees which the Forest Service of thi V S Department of Agriculture ii making These studies are not confined exclusively to the wellknown trees oi recognized value but owing to thf rapid decrease in the supply of oui valuable woods include those cheapei woods whose properties are imperfect ly known Such studies of the tupelc gum and western hemlock have done much to overcome the common preju dice against these species and have add ea materially to their commercial im portance Commercial tree studies begin with the tree in the forest and follow it all the way to the finished product in the market The intermediate steps are many and complex but a little expla nation of them may not be amiss since they typify the field methods of a forest investigation The selection of a suitable place is the first step in this the aim is to ob tain average conditions as far as pos sible When the range of the species to be
The Queen of the Kennebec i Or The Last of The Wampanoags BY FRANK W GOWEN NO 11 Arnold was true to bis word and over took Morgan at Indian Old Point in Nor ridgewock Here he found the river for a mile or two ahead so broken into rapids that it was necessary to land all his boats baggage and stores and transport the same along th banks of the river This was a doubly hard task for his sol diers as trees and bushes had to be cut down and cleared away to effect a pas j sage for the army The trials and hard j ships of the brave and hardy soldiers had begun in good earnest but Arnold was j everywhere present now with the rear division of his struggling army giving orders right and left to the officers then jumping into hiscanoe he shoots forward like a deer and when he comes in sight of Morgans toiling soldiers far in advance of the main army they send up a hearty cheer for their brave and daring leader who knows no fear Night overtakes him but this brave man rests not Sit ting before a big