The Impact of Railroad Expansion. The steel highway improved the lives of millions of city dwellers. By the 1890s, the United States was becoming an urban nation, and railroads supplied cities and towns with food, fuel, building materials, and access to markets.The simple presence of railroads could bring a city economic prosperity.elegraphy and railroading had been inseparable since the beginning, and virtually everywhere there was a railroad, there was a telegraph wire. In 1893, the United States celebrated the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the New World with a spectacular fair in Chicago.
Tyson Plant Drops Labor Day for Muslim Holiday. SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. â Workers at a Tyson Foods poultry processing plant in Tennessee have opted to trade a paid Labor Day holiday for the Muslim celebration of Eid al-Fitr.
Home Calendar Holidays. Sunni Muslims observe the Prophet Muhammed's (also known as Mohammed or Muhammad) birthday on the 12th day of the Islamic month of Rabi' al-awwal, while Shi'a Muslims mark it on the 17th of this month.Muhammed is believed to be the last prophet.thers listen to their children read out poems about events that occurred in the Prophet Muhammed's life. Mawlid is celebrated in this way in many communities across the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, or Australia. However, many Muslims also do not participate in celebrations on this day.