Rail Schedule Fragments Show Mixed Midwest Lines
Reading through a fragmented timetable, trains from Omaha to Sioux City Chicago and St. Louis are listed with various express and local services. Passenger and freight trains operate daily and on Sundays with morning and afternoon departures noted amid garbled text.
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West Be
Omaha
Sioux Cary
Omaha & Sioux Cit
Ft. Co
Ape Raprees
Chicago Lmited
Chicago Express
Dubuque
Tin Dali
Twin Cities Mail
Pat A
Mason
City Mall
San
Twin Cities Lim
South Hound
St. Louis
G. Mall
Peoria Express
Sun
Thorned plants tied to crowns in European legends
The Holly is linked to Germany where Christ's thorn is said to come from the holly, while France attributes the crown to hawthorn called no bie thorn in Spain bramble is named, Scotland links to thistle blades, and English lore mentions the climbing rose as chosen by the persecutor.
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Germany
France
Spain
England
Cure for cussing by pebble bag parable from Exelster
An Irish clergyman helps a congregant curb swearing using a pebble cadence method. The man drops a pebble into a bag for each profane utterance and returns after a month to reveal a heavy tally. The minister notes the bag holds the “devil’s” damma areas at the dikeside in the remaining bag.
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Senthil
A Clever Trick That Won A Lordly Election
A story of Lord Cochrane using a bribe to expose bribery in an English election. When his opponent paid five pounds per head, Cochrane bribed voters through his agent to reveal their votes. After defeats, he boasted the earlier payment was to expose corruption and refused any future gifts, winning a later election with a large majority.
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Lord Cochrane
Cochrane
Books Bound In Lead Reveal Naval Secrets
A bookbinder explains that books bound in lead on a battleship are designed to stay linked to the ship in case of destruction. The binder notes the bindings conceal immense secrets and are meant to keep them dark and safe for the vessel’s crews.
Young drug clerk defends own prepared remedy
A fussy gentleman questions a young substitute drug clerk about a diploma while the clerk responds that they have a home preparation just as good. The exchange, noted by the Philadelphia Press, hints at trust in local remedies over formal credentials.
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Gentlemsin
Erno
Philadelphia Press
The Pay Car Aboard The Railroad Pay Car
A vivid reminiscence by O I Carter in the American Magazine about pay cars. He describes yellow coin racks crammed with coins and the dramatic tension of watchful railroad officials and redlined money. The scene includes the secret service head, conductors, and the paymaster guarding wages as workers stare at wealth.
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Carter
Secret Service Department
Linken Pln
Power of the Waves in La Nature Summary
M Brow nin explains in La Nature that wave power combines dynamic motion from water particle orbit and static potential from raised mass height. Theory suggests equal division of power between static and dynamic effects. When waves strike a wall, the shock is strongest at the surface and decreases with depth, with surface rise hitting extreme heights at impact.
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M. Brownin
la Nature
His System. Chippen Clark and the umbrella joke
London Tit Bits quotes Chippen Clark asking his employer if he forgot his umbrella. Mr System replies that he has resolved to save one umbrella for office and one for home to handle emergencies, noting the dilemma of losing both by taking the one at hand.
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Chippen Clark
Leniug
Mr. System
London
Force of Habit in a Cheery Debate at Home
A humorous exchange quoted from Harper's Weekly shows Mr. Basy urging Mr. Peck to go cheerfully, while Peck protests, fearing his wife will not let him fish if he stays out. The snippet ends with a literary aside and a Homer quote about boldness in friendship.
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Mr. Basy
Mr. Peck
Harper’s Weekly
Peter Schuttler Wagon Promises Durable Farm Transport
Peter Schuttler Wagon offers sixty five years of farm wagon reliability. Send Jota catalogue from Peter Schuttler Co Chicago Illinois. Ketchum and Gaston Co Marshalltown Iowa act as distributors.
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Schuttler Co
Chicago
Til
Ketchum & Gaston Co
Marshalltwn
The County Fair Sideshow Preview
A garbled advertisement for a county fair promises attractions like a human seal, a mermaid, and a fat woman. It touts low prices and a changing cast of "fakirs" while referencing a Baltimore Run and a nostalgic line from the Philadelphia Press about love and youth.
I Know You Well and Truth at Last
In a candid exchange, he asks permission to speak freely and hints at a secret about her appearance as she urges him to go on. The dialog centers on trust and frankness between two longtime friends. The Chicago Record-Herald preserves the period tone.
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Chicago
Compromise in a Clothing Storeover Check and Suit
A customer tests a compromise in a clothing store by offering to try the suit while the salesman declines a check. The customer remains cheerful, says the check may be good, and suggests a mutual trial to settle the matter.
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Harper’s Weekly
Diamond size affects value in a discouraged market
A Cleveland Play Dealer quips that diamonds grow dull once large, noting market preference makes oversized stones less desirable. The exchange compares a football-sized sparkler to smaller gems, suggesting buyers balk at wearers using oversized diamonds.
Ruling Passion and Blaine on the stump in Maine
A Detroit AB story recalls Blaine entering a Maine canvass, his Augusta appearance triggering a platform turn after Fessenden’s delay. A farmer horse anecdote frames Blaine as a cautious if thrusting speaker, with the crowd’s reaction and questions about payment shaping the event.
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Blaine
James G. Blaine
Maine
Parmington
William Pitt Fessenden
Tessenden
Augusta
Antiquity of Geometry and Indian Contributions
The Chicago Tribune notes India may have developed geometry long before the West. It cites Surya Siddhanta as an ancient text claiming 4,000,000 years of heavenly revelation and a unique trigonomical system unknown to Europe before Victa. The article speculates Greek and Arab traditions drew from Indian methods.
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India
Greece
Meya
Arabia
Europe
Victa
Chicago Tribune
Irish Storice and a Banter on Brooms and Fruit
An Irishman aboard a barge jokes about goods mental note timber and fruit. The tale features Irish banter and a boggling English response that mocks talk of Irish grievances and officials. The excerpt ends with a taunt about Dublin and a careless line about ravenous rats.
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Bhannon
Hyllys
Ireland
Scourge of Rats Devours Carcasses in Paris Slaughterhouse
In a single night in an English slaughterhouse near Paris, rats mauled thirty five horse carcasses worth fifty million in damages. Hungry rodents devour almost anything. They bite through captive legs, rendering escape futile as they relentlessly consume meat and poultry. The disturbing scene underscores widespread rat infestation and its economic toll.
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England
Paris
Gail
Veracity of a Tyrone Lobster Sparks Cable Buzz
A remark by Mr Gladstone about Mr Parnell using the line marching through rapine to the dismemberment of the empire was sent with race results Ve racity Tyrone Lobster to New Zealand. The cables produced a striking paragraph quoting Gladstone and labeling Parnell as likened to a Tyrone lobster.
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Gladstone
Mr. Parnell
Rapine
Empire
New Zealand
Parnell
Tyrone
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