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Singular money pledges on a passenger train
A eastbound Overland at Council Bluffs drew a chorus of passengers pledging dollars for a roadside charity, each offering from a few dollars to ten, culminating in a $100 bid from a California traveler. The scheme collapsed as the train left, and the culprit blamed for the fundraiser turned out to be a beer fund.
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Frenagleco Post
Council Bluffs
Nothce Darling
South
Florida
Wisconsin
New York
Massachusetts
Boston
Keystone State
St. Louis
Chicago
Utah
Wyoming
Camly
Comstock
Sunset
J. W. Harris & CO
Waxelbaum’s
Cotton Avenue
Waxelbaum's
James Fricker & Bro