The Cab Ride to Nowhere Ends in Tragedy
Marguerite Preston tires and boards a waiting cab. She drifts toward a river barge as a pale driver steers her through night. Memories flood the scene until the curbside crowd learns she has been fatally run over by a cab wheel in under five minutes.
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Margeurite
Margerite
Ise
Margue
Marguerite Preston
Greenhills
Nile
Daisy Dancer
Oal
Euery
New Library Building at Washington Largest of Its Kind
The Washington national library, soon to hold 4,000,000 volumes, will be the world’s largest library edifice after completion. It spans 111,000 square feet, rises 140 feet to the dome, and uses mainly home-made materials with granite from New Hampshire and Maryland and iron from several states.
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Washington
National Library of the
United States
Capitol
Kate Field
Congress
Capitol Hill
New Hampshire
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Indiana
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
Vermont
Spofford
France
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
Another Chance Doctrine in Dewitt Talmage Sermon
In a sermon by Dewitt Talmage he argues against the notion that people may reform after death. He decries “another chance” as improbable, citing repeated earthly failings, alcohol, and moral decay. He contends judgment is final, urging surrender to Christ now and warning against delaying salvation for a future reversal.
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Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Court of Chancery
Hell On
Christendom
United States
Futhermore
Peneropolis
Philip
Thracia
Heavenly Temple
Heaven
Gehenna
Sheol
Salvation
Hamburg
Germany
Alexander
Christ
Conaveror
God
Lord Jesus Christ
Edward the Sixth
Musselburgh
Earl of
Hartley
Man Fish Wins Angling Contest at Chicago Athletic Club
An amusing aquatic exhibition featured a man fish contest with Professor Robinson as the swimmer. J M Sellers attached a hook to a back harness and pulled Robinson through the water for fifteen minutes. The line broke after a vicious pull, granting the angler victory as the first noted win for the man fish.
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Chicago Athletic Club
Professor Robinson
J. M. Sellers
Robinson
Man Fish
The Eagle on the Dollar Coin Portraits
The eagle on 1836 1838 and 1839 dollars mirrors a Philadelphia mint mascot named Peter the Mint Bird. Known as Peter during life he rivaled Old Abe in fame and was preserved after death by taxidermy to bless coinage portraits.
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Peter
Mint
Philadelphia
Abe
Philadelphia Mint
Cage Blindness Describes Fatal Mine Peril
In Montana mines a condition called cage blindness makes veterans mistake the hoisting basket for a descent device. After long underground work, a miner emerging topside may imagine a basket awaits to lower him, leading to fatal falls if he steps into it alone.
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Montana
Worthington Sues Raleigh and Augusta for Damages
A Raleigh man named Worthington sues the Raleigh and Augusta Railroad for 5000 dollars after an engine strike with a cow hurled him into a mud-hole. The suit alleges the railroad’s negligence caused the accident and damages.
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Worthington
Raleigh
N. C
Raleigh and Augusta Railroad
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Rey
Anl
T. Dewitt Talmage
Earth
Madagascar
America
India
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Jones
Mr. Smith
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Henrik Ibsen
Skein
Norway
Gustavus Adolphus
Sweden
Bright
Hostetter
Hood
Des Moines
Davenport Hermains
Walnut St
Des M Moines
Texas
Nebraska
Burke & Blaise
Des Iines
Biccles
Des Moines Cycle Co Tealers
National Wall Paper Co
Sendoines
Sta Su Fame
Geo.a.carter
Equitable Life Insurance Company of
Iowa
Young’r Man Block
Leviathan
Court Ave
Tal City
Capi Ilere
Hwest
Northwest
L. Watrous
Drs
4Th St
Saving &Loan Co
Ohio
Nat. Bk
Bid’g
Wash’s
Dick Daly
Rahway N. J
Sioux City Engine & Iron Works
Pech Mfg. Co
Sioux City
Union Ave
Kansas City
Patrice O'Farrell
Washington, D
Davis International Dream
Davis & Rankin Bldg
MFG. CO
Chicago, Ti
Takearest
Cc. K. Wilber
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