Mr Gallagher's Splendid Nurse
A. A. Gallagher, Missouri Pacific district passenger agent, falls ill in Montgomery Alabama and consults a doctor who promises a nurse. A huge nine foot tall black nurse arrives and recounts nursing several deceased patients including Mistress Lucy and Colonel Carter while noting the doctor accidentally nearly killed the colonel. Gallagher comments on the nurse and is engaged.
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A. A. Gallagher
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Montgomery
Ala
Ciallagher
Gallagher
Marater John
Lucy
Cincinnati Inquirer
Not So Far Gone Letter Tells of Sudden Worry
A husband reads a chilling telegram about his wife’s illness. He fears the worst yet learns a note from the doctor says nothing serious. The message arrives after several worried letters as a telegraph boy delivers a final ironic instruction about turning off the water and feeding the bird.
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Whey
Hubby
Omaha World-Herald
Man Delays Sleep in Memphis Hotel Farce
A sleepy rural guest at a Memphis hotel kept asking for permission to “remain” and then to retire. After hours of dithering he finally demanded the key to his room to sleep until 10 in the morning, causing amusement among staff and patrons. The incident was reported by the Memphis Seller.
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Memphis
Memphis Seimitar
Witty exam and ancient statue teach Opportunity lesson
A teaching candidate faces a Macbeth reading question about prithee as a name and a judge’s quip about misreading it. An ancient Greek epigram on a statue of Opportunity explains its purpose with questions about pose and speed. The piece ends with garbled lines from an advertisement-like fragment.
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Miss Blank
Macbeth
Sam
Lysippus
Railway timetable from the Union Depot
Southern Railway presents arrivals and departures from the Union Depot schedule listing trains, times, destinations, and platform information.
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TH Union Depot
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