Four Friends Brave a Cornish Cavern Escape
In June aboard a yawl off Cornwall, T Richard Dawson and four schoolmates venture into a coastal cavern. A rising tide traps them as waves threaten to smash their boat, but the anchor holds and they barely escape to safety, never returning to explore the caverns at high tide.
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T. Richard Dawson
Cornwall
Bob Trelawny
Tom Davies
Billy Finch
Dean
Minmie Bay
St. Michael's Bay
Swain
Tony
Dassing
Mer
Trelawney
Trelany
Mothe
Edwards the Mason Denounces Alcohol After Goose Dinner
A workingman recounts how Edwards the mason vowed to quit drinking after seeing a landlord’s wife prepare dinner. Edwards reflects that his own family lacks such comforts while others drink away their money, then pays his bill and leaves the public house for good.
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Edwards
Huntington grows as a railroad hub and city site
The article describes Huntington on the Ohio river as a planned four mile long city with wide avenues and designated business and residential zones. It notes strict building restrictions, a key rail and river shipping location, a planned railroad connection, and anticipated employment from the Chesapeake and Ohio line with two thousand workers once operations begin.
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Huntington
Ohio River
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Cincinnati
James River
Aspinwall
Chesapeake
Fifth Avenues
Seventh Street
Third Avenue
Railroad Avenue
Twenty-fourth Street
Third Street
Chesapeake Company
Fifth Avenue
Pittsburg
Hluntington
Falls of
Kanawha
Slantington
Chesapeake Road
Kanawha Valley
Rattlesnake Captured for Museum Specimen
Two workmen trapped a three and a half foot rattlesnake at the Lebanon branch terminus and brought it to Louisville. Dr. Charles Van der Lept prepared the specimen in alcohol after lethal anesthesia, the snake showing life briefly before death.
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Lebanon
Louisville Nashville Railroad
Louisville, Ky
Ballard
Charles 3. van der Lept
Europe
Adieu to His Picture and Other Snippets
The passage lists varied quips and incidents including an artist’s farewell to his portrait and a remark about managing riches. It notes Mr. Bergh having a policeman arrested for knocking out a kitten’s eye and comments on tonics for weak individuals, with an Irish editor boasting that half the lies about him aren’t true.
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Athens Business Directory
Chas L. Wilson, M. P
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Athens
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H. K. Blackstones
Reed Golden
Charles Townsend Nolden
M. W. Sparrow
Ohio
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J. L. Kessinger
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Oslo
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Meigs
Washagtor
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John King
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L. Swhaet
Nelsonville Business Cares
Nelsonville
Ofito
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Carles A. Cable
Shto
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Renrod & Nelson
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Winited States Hotel
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Une
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Gwuonre Blawk
Thongami
Meremit
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Sarah F
Athens Messenger
Athens County
HM Moote
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T. HH. Suebex
R. Desticher
Kirst
Janisy
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United States
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Starr Building
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SISCO
Judiats Higgins
Jas. H. M. Johns
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CSLL
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Nelson’ Building
Main Street
Tm Bank
U.P. Boor
Graham
Columbua
Obie
Teactiess
Mnner Partlett
Messrs
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New York City
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Latiatse
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Mass
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Albany
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Albany Athens Co
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FTA
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Washington
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Nic “ A A ” Oases
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Expression Reaci Pouble
Siaget
New York Pirate Glass Insurance Co
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