Widow Simpson's Spoons Unveil a Bathgate Secret
In Bathgate Scotland a widow accuses Nancy Campbell of stealing silver spoons from her kitchen. After weeks of search and village rumor, Geordy Wilson confesses to hiding the spoons among a Bible’s leaves, solved by Nancy’s timely retrieval. the minister presides as Nancy becomes Mrs. Simpson's daughter-in-law.
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Linlithgowshire
Scotland
Robert the Bruce
Margery
Walter
House of Stuart
Edinburgh
Glasgow
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Robin
Chevalier
Culloden
Forth
Nancy
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Kite
Geordy Wilson
Geordy
Mrs. Simpson
Kirkgate
Nancy Campbell
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Widow Simpson
SIFTINGS OF SCIENCE FROM VARIOUS NOTES
A roundup notes Hiram Maxims flying machine costs of 17000 pounds, a French journal reports a Geneva firm making phono graphic clocks striking the hour. California beet land could feed the globe. Copenhagen researcher counts fifty three lepers in Iceland. A Buffalo mirage seen by 20000 observers across Lake Erie. Great Salt Lake water yields 391 pounds solid matter per ton. Dead Sea 528 pounds. A clay lampwick with capillary fibers promises brighter smokeless light.
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Hiram S. Maxim
Geneva
Riccard Grip
Chico
San Bernardino County
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California
Globe
Enters
Copenhagen
Iceland
Buffalo
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Toronto
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Great Salt Lake
Utah
Dead Sea
Echoes of the Rail and Electric Transit Changes
Iowa railroad commissioners favor Sunday rail restrictions while St. Louis Union Depot Street Railway plans an electric street railway ambulance. An Albany Troy route uses a freight car for three daily round trips with city depots and wagons for delivery. Baltimore & Ohio trains gain electric lights and fans. sheriff actions against payment of a $500 judgment end with the engine breaking a chain and moving away.
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Iowa
Union Depot Street Railway Company
St. Louis
Albany
Troy
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio
Mount Sterling, CO
FOWL FISH AND SERPENT IN ODD ANIMAL TALES
Aibo constrictor in Adelaide zoo swallowed a rug seven by six feet after its fangs hooked the material and could not be freed. A Caspian Sea sturgeon weighing 1,440 pounds yielded about 120 pounds of roe and sold for 160 dollars. Ant swarms in tropical regions deter venomous progress and a mystery surrounds why condors circle for hours without wing flapping.
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Adelaide Zoological Gardens
Caspian Sea
Germany in the 1880s: crises, telegraph growth, and Luther town sinking
Germany bears a high share of personal crisis reports among European nations. The number of telephonic stations rose from 1 504 in 1881 to 63 558 at the start of this year. An international matrimonial paper will appear in Berlin printed in German English and French. Four thousand officers have resigned since the present emperor began his reign in 1883. Eisleben, Martin Luther birthplace, is sinking into the moor and drainage efforts have failed. Residents consider leaving the town.
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Germany
Berlin
Eisleben
Martin Luther
Points for Scientists and Medical Claims on Water
The text notes 132856 lunar craters from asteroid bombardment, ear diseases from sea bathing, cotton in the ear for submersion, sea water contains all elements, some not detectable chemically, animals’ remains as petroleum source theory, and Medical News on treating sewage water by sand filtration to two million gallons per acre daily.
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Moon
Bucklen Arnica Salve advertised with caveat and train schedule
Bucklen Arnica Salve touts relief for cuts bruises sores and other skin eruptions with a money back guarantee and 25 cent price. The Ohio Central announces updated train times from November 25 including northbound and southbound services with several routes to Columbus Toledo Gauley Athens and Gallipolis.
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W. H. McKee
Columbus & Gauley
Toledo
Charleston
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Athens
Columbus
Gallipolis
Midwinter fares offered on B and O Southwestern Bay
The Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Bay offers a one and one third fare round trip to points on its line and connections. Tickets valid December 24 25 31 1894 and January 1 1895. Ask agent B O S W Rey J M Ches rough for details. Also low excursion rates December 4 and 18 to many points in the Southeast South Southwest and West. Buckeye mileage good over 56 lines including the Big 4. Tickets 25 cents at Athens stations. Remember the chair car on the noon Buckeye Route to Columbus.
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Y. J. M. Ches Rough
Ohio Central Lines
Athens
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Columbus
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R’y
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Arkansas
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Indiana Territory
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Oklahoma
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Elst
Ohio River
W. H. Fistesk
Columbus Ohio
Ohio Central Lines Excavation Tickets Offer For Tours
Ohio Central Lines agents sell round trip excursion tickets at one fare for popular trips to Ohio State Grange at Dayton and Norfolk Old Point Comfort Richmond Va with stopover options East of Clifton Forge. Tickets on sale December 1 and 11 return by December 15. Additional land seekers’ excursion to Norfolk etc. on sale daily limited to 30 days for return. C.H. W.&R’y and other lines offer further one fare round trips with specified dates and stopovers. Train arrival times at Athens updated for certain routes. Homeseekers’ Excursion dates December 4 and 18 for multiple western states with twenty day validity. December 24 25 31 1804 and January 1 1895 sale for round trips returning by January 2 at one and one third fare.
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Ohio Central Lines
Ohio State Grange
Dayton
Norfolk
Old Point Comfort
Richmond
Clifton Forge
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