Overland Mall trip through Rockies and a quiet station
The expedition aboard the Overland Mall encounters massacre ruins in the Rockies and later at Anthony's station. Alfred Vincent, Phineas Cadwallader, and Waele Billy Dodge are drawn into danger as Stella Anthony and others become entwined with railroad intrigue and romance amid looming threats from Gideon and conspirators.
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Overland Mall
Rocky Mountains
Waele- Billy’ Dodge
Alfred Vincent
Phineas Cadwallader
Anthony
Stella Anthony
Vincent
Stella
Viola Bernard
Central Pacific Railroad
Central Pacific
Gideon
Flora
Cadwallader
Rlson
Nat
Esther Anthony the elusive social star resurfaces
Alfred returns to a San Francisco dinner party and meets Esther Anthony, now Esther Harmon, a regal but elusive figure. Mrs. Harmon recounts her past with Stella Anthony, hinting that Stella may be the protegee Alfred seeks, as the gathering centers on mining fortunes and railroad schemes in the Bay Area.
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Alfred
Mrs. Harmon
Triffe
Toy
California
Miss Anthony
Stella Anthony
Esther Anthony
Stella
Vincent
George
Vassar
San Francisco
Calistoga
Anthony
Bay
Golden Gate
Marin County
Tamalpais
Crocker
Gregory
Salt Lake City
Union Pacific
Sam
U. P
Hesubeisa
Winnemucca
Oregon
Isthmus
Salt Lake
Palisade
Durrant
Comfort
Esther
Halley’s Comet Return Foreseen by 1910 Forecast
The article traces Halley’s comet history from 1066 to 1835 and 1758, noting Halley’s calculations and death. It discusses 1910 expectations, possible sightings by 1909, and the comet’s tail and perihelion effects, with caution about Earth’s collision risks and potential planetary impact.
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Edmund Halley
Newton
Halléy
Halley
Greenwich
Lee
Kent
England
William of
Normandy
America
Rome
H. C. Wilson
Goodsell Observatory
Donati
Mother Earth
May the fair goddess Fortune fall in love with thee
A quip recalling Shakespearean sentiment on fortune and prosperity. The line winds into a reflective blessing for luck and success. No concrete events, persons, or places are present in the readable fragment.
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Shakespeare
Pilgrim Fathers Trail Through Cambridge and England
W D Howells recalls a journey to Boston via Cambridge in September. A companion archaeologist guides the way to American origins, tracing places linked to Curtis, Hickok, and Captain John Smith’s birthplace joked about near a chicken shed.
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Boston
England
Cambridge
London
George William Curtis
Roxburgh
Hicot’s
Ralph Waldo Wimierson
Bishop’s Stortford
Ely
Capt
John Smith
W. D. Howells
Harper’s Magazine
Japanese Dishes Not Inviting Says Gen Reade
Gen Philip Reade writes to the Army and Navy Journal that Japanese dishes fail to satisfy American cravings. He contrasts diets without dairy and fresh vegetables with a pedestrian bento sold at major railroad stations, priced at 7.4 cents, with tea for two cents.
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Philip Reade
Army and Navy Journal
Neighbors Share Grief Over Two Perished Minds
A schoolteacher asking pupils to recount Lincoln facts prompts a child to declare Lincoln is dead. A girl then blurts that Mr. Ickelstein in their street is dead as well, highlighting a community rumor or misunderstanding about death.
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East Side
Lincoln
Sarah
To Protect American Patents in Japan Arrangements Near
Arrangements will soon be perfected for the proper protection of American patents in Japan. As present the Japs appropriate anything they fancy.
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Japan
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Stalla Anthony
W. H. Pickering
Harvard‘College Observatory
Davy Crockett
Boston Bay
Howells
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