Veteran 1830s locomotive engineer William Best rememberd
William Best of Missouri, born 1813 in Cornwall, England, aged 94, recalls driving an early US locomotive in 1833 1835 on the Philadelphia Tren ton route. He describes primitive equipment a barrel sized boiler tiny cab and wooden cross ties with snake head spikes. Best quit after a dangerous derailment near 18 mph and declined a Baldwin offer to work on a new southern line.
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Philadelphia
Union Station
Kansas City Star
William Best
Morristown
Best
England
Cornwall
Waterloo
America
Trenton
Baldwin
Record of James Guest lifelong Great Northern engine driver
James Guest of Petersborough England has retired from the Great Northern Railway after 52 years as an engine driver. He has traveled 2 132 700 miles and, remarkably, met with no accident or injury during his career.
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James Guest
Petersborough
England
Great Northern Railway
Traveling men trap tale of a flawless alibi
A Connecticut town station scene features six travelers trading a tall tale about a bridge wreck last July. The cigar man claims he alone escaped life since he was the only passenger, sparking a quick reveal that exposes a flaw in the story as others challenge the details.
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Connecticut
New York
Here
One Train a Year in Pennsylvania Railway Tale
A whimsical essay imagines a single annual train on a Pennsylvania branch. It evokes a sprinting child chasing the distant engine, worried parents cautioning children, a cautious station grandmother, and the social strain of hosting and returning visitors along the lone yearly ride.
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Pennsylvania
West Hill
Ireland’s Missing Railway Embraces a Grimy Theft
The report before the vice regal commission on Irish railways recounts the wholesale theft of a line from Birr to Portumna in 1868. The Great Southern and Western operated it until 1876 when the lease lapsed, and villagers allegedly carried off telegraph wires rails gates and buildings. A bridge on the Brosna remained until a thwarted attempt to remove its girders was stopped by a nearby police sergeant.
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Ireland
Vice Regal Commission On
Birr
Portumna
Great Southern & Western
Trench
Lbrosna
N. Y
Not all railroad men take box cars seriously
A humorous definition for beginners describes the box car as a fowl that travels with the seasons. It claims box cars are plentiful in spring and summer, migrate in autumn, and can be captured with a lasso or switch crew. Hunters must be quiet to avoid scaring the stationary quarry.
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Fow
Wood Box Helper in Civil War Shelter Tale
An elderly storyteller recalls a perilous Civil War episode in which Uncle Ben hides family valuables in a hollow wood box beneath a faulty floor. George, a young man allied with Confederate forces, hides inside the box while federal troops search the house, narrowly escaping capture. The tale ends with George becoming a southern officer and a sword hung over the mantel. Gertrude Gowan.
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George
Ben
Fighting Citizens
Garret
Grandpa
Gertrude Gowan
Graham Approves Bond Issue for Road Improvements
Graham town council and Bluefield Graham Chamber of Commerce members urged immediate grading and macadam on the Graham end of Bluefield and Graham avenue from the state line to the post office. The street committee will report next Monday. public opinion favors bond issuance up to $25,000 or more to fund urgent improvements.
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Graham Town
Grahawn
Graham
Southern to Take Over Virginia and Southwestern Railways
Railroad circles report that the Southern Railway will take active management of the Virginia and Southwestern on July 1. The Virginian road, reguined in December 1906, will gain rail expansion this summer with the Holston river line. J B Newton and Henry K McHarg may move to the New York New Haven Hartford system as the V and S prepares a line to Buffalo. July 1 marks the Southern’s fiscal year start.
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Southern Railway
Virginia and Southwestern Railways
Holston River
Virginia and Southwestern
Southern
J. B. Newton
Henry K. McHarg
New York
New Haven
Hartford
McHarg
Buffie
Law Now in Effect Blow at Fake Jewelry
Washington June 13 The law enacted to prohibit false stamps on gold and silver articles entering interstate or foreign commerce took effect today. The reform is respected by American jewelry makers and will require state laws to extend protection to domestic trade. Associations will push for uniform laws nationwide to curb counterfeit stamps and fraud.
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Washington
Congress
Association of Manufacturers
Do Not Neglect the Children This Season
Public warning urges immediate attention to a child's bowels at first looseness. Recommends Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy followed by castor oil as directed. Available from West End Drug Co East End Pharmacy and Bluefield Pharmacy.
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Chamberlain
West End Drug Co
East End Pharmacy
Bluefield Pharmacy
New Discovery Rescues Fedora Man From Lung Hemorrhage
C V Pepper of Fedora Tennessee lay bedridden with a lung and throat hemorrhage. Doctors failed to help him until he used Dr King s New Discovery which brought instant relief the cough ended the bleeding subsided and after three weeks he returned to work. 50c and 1.00 with trial bottle free.
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Fedora
Tenn
C. V. Pepper
BIDS WANTED Sealed bids for plank sidewalks due June 14 1907
Sealed bids will be received by the board of supervisors until June 14 1907 for the construction of plank sidewalks for the ensuing year per plans on file in the city engineer’s office. Bids mailed to J. T. Akers, Auditor. June 9 1907.
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Board of Supervisors
J. T. Akers
Short Talks by L. T. Cooper Promotes New Discovery
An advertisement extols Cooper's New Discovery claiming to cleanse the stomach and bowels, tone the system, and revive vitality. A testimonial from A. W. Hull of Detroit praises renewed appetite strength and energy, noting the product as the best tonic and system builder. The piece says Cooper's medicines drew attention in Chicago and that the sellers are agents.
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Cooper
Hull
A. W. Hull
Porter St
Detroit, Mich
Chicago
S. S. Ball
Ravenswood
W. Va
Kodol
Memorial services for conductors set for June 16 1907
The annual memorial services of Division No. 24 will be held at Bland Street Church on Sunday June 16, 1907 at 8 o'clock p.m. All conductors are requested to attend. Combinators assemble at their hall at 2 o'clock on the date. W Lindsay, Chairman of Committee.
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Bland Street
Chuurch
W. Lindsay
Chater
Notice of Claims in Talbert Real Estate Lien Case
Commissioner announces to all lien holders on Mary M Talbert and George W Talbert property to present claims by June 21 1907 for adjudication. Bluefield West Virginia office. Also a June 21 1907 hearing where Lynchburg Shoe Company et al must bring books and evidence to satisfy the decree.
Notice to lien holders in Henderson real estate case
In pursuance of a circuit court decree in Mercer county West Virginia all persons with liens on Benjamin Henderson real estate must present their claims at J Britz office Bluefield before June 20 1907. The matter involves J H McCue vs Benjamin Henderson et al and a chancellor’s order requiring attendance with books papers and vouchers.
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Mary M. Talbert
George W. Talbert
Elrenit Court
Mercer County
Bluefield
Mercer
West Virginia
Benjamin Henderson
Circuit Court of
Merce
City of
Commissioner's Office
Binefield
J. H McCue
Als
J. EB. Ritz
Chancery
Blue Grass Farm for Sale in Southwest Virginia and Pulaski county
1500 acres Blue Grass land in Wythe and Pulaski counties offered for sale. Features include a main line railroad edge, bottom land, well watered areas, colonial brick house, mine manager’s residence, granaries, cattle and sheep farming readiness. Prices listed as 100 per acre and 40 per acre with descriptions of road access and improvements.
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Virginia
Wythe Co
Pulaski Co
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Thomas E. Peery
N. & W. Railway
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Lynchburg Shoe Compxuny
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