Miss Clafflin Heroine in Tunnel Abduction Plot
A young operator Miss Clafflin endured a perilous night as a jealous rival plotted to abduct her amid a tunnel project. Thomas and engineer Haskell clashed, and five cars were staged for a deadly wreck. She escaped, warned the crew, and died 24 hours after reaching the switch, honored by 500 mourners.
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Claflin House
Miss Claflin
Thomas
Pennsylvania
Haskell
Miers Clafftin
Miss Claffftin
Miss Claffum
Bath
Teleph
Sts
Ereban
Balsa
Thomas End Fourch
Trinidad
Bhat
Aimiun
Miss Clafflin
Pontia
Ant
Ido
Src
Curious grave near Castleman river fascinates visitors
R C Deakins describes a six poplar grove forming a coffin shaped enclosure beside the Castleman river. The six trees share a common root around a child s grave, with a four foot long enclosure and a worn gravestone. The origin of the grave remains unknown.
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Castleman
R. C. Deakins
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Celery culture and irrigation from old horticulture notes
The article describes early celery cultivation steps including bed preparation, spacing eight inches within rows five feet apart, and deep watering after planting. It explains final bleaching by banked tips, contrasts early and late crops, and notes storage issues for winter use. Also included are fragmented excerpts on Puritan intellectual life and a horse riding apparatus described as a substitute for real riding.
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MRCS
Kolsadig
Athens
Econ
Dolan
Scribner's
London Lancet
Sawing Machine Demonstrated by Pennsylvania Farmer
A Pennsylvania farmer describes a homemade sawing machine with a swinging blade driven by a frame of three poles and a sliding pendulum design. The device uses a horse or stakes for anchoring and can handle poles from 2 to 6 inches, with a rolling platform for large logs, enabling rapid wood cutting and learning curve noted.
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Pennsylvania
New Yorker
Tean
Travel to California by Northwestern line from Chicago
From the snow clad regions of the East to California the North Western line offers a 34 day through service in palace drawing room sleeping cars with meals in dining cars. Weekly escorted tours depart each Thursday with tourist sleepers Chicago to San Francisco and Los Angeles for $6.00 berths. Low route excursion tickets cover principal points and illustrated pamphlets on Mid Winter Fair and rates are mailed free from W A Thrall Chicago & North Western.
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California
North Western
Palace
Chicago
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
W. A. Thrall
Chicago & North-Western Ba Y
Toledo
St Louis
Kansas City
Toledo West
C. Jenkins
Yolede
Ohio
N.B
St. Louis
Bluffton Area Rail Excursion Tickets Announced
M. EF. Conference Bluffton Ind April 2 9. T S T & 1K C RT Clover Leaf route offers one fare excursion tickets minimum 5c from Kukomo to Decatur inclusive. Jenkins Gen Pass Agent Toledo Ohio. War rates to California about half fare for round trip through sleepers.
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T. St. T
C. RT
Clover Leaf
Kukomo
Decatur
C. Jenkins
Toledo
Ohio
N. B
California
Clover Leaf Route to issue excursion tickets for Indy trip
The Clover Leaf Route will issue one fare excursion tickets to Indianapolis and return for the Republican State Convention on April 24 and 25. Co. C. Jenkins.
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T.ste & KC. BR. RR
Indianapolis
Co. C. Jenkins
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Republican State Conventon
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