Engineer Burdette and Anna Pender Save Mail Train
Joe Burdette, veteran Chicago and Overland engineer, hides a soft spot for Anna Pender, the girl who became his brave helper. When strikers kidnap him, Anna secretly rides in his cab to guide mail train No 4 through Steamville yards, ensuring a safe on time Chicago arrival. Burdette’s reputation and Anna’s future are sealed by their daring night ordeal.
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Chicago and Overland Railroad
Joe Burdette
Joe
Joe Burdett
Engineer Burdett
Chicago
Anna Redman
Dick Pender
Anns
Pender
Anna
Penders
Burdett
Great Western Metropolis
Central Police Station
Burdette
Chicago & Overland Road
Steamville
Thither
M UN
Dad
Chicago & Overland
Sone
S Burdetto
Assercea
Sie
Anon
Anna Pender
W. H. 5S
Atkinson
Why He Left St. Louis
Genera Sherman left St. Louis for reasons not publicly stated. He enjoyed Washington life but longed to retire there, yet did not remain. The veteran faced levity from younger women, protected by older foes, and ultimately chose not to return to the city he loved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genera Sherman
St. Louis
Washington
Green biscuits and a surprise at home
A lighthearted家庭 anecdote from Drake's Magazine where a husband jokes about the green soapy biscuits his wife baked as a planned surprise. The wife reveals the mishap through playful sobs, turning the moment into a humorous domestic scene.
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Scott
Birdie
Drake
Woman sues for alimony in rich Dakota husband case
A Dakota woman in a divorce suit complains to the judge about alimony. She questions her husband’s wealth noting fourteen shotgun dogs, three fiddles, two game roosters, six shotguns, four gold-washed breast-pins, two rifles, a pet coon, a tame fox and brass rings as assets. The quip highlights perceived fairness and wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jedge
Prop
Drake
Customer and clerk exchange on practical therapeutics in a Chicago Tribune item
A customer asks if the druggist’s clerk has practical therapeutics knowledge. The clerk replies with a playful remark about having had the knowledge since age ten after a humorous line about breaking out. The Chicago Tribune style quotes the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicag
Tribune
Vexed Veterans at Milwaukee Encampment No Parade Planned
The Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Milwaukee in August will be a business meeting with no parade or display and a very limited attendance. Railroads refused a one cent per mile rate, prompting advisories for veterans to stay home, as only delegates may attend.
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G A. KR
Milwaukee
Grand Army of the Republic
Martin
Ilinois
Weissert
Wisconsin
Barto
Minnesota
Davis
Nebraska
Brown
Michigan
Travis
Indiana
Menton
Kentucky
Smith
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Miey
Partridge
Department of
Grand Army
Tradie Association
Widow of Ex President Tyler Dies in Richmond Hotel
Mrs Gardiner Tyler, widow of President John Tyler, died at the Exchange Hotel Richmond after a recent trip to see son Lyon G. Tyler at Williamsburg. She leaves four children and had long ties to Virginia society, born Gardiner Island New York and married in New York City June 26 1844. She was a Roman Catholic and died after a congestive chill.
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Richmond
Kiiumono
John Tyler
Exchange Hotel
Lyon G. Tyler
Williamsburg
William and Mary College
Virginia
Gardiner G
White House
Miss Gardiner
Tyler
New York City
Wreck Near Chihuahua Kills Two and Injures Twenty Five
A Mexican Central passenger train from Paso del Norte wrecked five miles from Chihuahua when a bridge underpinning washed out after a mountain cloud burst. Two people were killed outright, twenty five injured, including a Wells Fargo guard and a newsboy. Nineteen taken to Chihuahua hospital. two more later reported dead. Conductor Jerry Sullivan injured. Rail line officials remain reticent.
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Paso
Tex
Mexican Central Railroad
Paso del Norte
Chihuahua
Wells, Fargo & Co
Jerry Sullivan
Hillee
Baggrave
See
Winnipeg Judge Bains Extradites Burke to Chicago Authorities
Judge Bain of Winnipeg orders Martin Burke extradited to Chicago. A warrant is issued and Burke is committed for trial, with an appeal planned. Judge Tuley in Curiaco denies Beggs writ of habeas corpus in Cro nin murder case.
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Bain
Winnipeg
Martin Burke
Chicago
Bath Winnipes
Burke
Curiaco
Tuley
John F. Beggs
Beggs
Cronin
Cotton Seed Oil Boom Sparks New Mill Construction
In Baltimore July 11 report says unprecedented activity builds new cotton-seed oil mills, many independent of the cotton-oil trust though the trust has reportedly secured control of the Southern Oil Company with eight mills. Manufacturers' Record lists 213 mills in the South with $20,000,000 capital, versus 40 mills and $4,500,000 in 1880.
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Ssaltimore
Cotton-Oil Trust
Southern Oil Company
Guy Lowers His Record At Glenville Track
Guy the famous black gelding owned by W J Gordon trotted a mile in 2 11 84 at Glenville on Wednesday afternoon beating his prior mark by a quarter of a minute. The horse, barred from grand circuit shows due to speed, is being trained for longer distances this summer. Eagra Session Talk notes an extra Congress session likely November 1 with the President indicating a October reprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Guy
W. J. Gordon
Glenville
Eagra
Washington
Johnstown Flood Toll and Destruction Across New York
Descriptions of the Johnstown disaster detail 15 missing, four bodies recovered, and entier mills and bridges ruined. Rescue efforts by Chief McDonald and local officials unfold as flood waters inundate Gloversville and Tribes Hill, with heavy property losses estimated around 20,000 and multiple structures destroyed or undermined.
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Albany
N. Y
Union
Johnstown
Cayadetta
Schriever
Verry Street
McDonald
Northrup
Anderson
Johnstown, Fonda & Gloversville
Atdaim
Burt Speedwell
Albert Cokely
Treadwell
Charles Frear
Evans’ Mills
Peter Lynn
Ferry-street
Purdy Case
Nellis
Vosburgh
Perry Street
Main
Bleecker
Gloversville
Bleecker Street
North Main Street
Amsterdam
Peacey
John Pettingill
Putnam's Creek
New York Central Railroad
Tribes Hill
the Central
Central Railroad Company
Utica & J
Little Falls
Hoffmans
Tribes Hall
Aaron Pepper
Pennsylvania
Greenspine
Crab Tree
Salishberg
Crab Tree Branch
Salem
Five Points
Royal Hanna Creek
Crab ‘Tree
Pennsylvania Road
Disappearance of Chippewa Falls Horse Dealer With Large Sum
L J Newald a prominent horse dealer from Chippewa Falls is reported missing after allegedly taking up to 70 000 dollars from associates. A dispatch notes his departure on July 5 and a wave of public concern in Milwauxker.
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Milwauxker
The
Sentinel
Chippewa Falls
L. J. Newald
Purdue Professor Finds Predator In Green Midge Fields
Prof. F M Webster of Purdue University has visited the Gosden area to inspect fields harmed by the green midge. He reports discovering small black bugs following and destroying the midge, and believes the pest's damage will be halted by this natural predator soon.
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Gosden
Ind
F. M. Webster
Purdue University
Paris Mine Disaster Inquiry Finds Negligence Cause
In St Etienne the inquiry into the recent mine disaster concludes the explosion was caused by a man who failed to notice fire damp. A total of 108 bodies have been recovered from the mine.
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Paris
St. Etienne
Sullivan Arrested After Train Stop in Nashville
John L Sullivan faced police on a Nashville train after Mississippi Governor Lowry demanded arrest for prize fighting. Officers overpowered him, he resisted, and Judge McAlister ordered his release under habeas corpus. Kilrain and others fled toward Cincinnati as authorities pursued legal steps.
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Big Bruiser
Nashville
Tenn
Mississippi
Kilrain
John Th. Sullivan
Lowry
Clack
John L. Sullivan
Robert Lowry
Sullivan
Union Depot
Muldoon
Charley Johnson
Lynch
Robertson
Johnson
Cleck
New York
Hercules
Ce Nippers
Tennessee
McAlister
Taylor
Columbus
Foraker
Cincinnati
Willain
Deitsch
Kirain
Seymour
Ind
State Line
Jackson
Miss
New French Law Sets Individual Military Service at Twenty-Five Years
Paris reports the Chamber of Deputies finalized a three year service law as voted by the Senate. Citizens will face twenty five years of active, reserve, territorial, and territorial reserve service. Voluntary service and the 1872 law requirements are abolished.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Carnot
Territorial Reserve
Washburn aided from debt by Minneapolis syndicate
Minnesota Senator Washburn was reportedly in financial trouble for a year and has been rescued by a local syndicate led by Charles A. Pillsbury and Thomas Lowry. The settlement reduces his vast fortune from an estimated at least four million dollars to about forty thousand, while he focuses on his political career.
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Senator Washburn
Minnesota
Minneapolis
the Journal
Charles A. Pillsbury
Thomas Lowry
Not Candidate Gardner Declares For Lime Kiln Club
Brother Gardner states he is not a presidential candidate for 1892 and rejects offers of support. He recalls past famous misstatements and warns against election favors, urging the Lime Kiln Club to seek fame without him and urging others to withdraw from politics.
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Brother Gardner
Cincinnati
Dis
United States
Chicago
Webber
Buffalo
Kentry
Nashun
Stepback Smith
Gardner
Bradder Smith
Dan Eber
Detroit Free Press
A Benedicts Sorrow Tie Purchase Gossip
Fogg questions Brown about a new necktie at Shopleighs. Brown recalls few buyers, colors chosen, and ages, with a humorous aside on a wife demanding details about the tie. The exchange mocks social detail chasing in a Boston Transcript style.
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Fogg
Brown
Shopleigh’s
Boston Transcript
Romantic Brook Scene Sparks Fearful Jumping P react
In a quiet riverbank setting George and Laura enjoy a serene landscape but a sudden cry from the beautiful girl breaks the calm. She fears a bug in the rosy dusk as George comforts her, their mood shifting from tranquil reverie to alarm.
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George
Laura
Chicago Tribune
Fight on Croghan Street and Book Sizes Origin
A pedestrian scolds a boy with a bloody nose for fighting, the boy boasts that his temper proved his point over insults to his mother. The Detroit Free Press notes that book sizes derive from paper folding, with folio, quarto, and octavo showing how sheets double in pages.
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Croghan Street
Religious and Educational Across Nations and Sects
A wide survey notes colleges without religious influence, Bible Society work in Tokyo, and the Zenana Medical College in London training women for missionary service. It cites French educational prizes, Boston book costs, India pupil totals, Anglican confirmations, and scholarship plans. It also reports funds spent by Northern groups for Black education in Atlanta, and Buenos Aires school constructions. It ends with a Boston meeting claim criticizing Southern church leadership.
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Zenana Medical College
London
India
China
Syria
Boston
Church of England
England
New York City
Atlanta
Northern Methodist Church
Atlanta Constitution
Buenos Ayres
Argentine Republic
United States
M. A. Ehlers
Baptist Southern Missions
South
Baptist
WIT AND WISDOM Instructive quotes and maxims
A collection of aphorisms from various papers urging prudent living, self discipline, and patience. Notable lines praise the value of opinion, good judgment, and steady work, with reflections on marriage harmony and the limits of luxury. The quotes reference merchants, travelers, and historical figures.
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Cambridge Herald
Cambridge, Guernsey CO
Ohio
Mahaffey & Ogier
X. W. Mathews
W.s. Headr
Wy. Mathews & Heade
Attorneys-At- Law
Hutchison Block
Cambridge
C. Steele
Fred. L. Rosemond
Steele
Old National
Ist
J. Mi. Bushfield
Rainey Block
Court House
Aplsétt
V. D. Craic
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public
Guernsey County
Jebuf
J. B. Taylor
R. Tt
Taylor & Scott, Attorneys-At-Law
Taylor Block
Physicians and Surgeons
WM. T. Ramsey
M. D
Providence Hospital
National Medical Dispensary
Washington, D.C
Hutchinson's Block
Main Street
Hotels
Joseph Mortons
Caldwell
John W. Robinson
Garner Market and
Fourth Streets
Zanesville, Ohio
Avm
Kirk
Marztt
Washington, Ohio
William Smith
Hotel Berwick
H. F. Hunt
S. S. Carnes
Pine Street
James G. Johnston
West Cambridge
E. McCollum
South End Mill Street
Cambride
Eurely
Adareas
Richard K. Fox
Franklin Square
N.Y
John Harries, JR
Wall's Drug Store
BE. McPeee
Boots and Shoes
West Main St
Aple
Sohn Moss
Bienben Ile
JOH Burdette
Mrs. Tyler
Mexico
Chippewa Falls, Wis
Sullivan Arrested
the Limekiln Club
Religious and Educational
Bible Society
Tokio
Japan
WIT and Wisdom
Puck
Terre Hautes Express
N. Y. Ledger
Patience
Thomas Jefferson
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