Winter Outing to Florida and New Orleans
A 1905 railway tour advertises a two to three day route through eleven Southern states with stops at key cities including Chattanooga Atlanta and New Orleans. The trip features Pullman service with meals and sightseeing, departing February 27 under Louisville & Railway auspices via the Pennsylvania system, led by official guides.
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Ying
Chisitanooga
Mountain and Chickamanganal Park
Atlanta
Atrip
Ormond
Flandres
Ville
New Orleans
America
Ines
Ander
Louisville & Railway
Pennsylvania
T. G. P. A. Kaylyaui
Jjnes
Indianapolis
Ind
Milliken
D. P
Louisville & le R. R. Lomesville
Female Skipper Upends a Sailors Tale Aboard Neptune
A twelve man crew aboard the brig Neptune from Liverpool to Charleston faced mutiny and chaos after Captain Doyle's wife, a first voyage seafarer, asserted command. She berated officers, produced pistols, and threatened violence. After multiple mutinies and a longboat escape, the crew returned to port with the vessel and captain compromised, while the wife warned of legal retribution.
Former Carthage citizen showcases City service
Geo A. Fletcher, city Civil Engineer and Water Works Superintendent, earns praise from the Brazil Democrat for his near one year of service. A jeweler by trade, he also serves as City Plumber and Electrician. Under his oversight a new heating plant was installed and the fire alarm system improved, earning local praise.
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Geo. A. Fletcher
Brazil Democrat
Fletcher
Econneil
Citi Fegineer
Fairmount Newe
Interurban Wreck Near Cumberland Creamery
A Greenfield electric car on the 1215 Sundey line wrecked near Cumberland creamery. Conductor Samuel P. Knight and Motorman Oliver Hill were aboard with two Chinese passengers in the rear. Front wheel burst. car jumped the track and stopped when it slowed. Passengers escaped, two crying out in fear. Travel delayed. transfers made at the scene. Oliver fill, formerly of Greenfield, and J E Campbell were passengers.
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Green&eld
Sundey
Cumberland Creamery
Samuel P. Knight
Oliver Hill
Knight
Greenfield Evening Star
Oliver [Fill
J. E. Cambell
Baseball Lore From Early Southern League Tales
Excerpts recount a three year old home run misadventure in the Southern League with a lumbering pitcher and a ball buried in soft earth after the batter circled the bases. Letters from managers discuss 1905 plans and a potential exhibition with Geraguty’s team while museum curio notes highlight gloves worn by catchers with varied indentation patterns and a peculiar glove of Schreckengost’s.
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Fred Abott
Landbloom
Ed Walker
Montgomery
National Museum
George Yeager
Schreckengost
Rube Waddell
Return voyage tale of gall and a stormy captain’s wife
On the return voyage a gallant crew of two accompanies the ship while the captain’s wife remains dominant. Since that day no word has been heard of the craft. Whatever happened, it was surely brought about by the fiercest termagant ever to breathe at sea or on land, according to M. Quad.
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T. C. McClure
Neptune
Liverpool
Charleston
Doyle
Lfe
Azores
Electric Accident at Crescent Drug Store Lit Bedrooom Fire
Charles Lineback a Crescent drug store pharmacist faced an electrical scare last week when an extension cord connected light caused a bed fire after he fell asleep in bed. He sprang up and, aided by Mr Johnson and his wife, subdued the flames. Johnson's loss about 15 dollars covered by insurance.
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Charles Lineback
Crescent
Mr. Lineback
Matching the Linnets at the East End Pub Bird Song Match
In Whitechapel, Shoreditch, and Bethnal Green linnet singing draws crowds and betting as two plump birds in a pub wall cage engage in a match. The loud, silent crowd watches the routine as each bird performs ten songs, while nearby revelers drink and blaspheme, the birds praised for purity and sentiment.
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Whitechapel Road
Shoreditch
Bethnal Green
Eastender
Whitechapel
Binner
East End
Dream of Noah Clodfelter Recalled in Indiana Traction Tale
A reminiscence in The Indianapolis Star revisits Noah J. Clodfelter, pioneer of Indiana’s Interurban dream. Five decades ago capital eclipsed his vision, leaving the founder disconsolate as traction officers and guests toast a future he never shared. Mrs Clodfelter once lived in Carthage. Foley Kidney Cure is sold by J H McCarty & Son.
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Indiana
Indianapolis Star Tn
Noah J. Clochester
The
Star
Noah J. Clodfelter
Indiana Polis
Clodfelter
Foley’ Kidney Cure
Stock joke about a nonpaying gold mine play
A Washington Star line quips that a play offered a gold mine yet proved a stock with no dividends. The exchange highlights a financier’s failed venture and a witty investor remark.
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Stormington Barnes
Washington Star
When You Go to the Polls What Is an Ideal Man
A quoted exchange contrasts Harris and Berry on public office and voting. The snippet highlights the idea of personal ideals vs candidacy, framed within a political reflection.
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Harris
Berry
Boston Transcript
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SI Y Safe CO
Buffalo
New York
United States’ Government
Florida
Iro. M. Hill
Tron and
Wheeler & Wilson
Wilson Mie. Co
Otilongo, al
Stewart, Agtoushville
Carthage Citizer
George A. Fletcher
Brazil
the Baseball News
LaRne
Connersville Leaf Club
Agair
Erquiver
Rushville
Guy W. Green
Nebraska Inciane Raebad
Geraguty
Indians
C. A
London
Clodpeliers Dream
Carthage
Goethe
Bush County
Farmers Institute
Farm and Fireside
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