Pennsylvania Lines Train Details and Contacts
Dark Faced Time runs 12.00 noon to 12.60 midnight while Light Faced covers 12 00 midnight to 12.00 noon. Pullman Sleeping Cars operate on Nos 1d and 3 between Louisville and Chicago with Buffet Parlor Cars on Nos 18 and D between Chicago and Louisville. General Manager L F Loree and General Passenger Agent E A Ford sign the notice dated 11 28 97 Pittsburgh Pa. For times rates tickets baggage checks and further running information contact any Pennsylvania Lines agent.
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Louisville
Chicago
L. F. Loree
E. A. Ford
Pittsburgh
Penn’a
Pennsylvania Lines
Train Schedule Fragments for Cincinnati to Greensburg and Beyond
The snippet lists daily rail times with stations such as Cincinnati, Greensburg, H. & G., and Columbus, showing departure and arrival times like 10.30 6.00 and 7.55 4.00. It includes tentative stops at Liverpool, N-ing, and Miller’s with times around 7.21 to 3.10, indicating a mixed schedule excerpt.
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Greensburg
rWington. Jumeyis
Rtsvilly N-ing
Miller’s
Lambert's
Columbus Ly
Aily
Indian University Graduates Face Stereotypes in India Debate
The writer challenges Mrs. Steel and Kipling on views of Indian university graduates. He asserts that many Calcutta University undergrads are not prigs and that eastern attitudes toward marriage and duty differ from Western notions, countering claims of inevitable jealousy or puritanism.
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India
Steel
Rudyard Kipling
Calcutta University
Pilcomayo River Navigation Feat Ends in Tragedy
A nineteenth century claim that the Pilcomayo could serve as a Bolivian to ocean trade is settled by Captain Page who dies after months among hostile Indians. He used low water tactics and earth dams to extend his 18 inch draft Bolivia vessel, advancing about 85 miles despite repeated obstructions.
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Paraguay
Bolivia
Page
Harper's Round Table
Court Fools and Their Towns Across English Kings
The article lists royal jesters such as Huard attached to Edmund and Ber dic in Domesday records. It notes their roles as jester or court poet and claims ownership of towns like Walworth, with deeds tied to churches in Canterbury, Rome, and Gloucestershire. Includes mentions of Rahere and Philipp, with Amelia Wofford cited in St Nicholas.
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Edmundtonsides
Walworth
England
Rome
Canterbury
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Galet
Bayeux
William the Conqueror
William
Normandy
Berdic
Gloucestershire
Rahere
Henry I
William Phulph
Picol
John
Henry
Henry of
Avran
Doctor meets village without a fellow healer
A medical traveler explores a remote village where no other doctor is present and learns residents manage without one. An elder dismisses the need for a doctor, while a quip about eggs and a dog adds local humor. The account also notes a treasury clerk’s answer to a promotion exam.
Poe and Sartain recall Poe's Bells creative notes
In a reminiscence from John Sartain's era Poe visits Moyamensing Prison stock, hides at the Sansom street house, even shaving his mustache to dodge imagined enemies. Poe's Bells drafts earned 15 then 45 dollars before publication, with further additions expected if time allowed.
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John Sartain
Poe
Sansom Street
Teven
Poa
New York Tribune
City committee meets at new HQ elects officers
The new city committee met last night at its new headquarters and elected Chairman Ben W. Parker Vice Chairman Dan Vanney Secretary Clayton Moore and Treasurer E H Kinney. A gas well on Grant Perry’s farm burned for a second day rising about twenty feet today and may yield more gas if sunk deeper.
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Ben W. Parker
Dan Vanney
Clayton Moore
E H Kinney
Grant Perry
Henry M. Stanley and the sleeping cat by the fire
Henry M. Stanley after returning from Africa is described seeking a map for his story. He tells his assistant not to disturb his cat curled before the bright English fire, and only reaches for the chart when the cat awakens with a lazy yawn.
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Henry M. Stanley
Africa
Stanley
Asparagus Triggered Asthma Reported By Doctor
Dr. Deschamps cites a victualer over 40 who suffers severe spasmodic coughing when preparing raw asparagus. This case joins a list of odors and substances linked to asthma in medical literature, including roses musk tea ipecacuanha cat odor fried fish oats malt rice feathers wool and old-house demolition dust.
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New York Herald
Autographs Fetch Riches From Famous Names
The article lists varied autograph values from Wellington at 10 shillings to Nelson, Beaconsfield, Bright, Palmerston, Peel, and Canning under 5 shillings. Dickens commands about 2 guineas while Lamb ranges from £8 to £6. Byron can reach £10 with Shelley higher, and Barns fetch £25 to £80.
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Duke of Wellington
Lord Nelson
Nelson
Wellington
Lord Beaconsfield
John Bright
Palmerston
Robert Peel
George Canning
Charles Dickensworth
Charles Lamb
Byron
Shelley
Academy
Question of Headlines Sparks Names and Nationality Debate
A New York Press observer argues that crime headlines unfairly stress Italian heritage while Irish and German fights pass with little nationality focus. The writer notes misidentification between Greeks, Italians, and others in the lower Italian quarter and urges avoiding national labels in crime reporting.
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New York Press
Dialogue on marriage sparks between two lovers
A couple on a sofa discuss marriage with playful barbs. He insists a man like him would marry, she coyly resists, and they drift toward the idea as their flirtation winds down. The Chicago Post notes their banter ends with a cheerful, hopeful note.
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Chicago Post
Not on the Playbill See the Whitney Grand Capers in Detroit
A Detroit theater manager recalls a comic incident at the Whitney Grand before an 8 PM show. A young man asked to leave the lobby and offered a watch and chain as security claiming he would return, leaving staff amused and wary.
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Detroit
Whitney Grand
Sollier
Dstroifi Free Press
The Uses of Lemons in Health and Home
The article extols lemons as a versatile health aid for all people. It notes lemonade as safe and pleasant, claims lemon juice as a strong antiscorbutic, and cites uses for worms skin complaints chilblains intermittent fevers neuralgia warts dandruff and daily rubs for healthful gums. Sailors reportedly use it daily for prevention.
Printing Without a Press A Maine Printer’s Satirical Method
General Joseph S. Smith of Maine recalls publishing a paper in Bath long ago without a press. He describes laying type on a washstand, weighing the hired girl at 210 pounds, and using her as the press to print about 200 copies in a single sitting, mockingly likening her method to a $100 hand press.
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Joseph S. Smith
Maine
Bath
United States
Sunrises and Rebellious Youth Amid Mount Helvellyn
James Payn recalls youthful climbs from Thirlmere to Helvellyn to greet dawn. A guide lugs them out at night while debating the beauty of sunrise. Payn also cites an undergraduate who balked at morning chapel saying 7 am is inconvenient even for a dawn vigil.
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James Payn
Helvellyn
Thirlmere
Payn
Greek Girls Groomed for Society and Early Betrothal
The Philadelphia Times describes Greek society where girls are betrothed as children, beauty and elegance dominate, French is valued, and education emphasizes dancing, refined manners, and household skills, with marriage arranged for provision and status rather than love.
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Greece
France
Bneath
Philadelphia Times
Ant Bath Remedy Used By Russian Peasants For Rheumatism
New York Commercial reports a Russian peasant practice near Moscow using ant baths to treat rheumatism. A sack filled with ants eggs and earth is heated in hot water, releasing formic acid that irritates the skin and draws out the disease, though danger of skin disorganization if exposure is prolonged.
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Moscow
New York Commercial
Clothes and the Man and a Canadian Statesman's Errand
A Canadian political figure, lightly mocked for seeking a tailor and advice in Quebec. A story recalls him asking an Irishman the way to Mr Hunter’s house, only to be told it is already occupied by a man hired that day. The tale ends with the statesman buying a new hat after the encounter.
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Quebec
the Inquirer
Mr. Hunter
Widower Seeks Wife At Immigrant Landing Bar
A New York widower applies at the barge office used for immigrants seeking a wife. He lists desired traits as respectable, kindly, fairly good looking, good with children, and obedient, prompting a blunt remark about the oddity of the request and the likelihood of finding such a mate.
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New York
Chicago Post
Filling a Tooth and the Dentist's 80 Hammer Blows
A fugitive recalls a dentist in a dental chair counting 80 blows per gold piece. He notes the blows came in groups and intervals making an exact total hard to judge, but a steady rhythm yielded an 80 count at one moment. The anecdote appeared in the New York Times.
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New York Times
Wadkin's ideas of true economy questioned
The Detroit Free Press quotes Tio claiming Wadkin's ideas made him rich while noting he never pays his debts. A separate note mentions the British Museum housing the oldest dated pure glass specimen, a lion head linked to an Egyptian eleventh dynasty king.
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Wadkin
Tio
Detroit Free Press
British Museum
Toad Milky Secretion Sparks South American Mystique
Quotations describe the milky secretion of a toad as a metaphor for ideas spreading without visible means. The piece discusses thoughts traveling unseen, like seeds sailing to receptive minds and growing in new surroundings.
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South America
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