Railroad time tables for Louisville division Pennsylvanian lines
Timecard notices show schedules for the Louisville division of the Pennsylvania lines. Entries note connections between Chicago and Louisville with freight and passenger timing guidance. General manager date 11-28-97 and agent details appear, indicating official timetable issuance and agent contacts.
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Gark
Chicago
Ltr
F. Lore
Genere
Agen
The
Penns
Public Sale at Walesboro Farm Feb 16 98
A Wednesday sale at the farm two miles south of Walesboro lists over 350 stock head. Thirty five head of steers and heifers three years old, plus six two year old Jersey heifers with calves, two fresh cows and calves, one two year old short horn bull, and additional cattle including 38 unspecified head.
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Jersey
Bissell
Cosseady
McCormick
Mowal Steek
Large Society Sale Lists Livestock and Farm Items
Auction notice details 106 ewes and numerous livestock including sows, hogs, mares, colts, work horses, and hens. Farm machinery and hay, grain, and household goods offered with cash and credit terms. Also notes social events with Miss Alma Watts visit and local euchre gatherings hosted by the Gramps and Everroad families.
Feurr and Gi Buanch: Mixed Flight Reports
Fragmented OCR notes reference Feurr and Gi Buanch with mentions of a B25 hat and elements of a mixed event. Details are unclear but indicate a discussion of participants and possible scoring or timing at a venue with MLS and PD elements.
Alcibiades: A Controversial Athenian Figure of Wealth and Woes
A portrait of Alcibiades as a witty wealthy and contradictions filled youth in Athens. The text notes his generous yet unscrupulous nature, lavish lifestyle, and a controversial marriage followed by a divorce suit. It recounts his wife Hipparete and her attempted divorce, and Alcibiades final violent death en route to Babylon.
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Alcibiades
Athens
Hipparete
Hipponicus
Alcmades
Babylon
St Louis Republic
Post Office Clerk Quizzed Over Four Hour Wait
A government office incident shows a post office official reading a newspaper for hours while a member of the public waits for attention. The official insists he is simply someone named by a person who seeks service, prompting a public appeal for prompt assistance.
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Post Office
Strand Magazine
Greek girls groomed for social brilliance and marriage
The Philadelphia Times describes Greek girls as betrothed early, valued for dowries of linen and furniture, with fathers seeking ample fortunes. It notes beauty standards, French influence, dancing, and refined manners while painting and music are deemed unnecessary.
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Greece
France
Bneath
Philadelphia Times
Coal theft ring targets Seventh Street yard with threats
In Columbus Indiana on February 4 188 the note warned coal yard guard Mr Stofer to stop watching the Seventh Street bins or face punishment. Twelve laboring men claim to need coal and threaten force while denying harm to others. Stofer plans to guard again despite the warning and possible violence.
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Colhmbus
Ind
Syorer
It Was a Good Prescription for a Toe
A woman distressed by a corded toe visits a chiropodist who removes the callus and offers a humorous cure. He writes on a page a daily application called Booshoo, which a friend deciphers as Toose shoe. The placebo prescription works in practice.
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Booshoo
Pittsburg Dispatch
Meaning of the word biddle in Philadelphia lore
An English visitor to Philadelphia is puzzled by locals repeatedly using the term biddle. The tale notes the name Biddle and its busy, confusing usage across major cities and cites a quote from Current Faiterature about the mystery term used to describe people or things as biddles.
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Biddle
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Washington
Baltimore
Ant Bath Rheumatism Cure Reported by Russian Peasants
A New York Commercial note describes Russian peasants near Moscow using ant baths to treat rheumatism. A sack of ants ants eggs and earth is heated in a bath, releasing formic acid that irritates the skin and purportedly draws out the illness.
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Moscow
New York Commercial
Clothes and the Man in Canadian Politics
A Canadian statesman, eager to visit Mr. Hunter in Quebec, asks directions from an Irishman. The reply humorously reveals Hunter has just hired a servant, prompting the statesman to buy a new hat after the encounter. Nuggets.
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Quebec
the Inquirer
Mr. Hunter
Widower Seeks Respectable Bride at Immigrant Barze Office
A New York widower seeks a wife at a barze office for immigrants, asking for a woman who is respectable, kind, good looking, good with children, and obedient. The remark mocks the notion of marrying for such, noting the odd method with humor.
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New York
Barze
Chicago Post
Wightman and Wightman Carriage Repair Ad
An 19th century notice advertises Wightman and Wightman offering repair services for carriages wagons and horse shoeing with blacksmith mechanics.
Portrait Eyes Explain Why Portraits Follow Viewers
The New York Press notes that painted eyes seem to follow observers because pupils stay centered as the head turns, a simple illusion explaining a long baffling phenomenon observed in oil portraits.
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New York Press
Thoughts and manners in a curious note from Londons Funny
A fragment from London Fun quotes a Scottish remark on manners and crossing ice tests. Wicquefort’s prison writings are noted for softened rigor and historical works. The prose contemplates thoughts as seeds spreading through minds and the influence of medium on ideas.
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Wicquefort
Lmbassadors
Jean*Ingelow
Dentist recounts gold hammer blows in dental work
A fugitive describes his experience under a dentist by recalling counting 80 blows on a single gold piece. He notes groups of rapid strokes and intervals, and at one point counts 80 even strokes, illustrating the force and repetition in dental procedures.
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New York Times
Fragmented 19th century quips and oddities across papers
The excerpts cite varied curiosities from Detroit Free Press and Indianapolis Journal noting Wadkin’s ideas on true economy and debt, a medieval glass lion head in a British Museum collection, toad milky secretion for shin gles in South America and Naples churches overrun by mice prompting cat keepers.
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Wadkin
Detroit Free Press
South America
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Louisville
Pennsylvania Lines
Prssenger
Indianapolis
Fu Southport Ae
Greenwood
Whiteland
A. Ndtson
Columbus
A. Jonesville
Crethersville
Seuitshare
Northwar
Eouisville
Sellersburg
Memphis
Henryville
Reottshur
Jonesville
Vernoi
Serth
Vernon
ARS Cambriess
Helle
Walesboro
Gramp
Kathryn and
Vlora Gramp
Euchre
Alma Watts
Miss Lotta
Arwine
Ed Green
Chas. Kitzinger
Gertrude Long
Lillie Donner
Elizabeth Jackson
Belle
Susie Wilson
Mary L’rather
Lotta Arwine
Jessie Mayfield
Litta Prather
Sallie Stansifer
Daisy Shane
Nettie Crump
Elizabeth Ruddick
Beula Brown
Beryl Cooper
Libbie Engiebaugh
Chioe Butler
Mary Mahoney
Kate Brockman
Messrs
Chas Kitzinger
Chas Dehmer
Fred Kissling
John Suverkrup
Frank Broekman
Roland
Alvert Dressing
Weldon Tanert
Dolph Sergeant
Hubert Owens
Kent Cooper
Will Perkenson
Mjondike Gold Fields
Alaska
James Caldwell
Gro. W
Poay
Nedge Ae
Ebe
Edgar Thurgess
Chas Baker
Chas Luddick
Will Hogue
Harry Schioller
Lester Dr the
Harry Schowe
Will Schwartzkopf
Jesse Overs'reet
Laura King
Albert Woolley
Charlotte Washburn
MR and Mes Finertroad Enteiveain
Mrs. Win
Gatics
Kate Taylor
Wattie Sweeney
Kite Carroll
Jeffersonville
Mre
W. $, Lucas
Lucvin
H. i. Basset
Alis
Ot’. Gottschalk
John Crump Jr
Schwartzkolt
B. M. Boyd
H. M. Campbell
Wells Griffith
Mr. and
Mrs
Chas. Reeves
Mrs. Prank Smith
Clarence Adams
Will Stevens
Mrs. Gerterr
W. J. Mooney
Miss Corda Linton
Sadie Hamilton
Buanch
Wes
405
Pode
Ivaan
MLS
Aim
Leif al Fixed
Joe Luung
Crump’s Treatrs
Poe Sam
Ferguson
Ryag
Orio’s
Maidas
LLC Griffiths
Par
Taisked Tinu
Mer. Stofer
Griff
Rom
Inder
Lienbergeys
Wightman
BET
Columbus, Ind
Mainners
Useum
Indianapolis Journal
Naples
D.F. Doll
Doll’s Cigar Store
Mechaffic St
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