Track walking the unseen guardian of rail safety
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat feature profiles trackwalkers like Peter Daugherty who patrol railway lines, tighten bolts, drive spikes, and monitor rails for hours daily. The piece details their modest pay, tough hours, risks from oncoming trains, and the precarious state of rail companies and hospital support.
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Peter Daugherty
Eva
Uncle Tom
Ophelia
Daugherty
St. Mary’s Infirmary
Sisters of the Order
Carr Street
Madison
Twelfth
Gratiot
Here
New York
Chicago
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Depew Defends Dix Age Tale in Watertown Speech
Chauncey M. Depew recounts a Watertown audience confrontation over General Dix age claims. He cites biographical sources and colonial records, clashing with a heckler who argues the tale dates back more than 250 years. The exchange underlines controversy during Dix’s gubernatorial canvass and Depew’s defense of historic anecdotes.
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Dix
Watertown
Massachusetts
Pilgrim Fathers
Plymouth Rock
General Dix
Depew
Montauk Point
Niagara
Commonwealth
Mr. Depew
Chauncey M. Depew
New York
Ancient oaks and venerable elms at Waverly Massachusetts
The Boston Herald notes that Waverly oaks survive from a probable tenth century forest and an immense nearby elm stands as a venerable relic. Ipswich hosts a larger, older specimen. both sites inspected by state park commissioners and likely to be preserved for study and public viewing.
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Waverly
Mass
New England
Ipswich
State Park Commissioners
Boston Herald
The Poetry of Shopping in Harper's Bazar
A reflection on shoppers seeking beauty and variety in stores. The piece contrasts deprivation with desire as customers gaze at laces, embroidery, shawls, silks, and brocades under bright lights. It notes how the experience refreshes the buyer and delays further restraint.
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India
Harper’s Bazar
Medical Debate in 1715 on Gas Not Devil Work
In a 1715 incident a cellar digger suffocated and the medical faculty at Jena ruled the death caused by a deadly gas, not direct devil action. Professor Loescher of the University of Wittenberg protested the ruling calling it a lamentable license threatening God’s blessing.
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Jena
Loescher
University of Wittenberg
Andrew D. White
Popular Science Monthly
Two Barrels of Apples Stolen by Doorless Door?
A playful exchange between a boy and a dealer discusses sending two barrels of apples to a mother. The boy suggests combining the barrels into one large barrel to prevent fitting through a closet door.
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Sonny
Tomatoes For Home Use Advice From a Cor. Country Gentleman
A farmer shares methods for home tomato growing including potting strong plants ready to blossom. Ground preparation with four foot hill spacing, transplanting after mid May, five foot stakes, pruning, single row planting, sun exposure, and thorough cultivation for dry weather.
Sugar Trust In Washington Aims To Kill Annexation
An agent of the Sugar trust allegedly advised suppressing the annexation treaty in Washington. He claimed to secure defeat through a businesslike campaign, as President Cleveland withdrew the treaty and later appointed Blount to Honolulu. The sugar interests reportedly welcomed these moves after a Honolulu blizzard and foresee a secured future.
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Sugar Trust
United States Senate
Washington
Senate
Cleveland
Honolulu
Sandwich Islands
Mr. Blount
New York Sun
Pugilist Charles Mitchell Honors Dead Squire Abingdon
In grief and fidelity, Charles Mitchell mourns Squire Abingdon and vows to honor him by knocking Jim Corbett out in six rounds. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle notes the dauntless spirit amid bereavement and mocks Corbett’s reluctance as heartless.
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Charles Mitchell
Squire Abingdon
Hades
Jim Corbett
Corbett
Rochester
Poisoned Gloves Narrative From Russian Court
A czarist bodyguard general, Count Scheremetieff, dies suddenly in Russia. The Exchange reports the death as murder by nihilists, who allegedly swapped a pair of poisoned gloves for the general's own. The gloves were worn after a momentary laying down, leading to his death.
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Russia
Count Scheremetieff
Peppers Said to Cause Kingston Man Death
Elmer Perrine dies at 26 from bowel consumption after peppers he ate months earlier allegedly seeded and germinated in his stomach. He suffered coughing up peppers as doctors warned emetics may have triggered his fatal illness. Also noted is Miss Lizzie Mills in Kingston whose jaw paralysis prevents closing her mouth since yawning. Wallace Bruce elected life corresponding member of the Scottish Society of Literature and Art in Glasgow.
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Elmer Perrine
Perrine
Long Branch Cor
Philadelphia Press
Kingston
Ont
Lizzie Mills
Wallace Bruce
Poughkeepsie
United States
Edinburgh
John Greenleaf Whittier
Scottish Society of Literature and Art
Glasgow
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H.P. N. Dahl
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Nason St
H. P. N. Dahl
Francis B. Munroe
Concord
Concord Junction
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex
Lucinda Brown
Sudbury
Charles Thompson
Cambridge
The
Sudbury Enterprise
George M. Brooks
ER. Bothwell
Prop
Dr. Vaughn
Vaughn
Pasteur
Virchow
Peppers
C.J. Mahoney
Dealee IN
Maynard’s Newbl
Formosa
Japan
Java
Gaskell and Taylor
Sumner Street
Cae
Neil Currie & Coo
Maynard, Mass
Maynard’s Block
Main Street
Daniel
J. Y. Tucker
E. P. Gleason
Loewe
Thoreau and Hubbard St.s
Ulandley
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