I Am a Railroad Detective and the Ball Family Mystery
In a Missouri River railroad caper a famed detective recounts his start with Spotem & Co. He suspects crooks within the line, hires a female operator, and learns Jim Ball and his wife manipulate the system. A perilous chase ends with Ball’s mob executing justice by Judge Lynch’s plan, revealing the operator as Ball’s wife years later.
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Spotem & Co
West
Missouri River Broad Gaage Railway
John Spotem
Chicago
Omaha
Sharpe
Prairie Flower
Jim Ball
Illinois
Red Creek
Judge Lynch
Tim Ball
Razor Confusion and Elevator Misadventure in Willard's
A guest at Willard's insists on a “raiser” to reach his room, not a razor. Clerk and bellhop guide him to an elevator after a brief comic exchange. Separate items note a Texas tree effigy at Sander ville and Pat’s “cremating process” for ice cream.
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Washington
Pat
Reminiscences of Public Men in Washington's Era
A reflective piece recalls Massachusetts figures debating secession doctrine, Judge Thomas defending state loyalty, and Mr Maynard challenging massachusetts sentiment. It traces Col Benton and Fitz Henry Warren careers, then shifts to a Grant era Washington party scene with Mrs Ward and Mrs Belknap, highlighting social contrasts and splendor of the East Room gatherings.
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Judge Thomas
Boston
Charles Sumner
Maynard
Tennessee
Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Eliot
Thomas
Speaker
Col
Thomas H. Benton
John Randolph Benton
St. Louis
Fitz Henry Warren
Washington
New York
Richmond
Horace Greely
Johnson
Guatemala
Grant
Elijah Ward
Slidell
Welles
Senator Stockton
White House
Mrs. Pierrepont
Mrs. Belknap
Alice
Gen. Fremont
Chase
Stephen A. Douglas
The Black Virgin in a Cuban Church
A Havana letter describes Regla’s Blue Convent devotion to a Black Virgin Mary. The procession shows a sable queen surrounded by followers and angels, with a life-sized Savior and a white Virgin in elaborate attire, noting controversial depictions and a Regla church exception.
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Havana
Columbus
Regla
Mary
Jesus
Our Savior
Virgin
St. Augustine
Regia Church
Politician’s Agent Uses War Paint Delegation To Washington
An Indian agent sent a delegation of aborigines to Washington in war-paint and whisky to praise him. In a recorded exchange officials question the agent’s honesty and generosity, noting he steals bacon and flour and drinks heavily, while claiming to be a good man. Youth’s Companion, June, cites remarks on policy and prosperity, misattributing authorship to two Ledger writers.
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Far West
Judge Lynch
Washington
Capt. Jones
Chones
Defiance County
Chas
Call and See Inc
Charles Belronson
Clinton
N. W
Defiance
The Manna Theme in Exodus Analyzed by Rev Coon
The piece surveys Exodus chapter sixteen with special notes on the wilderness of Sin and the debated routes from Elim to Sinai. It contrasts biblical manna with modern crops, cites Canon Cook, and links the event to gospel symbolism and lessons for June 12 on the Ten Commandments.
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Sin
Elim
Sinai
Ras Zelimeh
Wady Taiyibeh
El-Gaah
El-Murkhah
Feiran
Li- Sheik
Robinson
Stanley
Palmer
Red Sea
Debbet
Ramleh
Manna
Todd
Peninsula of
Jordan
Canaan
Josh
Canon Cook
Guadalajaran wood carvers famed for beauty and skill
A letter from Mexico praises Guadalajaran wood carvers for their skill in shaping rosaries and cane handles. Swarthy workers carve tiny scriptural scenes into pieces of native wood, producing superb yet underpaid labor. The cane carvers offer over 200 wood varieties and craft expensive umbrella handles and parasol fittings.
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Letler
Mexico
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James C. Clark
W. H. 8. Atkinson
Rock Creek
Miss Avery
Jim
Mr. Sharpe
Mrs. Ball
Missouri River
Sanderville
Union
Texas
Dakota Bell
BY Ren. Perley Poork
Grerce W. Curlis Gays
The
Philadelphia Ledger
the Sunday School
Chicago Standard
J. M Coon
Shur
Arah
Gulf of
Akabah
Guy
Moses
Aaron
Beardsley
Clinton 3Rd Sts
Deatrick
L. E. Beardsley
Defiance, Ohio
Baltimore Bakery
R. Brown
Corner Forth
Clinton Sts
Ohio
T. Sutphen
J. H. Bevington
B. Cameron John W. Winn
Henry Wonderly
W. T. Hill
John Dowe
Wight
F. J. Clemmer
David Miller
Michael Gorman Albert Gerry
B. W. Slagley
J. Sheets
Fred Schultz
W.F. Coughanour
C. E. Bercaw
Common Pleas
Cou
A. Krgched
W. Knapp
John Hepler
Ya Piarshal
Aew Bnnaon
Om Irge Miller
F. Bohn
A.J. Otto P. Zigler
Kate Hoover
Tiedeman Block
Mays
S. D. Potters
D.D.S Dental Rooms
H. B. Harris
J. P. Cameron
Harris & Cameron
Att Tor
Stone Front
Dea “ National Bank
W. D. Hill
H. G. Baker
Tigey
ZA Law
Preisendorfer
Henry Hardy
Ttorney
Councellor
Alaw
Wolseffer
Milton E. Orcutt
Diece
Wertheimer
Court House
W. C. Travis
Morse’s
First Streets
Charles E. Bronson
Kittners
Frank W. Knapp
Buffington
J.J. Hale
Ohto
Ill
Word
Karst & Tenzen
Perry Street
Wabash Depot
Corwin & Kiser
Eureka
Bet
Farmers of Defiance Co
Fancy Steam Dye Works
F. Heitzwable
Mings
Einer Riumenets
Wai i
Nd & Shea
Lea Lences
Peter Dickman
Mackinac
Detroit
Mackinac Island
St. Ignace
Chedoan
Aspens
Harrisville
Oscoda
San Oom
Port Huron
St. Clair
Coakland House
Marine City
Cleveland
J. L. Scott
Ineurance
Jno. F. Deatrick& Son
Clinton and
Third Sts
Guaiori
Mses
North
Hoffman Bros
Undertakers
Opera House
Hopfm M Mein
Eave
C. Travis
Ity
Defiane
Wweew
Kuhn Bros
H, Bowers
Elias Bat
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