Midnight Train Ride in the White Mountains Described
A Boston Courier piece recounts Bob Jennings an engineer on the Portland and Ogdensburg line who bravely halted a late night express approaching the Frankenstein trestle after sensing danger. He investigates the siding discovers a fallen tree blocking the switch and saves the train, earning praise and awards from crew and officials.
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White Mountains
Bob
Bob Jennings
Portland & Ogdensburg
Somiever
Ospel
White Mountain Notch
Crawford's
Portland
Neil
Fabyan
Jant
Nellas
Ully
Jover
Dan Smith
Fabyah
Rth
Conway
Sebago Lake Station
Nell
Roe
Westinghouse
Dan
Bain
Bol
Montreal
Express
Edward H. Crosby
Boston Courier
Dairy Folklore and Innovations From 19th Century Agriculture
Essays on dairy farming discuss firm management of cows, turnips as fodder, and new dairy beverages. The piece notes milk’s rising dairy prosperity in the Northwest, a shift from beef to dairy, and advice on farm supervision, milking, and churn temperatures across conditions.
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Bewara
The
Rio Virgin
St. James
Ilinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Northwest
Keep
John Gould
Cleveland Herald
Clinton St
Making Butter in Winter
Dozens of dairymen in Illinois Iowa and Wisconsin pursued winter dairying as butter prices rise in winter and summer. The piece outlines advantages of seasonal dairy work, need for careful hay and fodder, a well heated dairy, and modern equipment enabling winter butter as good as summer.
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Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
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Defiance County Express
Culley
Ohio
Eugene J. Field
Chicago News
North Conway
Shem
Over the Sea
New York
Europe
Philadelphia Press
Hue
Anam
Paris
Manila
Tu Due
St James
Ireland
Richard II
Robert de Vere
Dublin
Edward IV
British Museum
Elizabeth
Carlyle
Richter
Rome
Easil
Advonte
George Augustus Sala
United States
Imnik
Tippin
Defiance
Mangas & Gorman
Hoveman &Riger
Clinton and
Front Streets
Onio
Clinton Street
A.martin
Defiance County
Fred
Hicksville
PHO
Tegrapes
Beardsley
Buffington
E. Beardsley
J. B. Leslie
Ling Ubmg
Cleveland
Buffalo
Rochester
Albany
Boston
J. Whitaker
J.C. Gault
H.C. Townsend
Gen. Pass
Louis, MO
Es Blanchard
Fifth Sts
C. Diehl
Stomer
Mechanic’s Tools
Nhand
Fremont Harvester Company
Rakestraw’s Steel Plows
Bievotis Sospear
Eraas
A. T. Stewart & Co
Cazenco
Roledo
Hall
Fr. EY & CO Proprietors
Toledo
Oi Smith, Simmons & Peabody, & Jobbers
Boots & Shoes
Huron ST
Buckien
Colby & Scon
Alyonshealy
State & Monroe Sts
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