Seaboard Timetable Changes and Connections 1908
Train schedule for Durham including No. 238.10.85 A.M. linking Henderson and Weldon with A C L and steamship routes to Washington and New York. No. 241 and No. 221 arrivals listed. Durham & Southern No. 41 connects to Sea board trains for Charlotte, Wilmington, Atlanta and Florida routes. Timetable inquiries via F W Woodward or R L Montgomery.
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Durham
Henderson
Portsmouth- Norfolk
Weldon
Carolina
Portsmouth-Norfolk
Washington
Baltimore
Cape Charles
New York
Boston
Richmond
Durham & Southern
Seaboard
Charlotte
Wilmington
Atlanta
Birmingham
Memphis
Columbia
Savannah
Jacksonville
Florida
F. W. Woodward
Union
R. L. Montgomery
Southern Railway Schedule Highlights for April 6 1968
Train entries detail Durham to Greensboro connections and onward routes to Salisbury Asheville Knoxville and westward points. Included are sleepers Greensboro Raleigh connections Danville Lynchburg Washington and Charlotte to southern cities with frequent northbound connections to Richmond Baltimore New York and Boston. Officials listed for travel assistance and ticketing.
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Greensboro
Sauville
Richmond
Salisbury
Charlotte
Columbia
Savannah
Charleston
Jacksonville
Atlanta
New Orleans
Asheville
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Nashville
Raleigh
Selma
Goldsboro
Carros Wullman
S. Fast Mail
Danville
Lynchburg
Washington
Leeson]ville
Memphis
Louisville
Cincinnati
St. Jeu
Baltimore
New York
Norfolk
Durham
Aideiress
J B. Spencer
Wash- SA Hardwick
D.C
A Tramp’s One Chance and a Thousand Dollar Bill
A tramp recalls finding a counterfeit thousand dollar bill on a train. He dreams of wealth and a shop, then tries to change the bill in a city store but is rebuffed. Starving and homeless, a kind19 girl helps him with a meal and nods to a plan involving her lover’s business stake. The tale ends with the narrator back in tramp life.
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America
Misery Lover Company
Alexander Ely
Subtle letter shows a son winning sympathy over hardships
A Boston merchant recalls his son’s choice to pursue journalism over law. The boy writes from a San Francisco paper, describes sleeping rough, earning eight dollars weekly, and sending a touching letter to his mother about meals, dorms, and pride. The mother wires back $50, while the father weighs bringing him home.
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Boston
San Francisco
Iere
Jather
Mysel
The Mississippi Valley in Song and Scenic Glory
Excerpt from a Missouri House speech by Robert Lamar extols the Mississippi Valley as a modern garden of beauty. It lauds Ozark autumns, golden sunlight, and cheerful bird songs, contrasting ancient wonders with the valley’s living landscapes and uplifting spirit.
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Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar
Delight
Tennyson
Mississippi Valley
Missouri
Raphael
Rembrandt
Angelo
Reynolds
van Dyck
Ozark Hills
Beethoven
Mozart
Mendelssohn
Handel
Wagner
Emergency Measure At Girls School Praises Service
A boarding school principal is unexpectedly away for weekly prayers. The assistant principal declares a praise service of song as a solution. In Mexico parrots and monkeys are believed to foretell earthquakes, with parrots kept by many for advance warning.
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Lippincott’s
Mexico
A Subtle Plea In A Dover Henhouse Case
An old man known as Uncle Mose is brought before a Dover justice after an incident with a bulldog at a henhouse. The exchange recalls a prior ten day sentence, raising a double jeopardy claim as Mose argues he was after the same chickens.
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Dover
Uncle Mose
Marie Willyam
Origin and evolution of Assyrian cuneiform symbols
The Assyrian writing began as hieroglyphic signs representing objects or ideas. Over time the symbols were gradually simplified and standardized into the form seen on Assyrian monuments, with the writing represented by spear points and arrow head shapes.
Women and marriages cure through Dr. Pierces Favorite Prescription
A promotional piece extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women after marriage and childbirth. It claims to restore health and vigor, reduce pelvic problems, and improve appearance, citing widespread use and endorsements. It also mentions Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, Pleasant Pellets, and offers free consultations and literature.
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Pierce
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
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R. T. Howerton & Son
Old Reliable Modern Funeral
Mangum St
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Southern Railway
N.C
Lene
Her
Boston Advertiser
Lakewood Park
Winchester
A. Re
Durham, N. C
Thomas Hobbes
Hanlon
Melville
Boston Transcript
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