Impromptu Race on New York Central Train
A Buffalo express tale recounts a rivalry between Erie and Central trains on the Niagara River route. A scheming woman on the train triggers the chase by delaying the Central, while passengers react with comic intensity as the Erie pulls ahead toward the Falls. The narrator exits mid-adventure, leaving the outcome untold.
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Buffalo Express
Mississippi
New-York Central
Buffalo
Falls
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Tonawanda
la Salle
Central
Erie
Darkeay
Logan
LaSgue
Italian Army Marital Rule Eases for Officers
A long standing royal rule in Italy restricting officer marriages to those with sufficient private income has been revised by the King. The change raises the allowable marriage income, enabling officers to marry openly rather than secretly, aligning with soldierly conduct. A thunderstorm near Fort Wayne, Ind. killed Henry Gerke, 35, leaving a wife and three children. In Chicago, a $2,000 damages suit was filed over a bred mare killed by a train after a field gate was left open. The text ends with a moral note on charity reducing strife.
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Legion of Benedicc
Hia Majsty
Italy
Chicago
C. EL
Ace I. Case
T. Remy
Mr. Case
District nominations and notable 1834 events reported
The item lists Democratic nominations in Missouri and North Carolina, a 1834 trade deficit figure, a lynching in Arkansas, a painter's death in Louisville, and a Texas governor’s stay of execution. It also notes deaths, an Odd Fellows appointment, a cathedral organist’s death, a South Carolina ex-governor's arrest, Virginia assembly summons, Cuban lumber yard fire, Mexico’s electoral exhibition, Archbishop Ryan's transfer to Philadelphia, and Montreal shipowners addressing overcharges.
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Missouri
A. M. Dockery
Dan Oliver
Lagan County
Ark
Theodore Dempster
Louisville
Ireland
Texas
Bill Bass
North Carolina
James W. Reed
Rockingham County
Congress
Richard D. Holman
Boonville
W. L. Walters
Utica
Odd Fellows’ National Relief Association
Madison
Wis
Frank Elder
Fort Wayne
Ind
Moses
South Carolina
Chicago
Boston
Cameron
General Assembly of
Virginia
Richmond
Matanzas
Cuba
Senor Zabola
Disparate August 1 News Clips From Across U S Papers
A mix of brief items includes a German steamer collision near a lightship with one crewman lost, two freight trains colliding near Lancaster, indictments against unlicensed medical practitioners, a murder trial in Punracrce, a railway official's resignation in St. Louis, a Washington librarian’s death, plant layoffs at Westinghouse, a political nomination in Coromaca, and a Nebraska lightning strike killing four daughters. The selection reflects varied 19th century U S reportage.
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Chautauqua
the Evening Observer
Blackwell
Durham Tobatco Co
Begy Trust
Durhart
Herald
New York
Philadelphia
Times
Durham
N. C
Tobacco Plant
New Orleans
Times- Democrat
Cincinnati
Enquirer
Danyers
San Francisco
Chronicle
Blackwell's Dumax Tobacco Co
Derna
N.C
DR. Thomas
Thomas
Gray
Carter
Marten
Gray Medicine CO
N.Y
Ree
ULAR
Union Square
Tinker
Jamestown N.Y
New
New York Central
Hare
Gott
Rome
Cori
Fort Wasse
Henry Gerke
Senor Mexia
Mexico
Sryan
Philadelphis
Philapenruta
Catholic Standard
Ryan
St Louis
Mahoney
Steendard
Hesort
Moxtreal
Montreal
Inna
Swansea
Washington
Alu
Cook
James Reeman
Cottis
Lancaster
Pennsylvania Railroad
State Board of Health
Murrayavitte
Prrracrcn
Murrays- Fille Gas
Pitranchin
August L
Wardwell District
St. Louis
J. Frey
Geneva
Frey
Camppry
Paul Stevens
House of Representatives
Lincoln and Grint
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
Converse
Coromaca
Joseph WH. Outhwaite
Canares
George
Bratnice
Neb
Nathan Miller
Xerryville
Kan
Whli
Toop
Weil
Hood
Tlood
Glilo0d & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mase
Hoop
A. L. Benedict
Monogram
St. James Horet
Dunkirk
T. Hoole & CO
Seta, Herr
Wilkes-Barre Coal
Chesnut Stowe
Vated Coad
Weland Porritt
Fritz Meeker
Northest
Wes
Weare
Dr. Froad
Perry Py
Coleman & Chealtn
Brupeist
Swim Street
Erffato
Dr. Bread
All Drugerate
Wm. H.steiner
N. ¥. Herald
Exc Iy
Sayee
M. M. Fenner
Fredonia
Hon. J. &. Lake
THE
NEW York Tribune
Fenner
Dr. Fenner
H. P. Monroe
Tatu & Co
W.G. Alling & Co’s
Lion Street
W.G. Alling & CO
Lion Street Hardware
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