Railway Timetable Fragments From Early 1900s Rail Lines
Fragmentary timetable notes list routes and times for various lines including Northbound and St Louis connections. Partial entries show destinations Muskogee St Paul Saint Louis and Fort Smith with noonday and evening departures. The text indicates an official change effective July 19 1908 by agent W P McNain.
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Fayetteville
South Nound
Texas Limited
Ft. Smith Pass
North Hound
K.O
St. Louis Smih
St. Paul
St. Louis Ld
W.P. McNain
Agt
Clarke Pleaded Guilty in Clarksville Bank Robbery Case
Joe Clarke pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the Clarksville bank robbery that killed Sheriff John Powers. Judge Moose sentenced him to 21 years. Jim Wallace, also charged, will be sent to Nebraska to complete a ten year bank robbery sentence. Sheriff King escorted both inmates to Little Rock for safekeeping until Nebraska officials arrive.
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Clarksville
Joe Clarke
John Powers
Moose
Jim Wallace
Nebraska
King
Little Rock
Clarke
Wallace
Grand jury indicts eighteen men in Danville lynching case
The grand jury reports true bills against eighteen men and one woman in Danville Illinois for defacing property attempting to murder the sheriff and prisoners rioting and unlawful assembly. All are under arrest awaiting arraignment Saturday morning.
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Danville
Ill
Alarm at Vesuvius as eruptions intensify near Rome
Heavy eruptions cause loud, continuous detonations and two lava streams from the crater. One stream threatens Ottajuno as shaking rocks the region. Despite panic and crowded churches, experts insist there is no imminent disaster.
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Rome
Pal Crater
Ottajuno
Pension Fraud By Northern Man Targets Southern Blacks
Atlanta August 13 Thousands of dollars were collected from Black residents across Georgia and Florida by a Northern man named Mitchell who claimed to work for Senator Hanna. Mitchell promised pensions to ex slaves in exchange for funds and fled last week after taking roughly 86 000. Senator Hanna warned the Black communities against him and denounced Mitchell as a fraud.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Florida
Mitchell
Mark Hanna
Ohio
South
Hanna
F. B. Wileson
Hanna Wilson
Mer Urs Reo Ctoton On Ey Tivods Hood's Sureaparilla Ft Tonic
The readable text fragment mentions a product claim for Hood's Sarsaparilla plus tonic. It references a tonic advertisement style and a claim of strengthening effects, attributed to a 19th century advertising voice. The rest of the line is garbled and unreadable.
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Mer
Hood
Sureaparilla
Tonic
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