Wreck of a Famous Locomotive Looms in Memory of Johnstown
A celebrated locomotive No 1149 once alarmed the Johnstown flood is found wrecked near Altoona after a later life as a shifter Its brass fittings and bell were stripped by relic hunters The engine was toppled between two coal trains in a near miss after being moved from Conemaugh to Johnstown The distraught mother and husband travel from camp to camp seeking their lost child.
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Johnstown
Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Conemaugh
B. and Q. Telegraph Station
W. D. Thomas
Thomas
Not on Lodge Business Aims to Call in Old Bill
A caller identifies as agent for Spotcash & Co. and asks Mr. Smythe, the Grand Potentate, to settle a lingering seventy five cent debt. He climbs rickety stairs to press the matter, insisting the bill be paid to avoid further intrusion.
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Order of Muckamucks
Mr. Smythe
Higgins
Spotcash & Co
Smythe
A Fated Man and the Appomattox Treaty Site
Confederate officer relates a tale about McLean the landowner whose property hosted Beauregard and Longstreet at Manassas and later the Appomattox peace signing. The account links McLean to fate as the war chased him from Virginia to Mississippi and back to the courthouse settlement.
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Grant
Lee
Appomattox Court House
McLean
Beauregard
Manassas
Longstreet
Mississippi
Virginia
Romance of a Family Kidnapped Daughter Search
A Virginia border gypsy family seeks their kidnapped daughter after a Scotland childhood. The girl vanished after leaving home for a friend, prompting a wide search by neighbors and authorities as the tale blends pathos and romance.
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Nelson
Albemarle County
Virginia
Scotland
Tragedy on Paris Stage Ends in Pro pmter Death
A Paris Theatre des Gobelins performance of L Oisseau Blue was halted during the third act when the prompter died. The leading lady forgot her lines as the prompter slept and collapsed. Actors paused, the body was removed, a new prompter took over, and the play continued.
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Theater Des Gobelins
Paris
E Pluribus Unum on Early US Coins Not Authorized
The motto appeared on coins before a US mint was established and was not authorized by law. It first showed up in 1786 on a privately minted Newburg copper coin, about two cents in value, now highly valuable to collectors. In 1787 Brasher minted a $16 gold piece, a rarity with four known examples, each valued around $3,000, bearing the motto in a mixed form Unum E Pluribus.
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United States
Congress
Newburg
N. Y
Brasher
I Fell in Love Amid Battle of the Wilderness
Mayor Dan Thompson recalls falling in love with a young woman during the Wilderness fight. He describes aiding a wounded Confederate teen, delivering a sister's portrait after the war, and later forming a Baltimore business with the brother.
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Mer
Dan Thompson
Richmond
Baltimore
Expedited Irish Worker Faces Rough Road Task
An Irish immigrant with a horse and cart is ordered to move stones to a gully near a public road. After a misdirected tilt, he tips the cart and horse into the chasm, quipping that the speedy method is indeed trying to the beast.
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Green Isle
Paddy
Bedad
Sisal Grass of Yucatan Its Remarkable Cord Making
The sisal grass of Yucatan is a remarkable vegetable product, growing in long blades up to four or five feet. When dry the blade curls, forming a cord stronger than any cotton string of equal size ever manufactured.
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Yucatan
Publisher weighs one syllable Shakespeare for schools
A Philadelphia publisher considers issuing a Shakespeare edition using only one syllable words for primary schools. The idea seems odd but many of Shakespeare’s strongest lines rely on brief words and simple phrasing.
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Philadelphia
Shakespeare
Corns Financial School and Up To Date Volume Ad
An advertisement for Corns Financial School by W H Harvey with illustrated 150 page edition priced at 50 cents paper 64 illustrations. It promotes Coin s Financial School and Up To Date bound in cloth combined for 1 09 with popular and better paper editions and a Fort Wayne Times-Post notice.
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Corn’s Financial School
W. H. Harvey
Corn
Chicago
Financial School
United States
Coin’s Financial School
Coin
Times-Post
Fort Wayne
Harvey-Laughlin
Limes-Post
Fort Wayte
Muncie Route Offers Low Round Trip Rates
Washington Indiana October 6 10 B P six ninety five round trip offers to Michigan Wisconsin hunts excursions information at the north depot Fort Wayne for tickets on above dates. Agents of the Nickel Plate read for details.
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Washington
Ind
North Depot
Fort Wayne
Michigan
Wisconsin
Hunter’s
Hunter's Rates to Michigan and Wisconsin Travel Tickets
Farmers and merchants see corrected daily wheat oats corn rye barley and other commodities at Fort Wayne markets. Nickel Plate Road agents offer Hunter's Rates to Michigan and Wisconsin with tickets on sale until November 15. Post printing office requests business.
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Bush & Co
Hunter’s
Michigan
Wisconsin
Nickel. Plate Road
A Tale Two Nations by W. H. Harvey
A popular edition notice for a 302 page love story about de monetization and its alleged impact on American prosperity. Described as fascinating and instructive with engaging internet-era appeal. Prices listed: 25 cents popular edition 50 cents extra quality paper cloth 1.00 dollar cloth.
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W. H. Harvey
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Klee
Park Place
Hurch ST
Tae Pennsylvania Station
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Station
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N.Y
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Tessna
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Muncie
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John Mohr
J.£. Peltier
Undertaker
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Hunter
Fort Waynes, Ind
Ft. Wayne
Cincinnati
Louisville
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Lake Erie & Western Railtoa
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New Castle
Rushville
Canada
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Philley
Ft. W
C. and Li Railroad
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HC Parker
Indianapolis
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Boston Limited
Toledo Express
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Cee Ceee
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Eee Lafayette Accom
Pacific Express
Kansas City Express
Lafayette Accom’n
St. Louis Limited
New York Palace
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Pacific Limited Express
Cannon Ball
Kansas City
R.G Thompson
Suil
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
T Wayne
Grand Rapids
North
Easton
East Berry Street
Fort Wayne, Inc
Tazs- Post
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