North American to Run Exclusive Despatch Train
The Philadelphia North American arranged with four railroads to operate a special train delivering the paper along Bethlehem to Pittston on the Lehigh Valley line and Wilkes-Barre area routes. Beginning December 11, it delivers news 3 to 5 hours earlier, with higher costs and extra staffing. The piece also notes political and legal shots about canal fortifications and public figures, with sardonic tone about pardons and Mercier.
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Philadelphia North American
Philadelphia
Reading
Lehigh Valley
Delaware and Hudson
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Bethlehem
Pittston
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Wilkesbarre
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
North American
Jericho's Public Flag Plan Ends In Dispute And Mockery
Enos Hopkins sparks a Jericho patriotism scheme to display an American flag year round. Townsfolk vow support, pledge funds, and offer locations for the flag until a heated dispute and prankish critique unravel the effort, leaving the plan unresolved.
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C. B. Lewis
Enos Hopkins
Jericho
A Porter’s Mistake in a Dining Car Satchel Mixup
A Chicago News item recounts a porter and a traveling party aboard a dining car where a misdelivered satchel leads to a whisker mix up. The porter confesses he opened the wrong satchel and returns to the platform to face an irate tragedian about missing whiskers.
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Chicago News
The Dant of Ocean Dust on Decks and Sailcloth
The article argues dust accumulates on ships despite cleanliness. It contrasts modern liners burning coal with wind jammers manned by few sailors, noting sailing ships collect more sea dust due to canvas acting as a dust collector. Marine source.
The Star Chamber and Its Abolition in 1641
The star chamber, named for stars on the ceiling in Westminster rooms, was an ancient court with broad powers but could not impose death. Abolished by Parliament in 1641 under Charles I, it nevertheless sentenced that monarch to be beheaded in the same star chamber.
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Joel
Deacon Spooner
Cooper Shop
Squar Joslyn
Hoss
Lish Billings
Lish
Jericho
Agaan
M. Quan
King's Palace
Westminster
Pencil Lead Origins and 19th Century Conquests
The dialogue notes a poet Rymer feeling hurt by a remark about there being only one Shakespeare. It then recounts the lead pencil's origin in Hogland in 1564 under Queen Elizabeth and notes England’s 1848 conquest of the Orange Free State and its evacuation six years later.
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Rymer
Hogland
Elizabeth
England
Orange Free State
Sagacious horses recall memories and seek revenge
Anecdotes recount horses remembering injuries and acting with remarkable intelligence. A rider guides unknown routes by trusting his horse two years after initial trial. A Newark horse saves a child from a streetcar, and obstinate horses resist until coerced or calmed. Other tales involve a Boston horse killing a master after a corn bait trick and an Irish horse attacking a cruel man. Sir Henry Irving receives a snub from a Highland driver with a witches joke.
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Broad Street
Newark
N. J
Boston
Chicago Times-Herald
Henry Irving
Scotland
Eadh
Macbeth
Sir Kenry
Saved His Dog in Kansas City Officer Reassures Boy
A 10 year old boy leading his dog Shep to the central police station protests the dog’s perceived license issue. Chief McFarland comforts him, agrees not to kill, and sends them home with Shep. The scene shows compassion of police. A second note introduces English rider Frederick Leicester Barwell with pony Jumbo in hunting attire.
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Central Police Station
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas City Star
Shep
Frederick Leicester Barwell
S& Years
Frederick
Tableaux or Story Pictures Game Rules
A party game for any number uses pencils and paper. Players sketch a famous scene from history or fiction then draw from a hat to name subjects without the artist. Those who fail drop out. repeat until one winner remains, with a “hooby” prize to the first to drop out.
Easy Way to Fish and Nursery Rhyme Snippets
A curious old text blends a note on Pacific coast fishing by Indigenous peoples using surface-drawn fish shoals with a playful verse about Swinging Dolly in a hammock and a classroom joke. It juxtaposes natural history anecdote with children’s poetry and a child’s mischief.
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Northwest America
San Francisco
Sitka
Pacific Coast
Dolly
Mamma
Ehigh Valley Railroad Timetable Summary 1900
Passenger train schedule shows departures from Freeland at 812 am 818 am and 840 pm to Weatherly Mauch Chunk Allentown Bethlehem Easton Philadelphia and New York with subsequent stops to Sandy Run White Haven Wilkes-Barre Scranton and beyond. Arrivals at Freeland listed from Weatherly Pottsville Ashland Shenandoah Mahanoy City Hazleton and Scranton. Officials Kollin H Wilbur and Charles S Lee with division details for Hazleton junction Drifton Deringer and Sheppton routes.
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Ehigh Valley Railroad
Thalne
Freeland
Weatherly
Mauch Chunk
Allentown
Bethlehem
Euston
Philadelphia
New York
Sandy Run
White Haven
Wilkes-Barre
Pittston
Scranton
Huzicton
Mahanoy City
Shenandoah
Ashland
Westherly
Easton
Mt. Carmel
Shamokin
Pottsville
Ilkes-Barre
All Points West
Alpalentown
Bethleiem
Hazleton
Wilkes-Laurie
Huston
York
Wilkes-Harre
Kite Haven
Kollin H. Wilbur
Cortlandt Street
New York City
Chas
Lee
J.T. Keith
Hazleton Junction
Harwood
Cranberry
Tomhicken
Deringer
Oneida Junction
Harwood Road
Humboldt Aad
Oneida
Sheppton
Tombick N
Hazieton Junction
Humboldt Road
Koan
Beaver Meadow Road
Stockton
Hasle Brook
Eckley
Jeddo
Dritton
Haziebrook
Kekley
Drifton
Jeansville
Audenried
Traction Company
Wilkeebarre
Sunbury
Harrisburg
Pointe West
Aalie
Luther GO. Smith
Alleny schoolteacher and the drowned hat incident
A Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph brief recounts an Alleny schoolteacher reprimanding a pupil who fled a room through a window leaving his hat. The boy later learns he is dead from drowning, shown by her blunt Monday denial and the hat’s recovery after her shock.
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Alleny
Pittsburg
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Tribune Printing Company, Limited
Orrick
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Newspaper Enterprise
Pennsylvania
Senate
United States
Nicaraguan Canal
Hay
House
Don M. Dickinson
Democratic Party
General White
Wingree
General Mercier
Dreyfus
Pap Perkins
Telly
Bunker Hill
Enos
Llosen Saunders
Itosea
Philetus Williams
Abraham White
Abijah Davison
Joel Hardiman
Dan Skinner
Darius Waterman
Ablijah Davison
Joel Hardman
Sayer
Robin Redbreast
Tommy
Alps
St. Gothard
Lucerne
Como
Simplon
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