Pensions For Employees On Ill Central Railway Plan
The Illinois Central Railway announces a new pension system for its 40 000 employees to start July 1. It includes a gift of 250 000 dollars and annual appropriations up to 100 000 dollars. Pensions vary by year of service and average pay, with early retirements allowed for certain ages and ten-year service thresholds. The plan covers all officers and most workers but excludes law and surgical staff.
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Illinois, Central Railway
Stuyvesant Fish
Tilipoli Central Railroad Company
Law and Surgical Departments
Board of Pensions
Jefferson Letter Details 18th Century Procurement Request
A Hartford Courant excerpt presents a letter from Thomas Jefferson listing requested groceries and supplies. It outlines quantities of sugar coffee oil spices and staples, mentions shipping concerns and payment, and notes health and work plans while asking for secure packing and freight arrangements. The letter references Monticello and a Rhode Island or Philadelphia supply chain context.
Colds and Insurance Warn of Monthly Costs
A leading insurance journal laments colds costing life insurers about 1,000,000 dollars monthly while urging policyholders to avoid exposure, drafts, and to combat a cold early. It argues prevention rests on healthy action, pure air, clean water, hygiene, and gradual temperature adaptation.
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Saturday Evening Post
Bright as He Was Bad Four Year Old’s Tantrum
A London Tit-Bits fragment describes a charming four year old boy who refuses to obey, sits on the bottom step, kicks his legs, and endures a firm parental discipline. After half an hour a sweet voice asks if the father has recovered and whether he may come down.
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London
Owney the Peddler in Connaught Smithy Tale
A long Irish narrative follows Owney Joyce, the smithy son, and a yellow haired girl bound for Dublin. After a dramatic escape with a mallet and a cart, Owney tracks the pair across Ireland, seeking a fated reunion. In time he confronts the faded woman and learns his destiny, ending with a return to kin and the vow to rear his own children.
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Shamus
Dublin
Owney Joyce
Owney
Desth
Owen Joyce
Smith
Finx
Inez
Caltra
Slater
Owen
Ireland
Patrick
Higg
Anif
Anye
Patrick's Cross
What He Spoke in the Fourth Ward Foreigner Mixup
A dark haired Philadelphian from the Fourth ward travels on a six month European trip with tight funds. Immigration interpreters mistake him for a foreigner as he shakes his head to language questions, then reveals he speaks none of the languages and laughs at the prank. The incident amuses the interpreter and underscores risk of misidentification at the port.
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Fourth Ward
Mocesh Moureet Po Polski
Philadelphia
Wagner as a Pianist and a Tutor’s Remark
The Life of Richard Wagner recalls a Latin tutor predicting failure with the Freischutz overture. Wagner says he refused further piano lessons and admits never learning to play properly. He says he played only overtures for amusement with terrible fingering and feared scales and runs.
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Wagner
Jericho
Richard Wagner
Salmon Hook Ends Quebec Express Race to Breakfast
The Quebec express from St John and Halifax halted when a passenger hooked a big salmon in the Matapedia river. A dignified man in tweeds fought the fish with aid from an Indian guide as the crowd watched, the fish brought to gaff at about 40 pounds, and the train resumed toward breakfast.
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St. John
Halifax
Matapedia
Dominion
Louise
Quebec Express
Shead
Tie
Dignity
New York
Looking Ahead Encore Proves Tired Child Had Prayers
In a light exchange a mother questions Gertie about prayers. Gertie explains she said an encore after morning prayers because she expected to be tired that night, humorously implying she restlessly anticipated bedtime.
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Mamma
Gertie
Puck
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Freeland Tribune
Tribune Printing Company, Limited
Oriice
Main Steeer Avove Cartan
Lord
Jerasce Talemann
Freeland
J. Werpont Morgan
Continents
Europa
America
William H. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Morgan
Paria
New York Stock Exchange
Social Democratic Herald
Norris Silver
North Stratford
N. H
Grover's City Drug Store
Jefferson
Sara T. Kinney
Thomas Jefferson
Monticenta
Delaware
Barnes
Italy
Sam
Tos
Petit
Cassions
P. S
Richmond
Colonel Gamble
Hartford Courant
Fisher Folk
Boston Globe
Owney the Peddler
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