Clarence Shank's Grain Car Journey Home
Eleven year old Clarence Shank secretly boards a grain car at Binghamton to ride toward home. The car’s doors close, he endures a freezing, hours long journey across the Erie rails before being found near Tioga Center and limping home via a cold, hungry, valiant trek.
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Agame
Clarice
Erie Railroad
Abram Shank
Clarence
Ure
Binghamton
Dinrell
Hank
Shank
Reoffice
Inghamton
Clarence Shank
Italy
Cuanence
Renee
Din
Clarhte
Great West
West
United States
Barton
Tioga Center
Hle
Oswego
Union
Lycking
Erie Road
Carefulness In Old Age Warns Against Sudden Strain
The piece compares an elderly person to an old wagon and an old bone, warning that light care preserves usefulness while heavy loads or sudden stress can ruin health. It urges gratitude for age yet stresses caution to avoid abrupt deterioration from common risks such as harsh work, bad weather, improper medicine, or overeating.
Fragmented Wit and Verse in Late 19th Century Society
A kaleidoscope of jokes, aphorisms, and bon mots from an English contemporaries column. Quotations about bedmats and beds, tea cup fortune tellers, and absurd sayings on teachers, ministers, and trades. The compilation interweaves humor about travel, religion, and social manners with brief moral quips asides.
How to 70 West Route Guide Promotes Burlington Route
A 19th century ad touts the Burlington Route as the best passenger line to the west. It highlights direct service from Burlington through Southern Town to Nebraska and Kansas with connections to California and territories. Readers can obtain a free pamphlet titled How to go West from the General Passenger Agent in Burlington Iowa.
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Burlington
Nebraska
Kansas
California
Territories
Freeport
West
Great West
Iowa
Kansas Pacific Railway Promotes Homes and Healthful Travel
The Kansas Pacific Railway runs from Kansas City to Denver through Kansas offering rare opportunities for homes in productive country. It notes state institutions along the line and Kansas agricultural superiority, plus travel appeal for invalids with Colorado air and Denver springs. Take a trip and settle along its route.
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Kansas Pacific Railway
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Kansas
Denver
Colorado
State Capitol
State University
State Agricultural College
United States Agricultural Reports
Philadelphia
Richmond
Boston
Albany
Mail Registers Arrive at Freeport Post Office
Mail registers arrive at Freeport post office with closing hours posted for the service.
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Maila
Freeport
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Garenied Shank
Adventurs
Jon Leean
Oita
Pacific Slope
Quaker Peace Commissioners
Johnny
Ishpeming
America
Arkansas
James Magill
Connecticut
Hatteras
East
John
Maria B
Henry B
Scotland
Sandy
Mail Register
Chicago
N.W.R
C. EN. W
Southern
I. O. R. Basesvveld
Dubuque
Eth
W.U.A
Monroe Tee
Cedarville
Orangeville
Oneco
Shuey’s
Yankee Hollow
Stockton
Ward’s Grove
Derinds
Silver Creek
Smith D.atkiy
Lega
Illinois
Stephenson County
Said County
Richard Meer
Berend Janssen
Nelo Janssen
Hendricus Jansesen
Hermans Janssen
Katharina Janssen
Nicholas Janssen
James I. Neff
Henry C. Hyde
James I. Neffus
Richard Meyer
Etec
I. C
Stephenson
Chancery
J.M. Bailey
Sol
Defonmant
James Iven
Akansas
COL
New Mexico
UTAM
Pacific Coast
Ildia
Hannibal, ST. Joseph
Mississippi
Missouri
Pullman
Quiwcy
Far West
Quincy
Cheyenne
Salt Lake
Sacramento
San Francisco
St. Joseph
Omaha
Hannibal & St. Joseph
P. B. Groat
Lyford
Robert J. Culverwell
Chas. J. ¢. Klin Ca
Bowery
New York
Freeport Journal
Ateam
Book & Job Printing Office
Journal Block
Freeport, Ills
Bill
Dodgers
Buffalo
A. Coulter & CO
Charlotte
Mid
Aurora. Commercial College
Jennings’ Seminary
G. W. Quereat
A. M. Aurora
Bunyan
John Ei
Potter & Co
Livingstone
Africa
Stanley
Uttit
Valley Publishing Co
Nois
Stinson & CO
Portland
John Kirk
Ohio
S Notich
Nelson D. Beebe
Tillnois
Court House
Thenr YM
Barnum
Holland & CO
Billiard
S. G. Arnstrong
Berrien
Michigan
P.O. Boxby
HIOS
A. Connolly
Washington, D.C
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