Little Jim and the Loyalist Nurse on a War Road
A dramatic Civil War vignette follows Little Jim, a wounded young sergeant, as a compassionate woman nurse guards him in a rural cabin. Rebels threaten, but she defends him with a carbine, while his fellow soldiers bring a lasting, humane justice after the deserter is captured. The story ends with Jim’s return visits and a rebuilt life for the nurse and family.
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Little Jim
Iag
Jim
Ian
Fife
Groy
Wordo
Daniel
Hia
Bevan
Mary
Indianapolis Lawyer's Counterfeit Case Ends in Haste
Judge Francis J. Keinbard of Germano era and Indiana law practice defended a man charged with circulating counterfeit money. After a fierce preliminary hearing the client was discharged, paid twelve silver dollars as a fee, and later the same coins proved counterfeit at a bank. The two men discovered the coins were fake.
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Francis J. Keinbard
Indianapolia
Crown Point
Indianapoulis Sentinel
Reinhard
Reinard
Frank
Moosehead Lake Storm Test of Horse Instinct
A Lewiston Street laborer recalls a January lake storm that trapped four on sleds. With blinding snow and ice the men circled their path until an old wolfdog advised the horses, which instinctively carried them toward shore and safety.
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Moosehead
Joseph Williame
Lewiston
Lewistop Journal
Limited ivory production from elephant tusks discussed
The article explains the difficulty of obtaining a perfect ivory slab over six inches in diameter from the tusk. It notes the upper end is hollow and coarser than the usable part, and mentions that every part of the tusk is utilized, with chips and candust turned into ivory black by burolog.
Clipping Bureau Draws Women and News Interest
The top floor of the Judge Building in New York hosts a clipping bureau where 800 papers are processed daily. Three thousand subscribers, mostly women, include writers, actresses, society figures, and Mrs. Potter Palmer, who received 1,311 notices in May. Clara Barton fought back after a false starvation rumor, ending repeated reprints after she objected.
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Judge Building
Fifth Avenue
New York
New York Sun
Authoressey
Potter Palmer
Palmer
Chicago
Clara Barton
Miss Barton
Owgressman
Pittsburgh Man Praises Philadelphia Sewer Venture
Francis Heslop of Pittsburgh hails Philadelphia's plan to build a massive sewer along the Arundag canal using pine piles and rock bottom supports. Engineers debate the project’s daring scope and cost potentially reaching yd,000,000 as the state weighs its feasibility and impact on a long standing drainage problem.
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Philadelphia
Reyson
Francis Heslop
Pittsburgh
Louisa Globe
Democrat
Aruidag Canal
Varied Laws Make Damages A Pinch For Employers
A Chicago paper argues that legal damages for injuries from railroad accidents range wildly from 10 000 to 850 000. It cites a case where a storekeeper was held liable for an eye injury caused by a prankish cash boy, prompting warnings to employers about supervising youthful employees.
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Chicago
New York
Court of Common Pleas
Inter Ocean
A Conscientious Railroader Meets a Yardmaster
A travelogue sketch describes a railroad worker in Chenango Valley encountering a yardmaster who refuses use of private paper from a desk full of linen sheets. The narrator pays with two dimes as a rebuff, and later praises Miltsburmyb Dust’s larger-hearted colleague in Miltsburmyb.
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Chenango Valley
Vanderbilt Fence At Fifth Avenue And Thirty Eight Street
The Vanderbilt palace fence on Fifth Avenue near Thirty-Eighth Street draws comments from visitors and out-of-town writers. An iron work firm says the ten to twelve foot tall fence is wrought iron not cast iron, well made and cost Mr. Vanderbilt forty two thousand dollars. The fence is not on holiday display this season.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue
Thirty-Eight
Pars
Berlin
Irm
Iron Workers
Vanderbilt
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Malcolm Douglas
St. Nicholas
Kingston Press
Limited
Ivory
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