Eleanor and Brainard Rescue in Moonlit Cave
In Camp Tampa tale, Eleanor braves robbers to rescue Colonel Sorley and his daughter. Arthur Brainard fights off bandits, is saved by Eleanor, and they unite after thwarting a breakout. The miners execute the deserting crew. Black Sam dies by his own hand. Eleanor and Brainard declare love and plan a future together.
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Jim
Black Sam
Sam
Col. Sorley
Ned
Camp Tampa
Sorley
Jed
Colonel Sorley
Brainard
Eleanor
Arthur Brancard
Black Siam
Arthur Brainard
Coser
Letens
Misa Sorley
Iis
Hecate
Lfe
Clayville
Ortea
Krannard
Lyleanor
Branpard
Black Sam's
Black Bum
Tampa
Taught Jims Lesson from a Detroit Florist Window
A Detroit Free Press piece recalls a man who visits a florist after marriage and is teased about flowers for his wife. The florist questions if affection faded, but the man insists they are happy. the florist offers roses as a reminder of old days, and the flowers are never returned.
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Jims
Detroit Free Press
Spirit Voice on a Night Run and a Burned Bridge
C W Moses of Garrett Indiana recalls a 1885 night run from Garrett to Chicago in a limited express. He says a white pillar fog appeared above Salt Creek bridge, a motherly voice warned that the bridge was burned, and the train stopped twenty feet from the approach as the structure burned away thirty seven feet into the water. Moses, a Methodist, reported guiding a crossing to extinguish the fire before reporting to the conductor.
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C. W. Moses
Garrett
Ind
Ft Wayne
Salt Creek
Salt Creek Bridge
Charlie
The Great Telegraph Bet At Oil City
A fifteenth year tale from Oil City Pennsylvania recalls a hot busy Western Union office where a prank fed by fast sending and a Reno joke ends with the boastful sender discovering the rival operator used an old register. The ruse collapses when he visits Reno to see the legendary breaker and finds the truth.
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Oil City
Western Union
Cys
Keno
Reno
Cullicoon
N. Y
Echo
A New Use for the Telephone in Denver Tramways
Train dispatching by telephone is in its infancy with several tramway systems adopting it. Denver Tramway Company in Colorado boasts a comprehensive setup with a third floor dispatch office, twelve lamps signaling arriving cars, and a key tied to each light. Dispatching occurs without fixed timetables, aiming for even headways, despite multiple simultaneous calls and busy periods. A secondary station at a busy street intersection manages transfers during blockades or heavy traffic.
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Denver Tramway Company
Colorado
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The Kattirs as astonishing water youths
The passage describes Kattir boys as extraordinary swimmers who ford streams shoulder high. They use a heavy stone placed on the head to gain balance against strong currents, with dropping the stone risking being swept away.
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