Rail schedule notice for Cumberland arrivals and departures
On and after November 25 1900 trains Vra ins arrive at and depart from Cumberland. Express: No 72 Grafton and Way arrives 4 50 p m No 71 No 55 arrives 2 30 p m leaves 3 02 p m No 5 arrives 2 50 p m Cincinnati and St Louis Limited Express: No 1 arrives 8 04 p m leaves 8 10 p m
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Sass
Grafton and Way
Chicago
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Cincinnati and
Limited
Express train schedule notes and ticketing details
No 10 Express arrives 2:58 am and No 46 Express 6:10 pm. No 16 Coulsville Local arrives 6:20 pm. No 12 Limited Express 10:29 pm. No 14 Mail 12:17 pm. No 6 Limited Express 12:27 pm. Leaving times listed for eastbound and westbound trains on Main Line. Sundays limited to local Cumberland to Pittsburg and back. Through tickets to Cumberland sold. officials noted: M A Clarke ticket agent, F D Undernoon general manager, D B Mannin deputy manager passenger traffic.
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Ives
Coulsville
Limited
Pittsburg Limited
Con'Ilsville
Love
Aheaney
Chicago Limited
Cumberland
Pittsburg
M.A. Clarke
F. D. Undernoon
D. B. Manrin
Deel
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Schedule
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad passenger timetable lists train numbers and operating days. It notes trains 1 and 2 run Sundays only, with 6 and 7 on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays, and special theatre-night adjustments with No 7 departing Cumberland at close of portmanteau. All trains stop at Haystre station. L M Hamilton signs March General Manager.
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Cumberland
Portarna Fe
Haystre Station
L. M. Hamilton
March
Too Old to Be Loved Poem by John Riley Thacker
Poem reflects aging, love, and longing with a speaker who laments being too old for romance or employment. It contrasts youth’s diversions with aging’s ache, notes memory of youth, and ends affirming belief in friendship despite time’s toll. Published in Galveston News and attributed to John Riley Thacker.
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John Riley Thacker
Galveston
General Arranges Fast Wedding In Provincial Tex
A German tale translated for the Pittsburg Dispatch tells of a stern general who travels by telegram to resolve a family honor crisis. He confronts a tailor's daughter, persuades reluctant parents, quells the fear of a harsh nephew, and insists the marriage proceed at once to avert scandal.
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Magdalen Monastary
Tom
Traving
Onis
Province
Belshazzar
Ile
Este
Lis
Tie
Pandon
Pittsburg Dispatch
Road improvement via farmer led stone roads in New York
A New York farming community tests Europe like stone roads. Farmers fund and operate rock crushers, paving three to five miles yearly by local taxation. In Maine, Edwin McIntyre widens a road by pounding stones into pebbles over 25 years, earning road tax credit.
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Rockland
Edwin McIntyre
Maine
MecIntyre
Zeb White and the moonshine bear trap tale
The old possum hunter Zeb White recounts trapping moonshine smugglers, dodging a bear, and a near fatal trap misfire. A tense night ride, a bear attack, and a comic confrontation with Potts lead to a rash quarrel and a dramatic retreat, ending with Zeb’s blunt verdict on his partner.
Thoughtfulness and effort in work and life
A merchant rebukes a clerk for not thinking to secure a sale, noting you are paid to think. The piece asserts thought drives success and that brains exist to be used, not merely displayed. It claims much failure comes from thoughtlessness and emphasizes the power of deliberate thinking.
Clergyman's Daughter Recalled in Stray Stories Quote
A dialogue excerpt notes a rector and his wife in an amused balance of roles with a misdirector label. The exchange centers on a clergyman's daughter as the cited subject in a literary vignette from Stray Stories.
Farmers bear loss from bad roads across the nation
The article states the US farmers lose at least a quarter of the total home value of annual farm products due to bad roads. It cites a national home product value of about 2.5 billion dollars and road-caused losses near 600 million dollars, a burden shifted to consumers and dealers.
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United States
Road conditions raise hauling costs nationwide
General Roy Stone notes average national hauling costs at 10 cents per ton mile, while New England averages 82 cents and New Jersey 7 to 10 cents. He argues bad roads cause market access losses, product waste, and deter cultivation requiring speedy markets.
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United States
New England
New Jersey
Roy Stone
Bad Roads Hurt U S Business On Poor Roads
Businesses nationwide feel the impact as bad roads hamper commerce and travel. Boards of trade and commercial bodies push for better road networks to relieve widespread economic strain and improve transportation efficiency.
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Boards of Trade
United States
Indication of Advancing Age and Eyeglasses Story
A New York Sun anecdote on aging and eyesight notes the struggle to read print as vision fades with age. The speaker recalls resisting glasses but eventually accepting them after realizing numbers and dates blurred. Now clear, figures appear as plainly as letters, illustrating the aging eye.
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New York Sun
Rose to the Occasion at German Railway Station
A Washington Dost item recalls American tourists at Grunenwald station in Germany. A brisk, comic scene follows as peaches are eaten and a tart remark from a spirited American girl coolly defies a disapproving English matriarch. The tale ends with a cheeky line about “that with them feet.”
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Arts
Germany
Grunenwald
Sam
Mamma
Claral
Clara
Washington
Emersons stance on tobacco and stimulants
The text debates tobacco as a marketable commodity versus nature supplied stimulants. Emerson, a nonuser, advocates abolition, arguing tea and conversation provide healthier excitation and that tobacco is a rough tool that harms delicate brain tissues.
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Emerson
Enlisted Man Confounds Court Martial With Paper
A Cassell's Magazine writer recalls a soldier in a court martial who, after lengthy testimony, asserts in defense that Major Jones has been reading a paper under the table, Captain Smith tortures him into a karieatoor on the blotting pad, and Lieutenant Brown lacks a year of service or commission.
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Cassell
Grandson Recounts Tales of Grandfather’s Feats
A Chicago Tribune piece quotes two boys, one with a snub nose and the other dirty face, recalling their grandfathers. The snub-nosed boy says his grandfather could run ten miles without stopping, while the other recalls a 25 minute prayer at a meeting, noting it seemed endless.
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Potts
Bekase
Sle
Old Ephraim
Watts
Brey
Dan'l
Chicago Tribune
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