Lost Cars Flow They Are Traced and Found
Philadelphia Press describes how Pennsylvania Railroad tracks thousands of freight cars across the nation. It details daily reports from conductors, clerks and searchers tracing missing cars from New England to San Francisco, noting numbers, routes, and return times.
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San Francisco
Germantown Junction
Pennsylvania Railroad
Union
Texas
Montreal
Reilly
Transportation Department
Worcester
Mass
Pennsylvania Railway
New England
McCully
Fourth Street
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago
Chicago
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Council Bluffs
Union & Central Pacific
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Press
Switchman's Heroism Delays Train Tragedy at Willimantic
An elderly woman, about 70, stepped onto the track as an express train neared Willimantic. The engineer halted theEngine and the switchman Fay, with great presence of mind, pulled her from the rails. She refused a surgeon and chose to walk, though one arm was broken.
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Willimantic
Fay
Norwich
French Canadian swims Grand Lake crossing defying odds
A French Canadian swimmer accepted a fifty dollar bet to cross Grand Lake in Middle Park. He prepared by acclimating to the icy water and swam from shore to shore without apparent difficulty, provoking excitement among locals and old timers who recall past failed attempts.
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Grand Lake
Middle Park
Stover
Sheldon
Love
Hottel
Ort Collins
New England Parlor Goods Preserve Family Heritage
A Chicago Tribune correspondent describes a New England town where the parlor or front room holds family heirlooms, featherbeds, brass irons, and grand clocks. He notes sacred reverence for the room, keepsakes descended to sons, and the old physician who treats locals with roots, bleeding, and a single dental instrument, feared by all who hear the shriek when teeth are pulled.
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Chicago Tribune
First Successful Removal of Part of Human Stomach
Vienna surgeon Professor Theodore Billroth performs a pioneering stomach excision to remove a tumor and roots. Dr. Lewis A. Sayre notes American surgeons have carried out difficult operations, citing a North Carolina case where a rubber tube kept a boy alive after esophageal obstruction. Paris gossip adds theaters and churches now open Sundays.
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Vienna
Proessor Theodore Billroth
Lewis A. Sayre
New York
North Carolina
Billroth
Colors of the Different Races Explained by Skin Tone
The article summarizes race color as a gradient from fair Northern Europeans to dark Negroes, noting newborns are reddish brown and palms soles differ in shade. It cites Broca color patterns for accuracy and mentions varying smells tied to race. Professor E. B. Tyler is referenced.
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Europe
Scandinavia
Germany
England
Broca
E. B. Tyler
Popular Science Monthly
Best Thing for Pap in Court Confession
A Detroit Free Press report recreates a courtroom scene where a man, accused of drunkenness, is challenged by a boy claiming him as his father. The boy insists the man is drunk and liars are punished, leading the judge to consider a sixty day sentence while the father contemplates the berry season losses.
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John Gilbert
Pop
Tommy
Pap
Thomas
Detroit Free Press
Jones
Fear of Disease and Courage Against Illness
A reflection notes that gravediggers and other healthcare workers often avoid pestilence due to fearlessness. It argues fear invites illness and praises calm, clean, brave living. The piece ends with a father's comment about the crying son and a distant sound of music.
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Buenos Ayres
Demand for Bullet-Proof Vests Revealed in Sun Letter
A Sun report from Indian Territory details a letter describing steel jackets and early bullet-proof vests. Gunsmiths across New York shops say no such mass-made vests exist locally, though rumors of American, London, and Paris origins persist. Some versions were said to involve steel plates sewn into a tailored shirt, with weight around five pounds and front panels reaching from collarbone to groin. The piece notes interest from Texas and the Southwest, and hints at a secretive inventor in New York City creating fitted armor under civilian clothing.
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Sun
Indian Territory
London
Paris
Broadway
Maiden Lane
America
Texas
Hints for Mothers From the Loston Transcript
Practical guidance on harsh parenting from a 19th century voice. Advice urges mothers to nitpick and discipline children to shape behavior, including undermining independence, restricting play, and modeling constant dissatisfaction to instill obedience and dependence.
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