Be a good boy and come home again in Chicago 2
A long Chicago parade scene centers on Eugene Brockway returning from the Cuban campaign. A crowd cheers and a kiss is shared as a beloved message Be a good boy and come home again echoes through the station. A later romance unfolds around Miss Hardman and Judge Judson, leading to a double wedding plan in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poseeager Station
Chicago
Biw
Eugene Brockway
Springfell
Tim Wire
Cibo
Smyr
Bouwe
Brockway
Santiago
maHlen
Maine
Cuba
Hurdom
Horace Judson
Horace
Lile
Jodson
Tim
Hardman
Wren
Abe
Misa
Miss Hardman
Atlee Aardman
Judson
Malmo
Gene
Acuy Hospital
Naime Hardman
Woman Sacrifices Life to Save Boy on Long Island Rail
A 23 year old farmer's wife near Lyndhurst gave up mercy to push her boy from the eastbound track as a speeding train bore down. She saved the child but died instantly, leaving a social note on boardinghouse life and human kindness amid the rural community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mersie
Tom
Bervie Finpulee
Mrn
Joni Rommefroh
Bhe Wie
Hying
Lyndhurst
Badslon
Long
Ita
Ler
Sorame
Yorbelt
Torbelt
Henaa
Crain
Long Island City
Graphite in Wisconsin and Portage County Mine Promise Wealth
Graphite in Wisconsin, notably Portage County, shows high carbon grades up to 72 percent and a potential wealth source. Discovery by F. E. Taggart in 1883 and later work by A. A. Melotyzy led to the Portage County Graphite and Mineral Tatot Manufacturing Company. Nationally, Meantime, the largest US mine is in Michigan with 14 percent, while other sources include Mexico and South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jala
United States
Wisconsin
Merosa
Portage County
F. E Taggart
Stevens Posse
Taggart
Frog
le Mate
A. A. Melotyzy
Stevens Point
Graphic
Mineral Tatot Manufacturing Company
Delog
Oater
Wistonia
Mexico
Ava Sevila
Cerin
Liberiz
Chicago
Imachinery
South Carolan
Algo
Xée Mexico
Telegraph Friends Who Know Each Other Without Meeting
A Laughing New Orleans Times-Democrat report notes how telegraph operators who have never met create vivid mental pictures of each other through conversation, calling the phenomenon amusing and remarkable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat
New Orleans Times
Corin
A Sudden Train Tragedy and a Long-Lost Story
A crash catastrophe unfolds as a woman sacrifices herself to save others, with a wounded engineer, a child rescued, and a tearful crew. The scene shifts to a reflective reminiscence about telegraphers, youth, and a chance meeting in Pittsburg, where the narrator recalls a peculiar elder with a gray beard.
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Tou
Neily
Ohio
Pittsburg
Blake
C.D
Deeds Away His Daughter in Odd Real Estate Deal
A weird tale from Redding, Owl features Josiah W Davia’s youngest daughter Miss Ida Davia, described as a pretty girl with dark eyes, given to Rudolph Ott “as if she were real estate.” The girl is bundled with fifteen mining claims in a disputed deal, suggesting a chromo like arrangement.
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Aime
Ida Davia
Josiah W . Davia
Redding
Owl
Rudolph Ott
Life in a Boarding House Ten Fearn on Table Talk
A piece from Table Talk lauds boarding house life for social value and home feeling. It argues conversation at the table drives comfort and belonging for guests, beyond food and warmth, noting cheerful greetings and shared chats sustain mood.
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Brea
Cavee Incanby
Anya
Tua
Dew York
Mrs Hazen Answers Critic With Witty Finance Retort
At a Washington reception hosted by a cabinet member, Mrs Hazen confronted the committee chair who mocked her husband’s funding efforts. She replied with a sharp line about the best possible appropriation, drawing laughter and reaction from guests as controversy over spring budgets heated the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazen
Washington
Congress
Haxen
Aging Memphis Story On Social Etiquette And Coin Making
The Memphis Scimitar describes a scene of fashionable society and a curious coin production process. It notes a dubious social code, a prank among youths, and details at a mint about planchets, rollers, ribbons, and presses used to prepare coin blanks before stamping.
Big Cash Factories Shift to Small Coin Production
The Treasury pursues minting up to 100 million in subsidiary coins under the gold standard law. About 1,333,383 pounds of alloy must be refined into bright pieces as 600 tons of silver are converted to coinage. Director George E Roberts leads three major minting blasts in Philadelphia San Francisco and New Orleans to meet the demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
Mir George E Roberts
Insut
Philadelphia
Ran Francisco
New Orleans
San Francisco
New Orleana
Jullet
Capordty
Mondelphia
Minta
The Moonlight Mint: Inside a Jewelers Workshop
The passage describes a minting process with weighing rooms, refining, and assaying. It outlines how gold or silver is melted, refined, and cast into bars, then rolled into ingots and shaped into coins. Operators collect dust and sweepings, preserving all materials for reuse.
Obscure Process Puts Money Through Acid Baths
A damaged OCR passage describes a controversial cleaning method of unspecified items. It mentions exposure to boiling acid that removes grease, drying with sawdust, and final handling in cylindrical apparatus, ending with items entering a phase described as money-filled or valued.
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United Sates
Pate
Mouth Deformities From Cheap Pipes Spark Medical Alarm
Doctors warn mouth deformities and severe tissue growth linked to cheap pipe use. Laborers over forty account for most cases, with feared development from short clay pipes. Surgeons describe invasive treatments and often severe cosmetic outcomes. Pipe makers defend materials as nonpoisonous and note imitation amber used in lower grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrabauts
Train halt tale of prairie fowl and conductor heroics
A Chicago Tribune Ocean dispatch recounts a mixed Minnesota passenger run halted by a suspected train robber. Conductor and staff armed, a quick stop ensued as shots and smoke filled the air. Eighty prairie chickens lay dead, blamed on a misadventure with a bellcard dispatch and a hunting mishap.
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Winnesota
Byers
Minnesota
Wwe Ft
Chicago
Tater Ocean
Fragmented Pandemonium in a Baffling Sawmill Tale
A garbled OCR fragment twists names and phrases into a surreal narrative with references to a saw, a Philadelphia Inquirer line, Bishop Brooks, and a mix of characters like Agate the Dass Baw and Burt Law. The text blends nonsense dialogue with scattered allusions and incomplete anecdotes.
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Agate
Bart Law
Philadelphis Wook
Burt
Philadelphia Inquirer
Publicity and faith themes from a religious pamphlet page
A string of sermon-like items list topics from publicity as a social safeguard to religion of character and temperance. Authors include Dr Utter, Rev Carson, Rev L C Madison, and Rev T De Witt Talmage connected to Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, and Catholic associations. Story ends with a fragment of a child’s sobbing scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Povielty
Dr. Utter
Universaliat
Denver
Cole
Futon
Geo P
Verry
Akron
Ohio
Ufy
Carson Presbyteriaa
Brooklyn
Mev JR
Peesbyterion
Pittsburg
Mill
God
Wol Ls
J Guy Hauub
Chemilan Belontiet
Ladianapold
HE Cobb
New York
Jenkins Jones
Brtatol
Methodist
Mthtaigastom
Madison
Dunter
Rey Pfc
Yorke Rowan Catholic
Sam Francisco
Cal
Ray
Moran
Dr Bolderby
Presbyterian
Atlanta, Ga
Ponte
Northrop
Tidpeise
Finneas City
Chertot
Eversolere
Rev
T. de Witt Talmage
Washington, DC
Lee
Bridewell
Resbyterian
Atlanta
Herr
Cresbyterian
Corsi
Ira
Hite
Tedemprian
L. Mases Clara
Brooklin, X.Y
Fragmented Wings Metaphor Hints At Speech Study
A garbled OCR style note hints at a study or poem about a bee’s wings and motion. It mentions a rate of 18 strokes per second and references a speaker or figure named Jearg miter. The text remains unclear but implies a cognitive or linguistic focus on movement and cadence.
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Ike Lee
Howe
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Gene Brockway
Neve
Borace
Wuarry Zella Raymond
Chicago Times
Graphite
Wiliam McCormac
South Africa
London
Baydo
Ter
Memphis Scimitar
Net Bricht
Tow
Net
Merce
Rouen
Rome
Cottine
Roberts
Aester Io
Waveski Steel Ge
Bisop Brooks
Weil
Bite Petoo
Amis
Thern
Aspcet Cormer
Beth
Duk
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