Kate Shelley hailed as heroic rail worker in midnight rescue
Mrs. M L Rayne in Detroit Post and Tribune recounts Kate Shelley’s courage on July 1981 night when a train danger blocked a bridge. The brave teen saved sleeping travelers, earning praise as she braved storm and darkness to warn the Chicago and North Western Railway engineers.
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Apelley
Youar
Isles
Chic & Northwestern Railway
Kate Shelley
Toadyrs
Kuta Shelley
M L. Rayne
Detroit Post and Tribune
The Lawyer's Diagnosis and the Hidden Love
An eminent lawyer recalls a friend Julius Hardwood who confesses he loves another man’s wife Julia Gettenbergh. A ministerial confidant counsels restraint and proposes travel and reform. The tale reveals Julia’s past as a boarding-house keeper and a rekindled bond that leads to marriage and mutual support.
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Hardwood
Julius Hardwood
Judas
Giateas
John
Julius Hardword
Hyeeno
Julius
Pega
Belgibor
Cita
Janta
Dick Swiveler
Fetlow
Essid
Europe
Italy
Dealing with House Moths A correspondent seeks ways to drive moths from homes
The letter asks for effective moth controls after trying tobacco, turpentine, powders, and kerosene with little success. Suggestions include sealing baseboard cracks, thorough carpet checks, and using insect barriers. for winter cloths wrap in thick paper or layered newspapers and brush garments before storing. Some advise sulfur in extreme infestations.
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Trier
Enquirer and Chronicle
Is Anything Fit to Eat In This Food Fad Era
A New York Herald critique argues many common foods are unjustly blamed for health problems. It urges focusing on cooking methods to improve digestion rather than avoiding staple items like bread, milk, and meat.
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Clotho
John
The
New York Tribune
Galens
N. C
United States
Copernicus
Astronomical Observatory
Stockholm
Mississippi Valley
New York
New England
Virginia
North Carolina
New Engand
N.Y. Herald
PITH AND POINT JESTS AND QUOTES IN A FUNNY MISCELLANY
A collection of humorous aphorisms and quips from various papers including the Boston Transcript Elmira Advertiser Yonkers Statesman and Detroit Free Press. The item strings together witty lines about selfishness humility pictures frames and misheard jokes from a classroom exchange.
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Eany
J. Billings
Boston Transcript
Elmira Advertiser
Value of Railroads Drives Western Wheat and Corn Growth
The text argues railroads extend market reach for wheat and corn, enabling inland production far beyond local transport limits. It cites wheat at 250 miles and corn at 125 miles as thresholds on earth roads, with rail transport reducing costs to boost marketable value inland. The essay links railroad expansion to a surge in Western agricultural production and industry growth.
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Australia
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Gettenbergh
Leipsic
Julia Gettendergh
Cunard
Julia
Ian
Liverpool
Utica
Herald
Count Moltke
Yonkers Statesman
Mochester Democrat
Nowadly
Chica
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Coney Island
Detroit Free Press
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Austin
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