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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1900
Page
6
On Christmas Eve a coal filled baggage car boy Ben helps a stranded 7_30 local on its run to Hogetown. With a strike looming and a rowdy Henderson mob awaiting violence, the president and Ben take control, guiding the engine through danger to reach home for Christmas.
A fragmented OCR passage describes a train departing the station with the crowd cheering Beg on his fourth lap for candy and bonbons. The text is incomplete but suggests a race or celebratory event tied to the train journey.
The article discusses early Christmas prep emphasizing eye appeal and hostess taste. It advises garnished dishes, decorative table setting, and wreaths, including tying wreaths to chair backs and placing large wreaths at the table center and midway toward the edge.
A 16 year old Ben stops a strike by seizing a rifle from a Christmas box, boarding the engine and halting the plan. The president of the railway yields, later rewarding Ben with $500 and a future job as engine driver, while locals still call him Ben. The tale, set thirty years past, ends with Ben as a dignified manager.
Passenger train times with northward and southward departures from Punxsutawney, Bellwood, and Fordham, including branch and stage connections. Notes on train numbers, vestibuled cars, Pullman cars, and daily connections at Herwindale, Irvona, McGees Mills, Trahville, and West Eureka. Clarence: daily operation and weekend exceptions, with station stops and arrival times.
The notice lists Pittsburgh area railroad schedules with stops Blairsville Blairsville Intersection and Pittsburg, detailing weekday and Sunday times to Butler Kiskiminetas Junction Freeport Springdale Allegheny City Altoona and Indiana routes. Addressed to agents and conductors, signed by J B Hutchinson and Jd R Wood as general manager and general passenger agent.
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