Fatal Curve tale a switch tender haunted by crime and dream
A narrator recalls meeting a sullen switch tender near a river track. The man recounts a haunted past with a wife driven to ruin by drink, a fatal aer of luck, and a subsequent railroad tragedy. The piece blends eerie confession, a ghostly warning, and a newspaper note on an accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carneally
Jessie
Leeds
England
Curgea
America
Layland
C Curve
New York
Montreal
Abram Tompkins
N. Y. Ews
Striped bass caught in novel shore tow with oar
Ernest Hall of Lyme Connecticut hauled ashore a 41.34 pound striped bass after towing it with an oar in its gills while the fish lay benumbed by cold. A Salano California pager notes sea lions swarm the straits hindering salmon fishing. In a week one man’s tall tale contrasts with Mr Bright as a fisherman and orator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Hall
Lyme
Conn
T. Hall
Mr. Bright
Edmund Yates
New York Tribune
Bright
Odd Theories And Rambling Courtship In A Mixed Bag
A scientist claims natural gas can darken blonde hair via an ammonical vapor reacting with sulphur. A young man defends a breach of promise claim by describing a rambling courtship to test compatibility. A Detroit Free Press note quotes a Georgia preacher who condemns mule theft as a far graver crime than poultry or meat theft, likening it to burning a shed and killing a family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Mrs Harrison a modest figure at White House scene
A Philadelphia dispatch notes Mrs Harrison moves quietly in Washington. It describes her shopping trip and entrance to the White House with a brown paper bundle of dry goods, contrasting public gossip. The piece mocks reporters who sensationalize Mrs Harrison as in Mrs Cleveland days.
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Miller
Riggs House
Washington
Tracy
Arno
Proctor
Arlington
Wanamaker
Harrison
Cleveland
Philadelphia
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Alexander
Date
Bulgaria
Jeger
Warner
Wm. H. Thompson
City of
Dio Lewis
G. W. Meikel
Pennsylvania Street
Indianapolis
Washingtons
Frank H. Smith
N. Penn
P, Herron
Roos
Grand Opera House
Brown
A. Kiefer & CO
A. Stone
South Illinois St
Ind
Ageemans
Bee
Nclish
Wee
Merchant OF
Yorick
Salvini
Hovt'sey Comey
Hole x
M.C. A
George Kennan
Century Magazine
Russia
Virginia Ave
J. D. Hoyle
Blanager
Travelers Register
Union Station
South Iinois Street
Springfield
Ohio
Bloomington
Peoria
Missouri River
Cary
Chicago
Indianapolis Union Station
City
Jackson Place
Cincinnati
Cony
Toledo
Strait
Pullman
Baltimore
HL & D
Ilinois St
Kentucky
Pennsylvania Lines
Indels
Panhandle
Pittsburg
Richard and Columbus
N. Y
Pitts
East
Coumbus
Richm
Mail
Chgo
Rortawest
R. H
Louisville
South
R, B
Southwest
Cairo
Vincennes
BT. Louis
West
St. Louis
Greencastle
Terre Haute
H. RK. Dering
Ikankakee
Hicago
Union Depot
Nice
Meridiansts
A. A. Martin, Dist. Pass
Agt
C. Eden and CO
North
Delaware
U.S
Boston Rubber Co
Colby Wringer
G. W. Barnes & Co
East Market Street
Postoffice
Brusiness Universited
H. Penn
Block, Opp, Postoffice, Redman, Beeb & Osborn
Ax and Provristors
Gren
Illinois Street
WM. H. Roll
Illinois-st
Victor
Pierse
Rhadley, Holton & CO
Onice
Washington-st
Indianapolis, Ind
Lacey
Vance
Court Street
Tutewiler
Cyclorama Place
West Market Street
Marc
Rogers
J . T. Marcy
Washington Street
Somesville
Abbeyt
M.D
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