Ransom Darley and the Ohio Belle Tragedy on the River
On a summer voyage from Pittsburg to Cincinnati the Ohio Belle encounters Col Archibald Lee and gambler Ransom Darley. A knife of fate splits the crowd as Darley shoots, Lee drowns a foe, and Darley, after claiming his wife and child, sails on with his daughter while the distressed woman collapses.
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Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Wheeling
Col
Archibald Lee
Copper
Kanawha
Big Sandy
Col. Lee
Scioto
D Ata
Ransom Darley
Oho
Darley
Ranse Darley
Darigy
Ranse
Cap’n
Riant
Fads in Jewelry Parade in late 19th century items
The piece catalogs a variety of jewelry fashions including ball necklaces, cuff-buttons, drape-stone mourning pieces, novelty boxs and hatchets, onyx holds a diamond pin, bronze etc. It describes novel brooches, enamel butterflies, bracelets, scarfs, and other ornamentations with rich details and period tone.
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Eiffel Tower
Jewelers
Eight year olds long for country life in troubled town
A Thrida Times Union excerpt shows two eight year old children wishing Jacksonville would burn to move them to the country. A village girl sobs after distress and her mother counsels her, while a line notes Hoar’s Sarsaparilla as a remedy for distress and appetite.
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Jacksonville
Papa
Thrida Times Union
Short Stories and Theatre Notes Stir Brooklyn Crowd
A Brooklyn man helps a beggar with ten cents twice, then jokes at the monotony. Edwin Booth is recalled in a theater anecdote. Chicago and Indianapolis stage schedules feature Lily Clay and Brass Monkey, with Edna Passatte and Sol Smith Russell drawing crowds as the new season opens in New York.
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Jerome Eddy
Edwin Booth
Mercutio
Sir Giles
Bertuccio
Chicago Mail
Ace Keane
Chicago
Lily Clay
the Grand
Indianapolis
Brass Monkey
Indianapolylis Grand Opera House
Billy Crane
Stuart Robson
Bronson Howard
Lawrence Barrett
Ganeon
Edna Passatte
Chicago Conservatory
New York
Sol Smith Russell
Laly’s
Cant
Swift
Grand
Nilvar Aga
Miner's
Ava
Paolo
Encoursion to Osakaloosa Oske Oskaoola Osakis
Osakis Oskaloosa travel notice cites L and W railway selling round trip tickets at half fare for Ota Friends Yearly Meeting in Osakaloosa with sale August 26 to September 3 and return within thirty days. Contact FO Butler general agent at 42 Jackson Place opposite Union Station for rates and details.
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Sila
Ko & W. Railway L
B. &W. Reute
Ota Friends
Osisaloosa
L&w. Railway
FO. Butler
Jackson Place
Op Posile Union Station
Indianpolis Ordinance Orders Flagman at Railroad Crossing
City ordinance requires Ohio Indiana and Western Railway to station a flagman at the Kentucky avenue and Missouri street crossing in Indianapolis within ten days. The youth flagman must be at least 11, display a red flag by day and red lantern by night, with penalties of five dollars per day for noncompliance. the measure was approved August 18 1889 with publication required.
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Ohio, Indiana and Western Railway Company
Kentucky Avenue
Missouri Street
Indianapols
Indiana
Indianapolis
Tlasan
Air Company
Tae Sun
Tndianapolis
Sinanah
Denny
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Mercy
Nellie
Range
Maysville
Chicago Tribune
Shuitles
Maude
Algernon
Stir
Timoe
Tree
Branch
Old Man
Puck
Sonny
O’ Reagan
Teddy
South Sea
Cassy
Bedad
Hoad
Brooklyn
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Fast
Washington St
Constock
Piet. GD. Edmondson
W. Bownus
Herk
Wright
Micuarn
W. Toowrr
Gs. Dern Eiyar
GS. Wright
Board of Aldermen
Allasf
Mo. W. BuwLus
Comic Opera CO
Geo. A. Baker
Normandy
Scbool
Postaliice
P. H. Fitzgerald
East Market St
Safer
Semeimac
Uta
Eve Rfurd & To
Sherman, Penns c
Con ‘Druwer
Arbenta Ga
Siram Dental CO
A. P. Herron
Grand Opera House
Ind
Traveler's Register
Union Station
South Ilinois Street
Springfield
Ohio
Bloomington
Peoria
Missouri River
Ling
Algo
Indianapolis Union Station
Apally
Heliade
Cincianati
Ali
Seave
Hamilton
Detroit
Comer Ulinois
Ind Kentuckyaive
Dsc
McCone
Pennsylvania Lines
Indgis
Panhandle
Cic
Hichm
Columbus
N. V
Pitts
East
Richm
Venugala Line
ST. Louis
Indiananels
Fur Ly
Ideas Araneae
Verra Haute Accom
Terre Heute
Gresneastie Eccom
Lering
Agant
Cleveland
St, Louis
Indpis
Boston
Union Depot
Cincinnate
Ceifago
N.Y
Fe. Wayne
Dayton
Rapids
North
Orfipr
St Louis
Kan
Haute
St Ar
St. L
Daug. J
Maxtin
Aneshaensel & Strong
Pennsylvania
Denison House
Alaska
Totewiger
West Market Street
Washington 8&T
Buffalo Shoe Store
G. Eden &Co
Contractors - and - Builders
Seair Building A
Delaware Street
Puank A. Blanghard
Undertaker
Kerth Pennsylvania Street
Cara Shail
Zelye
Mayhew
Readlew, Holton & CG
Hast
A. Stone
South Illinois St
SUN
You
the Sun
Fren
Office OF the Sun
Indianapolis Water CO
South
Pennsylvania St
Nerve Bean Co
Buffalo, HY
Browning & Son
F.C. Fowler
Idoodus
Pacuta Mig Co
White St
TRE Sun
Jas. N. Mayhew
North Meridian Street
P.M. Abbett
M. D
Virginia
G. H. Ingraham
M.D
Amsterdam
D. Re Dycne & Co
Ill
von &Sole
P. S.C
Wilcox
Wilovs Specific Co
Philadelphia
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