Ride on a Wild Engine Ends in Death and Flight
A thrilling railroad ride ends when a dead Mexican is placed in the cab after a crash. The engineer and fireman hesitate to report the body, fearing Mexican authorities, but ultimately decide to move the corpse to the station. The narrator recalls a brutal scene as the engine roars away, and the memory haunts him. The tale closes with the crash wreck and speculation about the riders’ fates and a later clipping about safety and local quips.
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Cendy Plain
Oro Grande
Negrito
Mexico
Tim
Hell
Railway Dispatcher Remembers Fatal Collision Error
A railroad veteran recalls a disaster caused by a dispatcher known as Bill. Once a telegraph messenger who rose to train dispatcher on the Ohio and Mississippi line, he misordered trains Willow Valley causing a head on wreck that killed passengers and destroyed property worth $100,000. He resigned and vanished, later seen as a total wreck before the San Francisco Examiner account.
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Ohio & Mississippi Railroad
Telegraph
Bill
Willow Valley
Pacaenger
Chance
Curtsen
San Francisco
Remarkable World News and Humorous Snippets
A jumble of social curiosities and odd facts from the era. Notes praise strong women like Victoire, critique benevolent New York elites, and praise writers such as Alice Wellington Rollins and Margaret Sangster. A long list of Friday events and historical milestones is humorously recounted, concluding with notes on a baby born in Georgia and a forthcoming pocket typewriter.
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Dellie Johnson
Margaret Sangster
Miss Booth
Harpar’s Bazar
New York
Georgia
Bob Bardatte
The Silver Bollar and Rogers Royal Nerville Ad
An old advertisement extols a fake nostrum named Rogers Royal Nerville offering cure all for May Mast and other ailments. It mocks drugstore nostrums and promotes a dollar price as the only payment needed, claiming it strengthens digestion and nerves while profiting the seller.
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Rogers Royal Nerville
LiLix
Home Confections And Holiday Candy Recipes
A readable compilation of candy making notes covering butterscotch molasses candy peanut candy and chocolate creams with instructions on stirring melting and setting. The item also includes brief ad-like lines for medicines garments and holiday excursion fares from local stores and depots.
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New Orleans
Grand Furniture Sale Promises Easy Terms
An Indianapolis store at 77 South Washington Street advertises all wool and cotton carpets, bedroom and parlor suites, beds, sideboards, book and cabinet cases, folding beds, lounges, mattresses, stoves, cushions, and more with payments plans or cash discounts. The inventory highlights include bedroom sets from $22 to $85 value, parlor suites from $50 to $157, and various cabinets and folding furniture, urging inspection and noting new consignments daily.
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Iixtra
Bedrom
Prie
Fr Qwpapolis
South Winers St
Indianapolis
Ind
Union
Washington Street
Wilson
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Gazzam
Lake Michigan
Mars
Adam
Caid
Eye
Cole
W. W.st
Marguerite
Lee
Moscow
Shakespere
Washington
America
Richmond
Queen Victoria
Charles I
Fort Sumter
Napoleon Bonaparte
Friay
Cesar
Marengo
Waterloo
Bunker Hill
Joan of Arc
Chicago Herald
Odds and
Hood
J. T. Boyd
Ohiost
T. Eighth-st
W. Washest
Arcade Clothing House
Ryders
Mass.ave
Jordan
W. Wiest
Holtiday
Theil
W. B’y
Anil
Ld South Tiindisst
Union Depot
O. E. Wilson
South Illinois Street
Ahuserenth
Atlanta
Model Clothing Company
Opera House
Grand Opera House
Che
Europe
PET
Paris
Greid
Cincinnati
White Levine Machine Co
North Pennsylvania-st. A
Sele
South Fennsylvania St
Sapedeposi
Tcher& Go
Safe Deposit
JOHN
Tarrington
Abbett
Virginia-ave
Prurkenness
Daniel Stewart
AL Keele
Dinnapslis
Browning & Son
Senel
von MohiCo
F.C, Fowler
Moodus
Ralph Aronson
Eoe Stine
Vuginia Avene Rine
Geo. Wiseye, H
Saltars
Travelers Regie
Union Station
South Tinois Straat
DEAS
West
Wasi
Paily
City Licket
Jackson Place
Central Standard
Pittsburg
Baltimore
Philadelphia
the Mast
Louisville
Vincennes
Cairo
Versaius
ST. Louis
Indianspoll
Louis
Greencastle
Lorre
Terra Bante
Greencastle Atcom
BH. B. Dering
Cleveland
Chicago & ST. Louis
Chicago
Boston
Washington and
Meridian Streets
Springfield
Claveland
ST. Louis & Cairo
J. 8. Martin
Severast
Doouta Aig
London
Kent
Spike’ Hennessey
Kid McCoy
Phicees
Odet
Crystal Palace
Piccadilly
Ascension
Ida Park
Mid Ocean
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