Tragic Freight Death and a Jealous Love Tale
A Cincinnati Post reader recounts the death of brakeman John Thomas who slipped and was cut to pieces on an WK& M freight near Cook's Gap in a night storm. The essay frames his life with a doomed romance involving Nell Freeman, whose infidelity and letters spurred him to prideful hope before the fatal plunge. The tale blends rail tragedy with a lover’s heartbreak as the wheels keep turning.
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Cook
John Thomas
Cincinnati Post
Cook’s Gap
Samson and Delilah
Jack
Nel Freeman
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Tom
N&n. Q
Nell
Nelli
Neill Neil
Neil
Gone with Tomi echoes as rail tragedy unfolds
The Cincinnati Post reports a fatal rail incident where Jack Thomas, once noble and manly, lies along icy tracks fifteen minutes after being called away by a cry of Gone, gone, gone with Tomi. Authorities investigate the cold roadside scene.
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Tomi
Jack Thomas
Jack
Cincinnati Post
Odds and Ends From A Ishmael Era News Briefs
A miscellany of brief notes mentions a Spanish Sunday school attendance, New York arrests for attempted suicide, a Celtic grave inscription for Charles Stewart Parnell, cholera among sharks near Bombay, and U S murder and lynching statistics from the era.
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Harper's Azar
Gudgv
Spain
New York
Parnells
United States
Tso
iSsi
Ohio
Maryland
Beyond the Sea and Royal Deaths Linked to Dates
A Parisian electrician allegedly forces violets with battery power and sends blossoms to ex Empress Eugenie. The piece cites ominous dates 14 and 28 tied to British royals, notes ducal deaths in 1092 and 1884, and mentions Princess Alice and Prince Albert dying on December 4. It then shifts to the youthful Dutch queen at Het Loo farm and domestic lessons, followed by Bishop Vaughn of Salford opposing Irish causes by moving zealots away from Lancashire constituencies.
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Eugenie
Duke of Clarence
Duke of Albany
Alice
Prince Albert
Itolland
Royal Castle
Het Loo
Vaughn
Salford
Cardinal Warming
Aniest
Lancashire
Smiles and gossip mix in a busy city column of odd quotes
A collage of clipped lines and jokes from likely 19th century newspapers features snippets of humor about love and fortune, a note about a Maria and a deacon’s quip, mock lectures by Bob Ingersoll, weathered anecdotes, and scattered market prices reflecting daily city life.
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Bob Ingersoll
Deacon Whitehair
Deacon
Bob Tngersoll
New York Weekly
the News
South Dakota
Ann Arbor
Cleveland
Pine City
Minn
Reny McKnight
Wm. Johnson
Kelly
Samuel Kelly
Julia Long
Marshalltown
Deadwood
Monterey
Norton
Kan
Fairtidd
Ma Fe
Chicago
Council Bluffs
Atchison Pellosguhy
Hood
USA
Burford’s
Slown
Clary
Catifornia
Morgan & Gray
Tlerces
Central Packing Company
Kresh Porit
Yarmecuth
Polk
California
Johnson
Cordoba
Barner Gates
Java
Southern Fears
Florida
Indiana
Malaga
Jarseys S
Capea Cod
Columbia
Bere Dyge
Fullersany
Young Ames
Limburg
Aelais
Hines
Timothy Ber
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Potas
Scott
Scott. & Bowns
South 6Th Avenue
Fourist
Aecon
Offica
Orchestra Circus
Gray and Stephens Company
Peggress Military Sand Orard
Pearson's Flush House
Pennsylvania St
Benson's
Benson’s
Just
E. Washnetoast
FP. S
Emerson
Estey
D. H. Baldwin &O
W. Gates
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Cor. Wack, & Penns
T. H. Davidson
E. Wash.st
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Washington St
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Alabama
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Fureral
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Virginia Ave
Indianapolis
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Baur
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Peoria
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Cleveland and
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Slucionsti
Belver
Tnd
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Indianapolia
Lemyette
Kankakee
Bloomington
Terre Haute & St. Louis
Ferre Haute & Mettoon
Esat
Anderson
Aqane
Vaan
Cincinnati
Usket
Corner Filnoiast
Kentuelysve
Union Biation
Cincinnati Vestibule
Toledo
Detroit
Cincinnati Limited
Cio
Otedo
Dawa SF
Tisai
Aplenard Medical
F.C
Moedus
Hyde
Park A No Twenty-second Streets
Clark
Clark & Osgood
W. E. Mick & CO
Market St
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Spiegel, Thoms &C
Washington-st
Bryce
Ewes Eere G
S. C. Johnson
Flarnes & Buchanan
Mlllinois Street
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Herancourt Brewery Company
UPRTOon Fe _eR
Brewers Union
Cincinnati, Ohio
Jol G. Tilly
Indianapolis Brewing CO
Kampaign
D. Metuger & Co
Maryland St
Pernhart
Schmidt's
C Habich & Co
Maus
Charles Mayer & CO
West Washington Street
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