Old Peg Leg and the Indian Chase Tale
An aged plainsman recounts Peg-leg Smith known as Lim Per-leg who rode a White horse and carried a bowie knife and rifle. He escapes Blackfeet by baring his wooden leg to intimidate them, then reaches friendly tribes. Peg later robs Nolan’s horse and escapes atop his mount, limping away to the Rocky mountains.
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Plains
Peg-leg Smith
Lim
Rocky Mountains
Hudson Bays
Columbia
Peg
Pex
Blackfeet
Pez
Per
Peg-leg
Jack Nolan
Fort Independence
Nolan
Alasthera
Fork Independence
Mr. Nolan
Harry
Little Shavers and a Bangor Boy Question
A Bangor boy at dinner asked which is quicker heat or cold, prompting the teacher to reply heat, then retorted that you can eat cold. The Lanston Journal notes the humorous exchange and a moment of family entertainment with knitting and a birthday surprise.
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Causa
Bangor
Lanston Journal
Simple Test Fragments From Household Chemistry
Instructions describe tests for copper in pickles butter and ammonia in baking powder using needles caustic soda alcohol and boiling water. Copper deposits on a needle indicate presence. Butter test uses butter caustic soda alcohol and cold water for pineapple odor. Baking powder test notes ammonia smell in rising steam and effervescence when added to water.
Reading tour and society notes in late nineteenth century press
A jumble of items on Stuart Robson cycling, Sir Edwin Arnold poetry, Bill Nye and Arthur Burbank on a reading trip, Henry Irving joining Marlborough club, a travelling comic figure, and political quips about Mr. Cleveland. Also notes on Chicago mendings for the homeless, gendered marriage statistics in Massachusetts, a New York society whist tutor, Chilean beauty praise, Baltimore Methodist delegate rules, Dr Muriel Maitland King sleep cure, natural sleep as complexion renovator, Miss Carter giving ten thousand dollars for town painting with temperance clause, and a quip about robe painting and a dogmatic ruling.
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Stuart Robson
Edwin Arnold
Bill Nye
Arthur Burbank
Henry Irving
Marlborough Club
Prince of Wales
America
Ben Folsom
Cleveland
New York
Chicago
Massachuseites
Chili
Baltimore Methodist Conference
Muriel Maitland-King
Carter
Wilmington
Mass
News Briefs From The Nation And Abroad
A collage of short items reports bank and business troubles in Macon and Chicago, migrants arriving in New York, a banker’s suicide in Sioux City, drownings in Alabama, a telegraph dealer’s assignment, a wife-killing and suicide, a fatal mine accident in Montana, and gun violence in Kentucky and Tennessee. Also notes a state prohibition bill and oddities in Albany and Connecticut. Novel items mock and lampoon bustling life with humorous vignettes and oddities.
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Chicago
Bengies
Nicholas Fintou
Kansas City
R. A. Turner
Butte
Mont
Scott Bradford
Pierson
Tenn
Louisvide
Kky
Tennessee
Global facts and oddities from a quirky period list
The passage catalogs diverse claims about nations cities and people from a bygone era, noting government railroads in Japan and grand trees in America, with several odd anecdotes about immigrants in New York and a humorous Philadelphia street scene. It reads as a collage of sensational or humorous trivia with dated language and fragmented observations.
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Japan
America
New York
Londen
London
Tndianapolis
Boston
Philadelphia
Verona artist weaves St John life in needlework
An Italian artist in Verona dedicates 26 years of life to needlework depicting the life of St John for a church, following designs by Polaniola. Henry Savage Tandor, a descendant of Walter Savage Landor, recently toured Japan’s rugged regions on a professional assignment, enduring deprivations but gathering 300 sketches and other valuable notes.
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Albany
Connecticut
Verona Gate
St. John
Polaniola
Henry Savage Tandor
Walter Savage
Landor
Japan
Trains Schedule Post March 5 1891 at Union Station
The Traveler's Register notes new train times starting Sunday March 5 1891 Central Standard Time with departures from Union Station on South Illinois Street and corresponding arrivals to follow.
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Union Station
South Tlinois Street
St Our City
Illinois Street
Kentucky Avenue
Spring hats and bonnets in pastel tones and ribbons
Beiges tans blues and reds define chief hat colors with flowers lace and ribbons as the main trimmings. Pink morning glories on green velvet ribbons decorate lace hats while sun bonnets for country use feature pink blue or white chambray and delicate embroidery on cords for a pretty face.
Trains Schedule Confusing Timetable From Central Station
A garbled timetable lists trains to Pittsburg Baltimore Washington Philadelphia and York with departure times around 4 45 am and 3 00 pm and arrivals from the East at 10 40 am 12 60 pm and 10 09 pm Also listed are departures to Columbus Columbus and Richmond with various times including 9 00 am and 4 00 pm and arrivals from these cities late in the day The mix contains several errors and misprints, but indicates a busy rail schedule with multiple destinations and inconsistent 24 hour formatting.
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Pittsburg
Baltimore
Washington
Philadelphia
York
East
Colamous
Columbus
Richmond
Chicago
Gollitéam
Loninville
Louisville
Vincennes
Cairo
Office Hours Notice For Public Inquiries
An official notice lists limited opening hours from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. for the public on weekdays. The schedule appears to reference a government or municipal office and indicates morning access only.
Chicago and Cincinnati Division Train Times Fragment
Readable fragments show timetable with arrival and departure stamps across CHICAGO and CINCINNATI lines including times like 2:35 am and 4:55 pm, noting 70F temperature and multiple station indicators. Further details are truncated and not fully legible.
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Chicago & Cincinnati
Pepart
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