Train Robber Tales From Civil War to Nevada
A veteran locomotive engineer recalls perilous nights on the Kentucky Central during 1864 65 and a Texas New Mexico era assault near El Paso. He describes guerrilla fire at North Benson Covington Lexington and a dramatic Montello Nevada express car siege with handguns dynamite and a fatal shot. The memoirs recount survival injuries and a dramatic pursuit after dawn.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Tran
Kentucky
Kentucky Central
North Benson
Louisville
Covington
Lexington
Gen
Blair
Pete Everett
Isirdsburg
Galveston & San Antonio
el Paso
Tex
Express
Montello
Nev
Tna
Trimmings For Fair Dresses In New Season Styles
The article previews fall fashion trends with high class braids and fancy woven bands in black and colors for cloth, silk, and velvet garments. Vest effects, Persian handings, and bold corded pendants rise in demand along with beads, spangies, and tassels. Buttons gain traction for utility and ornamentation across skirts bodices and coats.
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Paris
Illini 20 000 Club Women Push Labor Reform
The 20 000 club women of Illinois plan pushes at their convention to urge a U S comprehensive investigation into working conditions of girls women and children to promote a Massachusetts style trade school movement in Illinois to aid girls and women in organizing unions and advance far seeing emancipation efforts.
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Illinois
United States
Massachusetts
Teac
No Crepe or Dirge for Them When They're Dead
Milwaukee couple Mr and Mrs Spear plan a non mournful funeral with a militia escort and brass band. Spear’s epitaph reads American born American bred American dead. Mrs Spear favors cremation with ashes scattered from Lake Michigan and rejects crepe and burial.
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Milwaukee
Riley
Bera
Gliese Spear
Lake Michigan
Fe Alway
Yale
Up-to-Date Patterns Charming Voile Frock from Paris No.159
Pattern No 159 Sketch describes a charming voile frock with a song coat suitable for neat concerts church and week-ends. Includes color schemes amethyst silk veil black satin collar belt and ecru trim. Details on waist back collar sleeves skirt and fabric yardage for various widths and sizes. Pattern No 1549 offered at 10 cents.
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Paris
Honest Man Found Wallet On Fifth Avenue Hero of the City
George Waite lost ten dollars on Fifth Avenue in New York. John Ford, wearing a Hughes button, found the wallet and returned it. Ford, hailed as honest, received a handwritten note and a cash reward from the grateful owner. The scene at Roosevelt Hospital highlighted the act of integrity.
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New York
George Waite
New England
Jersey
Fifth-ave
John Ford
Hughes
Roosevelt Hospital
New York Court Reviews Women Hours Law
The New York appellate division weighs the constitutionality of the state law restricting women’s work hours while charity groups gather supporting material. A Broadway dressmaking shop kept workers from 8 AM to 2 AM, and a box factory ran 7:45 AM to 6 PM with only one hour for lunch, highlighting conditions under the current debate.
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Supreme Court
New York
Broadway
Women of Uneago push canvass plan for suffrage charter
The Uneago women reject mass meetings and plan house-to-house canvassing to press for a suffrage clause in the new city charter. They argue the charter can include provisions based on the city’s achievements by women, signaling strong mobilization ahead of the vote.
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Uneago
Paving Debate Shapes Indianapolis Street Upgrades
A long dispute over pavement types in Indianapolis pits bitulithic against bituminous macadam and wooden block. Officials, property owners, and contractors weigh bids as courts and mayoral promises influence which streets get asphalt, coal-tar blends, or brick paving from Capitol to Twenty-eighth streets.
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Ming Paving Companies
Avidance
Sutse
McMaster
Board of Public Works
Bowkwalter
Tyederick EB. Mataon
State Ave
Lexington Ave
Shelly
Btate At
Hitulithle
Texington Ave
Ndmerion
Wan Brovabe
Tenis
Minminaks Qacadem
SudRa Carter
Indianapolis
Bituminaral
Reilly
Bosra of Public Works
Ita
Indianapolio
Bitu-mineral
Bitulithic
Bitalithic
Butler-ave
Washington-sl
Weat-st i
Indiana-ave
Warren Brothers
Tr Jm
Barrett Manufacturing Company
Ncarcey Wiven
Holtzman
Jala
N. Meridian
Twentieth
North-sts
Senate
Talbottaves
Jon
Dida
Cow
Maxwell
Miller
Saaphalt
Park Ave
Asphart
Jong Asphalt
Ana Aetia
Boakwatter
Mocopoly
Atreeta
Vending
Blaine Miller
Pra
Sephalt
Bitulithe
Thianapolis
Fashionable feminine cuttings and millinery styles described
The article describes feminine fashion trends from silk frocks to velvet gowns, listing hair coverings, nets, barrette styling, and decorative pins. It notes invisibly secured back hair, bar pins for securing ends, and the use of tulle and long folds to create youthful silhouettes, reflecting current millinery and dress trends.
Memorial to Susan B Anthony Planned at Rochester Univ
Mrs Henry G Danforth of Rochester announces a memorial building for women students at Rochester University. Five thousand dollars has been promised and interest in the plan has grown after its presentation at the General Federation.
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Susan B Anthony
Rockester University
Mra
Henry G. Danforth
Rochester
Haa
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New Enegland
Christ Jesus
George White
Wi Grove
She
Rockwatter
Sarret
Beckwalter
Gether
Carter
Mac
Hoosier Construction Company
City Comet
Atretlitte
Stold Sn
Marty Royse
Pros Mater Torwenden Vlock. Pavement
Indianapolle
Mileranga
Muller
W. Magee
Armstrong & Co
Massachusetts Ave
All Friends Asell
Frank K. Sawyer
H. P. White
Middleton
Hotle Oriental
Nash
Jefore
Crescent Machine and Tool CO
Pennsylvania
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Welsbach
Acme Bedding Co
Starylands
Perete
Indiana Dental College
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Delaware
Ohio
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