Lost and Found Rail Oddities Across Europe and Britain
A compilation of strange railway and transport losses from the 1890s detailing a phantom bridge report by Cincinnati Ohio papers, a missing Belgian train and other cases. It chronicles misplaced wagons, a vanished boiler, a recovered torpedo, and property disputes over long lost loot with humorous outcomes and brief legal consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad
Iecal
Dayton
Ohio
Antwerp
Termonile
London and North-Western Railway
Ita
Leicester
Emilary Aah
Aldeburgh
Buffolk
Woolwich
Viet & Man
Gwome
Fta
Office of Works
An Automatic Train Stopper Invention
A recent invention automates train braking by applying air brakes from the track as the train passes. The device connects to the train pipe and a lever near the locomotive, activating brakes when a track obstruction is detected, allowing the engineer to release control remotely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pal
Demonstration Dialogue on Medical Kissing Beliefs
A Detroit Free Press excerpt presents a mock dialogue where a patient questions doctors about kissing and disease. The speaker jokes about kissing affecting the heart and facial muscles, reflecting early 20th century medical humor and public discourse on contagion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Free Presa
Mabie
Two Forms of Economic Adjustment Monopolies in Debate
The speaker contrasts monopoly and cooperative economics, arguing monopoly enslaves with compulsory union and harms democratic rights. Cooperation, voluntary and non coercive, would replace monopolies in most occupations, guiding production by free labor interchange under just, self chosen terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Party
Uncensored Idaho Labor Crisis Report Sparks Martial Law Scrutiny
A Cincinnati Post to Kentucky Post syndicate story by H J Smith reveals martial law in Shoshone county Idaho after an April 20 mill explosion in Wardner. 700 miners jailed, a military censor, and indictments drive fear of labor suppression. congressional inquiry promised for full account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabo
Idaho
Scripps-McRom Syndicate
Papera
Cincinnati Post
Cleveland Press
St. Louis Chronicle
The
Kansas City World
Kentucky Post Papera
Ind
Star
H. J. Smith
Tabor
Beripps-McRea
United States
Hia
Shoeshone County
Congress
Jesus
Standard OU Company
Parting of the Ways by James Russell Lowell
Excerpt from The Parting of the Ways: a weary speaker waits at a crossroads and follows a beckoning woman through towns and streets where trade and industry shape life. The poem contrasts cold, commodified landscapes with faith and struggle, invoking social commentary on modern society and moral boundaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Rossel Lowell
Albany Woman Refuses Teeth In Comic Remark
A quirky Albany note tells of an elderly woman who surprised relatives by declaring she could not resist removing her false teeth. The humorous incident was recounted in the Daily Pren Knickerbocker and Albany Morning Express, reflecting light local whimsy of a few days prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pren-Knickerbocker and
Albany Morning Express
Albany
Ted
What would Jesus do as a voter and political guide
A provocative 1900s-era piece asks what Jesus would do on voting, tariffs, war, monopolies, and colonial policy. It challenges readers to align political action with gospel principles and criticizes church members for partisan voting. It references Jesus, the New Testament, and public figures, urging reflection on moral guidance in politics.
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Philippines
Jesus
Sheldon
Political critique and editorial quotes on McKinley and public ownership
A compilation from several papers criticizing the Republicans as a moneyed political machine and praising farmer gains under McKinley while warning against imperialism. It argues for public ownership ideas and warns of private ownership of natural resources like air and land, urging readers to defend anti monopoly stances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Netty
Mances
Prisoner objects to visitors and insults crowding jail cell
A prisoner protests the jail visit scene, calling it an awful degradation to be caged like a wild beast. He rails at the visitors who crowd around and ask for favors, expressing disdain for the treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
Verrio murals found hidden in Queen Anne room at Hampton Court
An English research team at Hampton Palace uncovers that Verrio painted a grand apotheosis of Queen Anne on the walls of the drawing room in the east wing. Damage from 18th and 19th century renovations hid the works behind wallpaper and nails, but restoration reveals the original color and design, including a mural of Queen Anne as Queen of the Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Ecker
Hampton Palace
England
Gorges
Verrio
Queen Anne
Snow
Georges
Kensington Palace
Neptune
Britannia
Globe
Haines & Sons
Vorrio
Queen Caroline
George Sr
Anne
Kennington Palace
Garo
Hampton Court Palace
Bacchus
Queen Anne's Drawing Room
Hoonag
A Poor Mental Dink Keata Warns Against Distress
A fragment discusses health as the greatest concern and urges avoiding grim thoughts that harm the body. It notes real distresses exist and encourages denying imagination to dwell on them. The text humorously proposes a corkscrew substitute for opening a cork.
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Kansas
Muliread
Noler
Louie F. Post
Henry George
Lla
Jena
Trista
Standard Oil
Jeans
Markt
Hanna
Fiyor
Percy Pepoon
Republican Party
McKinley
Wichita
Kan
Beacon
Cuba
Niles
Wilmington
Natonal Watchman
Varrie
Kestorera
Harve
Eral
David Lee
Way
Olly River
Mint Ananna
trans-Ohio
D. A. Williams
Saul
Thas Salon
Port Arthur Row
Ilva
Joplin
Hot Spribya
F Smyth
Houston Am Galveston
Port Arthur
Wonka City
Yarnagh
Chicago Crest Western Railway
C. A. Chriat
St Paul
Simul
Inerefo
Mead & Sie
Davis
Gun City
Jenotion
Raat ‘Lott
Chan
Curd
A. Mehilagtom University
St. Louis
Mon
Tretia
A Moffett
M. D
Plana
Gene Aine
Grove
Courk
Adi Drugglate A
Moe
Rlwe
Iain Arob
J. Ht. Jackson
4D Ave
Calongo, Lil
Hood
Ra A
ASG
Winchester Repeating Arms
Wisehouser Avanna
New Lnvan
Opi
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