Love and lawsuit end in six hundred dollar settlement
A tale from Mary Jane Lapham in Blankville Niagara County New York ends with a breach of promise suit settled for six hundred dollars in cash. The story includes letters, testimony, and a cautious vow to avoid future romance, plus a later note on a horse race excitement in Lordsburg.
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Mary Jane
Mary J. Lapham
Blankville
Niagara
New York
Mary
Heaven
Joseph
Wabash Lines Offer Speed and Comfort for Travelers
The article praises the Wabash Railway for fast service and luxuriously appointed cars from Cheyenne or Denver to New York or Boston. It highlights quick time, smooth tracks, dining cars, palman sleepers, free reclining chairs, and attentive agents as core features. It also reflects on travel culture and the evolving railroad industry.
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Omaha
Kansas City
Des Mones
Keokuk Quincy
St. Louis
Chicago
Detroit
Toledo
Pittsburg
New York
Boston
Cheyenet
Denver
Mercy by Wholesale and the Electrified Fence
A dramatic scene in Mercy by Wholesale ends with Earnest and Josie on a sofa as Josie’s irate father ejects a suitor. The parcel of text also recounts an 1880s experiment in Carson County Kansas where an electric fence repels cattle without harm, described as a major wonder.
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Delaware Township
Findlay
Ohio
New York Sun
Merle Louis
May
Earnest
Josie
J. F
Carson County
Kansas
North Pole
The Prosperity Shown by A Town’s Newspapers
The Tucson Citizen argues that a town’s wealth and success are reflected in its newspapers. A first rate journal requires broad local support, as its quality shapes how outsiders view the community.
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Tucson
Arizona
Meaning of limited liability in corporations
The text explains limited liability as property of the corporation alone liable for debts, shielding members' personal assets. It notes English law preserved this unless public notice says otherwise, and mentions American understanding that all corporations are limited.
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England
Boulder News
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Lamar
Colorado
D. Baldwin
Folsom
New Mexico
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Rolieg Prairies
Kidbey
U.S. Land Office
Folly
Pan- Tavaie
Fortworth
Trinidad
Colfax County
Rock Island Railroad
Denver, Texas & Fortworth
Texas
F.S. Peary
H. S. Gratz
D. E. Coorrr
Cc. Cc. Oodale
J. E. Conse
Folsom, New Mexico
Lordsburg
Jadee
Sheridan Lake
Globe-Democrat
Cheyenne Wells
Railway News
Pueblo
Pueblo Review
Garden City
Democrat
Harry Hantz
Harry
Las Animas
Fruita Star
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