Made From Native Roots Alaska Siberia Railroad Tale
A fragmented retro piece discusses native growth and a railroad project linking Alaska and Siberia. It references Indian healing lore, mentions the Alaska-Siberia Railroad, notes a doctor or medicine theme, and lists individuals connected to railroad work, including a family with a father who helped build a railway and brothers of varying build. The text is garbled but centers on a railroad era and associated figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brett
K. Weta
Renke & Ohio
Peeters
Janes
Lawrence City to Grade and Pave Indiana Street in May 1906
An adjourned Lawrence city council meeting on May 21 1906 adopted a public notice urging the grading curbing and paving of Indiana Street from Elliott to Reed with limestone macadam eight inches deep and limestone surb providing ten annual installment payments. The filing appears in the Lawrence Daily Journal May 23 1906 notice from the Teltyl clerk.
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Teltyl
Lawrence
Kansas
Indiana Street
Elliott Street
Reed
English Visitor’s Five Pound Note Forged in Monte Carlo
An English visitor in Monte Carlo, ruined at gambling, wired for help. A friend sent a forged five pound note, which the plunger exchanged at Ciro’s. The note proved fake, tied to the Triy Laws pantomime, and the plunger was out five pounds. The man left the scene unfazed, pretending it was an intentional jest.
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Paris
Monte Carlo
England
Alng
Ciro
Galericharles III
M. Ciro
Augustus Barra
VETERAN WEDS LONG-LOST SWEETHEART AFTER 40 YEARS
James Shrove, 68, and Minnie Kellogg Nehrer Shrove, once divided by war, reunited in Illinois. Shrove had married, served in war, and later lost his wife. Minnie had married Kellogg and raised seven children in Palatine. A Palatine meeting with an old comrade led to a long-desired wedding finally joining two veterans who had endured decades apart.
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Palatine
Camaritie
James Shrove
Minnie Tetoge
Lene Wesste
Pennnsylvania
Minnie Nehrer
Illinois
Shreve
Chitase
Miss Nehrer
Kellogg
Grand Army
Canvassing by Telephone and Quiet Future
London discusses the risks of using telephones for advertising and canvassing in private homes. A sample call from a dealer to a housewife shows how intrusive calls could become a social nuisance. The piece notes a growing threat to privacy and comfort during social hours.
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London
Kensington
The Westinghouse Locomotive for York New Haven Railroad
The Meeten Transcript notes a Westinghouse built locomotive for the York New Haven and Hartford line with 23 reels ordered. It features a single express car like an ordinary car with double trolley contacts at the rear, weighs about ten tons, and can pull a ten car train at speeds averaging miles per hour. The device promises fast freight service New York to Boston in three hours and signals a broader wave of revolutionary locomotives ahead.
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Chaum Usdtch
York
Amd
Hugton
New York
Boston
Relief rates aid Nebraska farmers in grain market turmoil
Fragmentary report describes widespread grain price relief efforts as Nebraska railroads and state officials push emergency measures. It notes farmers faced high costs for sustenance and feed, with audits and subsidies aimed at stabilizing prices and shipments to support both producer and consumer needs amid disrupted markets.
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Kansas
Samuel Spencer
Che Wetler
Tawa
Tlinole
Nebraska
Nebrusha Railrids
Dariecs
Peculiar balloon railway proposed in Germany and rail lore humor
Readers are shown a bizarre plan for Hochstansfien near Bad Reighenall Germany to power a balloon guided car up a mountain by clamps and rail contact. The 67 ft gas main lifts about 10600 pounds while the balloon provides upward force for ascent. The concept blends rail travel and aerostatic lift in a pioneering, unlikely project with details reflecting early 20th century curiosity.
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Hochstanfien
Bad Reighenall
Germany
Rise in the World and Odd Barnyard Breed
A jumble of aged clippings recounts a man named Mike Retay injured in a railroad incident and later wandering in town. It notes friends sending him funds to Chicago, then his altered demeanor. The page shifts to gardening advice praising lawn mower maintenance and ends with a New York New Jersey farmer introducing a novel hen breed with uneven legs that restricts movement and scratching.
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Mike
Miia
Tim
Chivara
Moog
New York
New Jersey
Lawrence City Council orders alley paving in May adjournment notice
May 21 1906 the Lawrence Kansas city council adjourned and adopted a notice to publish for ten days. It orders grading and paving the alley west of Massachusetts from near Berkeley to Quincy with concrete base brick sand cushion and grout if needed and Payment in two installments. The item appears in the Lawrence Daily Journal as official city business.
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Diwenh Musick
Elijah Brumuly
Hetra
de Joes
Elijah Brandage
Judson A. Leach
Adolphus G. Ae
Northey
Kansas
Atty
Lawrence
Alan
Atty Council
Massachusetts Street
City of
Hurkeley Street
Quincy Street
Century-Old Claim Paid After Taxing Dispute
The United States court settlement frees heirs linked to Furnicngton Conn and Chauameny son as Congress approves payments. W Curtiss of 21 Faer Street received 88 cents signed by Edwin Ward New York. The settlement hinges on the final rests and a distant lineage, with Mrs. Mareatet S. Fitch of Veim named in the allocation.
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Mareatet S. Fitch
Veim
Jena
Fitch
Hite Y
Rides Horse Down Stairs At Hanover Dinner
A Prussian army officer’s corps dinner on May 16 ended with Lieut. Gen. Yon Mitzlaf riding his horse down the stairs accompanied by hounds. He delivered a mounted discourse on horsemanship before rejoining the guests, then led the hunt-like departure as the hounds scattered.
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Hanover
Prussia
Yon Mitzlaf
von Mirzlatt
Hair Tells Character and Germs Mentioned in Ad
An article notes hair color as a sign of character and mocks hairless people. It cites Prof Satwuraud of Paris claiming dandruff germs can bald a rabbit in five weeks. An advertisement promotes Newro’s Herpieide to “Destroy the cause you remove the effect,” with 10 cents for a sample and Woodward & Co as agents.
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Satwuraud
Paris
France
Herpteide Co
Detroit
Mich
Woodward & CO
Sola
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Alaska-Siberia
Reliable
Bering Strait
Russia
Masten
Pidge
Railrod
Atuhison
Topeka
Renese
Katinas Wily Caprens
Sauly
Buneass City
Geiay
Cay
Galy
Att Bose
Hatsas Gus Iras Express
Linaten
Daly Ce
Gauny
Malta
Stour LJ
Rey Bear
Matis i
Hants
Rtp
Apm
Waites
Watat
Eale “Flash
Poantain Peas
Eagle Pencil Co
Broadway
Crean
Standard Oil Company
Iway
Lake Haall
Rocrstern
Kirst
Lawrence Daily Journal
Cascareta
Frente
Coe
Bate
Chence
Concareta
Fred C. Winen
Zim St
Newark
N. J
Phi Esporte
Bates, Droucht
TSR
Huttrra
AC Dd Wascott
Penmsslvania Cadvoned
Ethan
Railroads
Broek
American Spectator
Firet
Lawrence Dally Journal
District Court of
Douglas County
State of Kansas
Adolphus G.ppenog
Tor
Thames
Mgr
Wills Creek Coal Co
Buffalo
Foley
W. Carter
Ashboro
N.C
Barber & Son
Honerarsy Kat
Fu Books
Daan
Pitty
Dr. Thomer
Neyeran
United States
Colorado
Ette
Leml
Baitle
Bes
Denver
Union Pacific Cubs
Holire UE
Alexander
Eldridge Britysh
Shasklin
Guth
Nichols Amusement Co
Kan
Prs
Bolicis
Lawrence Sutirna
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