Time Table for Rail Services in Leavenworth and Lawrence
Train schedules show departures and arrivals between Leavenworth Lawrence and Emporia with connections to Ottawa Osage City and southern stations. Agents J T Shanklin and B Hynes listed as general superintendent and agent respectively with service starting June 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth Brancearrive
M. Lawrence
Emporia Railway
Surre
J.T. Shanklin
Southern
Kansas
Traine
Ottawa
Oetae
Hallows Nouth
Otta
R. E. Tanor
B. Hynes
Gen. Pass
Miscellaneous items from a late 19th century newspaper
A collage of brief notes covers varied topics. observations include aging growth limits, a Washington Treasury clerks’ noted note-count, a British Association finding on human growth, paper bag origins, a Me 72 year old contemplating life, a North West fair war bonnet exhibit, an English ship saga with multiple renamings, a Leadville mine sale and misfortune, Florida coast springs used by fishermen, a Boston drug store prescription tally, a Troy Institute skating travel tale, a Churchman note on drunken accident immunity, Turkish superstition about charms and dates, and a Constance Fenimore Woolson quotation contrasting skies across the United States.
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Pee
Dublin
Washington Treasury
Washington
British Association
Daphne
Smyrna
Leadville
Leadville Station
Chicago Herald
Gulf
Atlantic
Florida
W. F. Sun
Boston
Hoston Journal
Troy Times
Troy Institute
Tueaday
Fragmented ad copy from reader letters and notices
A reader recounts failed cures for weakness and diarrhea despite trying many medicines and doctors. Mentions Packers Tonic as a preventive and lists various remedies and druggists. Also notes a Toledo man banned from court plaster and an offer for pleasant rooms and board.
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Joel W. Kelsey
Toledo
Ohio
Spherical soap causes chaos in Mr Thimblejigs home
In a Puck vignette, Mr Thimblejig battles a toy like spherical soap that refuses to lather. The ball ricochets around, knocks a dog and a painter, and finally returns to his hands. He vows divorce if his wife buys more.
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Kimtigig
Wagstaff
Thimble
Young Thimblejiz
Ife
Common Household Chemicals Described for Everyday Use
An article urges housekeepers to employ chemicals in domestic tasks such as cleaning woodwork carpets and dishes. It highlights ammonia soda ash and lime based mixtures for overnight washing and stain removal, notes disinfectant properties of ammonia, and promotes various inexpensive preparations as practical aids for cleaning and deodorizing in the home.
Fragmented religious verse and patent medicine fragment
OCR fragment shows a religious address by Reverend Lewis of Eighth Street Baptist Church and a trade note for Parker's Tonic a patent medicine for general debility. The text is garbled with broken lines and scattered product mentions, lacking a coherent news item or event.
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Lewis
Eighth Street Baptist Church
Touts
A Labor Saver Some Interesting Calculations
A tale on practical efficiency from the Netonal Live Stock Journal notes a farm boy measuring daily walks to the kitchen door and pump. It argues small shifts in barn and house layout save minutes daily, amounting to weeks yearly, urging forethought in building siting and feeding setups to spare worker time.
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Howehald
Netonal Live Stock Journal
A Serviceable Goose in Beaverkill Trap Tale
A gander goose in Willowomog Beav erkill area becomes a bait trap for predators and pets. Over nine nights it lures weasels skunks hawks foxes cats dogs and ends with its owner dispatching the trap after the goose poisons a dog. The tale ends with a wry remark about Christmas dinner.
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Willowomog
Beaverkill
William Schoonmaker
Schoonmaker
Towser
Philadelphia Times
Stingy Man Bonely story and stray notices
A fragment collection notes Colonel Bonely and a tall tale about the stingy John Nutwing who allegedly died from reluctance to spend on a grave, then credits a traveler with the line close to a joke. Included are jokes about Jimptins marriage and an antiquated medical ad and an ice supplier notice from Eidemiller & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Bonely
John Nutwing
John
Arkansaw Traveler
Speculating in Marriages Sets Scrip for Rich Wives
A table of gentlemen at the Fifth Avenue hotel discuss a gambler named Larry who lends money to men seeking wealthy wives. The scheme profits at 100 percent interest and uses love letters as security. A Philadelphia suitor and a gambler’s case in Chicago illustrate risks and potential rewards in matrimonial speculation.
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Larry
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Rarryin
Philadelphia
Etter
Hey
Piney
Eteanecers
Colorado
Amy
Tonce
Peopl
Remarkable Civil War Case From The Annals Of American Surgery
A private, Johnson of Company A, Seventeenth Town Volunteers, was wounded at Big Black River near Vicksburg in 1863. A minute ball tore his lower body, paralyzing him. A regimental surgeon drew a silk handkerchief through his body to ease the wound. He survived sixteen years under his mother’s care. Congress later commissioned him a Captain in the regular army before retirement. Also notes Thomas Macdonald confined at Poughkeepsie asylum, deluded he eats and injures.
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Ferallo
Johnson
Seventeenth Town
Big Black River
Vicksburg
Sherman
St. Louis
Congress
Washington
Electric Bitters Promised Health Elixir For All Ailments
An old time advertisement touts Electric Bitters as the best blood purifier and system tonic for liver issues jaundice constipation weak kidneys and urinary disorders. It claims fast action with guaranteed satisfaction or money back sold for 50 cents a bottle by Brondine while Rough on Toothache offers instant relief to toothache neuralgia and facial pain at 15 cents per dose from druggists.
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Brondine
Livi A
Doanx & Co
Leavenworth
Wrandotte
Levi A. Doane & Co
Levi A. Doany Co
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Atchison, Topexa & Santa FE R
New York
Missouri River
Pacific Osage City Express
AL Tosnrgox
F. Ware Zen
Ticket Apt. Oe HK
Tabor
Constance Fenimore Woolson
United States
South Carris
Tuscany
Cipria
Titus
Pennington
Jimptins
Soma
Sonth American
Bev
Joseph T. Inman
Allen
Idkwiy
Eidemiller & Co
Thomas Macdonald
Hudson River Asylum
Poughkeepsie
Tribune
Droggiste
LO Clacinnati
Cera Chareargrea
Harleston, Tackeonville
Polyta
Ita Tag
Ind
Fe Jeeping Coaches
Ohio & Mississippi S Railway
St Louis
Cincinnati
Louisville
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Savannah
Jacksonville
O.&m
Lucionati
Palace Lee
NEW Polar Wits
Chang
N. Y.L
Agenta
A. C. Goodrich
West
Pass’r
Ag’t
S .Kansas City, Mo
W. W. Peabody
W. P.shattuc
Paul Us&cson
PUM
Massachusetts Std
Ulricksun
A. Kane
Patnlesaly
Eae
Norroms
Manhond
Rene
Jelreaves
Obathiamsi
DR. A.W, Kane
Aealth Agency
Broadway
Y. Y. Rofer
American Express Co
Forcirevars
Tucker
Ruler
P.S. Sccabe & CO
Chicago
Fervaus
Taut
Ag Piyscien
Marstgs Memedy CO
14Th St
New Yor
Ake Dees
DR. Ward & CO
Louisiana
Willaulever
Germap
Fulson Street
Whitcomb Bros
California
Baltimore
Whitcomb . Bros
Leve
Levi. A. Doane & CO
Rea Estate and Lea Agents
Aattal
Massachusetts
Henry Strat
Leis’ Drug Store
Intermassipras
Livi A. Deanr
Lawrence
Lev
A-Doang & Vo
Leo A. Doane & Co
Levi A Doane & Co
Photographes
F. F Mettner
Lveraive Studio
Massachusetts Street
WM. T. Sinclair
Mass. Street
Douglas,leavenworth
Jefferson
Wyandotte Counties
Tend. C
DAL Ward & CO
Louisiane
Pathus Bos
All Druggiata
Beslere
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