Union Pacific and Southern Kansas train schedule excerpt
Railroad timetable listing departures and arrivals for Union Pacific lines and Southern Kansas routes. Details include 11:35 p.m. departure to Ottawa and south stations, 4:20 p.m. departure to Ottawa, 10:45 a.m. arrival from Ottawa and south, and 4:03 p.m. arrival from Ottawa. Names Gen S Persn and agents appear among schedule notes.
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Kansas
Snd
Ottawa
Etstions
Tasox
B. Hyxes
Pass
Jokers and humorists in a 19th century paper
A long fragment chronicles Hack Knober, editor of the Weekly Ker Slask, and his failed attempt at practical joke fame. It recounts his plan to imitate John Phoenix and Artemus Ward through an incident at a village hotel involving a nervous traveling drummer, a bed, and a pistol. The parody ends with the drummer’s escape and the paper’s suspension, followed by assorted satirical notes on barber shops and self-esteem.
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Rew
Ux Arkansas
Hack Knober
Ker Slask
America
John Pheonix
Artemus Ward
Hack
Iack
Jack
Ker Slash
Mikansaw Traveler
Jase
Evdey
Mary Walker
Yseun Dudley
Ben Butler
Lega
Congress
Justice of the Peace
Thomas P. ‘Monfort
Peck's
Winter The Forests Mara Work By Day and Jolly Times at Wight
The article describes Bangor lumber camps during a harsh winter with Prince Edward Island loggers recounting low wages from ten to fifteen dollars a month plus board. It details camp life including a simple log house, long communal table, bean meals, tea, and evenings of storytelling, songs, gambling, and work cycles of four months followed by river work or driving.
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Woodamen
Bangor
Penobscot
Prince Edward Island
Chen
Boston
Eclectric Bitters Promoted As Purifier And Stimulant
An advertisement touts Eclectric Bitters as the best blood purifier and liver tonic for conditions like biliousness jaundice constipation weak kidneys and urinary disorders. It claims quick action and a money back guarantee with bottles sold for fifty cents by Barber Bros and orders urged through Eidemiller & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barber Bros
Predisposition and prevention of hereditary diseases
A discussion from Youth's Companion on how inherited tendencies affect disease risk. It advises outdoor living, well ventilated sunlit beds, nourishing fat-rich food, active life, and avoiding dust or damp places. For gout, rheumatism, asthma urges lifestyle safeguards and resisting environmental chills. Ends with a sales line for Eldemiller & Co ice orders.
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Touth
The Katydid and Its Singing Ways
An 19th century note explains katydids as night insects with dark green bodies and a liquid sounding organ. The piece notes variable singing times across New England, with some areas echoing half the night while others hear little. It contrasts katydids with the fall cricket and describes habitat preferences and the insect’s solitary, mournful song.
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New England
Hadford
Armica
Appearanes
Phile- Telphia
Tramp Life in England and the harsh Law on Begging
The article recalls severe English laws against begging and describes tramp life while traveling from London to Oxford. It notes tramps often find lodging at workhouses for a fee, tells of a lame veteran begging, and mentions a Keighley case where the workhouse refused lodging or food to tramp lodgers. It also reflects on veteran inscriptions and the varied travels of wandering mechanics seeking work.
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England
London
Oxford
Tanlag
Highway 28
Hyland
United States
Scott
Keighley
Brontes
Fragmentary item hints at Toledo man injured from court plaster
A partial OCR reads that 12-Oddewore Joe W. Kelsey of Toledo Ohio faces danger after being seen Sunday, allegedly due to the use of court plaster on a cat. The text is unclear and garbled, limiting precise facts but indicating a medical or injury incident tied to a plaster product.
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Joe W. Kelsey
Toledo, Ohio
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fer
Goirg Kasts
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Osage City
Barbers
Hockland Courier-Gazetts
Ben. Frederick
FP. Frelinghuysen
American Bible Society
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Ll.d
Frelinghaysen
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Montana
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John Peterson
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New York City
Peterson
M. F. Sun
Pol
Kinkead
Alaska
Mississippi River
Wight
Eidemiller & Co
Ae Ieee
Sea Ail Rarest
Eldemiller & Co
Tramp Life
Jan
Chattanooga I
Cincinnati
Louisville
Polo Uve Ving Palace
Ancinnati
Louisvilla
Palace
At. Quis
New York
Meibos
Seontaies
Con
Goodrich, West
Kans City, Mo
Preatd Ud
Gosaral Bemagerent
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Paul Ulecson
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P. Ulbiceson
Enderecesets
Broadway
Aex
Cas
Richmond
Rs Singer
I. Moulahke
Woston Street
Whitcomber
Baltimore
California
San
Whitcomb Bros
Cleve A. Doane
J. PB. Crane
Levi. A. Doane & CO
Real Estate and Loan Agents
Mass
Inset
Henry Street
Ues
Lavi A. Doane & Co
Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Limi
Levi A. Doarh & Co
Tee City
Levi A. Doaxx & Co
Trice
A. Doane & Co
Kansaga Farm Lanot
Tooma
A. Doarx & Co
Lawrence
Levi A. Doane & Co
Umai
Leyt A. Doane & Co
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Riverside
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WM. T. Sinclair
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