Train wreck near Dunbar Nebraska kills engineer and injures many
A Missouri Pacific passenger train from Omaha derailed on a curve near Dunbar Nebraska injuring several crew and passengers. Engineer James B DeWitt was killed and express messenger Frank O Chenoworth severely injured. Investigators cite possible foul play with spikes removed from rails.
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Aronson
Missouri Pacific
Omaha
Dunbar
Neb
Here
Jas. B. DeWitt
Frank 0. Chenoworth
Pacific Express
Burlington
James B. DeWit
Wyandotte
Atchison
Frank O. Chenoworth
Kansas City
Walter C. Gates
Frank Garrett
Gentiles Rally After Edmunds Tucker Passage in Utah
News of the Edmunds Tucker bill passage sparks enthusiastic Gentile opinion that capable leaders must govern Utah. Citizens express moderation and resolve to secure stable, efficient administration to boost business and protect mining and other industries, signaling a new era of prosperity.
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Satr Lax
Beed for Curiaco train wreck suit filed
Beed files suit in the wake of the Baltimore & Ohio wreck near Tiffin. H. Foster seeks 98,900 dollars as damages alleging injuries from the January 19 incident.
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Curiaco
H. ©. Foster
Baltimore & Train
Tiffin
Wells and caste in India show reverence and danger at water sites
The Hindoo water wells article describes daily fetch rituals by women, caste restrictions on touching vessels, and the pride in building large wells and reservoirs. It notes wells as religious objects, commerce, and social division, with high costs and occasional ceremonies. An anecdote about Jung Bahadur Nepal shows a well jump rescue trick.
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St. James
India
Jung Bahadur
Nepal
Jung
Jang Bahadur
Heiress with a Cool Head in San Francisco
A San Francisco public school teacher was told by a lawyer she had inherited $20,000. She calmly replied she would finish geography class, discipline three boys, and be at the lawyer’s office in an hour. The Pittsburgh Dispatch item adds a joke about a suitor asking to marry into a family.
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Kansas City
S. D. Wilson
DeWitt
Armstrong
Asylum For
San Francisco
Nebraska City
Times
Knights of Labor
Wyandotte
Kansas
St. Louis
de Witt
Worth
Carrie Suydam
August Suydam
Courtland Place
Carrie
Arthur Sherborne
Normandy
Sherborne
Pennsylvania Railroad
Torresdale
Suydam
No. 1711
Jacob Godfrey
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Enquirer
Rosa von Stein
von Stein
Walnut Street
Alice Burke
Cordelia Larke
Abe
Helferich
Alice
Cape
Milwaukee Sentinel
The Physician of Poverty and a Philanthropic Thief
A wealthy man insists he is charitable while denying rent to Mrs D and other tenants. He boasts of keeping tenants and avoiding sheriff fees, claiming secret good deeds. A visitor rebukes him for his hypocrisy, but the capitalist retorts with a smug defense of his methods.
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James
The Lane Passenger
A downtown Chicago car tale unfolds as a husband returns to his seat to find it filled by a lank stranger. The stranger calls him out, the exchange provokes humor from other riders, and the husband dismissively hands his wife a paper, ending the scene.
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Chicago Journal
Homely Dave Wins Senator Evarts With Book Readings
A famed book peddler nicknamed Homely Dave charms Secretary of State Evarts during a California to Chicago journey. Dave reads from Edwin Arnold and other titles, winning Evarts over and selling over two hundred dollars worth of books to Evarts and fellow officials aboard the train.
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Kvarts
Louis Globe-Democrat
Dave
Senator Evarts
Evarts
Mr. Hayes
California
Council Bluffs
San Francisco
Mr. Evarts
Edwin Arnold
Asia
Mr. Evarte
Chicago
Verdins Race in Merrick's Pasture Described in Court
A fragmented report notes a judge and bailiff discussing jurors about a maneuver labeled a Verdins race in Merrick's pasture. The terse wording hints at a courtroom scene with references to an Arkansas judge and jury procedure amid unclear details.
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Omaha
Arkansas
Merrick's
Parka
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Philadelphia
W. Kennon
C. Omaha
Walter E. Kennedy
Forepaugh's Circus
Mr. Wolsten
A. van Folge
Holland
Gentiles of
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Pittsburgh Dispatch
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Eldridge House
Lawrence, Kansas
Jacob
Massachusetts Street
Vermont
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Limburg
Wisconsin
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