Rail humor and anecdotes from across the Atlantic
The piece recounts railway humor and anecdotes from across the Atlantic. It includes an amused bishop at a station who jokes about being a dissenter, a North London railway passenger tricking staff, a minister’s ticket incident, and an ex-driver’s bid for reinstatement after claiming he learned from twice colliding that trains cannot pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Chambers’ Journal
North London Railway
Hoe
Broad Street
Dalston Junction
Stockton & Darlington
Faint Alaska Find Boosts Old Railroad Baggage Tale
A Chicago Times note recounts an oxidized local baggage check found at Coal Bluff Alaska near a Pacific coast seal station. The mystery traces a 1883 Marhsalltow n to Council Bluffs trunk, later sold for 2.50, sparking questions about Emil Roepke and a possible Behring Sea expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frend Phillips
Alaska
G. T. Heafe Ord
Chicago & Northwestern
Coal Bluff
Pacific Seal Station
United States Revenue
San Francisco
H.safford
Phillips
Marshaltown
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Emil Roepke
Chicago
Behring Sea
Emil
Alaska Company
Pacific Coast
Mad Car Incident Leaves Man At Large In Indiana
A chaotic scene on an Indiana road ends with Shelady badly burned as a bus and a cigar stump wreck occur. Witness reports suggest King, the young man who owned the stump, may still be running and unconfirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Betrayed by a Diamond Burton Captured After Pursuit
The article recounts Burton the stage robber’s capture by Captain W. L Richardson of Le Finae City after a pursuit in which Burton wore a diamond shirt stud. Richardson describes spotting, challenging, and finally detaining the robber, with Burton attempting to escape near Tombstone and later recapture efforts. It also notes a prior Texas encounter with the Donovan gang, detailing rangers’ siege, casualties, and injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton
W. L Richardson
le Finae City
Kansas City Journal
Pueblo
Alamosa
Denver
Tombstone
Detroit
Texas
Colorado City
Neve Io
Secret Service
Advan
Donovan
Sam Bass
Smong
Talpena
Texas Rangers
Elias Courtright
Dean
J. Walker
Donovans
Johnson
Carter
Settling a Bully on West Madison Street
A meek man and a large red faced bully clash after a brushing incident on West Madison street. The smaller man delivers rapid punishment with swift fists injuring the bully, then hurries off before onlookers can gather, leaving the big man to retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Chicago Tribune
Madison Street
Dizsa
English and American Hands and the Onyx Nail Feature
Mrs. John Sherwood compares English and American hands noting smaller American hands yet less attractive nails. She describes English nails as rosy shell like with a rounded tapered tip, always clean, base skin showing a polished onyx crescent. Creoles of New Orleans cultivate the onyx to prove racial purity, and the onyx visibility signals the octoroon’s status. manicure enhances visibility daily while careless hands may hide it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sherwood
New Orleans
Speculative Tips on Bank Employees and Insider Trading Fires
A Chicago Times piece argues bank clerks must avoid ties to speculators. It recounts a clerk dismissed for friendship with a broker and a treasurer whose insider trading caused large losses, noting banks fear inside knowledge but sometimes profit from big deals. It cites cases of missing funds, investigations, and the risks of personal gambling with bank money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Times
Chicago
Hich
Vanderbilt
Cost of Twenty Years Courtship in Belfast Court Case
Margaret Wilkinson, daughter of a Ballycastle tenant farmer, sued John Cameron, a local blacksmith, for breach of promise after a courtship lasting about twenty years. When asked what she would take if there was a breach, she named £32. The jury awarded £213.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Ireland
Margaret Wilkinson
Ballycastle
John Cameron
Eldridge Estate Administered by Douglas County Probate
Lida W. Eldridge administratrix of the estate of T. B. Eldridge deceased, appointed June 13, 1887 by the Probate Court of Douglas County Kansas. All persons are notified to govern themselves accordingly.
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Otice
Doucas County
Kansas
Robert L. Frazer
Doukas County
Georgia F
Frazer
State OF Kansas
Doveras Country
Wil. Ham Zimmerman
Douglas County
William Zimmerma
Germany
NA Hetticek
Ada Francis Beam
L.D .S, Tosh
T. B. Eldridge
Lida W. Eldridge
Xenophan Richards
A. G. Richards
Maleta J. Daly
George W. Woodard
M. Summerfield
James R. Woodward
James Brooks
Mary A. Casey
John Runton
Duneath
A. D
Dovaas County
Said
Herbert W. Beam
Dougine County
Oliver Barber
Dovaias
Emma Titcomb
Douglas
George Winterbourne
The Way to Be Hated and Envied Through Success
A terse maxim argues that achieving success provokes envy and dislike. It frames achievement as a social weapon that heightens scrutiny and resentment, urging caution or contemplation of public perception amid rising status.
Slips of science and oddities from a 19th century journal
A survey of diverse scientific notes includes a German paleontologist’s pole center theory for animal dispersion, a new tanning chemical from coal named pyro fuxin, starch retention by heated baths, and a detailed chemical composition breakdown for barley. It also covers ophthalmology on electric light, molten iron’s tinting during casting, the river thyme as a health plant, iron coloring processes, verbena oil reinforced by eucalyptus oil from Queensland, and astronomical facts about the sun and Moon’s distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pole
North Pole
Germany
Queensland
Ceylon
Singapore
Moor
Notice to James Malley in Kansas lawsuit 1887
John McDonnell & Co. sue James Malley in Douglas County District Court Kansas. Defendants must answer by July 16 1887 or petition will be treated as true. Judgment sought includes 3809.28 plus costs and interest from March 4 183. Attachment may seize indebtedness from Merchants Bank of Lawrence or G W Griffith or any property in their possession to satisfy the claim. John Hutchings attorney for plaintiffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Malley
County of
Douglas
Kansas
John McDonnell & Co
Costa
Cuit. UW
Merchants Bank of
Lawrence
G. W
Griffith
John Hutchings
Edward Russel
Maleta J. Daly
Edward Russell
Lane
Douglas County
John Daly
Jenny Seltzer
David A. Seltzer
Harry Seltzer
Andilia
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George H. Heafford
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
N. Phillips
United States
Tretecesen
Maine
Adda
Harter
St. ‘Louis, i
Sena
Express
Dorby
Qorder
Notik
Magnetic Appliance Co
Dearborn St
Ill
Kaskine
F. A. Miller
East 157Th Street
New York
Logan
Gideon Thompson
Bridgeport
Conn
T. A. Solomong
Halliday St
Jersey City
Harry
Kackine
Kaskine CO
Warren St
Pierce
Golden
Stegsaps
Ite
Weaks
Stee
Slocum
Dunkards
Wwiw
Iehall
Dourth
Las County
P. A. Dulbee
Amos Gruber
June Sth
Wiw
Service By Publication
State OF
John A. Norton
John. Q
Philadelphia
Soli Bacher Bros
George Leis
Carl Newman
C. W. Straffon
B.w.woodward Manufactory
Chnsetta Streg Ac
iladelphia,Pa
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