Onboard Journey Reveals Secrets and Cards in Quiet Tension
The group on the train moves through conversation and card play as tensions rise. Janet, Millicent, Miss Smith and Archie share meals while Bertie and Aunt Rebecca observe, Haley reports, and Edwin S. Keatham looms.
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Miss" Smith
Archie
Miss Smith
Mrs. Winter
Haley
Rupert Winter
Harvard
Winter
Philippines
Council Bluffs
Edwin S. Keatham
Sor
Hales
Salt Lake City
Rebecca
Secret secretaryship and a detective in shadowed travel
Colonel Winter recalls a tense night aboard a train where accusations fly between Mrs Melville and Miss Smith over a secret secretaryship. He faces suspicious politeness from Cary Mercer while Archie stirs rumors with a friendly porter Lewis. Winter grows wary yet finds solace speaking with Miss Smith and plots to uncover the truth.
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Ds A. A
Ellemere
Rupert
Miss Smith
Bertie
Aunt Re
Becca
Haley
Cary Mercer
San Francisco
Mr. Keatham
Denver
Mercer
Mr. Mercer
Col. Winter
Cambridge
Mr. Cary Mercer
Rupert Winter
Archie
Lewis
Sergi
The Black Bottle Legend at Bellevue Hospital
A Harper's Weekly excerpt recounts a long standing Bellevue Hospital fear the black bottle a hidden lethal device and the grim tradition of labeling every patient as alcoholic until proven innocent born from cruel ward practices and the 1735 city hall raise funded by rum credits.
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Bellevue
Harper’s Weekly
Prohibition Era Note Curbs Romantic Diction
The Nashville Tennesseean cites a warning to novelists in prohibition states to omit melodramatic phrases such as “Her beauty intoxicated him” and “Her eyes filled up” in ballroom scenes and other romantic depictions.
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Nashville
Rail timetable shows east and west bound train numbers and times
The notice lists multiple rail lines with schedules between New York St Louis and intermediate cities. It names eastbound trains No. 2 28 4 6 and westbound trains Nos 9 1 5 3, with departure and arrival times. Local ticket agent M Burke is listed with times for agent service.
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St. Louis
New York
Kansas City
Toledo
Getty
Burke
Major early 20th century railway timetable and notes
Compiled schedule excerpt showing multiple train numbers, routes, and times with connections between Chicago Cincinnati Louisville Indianapolis and other points. Includes sleeper and parlor car notes, no Sunday service, Vandalia Time Table effective 1908, and Fort Wayne rapid transit timings with freight service updates.
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Chicago
Louisville
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Columbus
Pittsburg
Logansport
Indianapoli
Beatiween
Springfield
Interurban Train Schedule From Logansport to Indianapolis
U T System announces March 12 1907 service from Logansport to Indianapolis with multiple morning departures and connections at Tipton and Muncie to Elmwood Alexandria Fairmount and other towns. Interchangeable coupons offer 12 dollars worth transport for ten dollars covering 1807 miles across Indiana Ohio and Michigan with extended traction line links.
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Logansport
Indianapolis
Tipton
Elwood
Alexandria
Fairmount
Androw
Middletown
Bmiuncin
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Charles I Cloak Presented to Shrewsbury Council
The scarlet cloak worn by Charles I at Whitehall has been presented by the Walcot family to Shrewsbury town council and is now on view in the town museum. The garment, preserved for 260 years, was secured by William Walcot, page of honor to the king, who attended the execution. The piece was exhibited at the Society of Antiquaries in 1861 and is in excellent condition.
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Rebecca
Bertie
Janet
Millicent
Rupert
Congress
Chicago
Charles I
Major
Shrewsbury
Whitehall
William Walcot
Walcot
Society of Antiquities
Dundee Advertiser
Moonstones in Building Passes from Redondo Beach
The Los Angeles Express reports that over 200000 moonstones are carried away from Redondo Beach each year. Residents and visitors may take moonstones home in pockets or handkerchiefs, and recently teamsters have been hauling them.
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Redondo Beach
Los’ ‘Angeles
Express
Monon to Delphi Rail Schedule Express and Mail Times
Train timetable lists northbound and southbound departures from Monon to Delphi Indiana. Express and mail accommodations run with specific departures including 8:87 a.m. 6:34 p.m. 3:48 p.m. 4:37 p.m. and 6:13 a.m. with Sunday exceptions. Frank J. Reed general passenger agent signs noting schedule details.
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Mail Express Express
Frank J. Reed
Chicago
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