Dead Men’s Section Haunts a Texas Rail Division
Henry Fortune, Middle Division superintendent on the C and J Railroad, grapples with a long fatal stretch nicknamed Dead Men’s Section. Freight crews suffer mysterious deaths amid heavy liquor use, desert wasteland, and a sinister bar owner named Dummy Carlos. Fortune suspects a hidden plot linked to the Ranger’s Rest owner while a Chicago detective foreshadows further tragedy on the line.
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Co. and J
Lone Star State
Red River
Rio Grande
Henry Fortune
Folger
Folgette
Gregson's
Warm Springs
Lquor
Gregson
Texas Plains
Rangers
Templeton
Chicago
Carlos
Great Plains
Ranger's Rest
Gregson’s
Texas
Napoleon romance hints at Louisiana rescue of Napoleon
A Boston or Washington tale by Mrs. Carrie Jenkins Harris alleges a Louisiana rescue plot for Napoleon from St. Helena. It centers on M. Girod a wealthy New Orleans planter who allegedly prepared a house and fleet near New Orleans for a swift expedition that was abandoned upon news of Napoleon’s death. The piece links speculation on his fate to broader drift in American and French loyalties.
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Lothian
Reac
Napoleon
St. Helena
Louisiana
United States
Monsieur Girod
New Orleans
Carrie Jenkins Harris
Harris
Louisiana Territory
Congressional Library
Washington
Harris Cays
Monsieur Gtrod
Western Republic
Crescent City
Europe
Montreal
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Republice
Yale and Vassar Build Hidden Halls and Lighted Ghosts
Yale adds two sealed, windowless society halls to the Sheffield system, Book and Snake and Tombs, with a sunlit trick via reflected daylight. The Tombs sits near Temple and Grove, while Book and Snake claims the grandest Yale private building with Greek design and Egyptian-adjacent access. Vassar expands with New England and Swift buildings, featuring large glass panes, limestone and brick exteriors, and a bright internal design for biology and related departments.
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Yale
Sheffield Scientifice
Bonk and Snake
Sheffield School
Scientific School
Harvard
Book
Grove Street Cemetery
Hook and Snake House
Temple Street
Grove Street
Wedded Life in Sumatra Menace and Etiquette
The Detroit Free Press outlines Sumatra marriage customs with a forced pre-nuptial marriage portion, separate residences for spouses, and child custody norms. Widows raise a flag at the door to signal single status, and late first marriages dictate a widow’s cautious etiquette as suitors arrive.
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Sumatri
Sumatra
Seattle
Detroit Free Press
Mrs Li Hung Chang Officially Pronounced Dead
An old story notes Mrs Li Hung Chang vanished then returned to Li’s palace, but she remained officially dead as Li kept her status unchanged. The piece ends with quirky asides about burial clubs and a remark on English grammar by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Mra. Li
China
Enoch Arden
Li Hung Chang
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Daily Story Pub, Co
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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Channel
Vassar College
New England
Plymouth Rock
Swift Infirmary
Atwater
Poughkeepsie
Mr. Swift
College Hospital
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New York Tribune
New England Building
New England Vassar Colege Alumnae
Canterbury
Emerson
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