Riding a 76mph express with Bryan on board to St Louis
Pittsburg Times correspondent recounts a sensational ride aboard locomotive 145 on a Wabash express from Montgomery to St Louis, reaching 76 miles per hour. The journey with W. J. Bryan and other Democratic dignitaries is described in vivid detail, including the roar of the boiler, the wind, and the canyon of rails as the train speeds into Union Station amid cheering crowds.
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St. Louis
W. J. Bryan
United States
Times
Kansas City
Wellsville
Garrett
Springfield
J. B. Barnes
Montgomery
C. C. Smith
Chris
James Cain
Missouri Valley
Mr. Braddick
Bryan
Wabash
Ghris
Illinois
Mississippi
Missouri
St. Charles
Union Station
Henry Haun
Pittsburg
Hidden vaults and deathly stench at St Mary Woolnoth
The Church of St Mary Woolnoth on King William Street Londons Lombard Street area closed ten months ago amid reports of loud muffled noises from sealed vaults. Coffins rotted beneath the church leading to piles of leaden coffins falling from heights, while officials and parish claims describe a long pattern of burials in a hermetically sealed vault system dating from 1700 to 1832.
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St. Mary Woolnoth
King William Street
Lombard Street
London
Kroole
Brooke
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Stathman
Odd Number Patterns in Year Figures and Divisibility
A fragmented note discusses year digits such as 1895 1893 and others forming multiples of 3 by rearrangement. It mentions numbers like 1831 1083 1587 3081 6108 and references a 3.08 percent factor. The text also shows attempts at sums yielding 21 or 80 and includes garbled phrases like Land Band O and Land umd.
City of Guayaquil Deserts After Fatal Fire
Distressed Guayaquil residents sleep in fields with 25 000 left destitute after recent blaze. A government sanctioned relief committee of prominent locals coordinates aid as 10 000 flee sensing possible pestilence. Farmers in surrounding districts donate meat bananas and rice while the Bank of Ecuador plans a temporary reopening to support merchants. Insurgents fire on trains.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
South America
Bank of Ecuador
Re-Enforcements Sent to Spaniards Operating Against Maceo
Havana dispatch reports insurgents fired on a morning passenger train beyond Rincon. guards returned fire wounding several attackers. An Artemisa freight train was fired on between Alquizar and Guira. Cosme Herrera steamer leaves Havana with fresh troops for Maceo fighting in Pinar del Rio. Bolivar brings thirty sick soldiers for Havana hospitals. El Pais and El Fenix editors jailed in Havana for press decree violation. Consul Brice resumes Matanzas post.
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Maceo
Havana
Artemisa
Rincon
Alquizar
Guiria
Cosme Herrera
Pinar del Rio
Bolivar
el Pais
el Fenix
Sancti Spiritus
Brice
United States
Cuba
Matanzas
Chinese Students Detained by Methodist Leader in San Francisco
In San Francisco on October 15 Rev. F J Masters the state superintendent of Methodist Chinese work held two Chinese students in custody at the mission house on Washington street for Collector J H Wise. The youths Tieng Reng and Sia Ting Bo are sons of Rev Sia Sek Ong D D a Foo Choo district elder. They arrived aboard the steamer Dorie two days earlier but landings were refused due to informal papers. Forest fires rage in Michigan burning timber and threatening homesteads in Marquette Houghton and Ontonagon counties. In Missouri a wife of farmer C D Smith was found dead with head crushed, husband away digging potatoes. authorities suspect murder by a tramp.
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San Francisco
Cal
F. J. Masters
Methodist Chinese Work
Methodist Mission House
Washington Street
J. H. Wise
Tieng Reng
Sia Ting Bo
Sia Sek Ong
Foo Choo
China
Dorie
Wise
Nevada
C. D. Smith
Hoy Kills His Brother Near Broughton Wisconsin
A 16 year old son of Ole Whittignon a farmer near Broughton Wisconsin shot and killed his 1 year old brother Tuesday afternoon. Hoy is being sought by authorities as the investigation continues.
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Hoy
Madison
Wis
Ole Whittignon
Broughton
Wie
Defense counsel questions Brown's veracity
The defense asks a witness about Mr. Brown's truthfulness. The witness replies that Brown has a baby at his house, owns a dog, rides a bicycle, and is an amateur fisherman, which the defense accepts and the prosecution declines cross examination.
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Brown
No Time Should be Lost By Those Troubled with Constipation
A scrambled OCR fragment notes remedies for constipation and related ailments with references to Hosierter's Stomach Hitters, Sunwise, and Cascarats. The passage also mentions fever, kidney issues, nervousness, debility, rheumatism, and a funeral fad in Topeka. Contains disjointed quotes and brand mentions.
Carriages Load as Undertaker Preparations Start
Excerpt from Kansas City Star notes delays as carriages load and the undertaker gains time to appear. A colonial era advertisement for Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup touts teething relief and pain reduction for infants, while an admonition from a mother warns Johnny to beware traffic and street dangers amid a bicycling scene.
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Kansas City Star
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Philadelphia
Evelyn
Horner
Huelva
Spain
Delware River
Houghton
Mich
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Ontonagen
Elea
Polabia
Buffalo
Topeka
Johnny
Ayer
Tel
Ad. Sterling Rewepy CO
Chicago
Montreal
New York
H. O. Ayer
Richford, Vt
Dr. Kays
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