Railroad Rumbles End Freight Train Passenger Rides
On the 7th of the month the B M railroad company shut down on allowing passengers to ride on freight trains under any circumstances.
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B. & M. Railroad Company
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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1884
Page
1
Denver & Rio Grande Mortgaged for 50 Million in New York Loan
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad has signed a mortgage totaling 50 million dollars with the Union Trust Company of New York. Speculation rises over whether the funds will finance a system extension to San Francisco, with the Burlington likely to provide strong backing if such an expansion occurs.
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Denver & Rio Grande
Union Trust Company of
New York
San Francisco
Burlington
Woman preacher pummels religion in New York lecture
Miss Helen H Garpner, disciple of Robert Ingersoll, railed against Christianity in Chickering Hall New York on Sunday June 6. She derides religion as wicked cowardly and false and urges women to resist Bible influence. The piece notes a sharp exchange about a kiss case and ends with a humorous courtroom moment in North Bend Flail.
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Helen H. Garpnenr
Robert Ingersoll
Chickering Hall
New York
Emerson
Channing
Hir
Eve
Chastine Cox
Heaven
Jesus Christ
Jehovah
Solomon
North Bend
Railroad mileage and a New Year visit to the president
The Railroad Gazette reports 7,200 miles finished last year versus prior years and notes over 120,000 miles in operation. Dr Mary Walter wearing a fur bound overcoat and plug hat paid her respects to the president on New Year’s day, evidently not swearing off.
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Mary Walter
Mary
Judge Recommends Low Neck Garments for Dudes
The judge suggests that men should wear low necked clothing too. The remark follows a lighthearted comment about brains being cut low in the neck. The exchange reflects a humorous court-side banter rather than a formal ruling.
Montana girl dies from embrace effects
A Montana girl died from the effects of an embrace with a sweet smile on her lips even in death.
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Montana
Hastings social scene described as fashionable chaos
The piece portrays Hastings as a hub of flirtation and intrigue with young women lining up plans to win husbands before leap year ends. It likens DeEnvrER to Baden Baden in gambling and a Mecca for the social evil, a paradise for political adventurers.
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Hastings
Bachelors’ Association
Christ like people and Phalangeful Arm Grasp Quip
In a Bradford era quip the Oil City Derrick riffs on a Hastings Democrat line and Hamlet advice. A high school girl boasts about catching Gus's arm then corrects phrasing with a pun on anatomy as her friend jokes about grasping a humerus with phalanges.
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Amy
Gus
Oil City
Leap Year Etiquette Aims For Fun In Society Circles
Peck's Sun notes leap year prompts women to court rules while men bear duties and pay for events. The piece jokes that despite theory, practical outcomes favor equal obligation as society strings along theatre and ball tickets and potential escort duties.
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Axp
Oth
Peck
The Allure of Holy Wedlock in Victorian Life
A rich extract from Charles Reade portrays marriage as a path to social freedom and personal power for women. It contrasts legal and social autonomy gained by wedlock with the limitations of remaining single. The passage critiques gender norms and female modesty expected in society.
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London
Charles Reade
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