Comfort on a Pennsylvanian Train With German Travelers
A New York Sun retelling describes a round German couple on a Jersey City to Philadelphia Pennsylvanian train. They travel standing embracing, trade hats and caps, sleep with a handkerchief, and end in affection before abandoning the car smiling. A long legged passenger praises their simple, intimate comfort over private cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Jersey City
Pennsylvania Railroad
New Brunswick
Philadelphia
Nilsson
Patti
Abbey
Umbrella Padding Affects Boston Car Ride
A passerby describes a fat woman striking a driver with an umbrella to stop a car. The driver remains unshaken and explains he wears a pad on his back to cushion umbrella points. The incident highlights unusual pedestrian behavior and the driver’s practical precaution.
Do you take the shoes from a dead horse
A stable-keeper balks at removing a dead horse shoe preferring burial of the horse and a decent suit of clothes. A Whitehall Times remark notes a belief that one should not degrade another’s work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levinston Journal
Grand Army
Whitehall Times
Stinson & CO
Portland
Maine
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the Peoples Store
General Merchandise
Wilcox Bros
B. M. Pharmacy
America
Nmccookk
Nebraska
Challenge Wind Mill
G. B. Nettleton
McCook, Neb
Avent
Kansas
D. Kendall
Billiard Hall & Favorite Resort
Boston Globe
Goity Bakery
A. Probst & Bro
Graham Bread
Paragon Drug Store
R. H. Hamilton
McCracken
McCracken’s Jewelry Store
Arapahoe
Hayden
Nccook
Frees & Hocknell
Proprietors OF the
Chicagh Lumber
McCook, Indianola
Cambridge
Oxford
Toneg
Harter
Beg Eik’s
Great Western Furniture Emporium
J. E. Berger
True & CO
Augusta
Alzhe
Winelow
United States
Novek
Capital Med
Portland, Matee
S. L. Green and
Johnson & Spalding
P. Sharp
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