Frightful Erie Railroad Blast Kills Fifteen Italians
A deadly Erie railway accident between Allendale and HoOKous, caused by a foreman's neglect, killed fifteen Italian workers ballasting near a curve. The Chicago express, overdue by an hour, plowed into the crew, tearing bodies and limbs across the track. The foreman faces investigation and a coroner's inquest will pursue witnesses.
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New York
Erie
Allendale
Uohokus
Hohokus
Chicago Express
W. L. Hudson
Express
Jersey City
New Jersey City
New York City
Sunday in Chinatown A Chinese Laundress and the Money Gambler
In Mott Street a Chinese laundress Ching Look, with $500 saved for a New York start, navigates Chinatown life. He buys a cheap cigar, reads the local Oriental news sheet posted on a wall, and endures a sidewalk scuffle before retreating to Tom Lee’s cellar to gamble at fan tan with fellow Chinese.
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Ching
Jersey City
Ching Lock
San Francisco
New York
Mott Street
Capt. MacCullagh
Gotham
Cortlandt Street
Chinatown
China
Fan Tan
Letter to the Rhine and a traveler’s mispronounced cites
An excerpt from Youth’s Companion humorously contrasts American and English speech, focusing on a letter pronunciation and a German itinerary. A traveler mishears and misstates place names while chasing a two hour time frame, including Ehrenbreitstein and Nimes, then Switzerland as Moy. The dialogue highlights language slips and cultural quirks during travel.
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New York
Conyers
Cozzer
Goir Watt
Rhine
Mayence
Italy
France
Nismes
Nimes
Nim
Raome
Ehrenbreitstein
Eh’breitstein
Coblanz
Wisbach
Switzerland
Moy
Castoria Through Generations and a Politician's Decline
A humorous verse recalls Castoria as a constant from babyhood to motherhood while lampooning a local election. The speaker notes Bradder Jones's purported re election and then corrects it as a serious diselection, poking fun at political fate.
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Bradder Jones
Sam
Interview with Jay Gould Sparks Moral Reflections
The narrator recalls a ten year gap since meeting Jay Gould and recounts a private interview at Gould's Irvington home. He questions Gould on memory, wealth, and future burdens, suggesting appointing a successor to handle his fortune, while Gould evasively dismisses the concerns. The piece ends with social critique of capital and memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Gould
Jay
Irvington
Gould
Laramie City
Wyo
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Nye
Burchard
Mr. Gould
Judiciary Committee
N. VY. World
Romantic twist in Moscow trial ends in marriage
A medical student sentenced to twenty years hard labor for explosives concealment escapes with help of the owner's daughter who bribed guards and fled with him to Switzerland. They marry en route, while a Vienna Telegraph note adds another speculative line about a sick man. First class job work claimed at the JOURNAL office.
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Moscow
Siberian
Switzerland
Vienna
Cor
London
Telegraph
Prin
O Harris
Ronan
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Erie Railroad
Tom Lee
Murray
Castoria
Jones
Bill Mye
Ile
Boston
Central Branch
Union Pacific Railroad
Paradise
Erie Road
Washington
Journal
Jacob Fuisenhuth
D. J. Brown
Millheim, PA
Mr. Brown
Ersennouth
Pemendous
North
Phila
Eady
F. A. North & CO
CueeTsut
Purlapelpnia
U. S. Patent Office
A. Know & CO
Washington, D.C
Richard K. Fox
Franklin Square
N. Y
Ofapue
Marion
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
North Carolina
AS. G. Blatchley
Ig Bapeut Broad St
Ia PA
Keystone Hotel
Selinsgrove
Penna
Grand Outfit
True & Co
Augusta
Maine
H. Halver 4 Co
Portland
W. T. Mauck’s— Furniture Store
W. T. Mauck
Springfield
Ohio
Enterprise
San Oda Ber
Yagents
Meier
Enterprise Vapor Medicator Co
Union Square
Chestnut
Street
A. North & CO
Pintaccipita
J. B. Mayer
Arch St. Whila
Keystone House
Reading
Harwood
Furniture
Hagwood
Cushman’s
Gushmian
Three Rivers, Mich
George Stinson & Co
Portland, Maine
MARSW
Roel
Battle Creek Machinery Co
Battle Creek
Address Reading Organ
F. J. Kantner
Reading, Pa
Dr.ward & CO
Louisiana, Mo
Jamaica
Joseph Burnett & CO
Chicago
A. J, Weidener
S. Second Street
Philadelphia
the Palmer Boss
Marti
Testimani
Palmer & GO
Rockford
H, Palmer & CO
Rockford, In
Farquhar
York, Pa
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