A Special Providence on the Nashville to Chattanooga Line
In the spring of 1864 a shifter train with guard troops and a wounded guerrilla narrowly escapes a derailment trap near a siding two thirds down the line. A violent storm and a miraculous open switch reversed by lightning save the crew as it thundered toward a steep grade, then a fusion of metal and fate seals the switch. The superintendent hints the event may be providential, not chance, and orders a post voyage inquiry.
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Nashville and Chattanooga
Nashville
Chattanooga
Stevenson
Tom Gaze
Guy Yards
Sreckon
Tom
Lady Bountiful helps Brush wife on Fifth Avenue
Mrs. Brush, wife of painter George De Forest Brush, and her children pause before an art store window when a stylish passerby gives pennies to the youngster. The donor, noting the “Mother and Child” likeness, asks if Brush has work, and departs, leaving Mrs. Brush to reflect on charity and his busy studio.
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Mistaken County
George de Forest Brush
Brush
Fifth Avenue
Paris
Beston Museum
An Old Enemy and the Rise of a Nameless Man
An old adversary rises in life and conceals his past. A reminiscence tale describes a man who hides his former humble trade while pursuing study, work, and modest reading hours. A dramatic moment reveals his true identity and the lesson of pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ong
Hfe
Hent
Dean Hole
Loy
Unusual marriage proposals told in old London scraps
A whimsical London tale recalls a shooting gallery marriage proposal where Anne Oakley style letters were fired as shots spelling will you marry me and the lady replied certainly not. Other feats include a waterfall Morse letter at Yosemite and a fireworks message costly and dramatic, amid ancient and courtly offers, each a quirky relic of romance.
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Anne Oakley
London
Westminster Way
Yosemite Valley
California
Charles Evelyn
Herrmannstadt
Sussex
British Museum
Mundhares
Golchis
Prince de Conti
Fre, by Hight: a puzzling fragment in a local meeting
A garbled OCR fragment describes a scene in which a speaker whispers to a stranger, cites working-women’s protest, calls a traveling preacher’s wife a president, and places her in a meeting role, all set within a chaotic Chicago context.
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Togo
Chicago
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George FP. Seymour
Mills County
Nebe
Nebe’s Shoe Store
E.M. Meyers
Alone’s Pharmacy
Suse
Rieger
West Side Square
Glenwood
Ohio
Illinois
Iowa
Arkansas
Wariw
Wallace
MBR
Inka Ieee
District Court
Milla County
Prid Court
Scotten Dillan Company
Mul Againat Gannollay Bros
Werd Gunanley Aa
Defondanta
Costa
Lown
Ward Gunsalley
Benjamin Guranley
Santion
Chonwood
Gouwood
W., H. Morgan
Milla Cortuty
Siatrict Court
Trings
Rocco Bros
Gunprolley Bros
Ward Guncusley
Mille County
Anid
Ward Runsalley
Henjamin Gunsalley
Milla
W. H. Morgan
Sherrif
Independent Baking Company
Gunselley Bros
Ward Gunselley
Benjamin Annselley
Lowa
Towa
H. H. Spetman
C. A. Sprtman
J. Fred Spetman
Miesa Spetmas
D. H. Spetman
Henry F. Harn
Anna Maria Harms
Henry F. Kahl
Gustav A. Kahl
Catharina Elieve Helene Kahl
van K. Logeborg Schlott
Margaretha Weymalter
Carl Weymutler
Augusta M. C. Lend
Albert UW. Head
Clare M. Spetman
Alving F. Spatman
August Spatman
M. Flammant
Wm. Spetman
Nills County
Laws
Wor
Spelman
Pontion Thirty
Township Seventy-Four
Route Forty-Three
Pottawatinmie
Qarter
Mile
Town
KL. Woodkdfe
Kor
Power & Seating Co
Aly Re
Bih
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