Monon Line Wrecks Mark Worst Rail Disaster Yet
A Monon Railroad crash near Crawfordsville injures and kills across a ravine trestle. Missing and maimed passengers are tended by townsfolk as nine sleep in a caboose before a second wreck destroys the wrecking-train, with heavy oil cars igniting but no lives lost. Helen Watson emerges as a local heroine aiding survivors.
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Crawfordsville
Erina van Rokay
Dance City Club
Hamburg
Cincinnati
N. Cheek
Lumber Y
Green Castle
Nellie Han
Nellie Han Bhow Company, Mrs. Rosa Green Castle, and E. White
Fordsville
Ates
Helen Watson
Louisville
H. 8
Watson
Cransfordsville
Crawfordsvile
Monon
Sud
Denly
Houston
Mr. Kretzinger
Collins
Autumn in California’s inland valleys described in Ukiah notes
A Ukiah correspondent paints autumn in inland California as dull and dust-filled except in the northern counties. He notes lush greens and redwoods near Mendocino, sheep herding life, local wool markets, and a standout wealthy woman wool raiser in Mendocino in a landscape of fall color, weather, and terrain contrasts.
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California
Ukiah
Cal
Manzanita
Mendocino
Rock Peak
Eixteen
Chase of the Walrus and Hop Fields of Ukiah
Features on walrus oil and its limited value compared with seal oil, whaling gear, and historical uses. Move to Mendocino County hop picking with Indian and white labor, wages, camp life, education efforts, and the Russian River Valley harvest. Describes hop camps, social scenes, and the Montgomery Redwood Forest near Ukiah with grand sequoias and rugged scenery.
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Ukiah
Catholic Sisterhood
Mendocino County
Round Valley
Paris Naturalibus
Fidence
California
Redwoods
Mendocino
State
Calaveras
Sierra
Coast Range
Redwood
Coast Mountains
Montgomery Wood
Orr Springs
Montgomery Wood Heads
Prompt and Heroic Snake Bite Tales in Australian Playground
A tale of two Australian boys aged six and eight who cope with a venomous snake bite by severing a finger and seeking surgical care. A passing lady uses a parasol to kill a snake, cut away trousers, cut a cross on the bite, and suck out poison to save a tramp’s life.
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Charley
Liberty Tree and Sons of Liberty in Boston
The Liberty Tree in Boston symbolized colonial resistance. In 1763 the Sons of Liberty formed beneath its elms near Essex and Washington streets where effigies of stamp act supporters were displayed. During the August 1775 siege the tree was cut down by a gang paid by British soldiers and Tory partisans.
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New England
Boston
Sons of Liberty
Essex and
Washington Streets
Ill-omened Jane through European royal lines
The passage traces a string of ill fated Jaines in European royal history. Lady Jane Grey faced execution for Treason. Jane Seymour died in the era of Henry VIII. Jeanne de Valois was denied due to lack of beauty. Jeanne d Albret faced poisoning. Jane of Castile suffered mental decline from neglect. Jane I and II of Naples are linked to assassinations and scandal.
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Jane
Europe
Jane Gray
Jane Seymour
Hal
Jane Beaufort
James I
Scotland
Jeanne de Valois
Louis XII
Jeanne d’ Albret
Henry IV
Catharine de Medici
Castile
Philip the Handsome
Archduke
Austria
Jane I
Naples
Jane II
Divorce on Madagascar Island custom arouses strict scrutiny
In Madagascar a husband can obtain divorce by handing his wife money and saying I thank you, a practice noted as a unique local custom. The description emphasizes the ease of divorce and the cultural context behind the tradition.
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Madagascar
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James
Mme. van Rokey
Chase OF the Walrus
Ernest Ingersoll
Frank Leslie
America
Arctic
Alfred
Russia
Siberia
Alaska
India
Wrona
Russian River
Kansas
Gine
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