Frightful voyage down the Mississippi on the Shooting Star
On the Shooting Star bound Cairo to New Orleans during an October voyage, Captain Beveridge and I recount encounters with card sharps, a gun duel on Napoleon shore, a near miss from a revolver, and a terrifying near explosion as fellow passengers react with terror and grit. A parallel note profiles Walton New York’s centenarian Cook St. John, age 108, descendant-rich farmer-carpenter with nine generations, lauded for longevity.
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Chickasaw Bluff
Memphis
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Napoleon
Tompkinsville
Missouri
Ohio
Arkansas
Red
Naleon
America
Hiram Beveridge
Shooting Star
Beveridge
Massachusetts
Ned White
Manilla
Paraguay
Big Black River
Vicksburg
Cape Horn
Walton
New York State
Philadelphia
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St. John
Device tracks railroad car to aid inspection tours
An apparatus attached to the rear of the pay car on Pennsylvania railroad’s middle division measures track condition. A 700 foot white paper rolls around a cylinder to record speed and distance, a central pencil marks track unevenness, and a pendulum iron oscillator alerts inspectors by bell-like sounds at defective points, replacing older telegraph gear.
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D. M. Boyd, Jr
Emersons Opinion in a Brooklyn Argus Exchange
A Boston scribe asks Mr. Emerson for views on the country in decline. The sage declines an interview and offers a wry verdict that a people who consume so much pie crust must deteriorate, as he walks away under the scribe’s watch.
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Emerson
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Hints on Credit and Character from a Michigan Reporter
The passage warns to be punctual with payments and settle often, distrust appearances, avoid gaudy dress, and favor those with simple means. It advises quick payment of debts and critiques quarrelsome people as ignorant of human nature. A Michigan reporter described a ball attendee as a bewitching and graceful little toad.
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Michigan
Cheries Threaten Family Row Over Preserves And Spending
Fragmentary dialogue shows Mr Swipes and Mrs Swipes arguing over household spending and a cheries preserve plan. Accusations include laziness, drunkenness, and misused money for ribbons and comforts while discussing a costly trousseau and possible marriage plans.
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