Outwitted juror and morgue tales in a London weekly
A fanciful tale tells of a juryman outwitting a judge by claiming not to know which family member would die first. The next day a friend asks about his wife and daughter, revealing the juror’s claim was a puzzle. Separate note recounts a blind man identifying his dead wife by touch in Bellevue, the morgue, with a somber, chilling tone.
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Londa
Tidtu
New York
Bellevue
Mary
Aubrey Moore
Elijah
Meaning of Wisconsin Name From Indian River Roots
The article explains Wisconsin's name origin from the Indian terms for the Wees kon sam river waters gathering at the source. It notes variations by early French and a scholar A Gaudin linking Wiecen ota to muskrat house. It mentions a future article on blackearth and metal working.
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Wisconsin
A. Gaudin
Wiecenota
Portland to Chicago and Spokane train service expansion
The Portland to Chicago night and day service adds No. 2 and No. 6 trains with through equipment to Chicago and Spokane. It details coaches dining cars sleeper options and connections via Union Pacific and Great Northern, plus new schedules reducing travel time and boosting Eastern Oregon Idaho service. It notes Pendleton connections and mining districts traffic, with ticket agents advised.
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Portland
Pacific Coast
Chiago
New York
Exat
Bouthers Pacific
Overland
San Francisco
Chicago
Union Pacific
Chicago & Northwestern
Arso
Washington
Great Northern
S T. Paul
Spokane
Oregon
Pendleton
Baker County
Coeur d’Alene
Republic
Kootenai
Idaho
Omaha
Kanes City
Connault
W. H. Hurlburt
Taseenger
Piety in the Home Sayings by Jeremy Taylor
Parents should model piety and reverent conduct for children showing kindness and constant care. The text urges parents to be friends, defenders, sanctuary, treasure, and guides to their offspring.
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Jeremy Taylor
Fragmented Prose Note on Vision and Rest
A readers note complains of fatigue and a desire for vitality. The text mocks distractions and urges rest after a day of effort, hinting at health or lifestyle emphasis without clear details.
A Well Kept Life and the Will of God
A meditation on the rarity and value of a willing heart to do God's will, contrasting willingness with active service and urging sincere obedience as the Christian ideal. The excerpt includes a note from Mr Spellem of Highlandtown asking for wholesome food for children, with a humorous nod to doughnuts as a catalogued joke in the Baltimore American.
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God
Christ
Henry Drummond
Spellem
Highlandtown
Baltimore American
Steel platforms fitted on Rock Island passenger cars
The Rock Island mechanical department orders steel platforms on all passenger coaches. Many have been replaced. as cars are freed from daily service, workers remove old platforms and install steel ones. A Baptist deacon in Trenton rebuked a girl for whispering during prayer and, in a scuffle, grabbed her hair to remove her from the church.
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Rock Island
Trenton
Saloon regulations target public access and disorder
Notices warn Louie Mo saloons to stop private wine rooms and keep all spaces open to the public, forbid music, and bar dissolute patrons under license forfeiture. Union Signal notes college death rates rise with weak health blamed on physique and advertises Hustetter’s Bitters. Mishawaka pallbearers bill estate for funeral transport.
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Eferant
Lould
Louie
Union
Vow College Mudente
Coogee
Cure for Catarrh Claims National Reputation
Readers learn of a claimed cure for catarrh offered by Halls Catarrh Cure with a constitutional approach. The advertisement asserts internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and promises relief for sufferers. It also mentions Cheney & Co and Bilyar Pills as recommended remedies. Also notes cattle arriving in Havana from the Americas undergo inspection before pasture grazing.
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Fata
Hall
Cal
Catan
All
Misti Cheney & CO
Toledo
C. Biilyar
Triple Daily Trains Link Ogden and Denver
Salt Lake Tribune reports a Kay Grande Western Railway Rio Grande Colorado Midland tie in to offer three daily fast trains between Ogden and Denver. Through sleepers operate Chicago Ogden San Francisco with a dining car service and literature available from Portland and Salt Lake City agents.
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Salt Lake City
Kay Grande Western Railway
Denver & Rio Grande
Colorado Midland
The
Salt Lake Tribune
Ogden
Denver
Chicago
San Francisco
JD. Mansfield
Washington Street
Portland
Geo
W Heintz
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Piso
Thin Ave
Minneapolis, Minn
Germany
Reichatag
Bilf P' Oat
Seeley, Company
New New York
Viet Tt
Buffalo Pitts
Murad Upaas
Catalenes
Vast
Portland Directory
Cawrton & CO
Exginka
Honleka
Chveery
Atiplies
Pirstai
Parland
Jone Poole
Peattaxs
McCormick
Ebdress
HP. Weax
L Seas
Cosme
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