Selina Emmon Opposes Electric Rail Line and Finds Resolve
An elderly landowner Miss Selina Emmon resists an electric railway crossing her Brooklyn area pasture. She demands high compensation, warnings her land would supply a costly bridge and delays. After bitter rounds, she yields to curiosity, faces the cars, and forms a wary bond with a young motorman, Bailey, who finally invites her onto a ride that convinces her to try one last time.
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Selina
Brooklyn
Willeh
Selina Emmon
Dortmene
Tor
Cleetrie Road
Ress
United States
Lina
Congr
Washngton
San
Marria
Vesuvius
Union Pacific
Wabash
Delaware
Lackawanna
Caribbean
Ms Sand
Albany
Altman
Emoly
Indiana
Hearst
Practical farming tips for cabbage weeding and sod manure
Notes emphasize hoeing cabbage during wet mornings to control weeds and threaten pests like white butterflies. It discusses rotting roadside sod for top dressing, adds phosphorus to compost, and advises tool care, proper loading on hay wagons, and sturdy cattle stanchions.
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Lincolnshire
England
Uniform Divorce Laws Urged by Dr Talmage
Dr. Talmage argues for national uniform divorce statutes to curb rampant divorce. He blames free love and polygamy for eroding marriage, urges Congress to amend the Constitution, and calls for a strong, moral framework to protect the sacred bond and reduce domestic disorder.
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Dome
God Notimes
Academy of Music
Browlyn
Copy Institute
New York
Tremont
Boston
Lind S
Promit
Utah
America
Congress
James Bunat
Buchanan
France
United States
Tern Reserve
Ohio
Rhode
Vermont
Rome
Gibbon
Ig Islaud
Newport
Chicago
Father and Son in a Colorado Regiment Tale
A wounded OCR fragment recalls a private father leading his son Ben Lear Jr in a Colorado Infantry unit. The piece portrays military hierarchy and pride, with father and son navigating discipline, salutes, and shared service amid wartime urgency.
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Uwe
St. Luis
Dias
Colorado
Ben Dest
Edo Pinercen
Benjamin Lear
Lieut
Lear
Wester
Ben Leer
Tosi
Sabate
Sapcomel
Colorado Infantry
Wien
Button Sewn On Finger Leads to Emergency Surgery
A girl named Rosie J Madison suffered an accident at 626 Hroad when a sewing machine pressed a button into her finger. Joseph Ishop helped, and surgeons at a local hospital removed the button under ether after it became embedded in flesh.
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Rosie J Madison
Joseph Ishop
A Cent's Hospital
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Selina Emmons
Obiboor
Baily
Chicago Record
Byron
Andi
Iction
Americas
DR. Talmage
FOR
Ie Klopsel
Ta'nace Fatals
Nati
Matthew
Silhe
Sigourney
John We
John Milton
Thomas Carly
Froude
Craigenputtock
Ano
Rhone
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