Casey Jones and the Cannonball Hero Dies in Midnight Crash
The article recounts the 1900 death of Casey Jones, engineer on the Illinois Central Cannonball, who steered his train to warn a freight collision and perished with one hand on the brake. It traces his fame, the ballad inspired by Wallace Sanders, and the song’s later popularity and legal notes.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Casey Jones
John Luther Jones
Memphis
Tenn
Canton
Miss
Illinois Central
Cayce
Jones
Casey” Jones
Casey
Mobile & Ohio
Jackson
Water Valley
Mississippi
Tennessee
Wallace Sanders
Wallace
Mistah Casey
Sim Webb
Joe Lewis
Lewis
Vaughn
Sim
Edward O'Malley
William Bosma
Homer English
Sanders
Adventure Magazine
Hollywood Picture Company
R. W. Gordon
Camden
N. J
David Graves George
Victor
Richmond
George
Harvard
Frederick Lewey
Lynchburg
Carl Noel
Danvell
Henry Whitter
General Phonograph Company
Victor Records
Burkan
Hillbilly
Phonograph Records
Lesson on Wealth and the Afterlife from Luke Sixteen
A Bible lesson contrasts the rich man and the beggar Lazarus across two worlds. It highlights selfish wealth, the reversals after death, and the certainty of divine judgment, urging trust in Scripture over spirits or miracles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell
Lazarus
Abraham
Dives
Moses
Bible Study At Home Brings Blessings, Meyer Quote
F B Meyer says those who constantly attend meetings for crumbs of help should stay home and search their Bibles. He argues that greater happiness and blessing come from personal scripture study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Meyer
Common Transactions as Sacred Channels of Leaven
A reflective note asserts that everyday trades and dealings become avenues for spreading spiritual influence, suggesting that ordinary life acts subtly carry divine growth and moral impact across communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. MacDonald
Naughty Impulse Foiled by Chivalry in Court Bench Tale
A Miss Jane Harrison memoir anecdote recounts a prisoner using foul language. The clerk typed a copy for the bench but the judge, urged by chivalry, refused to read it aloud and pocketed the script. The Kansas City Times notes the humorous moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Harrison
Newnham College
Cambridge
England
Miss Harrison
Kansas City Times
Early English Dramas Acted Only on Sunday
In 16th and 17th century England Sunday performances were common and supported by Queen Elizabeth I James I and clergy. Sunday playgoing faced opposition yet persisted with new works often debuting on Sundays well into the 17th century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James I
London
Manchester
Eng
Guardian
Covered Wagon Days Trek Across Plains
The pioneer's trek required courage for 2000 miles of rough travel. Wagons, two yoke of four year old steers and one yoke of cows, faced rivers mountains thirst and famine. Dust storms sometimes hid the lead oxen in a 500 mile long column moving west amid pestilence and hardship.
Early American cast-iron plow comes to light
In 1797 John Newbold demonstrated a cast-iron plow similar to English models. Farmers doubted the iron touching soil and the first American cast-iron plow was left unrepaired after a broken moldboard. The Mississippi soil spurred steel moldboards led by John Deere in 1837 and William Parlin in 1842. James Oliver later advanced chilling cast-iron plow points from 1853.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Newbold
England
Mississippi Valley
John Deere
William Parlin
Middle West
James Oliver
Santa forgetful memory disappoints boy in Cleveland
A seven year old boy in Cleveland visits Santa and tells him his Christmas wishes. On a later encounter another Santa asks what he wants, and the boy laments that Santa would forget what he told him, calling him a chump.
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Monroe
Virginia
Steve
Spencer
Cleveland
Santa Claus
Sonny
Caldwell
Jarlabanke Honored as Ancient Swedish Road Builder
A newly found Rune stone at Taeby reveals Jarlabanke as one of Sweden’s earliest Viking road builders. Over 1,000 Rune stones from the ninth to eleventh centuries are now registered, with Jarlabanke’s road across the Taeby swamp still in use and known as Jarlabanke's bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarlabanke
Taeby
Detroit News car crash report hints at speed claim
A Detroit News snippet notes Bob Durban may have claimed a car reached 70 miles per hour. The item references pedestrians and speed in a brief, incomplete briefing.
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Bob Durban
Joyce
Detroit News
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P. B. Fitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Rich Man
Solomon
Jesus
America
da. W. B. Catowett's
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