The Lost Railroad of Siberia Saga of a forgotten line
An odd 2 mile 7 foot gauge line near Irkutsk on the Anmrn river served freight around rapids in early Siberia. Built by students, it used iron spike rails, dual smokestacks, and a small crew, then faded with river improvements. Locomotive and cars vanished as the right of way overgrew, leaving only relics and rumor.
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Siberia
Gasxette
Siberian
Gazette Saga
Irkutsk
Port Companion
Rapide
Asia
Indin
Trans-Siberian Railroad
Sierra
Rome
Coast Constructio nFirm to Build 17 Miles of Columbia River Road
O. R. & N. awards Pacifi e Coast Construction Co. a contract to build 17 miles of road along the Columbia River from Troutdale to Honeville. Work starts immediately, expected completion in about six months at a cost of 620000. The new highway will remove 150 curves, reduce curvature to under 2 percent, and replace Tunnel No. 1 with a 500 foot two degree curve. Chief Engineer Boechke insists the road will be a modern, straight, safer route.
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Pacifiie Coast Constructo Company
Oorr. & N
Columbia River
Troutdale
Honneville
Boechke
Corbett
Salem official files suit for customs position
Col B Mofer of Salem enters the race for the customs collector post, challenging U L Patterson as speculation swirls about who will succeed the current appointee. Albany and Salem figures are named in a crowded field with local political intrigue.
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Col. B. Mofer
Salem
Tee Patterson
Met
Collector of Customs
U. L. Patterson
I. Mofer
A. Werlgaty
Albany
Wanted A Raise Story of Field and His Pensioners
A tale from Youth's Companion about Marshall Field maintaining a pension list for monthly gifts. One clever pensioner, Henry, leverages a widow to get a raise by persuading Field that the widowed landlady will sponsor him. Field jokes about the situation, then offers to cut the pension in half to twelve and a half dollars, preserving spending money.
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Mom &Rll Field
Marshall Field
Sim
Moon
Liles
Henry
Field
Rhythm in Writing and Speech Says Critics
An analysis notes writers and speakers show personal sentence rhythms. It claims average sentence length reflects an author's style, with rhythm more prominent in music and oratory than in prose. The piece cites Walter Dill Scott and discusses esthetic preference for rhythm aligned with thought.
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Bia
Walter Dill Scott
Trade and local economy and snake movement notes
A Home Trade Advocate urges locals to spend within their town to strengthen the community’s resilience and circulation of money. The article also explains snake locomotion, noting ball and socket vertebrae allow side to side movement and that snakes climb by gripping with scale edges, while smooth surfaces defeat their grip.
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J. M. Care
Sway
Quote Exchange Reveals Misread Minds in Odd Dialogue
An astronomer and a theatrical manager trade pointed remarks about stars. The manager jokes that many stars should not be seen, while the astronomer gradually realizes the manager is not merely naive.
Distinction and Etiquette Reflections in Brooklyn Life
A trio of short humorous observations contrasts wit and propriety. A timid suitor is dismissed yet the widow insists she would consider him, while etiquette and rigidity of principle are lampooned. The Nautilus inspires notes on ship design and a tale of absentminded Eaton chasing a hen on Windsor Hill.
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Eaton
Windsor Bill
Fragmented Miss Longyears dialogue in dispatch blurb
A damaged text fragment presents an exchange involving Miss Longyears and a character named Cynthus. The Louis Dispatch style hints at a retrospective or satirical note on beauty standards across decades.
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Malicious
Miss Longyears
Cynthus
Louls t-Dispatch
Neagle Bros advertise Winona wagons and repairs
Neagle Bros THE LACKS promote carriage repair in a rickety era rely on Winna Buggy and Winona wagons. They seek customers for gasoline engines from Fairbanks Morse and irrigating equipment. Estimates offered.
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Neagle Bron
Fairbanks-Morse
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