A Christmas Hold-Up on the Northern Pacific
A bank transfer of 150000 dollars moves by Northern Pacific and Union Express to Medora. Brown, a hardened train rider, befriends Bishop who travels by a movable chapel car. While robbers seize the money, Brown warns and helps, then plans reform and urges a future with Florence, seeking redemption after a dangerous act.
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First National Bank of St Paul
Anie Jialena National Bank
Northern Pacific
Union Express Company
Express Company
Jack Frost
Diamond Central
Bismarck
Miles City
St. Paul
Mary
Imail
Willie
J. W. Brown
William Martin
Medora
N. D
Denver
Thompson
Engin
Manaid
Mr. Brown
Brown
Florence
Sir
Cyes
Yarself
Maney
Mint
Ives
South Heart
Union Xpress Company
First National Bank of
Rawley
Express
Bill Thompson
Orst
Belfield
Iber
Wem
Sully Springs
Missouri
Bill
Bshop
England
Australia
Virginia
Chicago Times-Herald
Perils of Wealth and Smoking Tales in Papers
A reader notes frequent reports of prominent figures, including the Prince of Wales, sustaining injuries or health issues from smoking. The writer, a smoker named Tam, reflects on how even the wealthy can be harmed by tobacco while expressing personal doubt and longing. The brief, chatty column appears in a weekly issue.
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Prince of Wales
Tam
Ills Travels of Japanese Youth to Lincoln and Bryan Link
The story of Yamachita from Japan, initially touted as a son of Colonel Bryan, fades as details emerge. He is now Yamachera Yamachita, 29, a humble tiller’s son, living with the Fitzgerald family. He arrived after a year in San Francisco and is studying at the University of Nebraska, ambitious to lead Japan’s common people and someday enter parliament.
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University of Nebraska
Lincoln
W. J. Bryan
Itsu
Mikado
Japan
Yamachita
Nebraska
San Francisco
Bryan
John Fitzgerald
Mr. Yamachita
Yamadera
Mr. Bryan
Italy
Yamabe- Ta
Yamachera
A Unique Fortace Stamp Surfaces in Imperial Postage
Canada unveils a new penny postage stamp designed to symbolize empire unity. Postmaster General Mulock, while in the East, urged the idea to show Britain’s empire against its possessions with a world figure described in miniature. Red British possessions contrast a dark background under a crown and oak and maple leaves.
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Canada
Mulock
East
Great Britain
New York Evening Post
Knack of Saying Things In An Advertisement From London
Fragment describes a kinder style of adoption appeal for a healthy homeless child. It notes a blue eyed girl in Gothic attire previously under professional care, potentially to a foster parent with passion for such opportunity. The notice mentions a little lady of gentle descent from distinguished ancestors and references a stipend or provision on reaching age thirty five.
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London
Passton
Staal
Wm. B. Smallridge
Jackson County
Wolling
Munich
Boise City
Idaho
British Museum
Pope
Steele
Ada
Towe
Young
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Relief for Rheumatism
The ad asserts rheumatism sufferers can be cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla, claiming it neutralizes blood acid and offers proven, unequaled cures. It urges immediate use and warns against unknown preparations, touting Hood's Pills as a liver remedy at 25 cents.
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Hood
America
The Poor City Boy Dreams on a Sled and Ashes
A pensive Cleveland Leader fragment recalls a city boy in a heavy overcoat and leather leggings imagining happiness on a bright new sled, while a country boy recalls a high, clear hill and freedom beyond the ash‑strewn sidewalks of hampered ponds.
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Tamachera Yamachita
Inada
Homa
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and
Onin
D. B. Martin
B. and C
Pennsylvania Railroad
Garbonsia Fic Sxsur Ge
Ganirorxia Fic Sraor Ga
Gare Ferma Fig Srxor Co
Wlions
California
Cal
Louisville
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