Brakemen Endure Bitter Winter on Mountain Rail Lines
A historical account details winter hardships for freight brakemen on Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio railroads. It describes frostbite risks, cold clothing, and dangers from moving blockades, with anecdotes of a brakeman saving a train from a wreck during a night split on a Pittsburgh line.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Galliteen
Allegtppus
Alleghenies
Allegheny River
Allegheny Valley
Ohio Valley
Fort Wayne
Lake Erie
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Brakeman Recalls Tough Shifts and Frozen Fingers
A veteran brakeman describes 12 hour days and frequent 36 hour stretches with overtime, noting summer heat causes sleepiness while winter cold risks frostbite. He recalls a night when exposure led to the conductor losing two fingers to amputation, explaining the price of hard work.
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L. E. Storten
Joaquin Miller New Story in The Dispatch Next Month
The Dispatch will publish Joaquin Miller's new story exclusively next month. The author has approved the piece after reading it in cold type and jokingly noted his own handwriting confounds even a skilled stereotyper.
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Dispatch
Joaquin Miller
Mr. Miller
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Praised by Nebraska Editor
J. B. Dodds of Arbor State in Wymore Nebraska to says the remedy shows magic effects on grandchildren with croup and colds. He notes the family would not sleep without it and comments on rising popularity locally.
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Ton
J. B. Dodds
Arbor State
Wymore, Neb
Chamberlain
Chammain
Whee
Christman
Ghizeh
Pha
Gaines
Torp
Darman
Dickie
Kenen
Central Southern Syndicate
Keney
Christmas Symposium of American Authors
A feature presents brief Christmas sentiments from famed writers including Harriet Beecher Stowe Louise Chandler Moulton Margaret Deland and William Dean Howells. The lettered contributions reflect on Christmas joy memory loyalty to ideals and the seasonal rose of literature with personal reflections on happiness and the year ahead.
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Tar Dispatch
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Mary
L. Co. M
Louise Chandler Moulton
Margaret Deland
Ston
John Ward
Emanuel
W. D. Howells
War talk and private pain in a besieged mood
In a Parisian room, Dick endures deafening war chatter from Nilghai and friends while Maisie waits unread letters. The group debates the Soudan crisis, Torpenhow’s absence, and press censorship as Dick wrestles with longing, pride, and the ache for Maisie.
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Torpenhow
Cassaretti
Torp
Morten- Sutherland
Macklye
London
Balkans
Soudan
Dick Wai
Lescenes
Nilgbai
Kenen
Cairo
Cassavetti
Keneu
Central Southern Syndicate
Argalshire Sutherlanders
War Office
Suakin
Plumstead Marshes
Autumn Poem Echoes From Washington Star Read
Partial text from a Washington Star Christmas symposium shows Donald G. Mitchell replying to a reader. The note mentions a crippled arm and extends holiday wishes. An Autumn Poem fragment appears alongside literary references and early 19th century echo.
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Donald G. Mitchell
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Distatch
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Derry
Altoons
Ft. Warne and Chicago
Allegheny City
Alliance
Allegheny
Mrs. Stowe
Edna Proctor
Louise Chaddier Moulton
Edna Dean Proctor
Paradise
Ella Wheeler Wiilcox
Marion Harland
Lucy Larcom
New England
Egypt
the Dispatch
Rudyard Kipling
India
Chapter
Maisie
England
Nughai
Vitry-sur-Marne
Kami
Kach
Mademoiselle
Hopper Bros. & CO
Rae
Via
Washington Star
Hotterton
Ood Street
Brocatello
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