How Major Wyckoff Squeezed the Railroads on the Texas Coast
A narrator recalls dangerous Central Railroad service and a notorious stingy major on the Texas coast. The story recounts brute rail mismanagement, a fatalistic driverless future for workers, and the Major’s fashion of paying wounded passengers with receipts and cash. The piece ends with the author’s reminiscence of youth amid fever, injury, and the railway’s miserliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Br Claimante
Sis
The
Central
Houston
Major Wyckoff
Texas
J. Anmoy Knox
A Straitlaced Train Tale From The Prairie Car
A humorous railcar dialogue recalls track chaos and an English traveler’s shock at railway customs. A brakeman jokes about ax use in accidents to collect larger juror sympathy while commentary on schedule quirks and oddities of the line surfaces in a streaming narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FESS
Texas Central
Houston
Bryan
Jay Gould
The
Houston Post
Central
Major Werekoff
Major
Rinstanes
Jost Fawcey
Waterbury
Diarrhea Remedy Praised By Nebraska Druggist
A Hemingford druggist R McLeod testifies Chamberlain Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy is the best for bowel complaints and saved a banker's life. The note lists numerous patentees and patent news from C D Levis and associates with over two decades in the business.
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R. McLeod
Hemingford, Neb
Chamberlain
Scioto County
Ohio
Otway
Annie Kennedy
Riley
G. W. Riley
Chas, Tumbleson, Jr
Mapison MusTage
Harden
Madison
Moses A. Thompson
Henley
Boloto County
William Glenn
Chamberisin
J.C. B. Oskin
Sciotocoun
J. G. Hazelbakee
J. P
Madison Mustard
G. H. Davis
E. G. Stucky
Penn Ave
E. G. Stucky & Co
Wylie Ave
Fulton Et
Markell Bros
Penn
Frankstown
Theo
Hrig
Fifth Ave
Carl Bare
der St. John
Jos. L. McConnel & Co
Pittsburg
Allegheny
E. E. Heck
Federal St
Thos. R. Morris
Hanover
Preble Aves
F. H. Eggers
Ohio St
F. H. Eggers & Son
Smithfield St
Second Popular Excursion to Atlantic City July 17 1890
Atlantic City excursion via B & O and connections through Washington Baltimore and Philadelphia on Thursday July 17 1890. Round trip fare and 10 day tickets offered with special trains departing 8 am and 9 20 pm from B and C B R depot. Details from D Smith division passenger agent Pittsburg Pa.
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Washington
D. C
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Stashington
D. Smith
Pittsburg
Orangemen's Picnic at Holton Allegheny Valley R E
This notice invites attendance at the Orangemen's Picnic in Holton hosted by Allegheny Valley R E on Saturday July 12. Trains depart Union station at multiple times with round trip fare including grove admission set at 65 cents, authorized by Keystone District LO L No 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holton
Allegheny Valley R. E
Union Station
Keystone District
LO. L. No. 6
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Grove
Bargain Close for Dress Fabrics and Trim at Ves and Hicks
Bargain prices seal a closeout sale on nets laces flouncings and remnant dress fabrics at Ves and Hicks. Customers flock to snag veus trim and trims as stock winds down including accessories and dressmaking materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veus & Hicks
American influence in Buenos Aires church design
The article notes Americans leading the project for movable pews altars and sanitary appliances in a Buenos Aires church. Northrup & Co. supplies iron ceiling and other furnishings. five altars and light stone nave support replace pillars. Abel cites growing local appreciation for these amenities as Buenos Aires water is pumped by American machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northrup & Co
Buenos Aires
South America
Abel
American Missionary Edifice Rises Near Buenos Aires
In Carmen de Artas 60 miles from Buenos Aires a new Passionist church and novitiate were planned since 1886. Father Fidelis leads the South American mission while Father Constantine oversees Buenos Aires. The May 4 cornerstone ceremony drew a military band and a vast crowd, with a large collection and a $400 trowel gift. The edifice, costing about $200,000, will use brick and stucco with a tile roof, measuring 19x42 1/2 meters and 80 wooden backs similar to peremeant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Carmen de Artas
Buenos Aires
Father Fidelis
South America
Father Constantine
Argentine Republic
Father Edmund
River Platte
Andes
Thomas Duggan
Quirke
James Carthy
Navarre
John Duggin
Thomas Gahan
Lobos
Don James F. Gahan
Cabinet upheaval in Hawaii sparks constitutional clash
The Hawaiian cabinet faced dissolution after a heated fight in the Legislature over minority rule and a vote of no confidence. King Kalakaua appointed new ministers including John Adams Cummins as Foreign Affairs and Arthur P. Peterson as Attorney General, amid corruption and legal questions surrounding a potential treaty with the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Levis
Solicitor of Patents
Fifth Avenue
Pittsburg
Isaac DeHaven
Allegheny
William Snee
H. M. Watson
Dayton, C
Oliver B. Shalenberger
Rochester
Frank G. Waterhouse
John D. Bruce
A. B. Thomas
Kane, Pa
Alvin Z. Harris
J. H. Carr
W. A. Rose
M. ‘D. McWhenny
Wilkinsburg
United States
King Halakawa
Little Isle
San Francisco
Sydney
Honolulu
King Kalakaua
John Adams Cummins
Jonathan Austin
Godfrey Brown
M. Damon
Charles N. Spencer
Austin
Committee On Foreign Affairs
House
Brown
Ashford
Supreme Court
High School and Music Committees Meet. Reappointments Discussed
Central Board committees met to review June enrollments totaling 219 males and 309 females. Upgrades requested for Miller street and High School rooms include desks with lifting tops and cases for chemistry and biology equipment. Re-elections were approved for janitor and janitress. McCargo contested supervisor position with Rinehart favored as new supervisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Board
McKelvy
C. B. Wood
Commercial
Miller Street
Jenny Ralston
Normal Deartment
Iller Street
B. C. Tilson
Gustav Guttenberg
Guttenberg
Little
Margaret Smith
Miller Arena
McCargo
Rinehart
Messrs
Morris Parence Lewis
Theodore Carmichael
Central Board of Education
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Gould
Central Railroa Gay
Conpa
Cap
Central Road
Atlantic City
City of
Charles Abel
Calles Estados Unidos and
Caridad
Holy Cross Chapel
Vanderbilts
Duggan
O'Farrell
Murphy
Gahan
Don Patricio Duggan
Lenora Mullaly
Pittsburg Fathers
Chili
Father Stone
Mire Mar
Bea View
Louis
Andrew
Fidelis
Tricia Ham
Edward Kenny
Liberty Street
Cecil Alley
Joan McCunLoues
Neus & Hacks
Ttssu
Mt. Albion
Oakland
Minersville
Miles Waite
Thad Stevens
Chae
Alice Kelly
Soho
Cleveland
Homewood
McKee
Prinp
McContoGs
J. Garbard
Annie Mitchel
Emma Kiefer
Clara Kay
Sadie Campbell
Morganza
C. B. Woons
St. Paul
Minn
Lavers
Lawrence
Cameron
Liberty
W. B. Bennat
Moorhead
Lucky
James Wilson
Hane Ws
New York
Worrow
Graham
Mo. Clure
Grant School
Harris’ Theater
Inigo Tyrrell
Gio Enther
Prof
Guenther
Bissell
Ap-Sa
Pickerings
Cor. Penn Ave
Tenth St
P. S
Knoxville
Allegheny County
City Direct
Southside
Knoxville Land Improvement Company
Knox Avenue
Knoxville Borough
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