Splendid Wreck of the South Penn Railroad Engineering Feats
A reprint from a Martinsburg Dispatch piece recounts the abandoned South Penn Railroad in Fulton Bedford and Somerset counties. It details massive tunnels including the Sidling Hill and Allegheny Mountain sections, vast fills, and hundreds of wheelbarrows and tools left as proof of vast engineering labor and costly misjudgments.
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Conrest
Reprozo
South Penn
Fulton
Bedford
Somerset Counties
Alleghenie
South Penn Railroad
Sidling Hill
Tam Dispatch
Bidling Hill
Bedford County
Harrisburg
Cumberland Valley
Path
Tuscarora Mountain
Somerset
Allegheny Mountain
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Company
Altoona
Juniata River
Spruce Creek
Conemaugh River
P. R. BR
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Berlin
Somerset County
Nigger Mountain
Cute
Tuanela
Tralow
Hidden South Penn Railroad Records Found In Harrisburg Wall
On Market Street Harrisburg a signboard on a three story brick house marks a stash of dusty South Penn Railroad account books and records. They were sealed two years ago and were part of a theft linked to the railroad’s old assets.
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Market Street
Harrisburg
Valon
S. P. ER
South Penn Railroad
Bankalo Walladelphia
Old South Penn Railroad
Pitsburg
New York
Electric street cars win over cable grip says driver
A Second Avenue car driver compares electric street cars favorably with cable and horse cars. He notes less muscle strain and easier bell ringing on the electric car, despite past experience with mules, grip cars, and locomotion. He says the bell can be sounded with one hand while steering and braking with the other.
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Broig Jg
The Way of Woman Helen Walk ing-ticket Call Tonight
Fragmentary chatter shows a plan to call tonight about a walking ticket. The speakers discuss caring and a personal message to Helen, with incomplete phrases and unclear context.
Hill and Cleveland duel in Indiana and New York
Charles T. Murray analyzes how Governor David B. Hill’s Indiana visit amid Hendricks memorials signals a bipolar fight over the 1896 presidential ticket. The piece contrasts Hill’s reform platform with Cleveland’s tariff stance, notes Indiana revolt against Cleveland, and forecasts New York battles for party control and convention delegates. It references Hendricks, Hill, Cleveland, and Mrs. Hendricks as pivotal figures shaping Democratic divisions and future alliances.
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Adeach
New Yourx
Governor Hill
Indiana
Thomas A. Hendricks
Hill
Cleveland
United States
Mr. Cleveland
New York
Hendricks
Cleveand
Democratic Party
Indianapolis
Akirmigh
Republican Party
Thia
Hone
Republican House of Representatives
Theu
Scranton
Wallace
Pattison
Pennsylvania
David B. Hill
Senate of the United States
Mr. Hendricks
Williard’s
Washington
Davis B. Hill
Massachusetts
Charles T. Murray
American Songstress Miss Nita Caritte Gains European Favor
An illustrated profile chronicles Miss Nita Caritte, born in America, praised for beauty and voice. She trained under Emilio Bolari, Anna de Lagrange, and Gounod, performed in London and Paris, with engagements at Covent Garden under Augustus Harris and possible Brussels appearance next winter.
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Illustrated American
Nita Caritte
Gounod
Virginia
Caritte
Mina Caritte
New York
Signor
Emilio Bolari
Bin
Anna de Lagrange
London
Parla
Apain
Leabella
Marguerite
Juliet
Mius Osritte
Caritvo Lh
Augustus Harris
Covent Garden
Brussels
America
Plungers Advice from Walton at Stockton Hotel Cape May
Washington reporters visit Cape May at the Stockton Hotel run by Walton the famous English betting figure known as The Plunger. He renounces racing profits, shares a millionaire past, and plans Cape May investments while claiming to shift to legitimate business. He warned young and old investors to abandon bookmaking and grow through steady work.
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TUE Dispatch
Washington
Cape May
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Stockton Hotel
Walton
England
Ireland
Greece
Cape Maye
Fortress Mourow
We & Prin Setae
Fortra Monroe
Leason
Yuan
Oanranyr
Hypnotizing Yourself A Simple Easy Performance
A brief guide explains that some people can hypnotize themselves easily by a simple procedure. Sit or recline, breathe deeply, and focus on a steady object about two feet away. Sleep soon follows. wakefulness can be overcome by steady gaze and repeating steps.
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Ater
Wiring the Fragments of a Broken Knee Joint
A Boston Journal medical note explains the kneecap’s knoo-onap bone and the wired union method. It states this technique brings separated bone fragments together, speeds recovery, reduces pain, and may require patient consent for the operation when fractures allow it.
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Boston Jerald
Duc dOrleans to Tour the World and Prove Strength
The piece critiques the Duc dOrleans amid talk of a fifteen month journey around the world to mature him, contrasting his potential with England's Flocet and noting how even favored princes can disappoint. It suggests his coming to America could test him against peers and provoke wider comparisons.
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England
Flocet
Boston Herald
Duc d’Orleans
America
The Mayfair Visit and the Bethune Suit
In Piccadilly George Bethune and his granddaughter arrive at Lord Musselburgh’s home amid talk of a Bethune lawsuit. A young Scot, Vin, stares at Bethune’s granddaughter, a beautiful shy woman, whose fate and the old man’s pride stir both pity and fascination as they navigate ambition, class, and possible assistance.
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Piccadilly
George Betlnae
Lord Musselburgh
Lord Musselvurg
Maishe
Mussalbare
Bers
Malurie
Musselburgh
George Bethune
Mayfair
Vincent Harris and Musselburgh Discuss Grandison Dinner Plans
In Piccadilly the young Vincent Harris resists Lord Musselburgh’s push to visit Victoria and to attend Grandison’s dinner. Harris recoils from politics and romance, his mind filled with dreams of a future he cannot yet name, while the crowd moves past in the park and his resolve hardens.
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Victoria
Musselburgh
Grandisone
le Bi
Home Office
Oaterdormbridge
Vincent Harris
Grandison
Gentlemas
House of Commons
Vis
Grandion
Lord Musselburgh
Vna Hagsam
Victoria Station
Vincent Harrig
Piccadilly
Hyde Park
Nissiere
Harris
Spencer
Bain
Jehnni
Delorme
Hallam
Freeman
Win Harris
Park Street
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Magvels
Everett
Ayer
United — _ Sre
Q Mountain
Crouma
Allegheny
Eet Meentale
Serhan Aia
Deiloe
Bdamen
Ray's Hill
Sidling Hill Tunnel
Helen
Jack
Jno Ea
I Weinentas
Cleveland and Hill
White House
Congress
Londricks
Tilden
Thurman
Mohaugie
Entite
Henony
House of Representatives
Europe
Sam Pike
Thore
Bill Leeds
Harry Bingham
Leeds
Recorder of
Continental
Globe
St James
Bohemia
Stor
Peter
Foxhall
Czarowitz
Dispatch
William Black
Thule
Strangs
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