Fatal delay in telegraph office causes meat train to miss time
In a tense midnight shift at the telegraph office, Despatcher De Forest faces cascading failures as extra freight trains clash with express schedules. Miscommunications and staff shortages halt the eastern division, risking a long meat-train delay despite orders to prioritize their passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGill
Mool
de Forest
Bates
Drapateher de Forest
de Forout
Lai
John
P. m
Lip. m
Thatcher
de Foreat
Covcenly
Espaneed de
Suport Ible
Via
Deepatcher de Porest
Forest
de Porest
Mofil
The Wreck and the Distraught Dispatcher
A telegraph operator De Forest endures a catastrophic wreck alert after Metra east bound freight 100 collides with west bound Express 2 near a curve at 12 45. killed and injured rise to twenty as wrecking crews move in and a lone man clings to his desk through the night.
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de Forest
Metra
de Porent
Orin
Wither
Menage
Thatcher
Thai
Unclear Puck Quote About People You Like
A garbled excerpt presents humorous lines about social types and impressions from Puck, noting various figures such as the dinner host, the laughing friend, the artistic admirer, the photographer, and the tailor, all with strained wording and missing bits. The passage reads as a quip on personalities and their observable traits.
Paris Notes on Crime and Fashion in 19th Century
Special Paris letter reports a sensational scene at a Paris boulevard home where Madame Dwtlard is murdered and publisher Rochefort sows political uproar. It also covers Aimee Aymard’s debt dispute with Seyvestre and Company over extravagant garments. Additional items recount M Blampain’s bullet wound relic and a quip about Alfred Wolff the critic in London gossip.
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Corres Pomdet
Paris
Sometie the Seer
Logis Anastay
Bevetec Tres
Madame Dwtlard
Boulevard On Towers
Gonce Ln
Bourne
le Halle
M. Henri Rochefort
L'Intranai
Henri
London
Chamber of Deputies
M. Rocietort
Lauer
Delpich
Castelin
Calnie
Rochefort
Aimee Aymard
Mademoiselle
Theatre Eldersdo
Seyvestre and Company
Mam'selie
Almix
Bourne of Leyvastre and Company
France
Mam'selle
Louvartre and Company
Enraltore Rose
Gianoss
M. Worth
M. Blampain
Julien Blampain
Lageyant
Perrieres la Granda
M. Biaimpain
M. Blampais
Dafontaine
Ferric Ja Grande Gambler
Radgar
Alfred Wold
Wolt
Wolff
Tartars and ancient customs described in fragment
Fragmentary text references old Tartars practices and supposed Irish eating customs. Disjointed wording mentions tribes, periods of usefulness, and various peoples, lacking coherent context or clear events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorisen
Bene Bari
Were and There. A.Brise servant mid ic discovery
A convoluted tale reports a discovery by a servant that could boost speed to ninety two miles an hour. In West Newton New Jersey an elderly store owner was robbed when she refused to surrender till contents. A struggle revealed the thief was her son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Newton
N.J
Hints to Housekeepers and Home Remedies
A garbled list of domestic tips covers stain removal with ripe tomatoes and ink, burns treatment with wormwood oil and alcohol, popcorn-like heating tips, a lead detection test, celery for rheumatism, cucumber cooling, and a tonic using quinine grains whiskey and glycerine. It mixes recipes, applications, and folk cures with unclear instructions.
PITH AND POINT: Fragmentary Night School Gossip
A garbled excerpt describes a playful discussion with a professor checking the clock and various questions about schedules, chaperones, and opinions. It also mentions a comparison of a camel to a Philadelphia politician and a note about Mrs. Jolis A. Carney of Galesburg Illinois.
Plainfield Schedule Fragments and Transit Notes
A garbled OCR list details transit times and locations. It mentions Leave Plainfield 9 7.00, 848 a. mm and references several towns and routes including Allentown Flemington and Rust regions. The text also notes various stations, trains, and local stops with partial times and destinations scattered throughout.
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Plainfield
Narnia Setter
Astaier
Kastor
Mats Giea
Po Votteville
Jeu Chunk
Megane Pettey
Marre
Lowe Deamon
Oceas
Jexewin Doran
AIRA
Literary laborers and their varied fortunes in verse
The article notes poets and writers like Bob Burdette Mrs Bouthworth Mary J Holmes and Marietta Holley earning substantial sums from stories royalties and published verse. It mentions Whitcomb Riley and Cartteroo as successful wordsmiths while hinting at modest gains for others and a tendency to value curiosities over real estate investments.
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Bob" Burdette
Jame Whitcomb
Billy
Bugeoe Field
Cartetoo
Brooklyn
Ani
Wisdom on health and social vanity
A reflective piece argues health is vital to all duties and pleasures, criticizing wasteful living. It notes a respectable man can appear threadbare yet still gain respect, and warns women against causing men to consider other women. It ends with a lament over vanity and the idea of shame.
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Abe
Aphorisms on Diligence and Fortune
A fragmented collection of quoted maxims on virtue, pride, curiosity, and truth. Notable fragments reference flattery servility and public censure, with author attributions suggesting Teeline Trollope and Calion among others.
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Victor Hage
Bert Dremed
Trollope
Palesbood
Lees
Arma
Calion
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George Eliat
Eakenenither
Bes Etree
Dianos
Puck
DE Barsac
M. Mlampein
Profesor
Jose
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Philadelphis
Jolis A. Carney
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Rallmoad
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Washington
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North Averns
Brasches
Cat
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LAP Mail
Troman and
Philadelphie St
Serearies
William J. Stephenson
North Avenue
Flainfield, la
Aaphoe
M. Dunham
West Front Street
Boice, Runyon & Co
Mason's Materials, &c
Park
American Steam Laundry
Ue Bart
Front Street
H. W. Marshall
A. M. Seguine
Laing
Front St
Madison Ave
Hebbert
J. Frank Mundy
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Thnadway
Bena Tor Etrechar
East Front Street
Areidont and Pive Insurance
Cenk. Ant
J. T. Vail
Getler
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Wemeven
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G. W. Reamer
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Car
Greve Strowt
A. M. Griffen
East Pront ST
Tier'’S Ice Cream Parlor
Park Avenue
Pluinfeld, S.J
Republic
Azau
Conl & Witood
E. H. Holmes
Lehigh Coal
Yorth Avenas
van Matison Avenue
Eblevtala
John Johnston
South Avenue
Deter
M. J. Coyne
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Park Avner
Dime— Savings Institution
N. J
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William White
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Nathan Harper
Elias R. Powe
Dee
Mulford
Axe
Mr. Leal’s
John Seal
Ethivr
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Mare
Pietfield
Jown FE
Cily Liotel
Park Ave
Corne
Plainfield, N.u
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Lambor
Mason
Wi Ber
Soppikyria, Ceernyctaian Saat Vet Vouss
Momey
Tertyant Mate Yan
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menarhnn-at-Law
Reneiner
Orricte
Pee Peek
Courrellor
First National Bank
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