Record Run Brings World Trotting Card Honors
The crowded stands watched Mandy Hanes win a mile event as Se would beat her, with Abe Lincoln and Nancy in pursuit. The track record fell as Montour clocked 2 minutes 0 seconds for the mile, besting the field and securing the 3 year old mare title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottock
Alker
Abe Lincoln
Nancy
Talern
Pelee
Crowes
Doble
Bonner
Ax I
Montour
Inter State Fair Draws Thirty Thousand as Vehicles Set Pace
Report from Gravesend and Trenton notes calm conditions and large crowds at the inter state fair yesterday. Trotting races lead the program with horses Vieet rern Full Prines Mamie B Mise Hunter and Edgewond Cloerite Co dominating the pace sheets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Exhihition
Zaile Noate
Vieet Rern
Mamie B
Mise Hunter
Becaddeeor
Qureeebey
Edgewond
Untitled fragment excerpt from a 19th century text
Fragmentary verse references travel to a distant land where things are forgotten. The speaker laments desires and mortality, mentioning death and a search for rest beyond present life. The text alludes to a poetic contemplation of fate and longing.
An Odd Travel Tale of a Forlorn Writer and a Mysterious Visit
A commercial traveler narrates a journey from Newcastle to Whitehaven and Belfast. He drafts a story during travel, rents a seaside lodging, and while preparing to sail to the Emerald Isle, is startled by two detectives who confront him about a past identity and alleged crime, turning a routine trip into a puzzling encounter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Whitehaven
Thad
Mia. Smith
Edwards
Fiind
Belfast
Telmet
Emerald Isle
Smith
Pias
Tes
Edwardat
Jem
Ireland
Man narrates mistaken identity tale ending in police confusion
A man recounts a chaotic night involving an arrest, a missing sheet of his confession, and a forged alias. He explains he was writing a tale and left a sheet behind by mistake, prompting police to pursue a mistaken identity case that ends with apologies and a lighthearted reunion in Whitehaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vate
Farina Isaid
Whitehaven
Gaa
Edwards
Eisa
America
Mrlliins
Roeling
England
Mra Smith
Levon
Giants and oddities spark stories from a curious era
A collection of sensational notes describes extraordinary beings and feats. It cites Tennessee 1857 resident Miller Darden as the largest man, a Kentucky giant Bates and spouse, a Nova Scotian giantess, and a baby said to weigh 23% pounds. An Abbens Ohio boy is noted for double jointed arms. A church struck by lightning allegedly produced 12,000 horsepower in force.
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Nessuring
Miler Dardem
Tennessee
Cromwine
Batton
Wes
Bates
Kentucky
Abbens
Wit and Wisdom From a Fragmented Column
Fragmentary quotes and quips mix saltier humor with moral musings about honesty luck and gossip. Notable lines touch on devils trickery doctors and old time parenting while references to cholera epidemics anchor the jumble in a bygone era.
Curious misreads mix in ancient trivia and names
OCR fragment lists assorted historical and mythic facts including backgammon origin Palaimedes Buddha ages, US dynamite investment six million, Kentucky etymology Ken tuckes, naval revolu tion ideas Amman Spudlane, NY women workers numbers 20000, Krupp furnace coal use, Mississippi meaning, Marco Bo taris poem attributed to Halleck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Kentucky
Spudlane
New York City
Krupp
Exsen
Mississipp
Watara
Marco Bortaris
Halleck Te Beet
Romana
Timely Hits and Quirks From a Curio Clock Column
An eight day clock topic boggles readers with long winded chatter and a humorous view of timing habits. The piece playful mentions envy, clipping value, a master stroke to tame a wayward student, a cow age by teeth, a club excuse, an open letter by Wishon, a goose farm in Alabama, and Texas Billings noting the cost of spoiling another man’s plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe
Wishon
Alabema
Miengender
Matt
Texas Billings
Various Newspaper Quips and Aphorisms From 19th Century Clippings
A collage of gibes and witticisms from Chicago Dallas Philadelphia and Boston papers. Items remark on music the Lost Chord aging youth milkmaids and swallows with humorous twists and misprints. The tone mimics era humor and editorial brevity.
Unclear OCR Fragment Finds Long Skeleton in Brunswick
A garbled OCR passage mentions a nearly nine foot skeleton unearthed at Brunswick, Georgia, with disrupted phrases about Death Valley California and payments. The readable facts are sparse and non-cohesive, listing disparate place names and partial phrases without a clear event or source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Death Valley
Oslifornia
Botat
Kansas
Agient
Brunswick
Fragmentary Nuggets and Odd Claims From Aged OCR
Disjointed notes report odd items including watches made weekly, tanning elephants, a glacier in Idaho, and a bizarre idea to import crocodiles as river scavengers. Also mentioned are a child’s death in Greece, a funeral, and an unidentified guide dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Bhoup
Field Field 480 Age, New York Ration Sheet
A garbled field ration notice from New York references Field 480 and related costs. It lists places such as Plainfield and Beattie, with scattered times and routes. The readable text mentions Liberty, Lake Horamcona, Allentown, Easton, and connections to other towns, though details are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Literty
PLAS
Cesena
Post Office Timetable Amid Printed Postal Notices
Fragmented timetable lists opening hours and services for several post offices. It notes mail closures on specific days, late evening hours, and box office operations. Names and places appear in garbled form, including Warrenvillu and Easton, with references to direct mail and lock boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poe-othce
Bsewest
Mt Mice
Mai
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Mandy Hanes Agamm
Gravesend
Gnavemern
Freime
Vawee
Kliner
Walcott
LAM
Mathrece
Dali
Hase Ball and Sporting Goods
Mulford Estil’s
Park Avenus
New Jersey
Henry Goeller
Jit
Ee Lock & Gunsmith
Ares Be
Fubatt
J — Seta Caine
Marrew
the Academy
Nellie Fosdick
Fosdick
Pete
Buenard
Brooklum
Manatee River
Florida
Engilahinen
Beetlin
Watkin
Wembley Park
Kittel
Abbison
Maria
New South Wales
Australia
Wit and Wisdom
de Abe Origins Executive Board
Dallas
Palaimedes
Buddha
Boston Transcript
Dallas News
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Tee Balto Eet
Roahestar Post
Chicago
Times
Philadelphia Times
Naturaliste
St. Peal Globe
Odds and
Ade Lin Hie
Acme Tailoring
Wee Eye Atevet
KDEE
MJ. Coyne
Merchant Tailor Suit
East Fourth ST
B. D. Newell’s
East Front
Plainfield
John H. Sayres
Ser
Harnest
Saiddiery
Travelers’ Guide
Beattie
Plasefield
Horarcona
Atlee Bunda
Ps Bethieher
Sissr
Allentown
Bethan
Ant Renin
Warren
Olhap
Geo
Aigen
Ura
Dent Benetita Jad
Knights OF Genne
Hick Beneten
Chetaton
Sienun
Opticians
C. Dickinson
Practical
Park Avenue
Collier
Optician
Park
William J. Stephenson
North Avenue
Buriener
Newten
LA Grande Ave
Will Kopen
Fur Particultyrs
the Misas Butler
T. Sullivan
Hotel
Grenada
Wallace V. Miller
Central: Hotel
East Front Street
Windham and Crowley
Jon E
Beerbower
City Hotel
Park Ave
Second ST
Plainfield, N.J
M. Dunham
Outfitter
West Proat Street
Goul
Bolees
Lehigh Coal
Boice, Runyon & Co, Socom TE Ool In
Mason's Materials, &c
D. Cook & Hho
Dime— Savings Institution
Plainfield, N. J
Jayelie
John W. Murray
William Wihlite
Nathan Harver
Elias R. Pope
Real Estate, Insurance
M. Dumas
East Paows Sraest
Real Estate
Old Line Companive
J. T. Vail
Oracar
Eic
J. Frank Mundy
Equitable
le Rinesact Lottery
Accident and Fire Insurance
Genet
Crescent Rink
Aditrpes
HAND
Homer
Theoswind
Pacer Ee Wet Ackson & Codulnotur
Neaon Moth, Sega
First National Bank Belding
Ee Eae
F* Denman
Avenich
Pirnet
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