Peck's Bad Boy In An Airship Adventure
A comic travel tale follows a reckless balloon ascent from St Louis to Delaware. The narrator and two balloon men cause chaos, firing advertisements and bottles at crowds, railing against responsibility, and dreaming of battleships as they drift across towns and battleships to a climactic arrest and a $30 pay.
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W. G. Chapman
St. Louis
Meney
Bess
Tennesere
Grand Stand
States
Fatiago
Covera
Bok
G& J
Bob Evans
San Francisco
Delaware
Wilmington
Fortress Monroe
Vast coal fields near Crows Nest pass unlock Western North America
The Technical World reports 45 billion tons of coal in western North America will be accessible once railroad extensions reach the Crows Nest Pass region. A 150 by 200 mile tract totaling 30 000 square miles lies in this vast reserve awaiting direct outside connections. Construction crews and D C Corbin of Spokane International advance work toward linking with the Canadian Pacific line.
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North America
Crows Nest Pass
D. C. Corbin
Spokane International Railroad
British Coluumbia
Canadian Pacific
Michel
B. C
British Columbia
Speaking of typewriters and medical letters in the 19th century
A San Antonio physician, Dr. T. T. Jackson, improved correspondence after obtaining a typewriter. R i McNulty recalls his written notes changing from illegible to clearly typed, with only the signature remaining as a marker of origin, as described in the Houston Post anecdote.
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R i McNulty
San Antonio
Deaf and Dumb
T. T. Jackson
Austin
So Athern Pacific
Woman Leaves Husband Over Spirits
Denver resident parts ways with her husband citing spirits as the cause. The Houmton Post notes curiosity over the type of spirit reportedly consumed.
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Denver
Houmton
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