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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1901
Page
2
Colona Sand Stone Quarries offers stone for despness durability and beauty. The stone resists alkali and staining. Plans for estimates receive careful attention and prompt return at our expense. Bridge stone corn crib locks and foundation stone available in any size. Address Arthur Brady, Manager.
In the early days of the Asian Pacific railroad a daring pair, engineer Short Tready and fireman Fat Griswold, ran coal west from Evanston to Ogden. They courted a mountain cleft where Alice No. 1 watched from the bend with a red lamp, signaling safety as slides threatened the track. One September night a massive avalanche burying the bend tested their nerve and devotion.
Readable text depicts a wreck scene with two men found by a young girl, then shifts to travel notes in Caracas. An anecdote describes a hotel milk service and bell behavior, with a humorous exchange about a bell boy and hotel bells. The tone blends report and travel reminiscence.
The piece recalls Edison initiating a global correspondence bureau to inform consuls and scientists about platinum, sending letters with samples to locate and identify the metal. Though output did not surge, his effort removed fear of platinum’s extinction and earned broad scientific gratitude.
A fragmented Pearsons Weekly excerpt recalls a seance where a ghostly husband laments his wife’s loss and hints at a future meeting with another friend. Interspersed are snippets from London Tit-Bits about marriage proposals and odd weight comparisons between metals and a note on Nan kin Chinese language.
A recount describes a perilous balloon trip from London via a runaway ascent and tangled anchors. The aeronaut claims to descend by releasing gas while passengers cling to the basket, ending with a bewildering misdirection to a Kinsape asylum and a comic misunderstanding about a supposed escape.
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