Conscience story ends with truck rider’s repayment
A Chicago railway representative from Louisville & Nashville recounts a Georgia man who rode the trucks to pay his fare. A prank reply set the price at 9.20, and years later the man came in to settle the debt. Officials ordered the money returned as the rider could not be located.
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Ridgely
Chicago
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Chicago Journal
New Orelana
Cincinnati
Tha Whler
G. P. Aimore
Aimore
New Orleans
Tlouisvile & Nashville Railroad
Georgia
Fooling the Baby and Surprising Surgical Care
A Chicago mother distracts her crying infant by using a clothing dummy and towel to lull him to sleep so she can attend a party. Kansas surgeons report Mattie Stone of Crawford county survived a gunshot to the brain, with the bullet removed after three months.
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Park Ridge
Baba
Chicago Newa
Rea
Kansas
Mattie Stone
Crawford County
Navy officers protest costly uniform change reversed
Sailors argued against a $100 uniform upgrade and questioned the secretary of the navy's authority. Secretary Long revised the plan, announcing no major changes except replacing shoulder straps with shoulder marks on white service coats and overcoats. The rest of the uniform remains the same, preserving the admired single breasted coat over the British style.
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Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Long
Wa Ofcer
Theey
Bride Won by Telegraph Courtship Across Continent
Wilber F. Cannon, Denver manufacturer and Colorado Legislator, married Mary Prances Fairchild, organist of West Side M E Church, in a telegraph courtship spanning the nation. The couple exchanged daily wires during their cross country journey and will reside in Denver where a home awaits the bride.
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Telegraph Cxime
Jersey City
Wilber F. Cannon
Denver
Colorado
Mary Prances Fairchild
West Side Methodist Episcopal Church
Miss Fairchild
Demer
Alt
Cannon
Bliss Pairchild
Denver Air
Ms. Cannon
Mer
Myra
New Boye
Fortune in Revenue Stamps on Mortgage Papers
A record with the New York recorder of deeds shows revenue stamps totaling $69,000 on mortgage papers. Most stamps are worth $50 each, with $27,500 on the prior lien mortgage and $31,500 on the first mortgage.
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Thera
Recorder of Deeds
New York
Bali Company
1Pany
Baltimore & Olio Hathrosa Company
Unite States Trust Company
John A. Stewart
Thames Channel Silting Up Threatens Thames Entrance
An official report by the admiralty hydrographer warns the Duke of Edinburgh channel is silting since 1982 reducing width from a mile to a half mile. The Middle Slip passage is contracted, risking changes in lights and buoys and complicating estuary operations.
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Admiralty
Thames
Rue Trenk
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E. Commerce Street
Rome
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Wlhe Daily Light
T. B. Johnson
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Fortune IN Revenue
Baltimore & Ohlo
Thames Channel
Wiaih
Church of England
Mm Nerlin
Berlin
London
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Uearl Porter
St. Louis
Nea
Los Angeles
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San Francisco
Salt Lake
San Franesco
Sacramento
Portland
W. A. Eltcie
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Desler
Carlead
WoRita
Pattern Soup Foundry
STRAM
Rockport
Corpus Christi
Kerrvik
Ararsas
Allen Brvin
Alamo Plasa
Mengerhotel
BE. J. Martin
A. Pancoast's Sons
Commerce Street
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