Train wreck near Raymond Neb halts traffic for hours
A Pacific passenger train 48 derailed three miles north of Raymond Nebraska on Friday night around 9. Brakeman E H George injured his left foot. About 400 feet of track torn up as the engine column left the rails. Conductor Hamilton Engineer Jobson and Fireman Cox in charge. Passengers moved to Beatrice via alternate service. Recovery crews dispatched from Lincoln with a wrecking train and medical aid.
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Raymond
Pacific
Neb
E. H. George
Hamilton
Jobson
He Cox
Beatricé
Klast3
Council Bluffs
Landergren
Omaha
Cox
Lincoln
Slosson
Graham
Beatrice
Japan Getting Ready Night and Day
A Tokio bound steamer brought word of rising Chinese tensions and growing Russian military activity in Manchuria. Reports from Yokohama and Tokyo papers describe Japan mobilizing arsenals and storing coal and provisions as warlike preparations unfold in North China.
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Tokio
Japan
Russia
Manchuria
Yokohama
Japan Times
China
Gulf of Pechili
Pekin
Talbot in Favor for Consul Head of Modern Woodmen
Talbot of Lincoln Nebraska reports strong support from many states as Modern Woodmen of America convenes May 6. Four candidates seek the top post at the Indianapolis head camp meeting next month, including James Gilmore of Peabody and E E Murphy of Leavenworth. Conventions across thirty eight states discussed readjustment of assessment rates to meet future needs due to aging members.
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A. R.talbot
Lincoln
Neb
E. E. Murphy
Leaverworth
Order
Notable local and national items span crime, quake and labor merger
Missoula assessor Paul G. Wagnitz is missing and feared dead after a satchel of papers was found in a river near Thompson Falls. Navy official Philip W. Delano faces technical arrest over accounting irregularities. A Colorado quake shock rattled Grand Valley in the early morning, the first in years. Former New Orleans Railway president H H Pearson Jr pleaded guilty to streetcar discrimination charges and paid a fine. Milwaukee metal workers merge, forming the Amalgamated Steel Workers International Alliance under a new constitution.
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Paul GC
Wagnitz
Missoula
Mont
Hiss Satchel
Thompson's
Falls
Philip W. Delano
New Hampshire
United States Navy
Grand Valley
Colorado
H.H. Pearson, Jr
New Orleans Railway Company
New Orleans
Pearson
Milwaukee
Amalgamated -Steel-Workers’ International Alliance
International Association of Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers
Prairie lands charm western Canada letter notes climate and growth
Anna C Gray writes from Didsbury Alberta praising spring weather and sunlit prairies. She describes four local churches, a new Evangelical church costing 2500 dollars, a literary society, and strong hospitality in the town as Americans increasingly settle in the region.
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Anna Geo Gray
Michigan
Canada
Brown City
Mich
Didsbury
Anna C. Gray
Katy pamphlet on East Texas growth and Texas resources
The note promotes a pamphlet titled Timely Topics No 2 praising East Texas rapid development as a truck and fruit growing region. It asserts Texas resources are unlimited and provides a St. Louis address for the pamphlet request.
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East
Texas
Katy
Wainwright
St. Louis
Women’s Marriage Choices Defy Expectation Says Scholar
A thoughtful remark notes how women vary in their preference for a mate versus whom they actually wed. The observation underscores differences in desires and outcomes in marriage and invites reflection on social expectations.
Ball Blue Red Cross Brand 2-92 Package Offer
Advertisement notes a large 2-92 package of Ball Blue with Red Cross branding offered for five cents. It emphasizes Ball Blue as the best and implies a limited-time pricing for the item.
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Red Cross
Souvenir Spoons Backfire at Philadelphia Governor’s Dinner
George Barton, secretary of the collector of the port in Philadelphia, recalls a joke about souvenir spoons from a governor’s dinner. Barton pockets two engraved spoons given by the governor to journalists, but learns they belonged to the executive mansion when his roommate and the steward confirm their origin, causing Barton to faint and return the items.
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George. Barton
Philadelphia
Hastinge
State House
Gillie
Barton
Pion
Bartén
Parson Johnson-Ah Urges Congregation Babies at Service
The Blackville parson urges members to bring their babies to church regardless of age. He says even if the children are too young to appreciate the service they can yell and help keep the congregation awake.
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Blackville
Hall's Catarrh Cure and testimonial note
Advertisement copy noting Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy with a 75 cent price and a customer testimonial from Wa. QO. EXDSLHY of Vanburen Indiana dated February 10, 1900 praising Piso's Cure for throat and lung ailments.
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Hall
Price
Piso
Vanburen
Ina
Defiance Starch Promises Superior Quality for Less
An advertising claim touts Defiance Starch as the best value in cold water starch, offering 4 ounces more for 10 cents than competitors. The fragment includes a humorous note about inviting Satan into the parlor, indicating light ad copy and cultural references of the era.
Starching Launches With Defiance Starch Claims
Read text hints an ad or note praising Defiance Starch for kitchen use and petting, mentioning spring calendar lines about astronomical and genuine spring starting in March and weeks later. The fragment hints at a promotional blurb.
Fashioned for finance: New York tailors and wardrobes
In a brisk portrait of Wall Street attire, a disappointed buyer laments tailoring limits while brokers on the stock exchange pivot between multiple outfits. A famed young trader changes suits thrice daily, and clerks profit from pressing trousers as tailors flourish in the financial district.
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Paragon
Glover
His Majesty
New York
Wall
Financial
Rhetorical Differences in Addresses by Roosevelt and Cleveland
The text compares speeches by Presidents Roosevelt and Cleveland at St. Louis, noting Cleveland’s are long and numerous sentences while Roosevelt’s are short and snappy. It highlights that Roosevelt’s longest sentence is under sixty words, illustrating distinct speaking styles.
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Roose- Velt
Cleveland
St. Louis
Dodd's Kidney Pills Save Local Woman from Death
In Brazils Arkansas Mrs. M C Garrett suffering a Cerebro-Spinal affliction was near death after months of decline. Doctors gave up hope but after using six boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills she recovered fully and now does her own work and feels as well as ever.
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Brazils
Ark
Garrett
Dodd
Could Have Waited A Little Memory For His Girl
A man misses the express to keep a promise for his daughter who runs to his pocket for a gift. He explains a last minute office delay meant he would have to wait an hour for the next train, so he chose to delay dinner and comfort her with the truth. The girl replies with a simple dependent confession.
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Wells
Peruna touted by Columbia physician and official letters
Dr Hartman of The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus, Ohio, promotes Peruna as a tonic that cures catarrh by strengthening mucous membranes. Letters from Dr vd He Ensor in Columbia and others claim it benefits coughs, weak stomachs, and general debility, urging readers to write for free advice if not seeing results.
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He Ensor
Columbia
Ss. Cc
Butts
North Dakotas
Washington, D
C. W. Butts
J. R
Robbins
Muskogee
Peruna, Write At Once To Dr. Hartman
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
R. Paxton CO
Boston
Masa
Columbus Ave
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