Crapshoots and a Mammy's Hope in Bay Street
In a tense street scene on Bay Street, Shack and Cutty join a craps game atop Wang Bin's laundry roof. After their luck falters, they retreat to a nearby room where Cutty's mother comforts them, urging ambition through Tuskegee and schooling while Shack faces pressure from peers and seeks a path away from crime.
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Wang bin
Redice
Cutty
Ghack
Duffy
Bay Street
Cuifty
Coloniet
Corea E
Promisin
Haney
Frien
Colly
Shack
Han
Tammy
Black
Bin
Tuskegee
Who's a Nigger and the Crap Game’s Grip on Shack
Shack confronts Duffy in a tense exchange over race and bravery. He resolves to prove himself by taking a hard path including a possible job with the team to Tuskegee, while Mammy’s warnings and Duffy’s mockery shape his choices.
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Shack
Cutty
Tuskegee
Duffy
Daffy
Ols Brown
Oodty
Abe
Shuck
Quffy
Coffy
Saxe and Holmes on Brain Fever Dialogue
The fragment shows John G. Saxe and Oliver Wendell Holmes discussing brain fever. Saxe claims a personal severe attack and Holmes quips that only strong brains have brain fever. The exchange includes a puzzled question about how Saxe and Mars are connected.
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Saxe
Holmes
John G. Saze
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Mr. Saxe
Dr. Holmes
Marr
Kindness of the Company leads to romance after accident
A Possible Accident Insurance company executive cares for Louise, an orphan girl injured in a railroad crash near Syracuse. Her guardian figure, Richard Hartleigh, helps her recover, discovers she calls him Dick, and they plan a future with mutual affection and a new family support scheme.
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Poelble Accident Insurance Company
Syreyee
Vielbla
Holt
Terton
Aea
Galveston Feod
Camishetractady
Richard Harthigh
Syracuse
Fermbours
Louiss
Bradley
Bartleigh
Richard Bhartleigh
Louise
Bia Finnera
Tia
le Fageloating
Hartleigh
Barance
Bho
Galveston
Jeuret
Abs
Lance
Abe
Kansas City Independent
Retaliation Tale From London Tit Bit
An elderly woman, grieving a beloved cat killed by a neighbor, seeks revenge. She fills a box with live mice and traps them inside a note explains the cruelty: you killed my cat, and now I send you a few of my mice. The neighbor trembles as mice scatter.
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London
Women Safe in Cuba Aboard an American Traveler
A first person account by Mrs. OC. RB. Miller describes solitary travel through Cuban towns including Camagüey and Santiago. She notes minimal danger, friendly locals, respectful treatment by Spaniards and Cubans, and overall personal safety for an American woman wandering alone during a state of unrest.
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Guba
OC. RB. Miller
Leslie's Weekly
Havana
Paris
States
Camaguey
Old Town
United
Bates
Jenotte
Washington
United States
Bantiago
Efere
Cubs
Santiago
Coban
Cubste
Illinois Central East Bound Timetable Fragments
Fragmentary timetable notes Illinois Central east bound trains between Chicago and St. Paul with times for Albert Lea Way Freight and Albert Lee and St Paul Express. Mentions arrivals from Waterloo and Chicago sleeper saver, running daily except Sundays when some trains are annulled.
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Chi
Paul Lim
Albert Law
Albert Lee
Bt. Paul Express
Alvert Lea Express
Albert Les
Chicago
Waterloo
Chicago Express
Chicago Limited
Paul and
Chi. Lim
Dubugque Accum
Fort Dodge
Dubug Eapress
Chicago Glock
Omaha
Bionx
Bionx City
Omeha
Dubuqque
Por
Op. Sens
Dubuque
Ad &T
Aide
Paul Express
Twin ‘City
Spe
Sida
Right Road to rail service Cedar Rapids Division
Railway schedule excerpt for Cedar Rapids Division listing routes between Chicago and St Louis and other points. Notes daily and Sunday services with times for passenger and goods trains, including 20 Chicago and St Louis Limited and 46 Chicago and Burlington trains, stops at key polots and important points.
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Chicago
St. Loui
Polota
Burtington
St. Louia Mall
Preas
Way Freight
San
West Bound
Pass Dairy Pally
Waterloo
Branty Jr
Lyangow Ae
Ly. Vet
Denver
Danver
Wavarly
Bromellan
Tripoll
Bummar
Pu Pave Pass Bay
Dail Dally Dalya A.m. Wm
Bumper
Brewmar
Tripell
Wayarly
Glasgow
Bhopa
Nee Usb
Cedar Falls
Denver Jet
Omaha
Waverly
Denver Jct
Eaost
Oelwein
Omabs
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Breck Hi
Ant Gavin
Cuffy
Bart
Tray Allison
Europe
Stoues
Iittio
New York ‘Tribune
Bev
Orchestre At & Cleveland Theater
Donde
Soap Factory
Towle Wtar
SE Brged
Cuba
Illinois Central
C.r.lgp.railway
Cedar Rapids
St Louis
Memphis
Colorado Springs
Peorle
Fort Worth
St. Joseph
Paul
Kenosa City
Minneapolis
Twin City
Luitedatopa
Ani
Seeceacecs
Rockford
Cc. G. W. Railway North Bound
Bt. Joe
K. C, Limited
KC. Mail
Kansas City East Side
Cenee Weat
Way Eaat
Waterloo, Cedar Falls
Northern Railway
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