Young Telegraph Operator Story of a Railroad Wreck
A former dispatcher recounts how a five year old boy on the company payroll serves as telegraph operator at fifty dollars a month. He explains train traffic control on a single track, and details an incident where a misordered crossing nearly caused a wreck, illustrating the dangers and decisions involved in telegraph-based railroad management.
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Adot
An Croes
Brokome
Mali
Thad
Heroic crossing save by flag and switch switchman boy
A rail yard ordeal details an engineer and dispatcher missteps leading to a near collision. A switch operator’s failure to hold orders triggers a hero’s brave action. The father uses a red flag for the child to stop a freight and guide a siding, averting disaster. The conductor’s son earns pay and a place on the telegraph staff while the operator is dismissed and later reinstated.
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Pairfield
Papa
Tean
Arthur
Lerich
Sde
Early napkins and their noble table etiquette shifts
In feudal England the napkin was a protective ritual to prevent poisoning with meals. It was raised and removed only before the lord or chief officers, then openly tested by the steward and cook. The fork's rise reduced napkin importance, turning it from utility to display.
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Ga Xrem Relnz
England
Giles Rose
His Majesty's Kitchen
Charles II
A New Departure in Blaine Preparations for Campaigns
A cable from Paris reports Blaine training with a French gymnastics expert. The piece humorously imagines political stunts like horizontal bars and leap frog as aids for stump speeches, questions dodging, and presidential campaigning. It comments on rivals and possible gymnastic rivals in a satirical Albany Argus tone.
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New York Herald
Elaine
Statesman
Paris
Blaine
Paria
Fisher
John Sherman
Foraker
Capitol Park
Columbus
Halstead
Frank Hiscock
Albany
NY. F
Argus
Trouble in the Family Tariff Debate Splits Republicans
An unsigned editorial urges Republicans to purge dissenters over tariff policy. It proposes appointing leaders to lead a “reading out” of opposing voices from state and national ranks, targeting Governors, congressmen, and even party members who favor free trade, to secure party harmony. The piece cites Ohio Governor Foraker and Minnesota as examples and warns of ongoing purges beyond governors and leaders.
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Foraker
Minnesott
Guerrnor Foraker
McGul
Min- Ohio
Nea
Northwest
Qnes
Minnesota
Republican Party
New York
Ashbel P. Fite
Fit
Charles H Knox
McGills
Nelsons
Knoxes
Everswing Post
The New Cabinet Nominations for the United States
The president has sent to the Senate the nominations of Lucius C. Lamar of Mississippi for Supreme Court Justice W F Vilas of Wisconsin for Secretary of the Interior and Don M Dickinson of Michigan for Postmaster General The appointments underline a rising Democratic national strength and reflect Northwest influence as Lamar Vilas and Dickinson are profiled as capable and incorruptible leaders praised by opponents. The Northwest is cited as growing and contributing to the national Democratic electoral effort, with Vilas moving departments and Dickinson succeeding him.
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Ament
Great Northwest
Cleveland
Senate
Lucius C. Lamar
Mississippi
Supreme Court of the United States
W. F. Vilas
Wisconsin
Interior
Don M. Dickinson
Michigan
Democratic Party
Union
Mr. Lamar
Edmunds
Sherman
Hoar
James G. Blaine
Vilas
Democratic Record of Benefits in Recent Years
Decatur Illinois review summarizes Democratic actions including pensions for Mexican War veterans, prohibiting alien labor contracts, allowing trade union incorporation, redeeming trade dollars, protecting fishermen, banning convict labor by Federal officers, and establishing state discretion over electoral counts while restoring land to the public domain and limiting lobbyist influence.
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Democratic Party
Republican Party
Decatur
IIL
Political Figures and Senate Talk Across Newspapers
A compilation of editorials and quotes from diverse papers discusses President Cleveland's cabinet choices, Lamar as aSouthern Democrat, Turpie's contested seat claim, Blaine’s potential senatorship, and Ohio voting dynamics. It surveys partisan reactions and public sentiment on national politics.
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Philadelphia Press
Turpie
Washington
Yosemite Valley
Pacific Coast
Petrified Forest
Kansas City Times
Ohio
Boston
Herald
Lewisville Journal
Thomas Kirby
Abilene, Kansas
Moeritch
First National Bank
Capital
Abilene JE
J. E Beesst
Eas
Ledbold, Fisher & CO
Misserars
DAS
Pelty & Shollerderger
Jefferson Medical College
Anticipate
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F. Garcelon
Faulkner
Broadway
Seventh Street
Buckeye Avenue
Calis
J. M. Gleissoer
Abilene
Kansas
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Firth Amg
Avilens
Kew
Steelshith
Ossee Over Palace Drag Store
Palace Drag Store
W. P. Seeds
Attorneys AT Law
Ww. T. Davidson
Ofice
Aml Beenen
Chirseo
Gideon FoLk
Joan E. George's
Excelsior Billiard Hall
Spruce Street
Lintmest
Seeidene
Mms
Bottie
Ottle Alwaye
Jem
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