Remarkable Man Chelsea Workman Lifts Heavy Girder
The account recalls a Chelsea carpenter who shouldered a 1800 pound iron girder on a second story during a block build. He describes the strain on his shoulders yet claims no lasting inconvenience and notes he could lift as much as Dr. Winship with practice.
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Chelsea i Complexi
la Pas Vane
Reg
Samson
Chelsea
Secon
Houston
Dr. Winship
Coke
Hungry Joe and the Abilene Stock Man Scam
A Denver Chicago Tribune item describes Hungry Joe, a confidence man known for confidence games. He was duped by a stranger posing as a rich Abilene stockman, who won Joe’s trust and led him to back a bogus mortgage loan, causing a $15,000 loss before the ruse was exposed.
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Joe
New York
Gotham
Abilene
Kan
Europe
Geet
Denver
Chicago Tribune
Absentminded Bangor Reverend Highlights Train Encounter
The piece portrays Rev. Dr. George W. Field of Bangor as deeply distracted by sermon thoughts. On a trip between Bangor and Boston an incident in a car shows him unaware of surroundings as a conductor calls for tickets and a passenger humorously asks his name.
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George W. Field
Bangor
Boston
Sharaton
Debate Over Reviving the Lance in the French Army
A military expert writes to The Temps advocating reintroducing the lance arguing it was abolished too quickly after Waterloo. He cites cavalry charging French troops, then pivoting to strike with short weapons upon seeing the lance. He blames the abolition on training time and mastery concerns. London Florida note: one mile of railroad per thirty square miles of territory.
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Yucatan
New York Home Journal
Endless
Jack
Bo Jack
Harold
Astor
The
Tribune
Napoleon
Josephine
Bune
Hugene
Duke of Orleans
Hortense
Serolee
Waterloo
Rold
Marshal Ney
Harne Arne Sefer
Hiloh
Gettysburg
Chicago Tribune
Mississippi River
Baton Rouge
Ripley
Charleston
Confederacy
Lue Ripley
Gen. Breckinridge
Arlington
Marionett
China
Texas
Houston
Mexico
Maximilian
Piedras Negras
Cosms
New York Telegram
Temps
London
Florida
Paine
Jas. L. Bowson
Springfield
Mass
Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington, Vt
Inc
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Harold Meech
Props
Burlington, VI
Tubs
Hance Bros. & Waits
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Willenbrink & Co
New Richmond
Ohio
Wa. Ayres & Sons
Clermont
J.C. Fuhr
Janogtt
Carl Lehman & CO
Rae
Portsmouth
FA Wheldman
BE. Cor
Merchant Tailors
Pearl Street
Clermont County Board OF I
Batavia
Board of Examiners
J. 8. Hulick
Batavia, Ohio
Byron Williams
J. Swing
Hulick
John Moormann
E. H. Siefke
Moormann & Siefke
Race Street
Drahman & Enneking
E. Col
Pearl and
Sycamore
Dick’s” and “Ross
Elaind Aiid
Uckeye
Monarch Corn
Cobb Mill
Horse
Brown Farm
MT Road Cartanox Boards
Butes
E. F. Harmeyer
Walnut St
State OF
Clermont County
Noah Pursley
James Pursley
John Farino
Peter Resinger
Charles Thomas
Nathan
Thomas
John Deller
Adam Peter Deller
Nal
Joseph H. Brown
Thomas Cook
P. Kennedy
Solomon Adams
Thomas Needham
Lauren A. Meek
Thomas Foster
Elizabeth Simpkins
Sylvester Binkley
J. M. Rust
D. Mount
Malinda Varley
Ae Teal
Pliny A. Teal
Jesse L. Teal
George W. McGrew
Andrew McGrew, Sr
Er. W. Salt
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Free Ayer
Sollot
Ware
Amelia
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