Train Mystery on the Atchison Route Near Silver Bow
At 7 pm on August 20, 1881 seven people waited at Silver Bow station for the Atlante express to Topeka. A mysterious stranger, a telegraph operator, and a bride and groom were among the onlookers as Lone Tomb and Blue Canyon towns lay along the line. No. 67 failed to arrive by 10:16 pm prompting the sheriff and ticket agent to mount a search with twenty men, lanterns, and officers, amid a dark cloudy night on a sparsely traveled branch. The fate of the passengers remains uncertain as authorities pursue information along the line.
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Silver Bow
Atchison, Topeka & Sante Pe
Lone Tomb
Mes Blue Canyon
Goleonds City
Topeka
New York
Chicago
Uekot
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Yakanil & Tuarris
Atchison
Dem Harris
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Tesoo
Din Yierman
Kuga
Harris
Tiernan
Lune
Bridgeroom
Peole
Woddies
James
Caise
Asini
Janes
James Boys
Ebinasis
Lone Lamb
Sheriff
Lone ‘Tomb
Suddhinly
Tye
Haml
Lene Tomb
Quennan
Bert Aseltior
Dames Boys
Tim ‘Tiernan
Jim Harcis
Atchison, Yopeka & Santa Fe
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Mystery Train Rescue Ends Locomotive Hunt Near Lone Tomb
A missing Lone Lamb to Silver Bow limited train sparks a late night trek by sheriff, miners, and ticket agents along a rugged route. After hours of searching through woods and near a river, dawn reveals the locomotive still on the track, prompting plans to return to breakfast and celebrate a safe find.
The Girl of the Period and a Note on Oddities
A fragmented essay critiques fashionable young women at summer resorts, contrasting refined manners with vulgar excess. It also cites isolated historical items such as a Fishkill whipping-post site, echoes of colonial relics, and a Charleston man offering a polished oyster for hire at a church social.
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Avan
Charleston
S.C
A Spicy Suit in Franco-Chinese Court Drama
A Paris case pits Mile Hortense G against a Chinese waiter posing as a Celestial prince. She lent the man money after he boasted of vast wealth and drafted 300 000 francs. She travels to Shanghai with a bogus draft, returns to Paris, and now sues for 100 000 francs for losses and voyage expenses. The World dispatch notes the unfolding court action.
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Champs Elysees
Shanghai
M. Esen-Ang
Rue Des Europeens
Shanshiai
Mile
Paris
Marseille
Hortense G
Place de la Concorde
Glancu
Himeaves
China
New Fork World
A Very Sensitive Business Man Reveals His Finances
In a Cleveland cloth house scene a wholesale clothing dealer proclaims his business failure and offers lenient settlement. An acquaintance probes about owed debts and uneasy rumors. The man insists he is solid, citing past failures of others and his own cautious approach.
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Cleveland
Jake
New York
Elinidt
Tennes
Isaacs
Lyte
Liail
Viias
Ivhas
Braddee Isaacs
Auctioneer's Mies At City Auction Sparks Quips
Detroit Free Press recounts a morning auction on Mon avenue where an oil farmer and wife mockingly challenged the auctioneer. The couple teased about ladies and gentlemen while bidding on goods, including a watch and a time-keeper, prompting playful exchanges and sharp remarks from onlookers. The scene ends with the couple packing to leave amid humor and confusion. A note on a large South African diamond mentions its estimated value around ten thousand dollars, described as improved in color.
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Monavenue
Lin
Genthanen
Lily
Dover
Tam
Om the
Theo
Susan
Plessel
Detroit Free Press
Encyelopedia
Tau
Detroit
Whips
Bree Press
The Old Man’s Western Merchant Tale and Earthquake Predictions
A Western merchant visits a Broadway store in a humorous tale of misidentifications as he seeks fall stock and church ties. The column also reports M J Delaney’s 1879 earthquake predictions ahead of Lisbon era quakes plus notes on seismic history and possible Pacific coast activity.
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Broadway
Asement
M. J. Delaney
Java
Sumatra
Chia
Delaney
M. Mallet
Ibis
Lisbon
Sorpatra
Asia Minor
Pacific
Demorest
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Frank J. SM
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Prele
Carnot
Hoom Ia Operk
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Beatty’ Biurer
Frank J. Smith
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Conant
Trorney
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Ulackstone Bingek
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Peter Kimvest
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Portaas County
Atay
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Anes
Rockwell & N Nokib
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P. Sperra
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Etornex
Lawood
K. W. Maxbon
Paseetset
Uasi
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J. Waggoner
M. D
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Ohio
Too
O. L. Belden
Omileon
King Street
Het Door Soubt
Gi. M. Proctor
Sualerspille
A. H. Griffin
L. &. Jackson
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Opern Blork
Mayanna
Peter Plath
Olthier and Morehaut
Phevix
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Ravenes
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Asul
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Euler
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Europe
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Perial
Descelers
Fishkill
Agentleman
Santa Barbara
South Africa
Georgia
Avey
Bayard Taylor
Switzerland
Atlanta Constitution
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