Old Time Rail Rules Show Early Pennsylvania Track Etiquette
A Denver Post feature reviews an 1864 Pennsylvania Railroad manual, detailing strict conduct, penalties, and signals. It covers fines and suspensions, single and dual track rules, locomotive signals, station procedures, and the role of supervisors in enforcing safety and order. It highlights polite conduct, punctuality, and the contrast to modern demerits.
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Denver Post
F. W. Saint
Rock Island
Denver
Pittsburg
Saint
Lake Erie
Transportation Department
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Altoona
Lewis
Rio Grande
Santa Fe
Heney
Ager
Ra’ Ng
Sayin Tiem
Horseback Riding Westward A Health Measure Says Townsend
Washington Star quotes Albert Townsend son of a New York attorney promoting horseback trips as a healthful practice. He travels solo with a bulldog, argues independence avoids nerves and monotony, notes hunger and stronger nerves, and advises weather-aware, Southward routes toward Atlanta for health benefits.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Albert Townsend
New York
Atlanta
Boxer
Wilmington
Mr. Townsend
Mason and Dixon Line
Horseback Trip Brings Health Boost and Adventure
The excerpt promotes a horseback journey as a healthier alternative to car travel, noting the novelty and social variety encountered. It claims personal care of the horse and dog enhances well being, with increased strength and weight as time away from home continues.
RATTLESNAKE MOUNTAIN TURKEYS AND WILD CATS DISCUSSED
A Washington Star letter by Cary Ambler of Faquier county Virginia extols the Rattlesnake Mountain as rich in wild turkeys and game. He recalls districts, corn fields feeding flocks, turkey behavior, and the mountain folk's use of live rabbits and wildcats in hunting, noting daring dog and cat battles and the dangers of tangling with a wild tomcat.
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Washington Star
Washington
Baltimore
Cary Ambler
Faquier County
Virginia
James M. Ambler
Metropolitan
Blue Ridge
Virginia Hills
Dick' de Butts
Tige
Mrs. Grant a Power Behind the President's Life
In the New Orleans Times-Democrat profile, Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant is depicted as a masterful, ambitious force shaping General Grant's life and career. The piece details her protective vigilance in camp and public life, her demand for status, and her influence over appointments, family, and social affairs from White House days to post presidency.
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Washington
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Grant
Lincoln
West Point
Miss Dent
Missouri
White Haven
Dent
Julia
Marcus J. Wright
Wright
Arkansas
War Department
Memphis
Littleck
Grants
General Grant
General Wright
Ulysses
Mrs. Grant
S&s
Gen. Wright
Stranger
McKinley
Col. F. D. Grant
Harrison Terrell
Wille
New York
Harrison
John Russell Young
Cor
Willie
Young
Dents
White House
Executive
Jesse Grant
Jennie
Colonel Dent
St. Louis
Hamlin Garland
Sharpe
Casey
West
Crows and Weather and Remarks on the Corn Crop
An Orange County farmer and a traveling grocer discuss crows in cornfields signaling a cold summer and the effect on crops. The farmer links crow activity to grub-eating pests, warns of drought or cold outcomes, and urges fixing scarecrows as crows invade fields.
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Orange County
New York
John Gilbert
John
Pike
Ding Crows
Postmaster’s Christmas Safe Tale From Civil Service Chief
A civil service chief recalls a friend who spent Christmas days inside a safe in the Philippines, noting there was no regulation forcing him to stay. The door was open, but the postmaster, recently appointed, preferred cramped comfort over other places in the locality.
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Washington St
A. R. Serven
Civil Service Commission
Philippine Islands
Postmaster in Tayabos F ends Christmas in Safe
A young former newspaper man and postmaster of Tayabos Philippines faced a Filipino insurgent siege on Christmas Eve. He hid in the Spanish steel safe as American troops relieved the town, while mail piled high in the single store building and soldiers defended the post office against armed attacks. After the relief, he left the province but continued as a civilian volunteer in the American effort.
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Tayabos
Cuba
Philippines
Manila
Spain
Ayabos
Theig
Islands
Chri
Incomplete stock auction with deep discounts on fabrics
A weekly sale offers lots of unsold, slow, or incomplete fabric assortments at deep reductions to save invoicing. Colored dress goods, challeys, cheviots, sharkskins, prunella cloths, venetian cloths, meltons, kerseys, meltons, black dress fabrics and mohair list prices and widths, quality notes.
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Prunella
Castor
Reseda
Oxford
Garment sale featuring moire velours and wool coats
Yard wide moire fabrics and velours offered in black and assorted colors with sale pricing. Ladies and misses jackets in all wool kersey satin lined plus Monte Carlos coats in kersey and satin trim. Long coats in Oxford covert cloth and other styles with fur, braid, and velvet trims for women and girls.
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Monte Carlos
Monte CA
Washington Elway
Lace Curtains and Portieres Sale Highlights
Inventory listing for lace curtains and portieres including lace curtains, ruffled Swiss curtains, Irish point, Nottingham curtains, rope portieres, silkolines, cretoners and bed sets. Describes various fabrics, widths, and prices with emphasis on quality and length options.
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Nottingham
Odd Lots in the Art Dept at Extremely Low Prices
Laundry bags of art material in ten colors and two percent quality. Burnt leather novelties in memorandum books with Pearlite up to 59 cents quality. 66 match boat in Pontiac in 12 designs, our two cent quality. Table covers yard square appliqued on art ticking some fringed our 48 and 1.0 qualities. Silk embroidered pillows all hand embroidered with ribbon and cord ruffles up to 1.28. Roman embroidery arts and squares slightly soiled, up to 25 cent quality.
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Pontiac
Avesesene Ee
Lyman Abbott's Father Shaped True Respect for Children
A reminiscence on Rev. Lyman Abbott's parenting, noting his sacred pledge to children, trust in their judgment, and non deceptive approach. The speaker recalls how Abbott guided him toward college, offering financial support to cover years of study if he chose education, while posing clear questions and leaving final judgment to the son.
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Lyman Abbott
Jude Emene
Beautiful Visitor Coming to Chicago Post
A sensational note announces Miss Agatha Thynne as the most beautiful woman from England visiting Chicago. The piece previews international praise and a public appetite for her allure, citing Burne-Jones and Sab bath column excerpts as evidence of her famed perfection.
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Chicago Post
England
Miss Agatha Thynne
Agatha
Miss Agatha
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