Never Losing Day Waterville Railroad Builds Model Line
A historic overview of the Waterville Railroad from Waterville to Dougian Junction in Washington records a flawless safety and financial track. Three years ending 1913 show passenger earnings 14 405, freight 14 279 79, and minimal accident history with full payment of expenses. The line carried over 75 million pounds and offered a five mile main line with two miles of side track at modest rates. The venture started with a mass meeting in 1909 and funded at 81 000, rapidly subdividing territory into five zones and attracting investor confidence led by financier J P Morgan.
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Yanda Wan
Waterville
Dougian Junction
Waterville Road
Ayatern
Great North Pen
Great Northern
Waterville Raitenad Company
Stedle
JF Morgan
Metal box holds tickets in a railcar scam report
A malfunctioning ticket box used by a Canadian firm surfaced in a rail yard scheme. Investigators describe a scheme involving ticket misappropriation and forged stamps as authorities pursue named suspects and rail line officials.
Unclear text fragment from historical page
Fragmentary OCR sample from a historical newspaper page contains garbled words and unreadable sequences. readable portions mention names and places but lack coherent events or dates to summarize into a clear item.
Campaign exhibit car to educate on railroad safety
A traveling education car will tour cities and towns with safety literature and items demonstrating proper equipment use. A stereopticon and engineers will discuss safety questions with workers and the public invited to inspect the exhibits as trains pass unsafe crossings are corrected.
Baggage Truck Patented for Handier Use
A California man patents a novel extensible baggage truck with two sliding handle sections and curved upper ends. The design allows extending for ground use and shortening to shoulder the burden, freeing the hands for doors and other tasks.
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California
New Mountain Rail Locomotives Boost Freight Hauls
The article describes purpose built mountain locomotives designed to crawl over steep grades with fewer crews, reducing costs from traditional multi locomotive trains. These engines with heavy tires improve grip, allow streamlined movement on difficult terrain, and promise faster handling of freight in rugged regions.
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Weat
Mackie
Seminoles Preserve Veiled Life In Everglades Refuge
A forgotten Seminole band clings to isolation in the Florida Everglades. The article recalls their history from the checkerboard wars to Osceola, notes their four regional bands, customs, and diet, and laments government drainage pushing them toward the Cypress swamps.
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Florida Everglades
United States
Columbia
Pe Soto
Tampa Bay
Lfe
Osceola
Staf
Florida
Batahudkee
Waluwagus
Everglades
Lake Okeechobee
Violet Rays Explode Mine In Florence Experiment
Italian inventor Giulio Urio tested a UV ray projector to detonate powder mines and explosives from a distance. Admiral Fornari sank river munitions as Urio moved devices to Mount Senarto, then demonstrated rapid mine clearing and a new apparatus.
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Giulio Urio
Florence
Italy
Admiral Fornari
Senarto
Fiesolo
Urm
Fornart
Wimael
Floating Churches Fleeted to Moor on Hirkenby Sugland Yard
Fragmented OCR describes a voyage by a Navad Tealuo of Cueewnaete Malid to Came Lat shipyard in Hirkenby Sugland and Croeca National Airun Navigate company. The text outlines churches starved for dome altar and ordframe, with sliding doors and emplacements planned for priests and altar fixtures in a wall.
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Hirkenby Sugland
National Airun
Cmpany
Croeca
Oidshipa
Unclear Fragment on City and Times
Fragmentary note questions a city’s pace and plans and mentions a New York area timing. Readable names or places are not clearly identifiable in the text.
Secret New York mirror photography scheme illustrated
A historical piece describes a showy photo trick using two angled mirrors around a subject to create the illusion of multiple copies on a single plate. It notes the special lighting with a Cooper Hewitt mercury vapor lamp and diffusion through white cheesecloth to achieve even illumination.
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New York
Fox Ti
Cooper Hewitt Mercury
Port wine fraud in London exposed by reporter
A London report reveals that most so called port wines sold there are not genuine ports. Experts say true port is a fortified wine from fresh Portuguese grapes, while many London makers use dried currants and other ingredients to dodge import duties.
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London
Portugal
Oporte
Remarkable Crippled Baseball Nine Formed in Wheelleg West Virginia
A local, highly unlikely baseball team from Wheelleg West Virginia is described as the most remarkable in the country. The nine players, all maimed from town industries, feature multiple limbs lost and perform as a full lineup with positions from manager to pitcher and outfielders.
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Wheelleg
Va-mAt
Malph Pord
Cotton” Bowers
Edward Pearl
George Miller
Love Powders Sold Despite Fine Charges
A New York booth peddler faced a fine after attempting to sell so called love powders to Mr Isabella Goodwin the famed detective. The seller named Gulaeppi Baba was charged with offering the remedy for 60 dollars.
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New
Wedding in Paris Ties Hing and Grandereth After 16 Years
In Paris a ceremony linked Hent W. Hing and Henry Grandereth with the neighbor Helford being related to the event. The couple marks sixteen years since the wedding there.
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Hent W. Hing
Helford
Ble Barden
Paris
Henry Grandereth
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Waterville Railroad
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Een
Fone Canada
Ayrne
Bogland
Torbay
Wan
Gothane
Baresphoto
Pian
OF Cripples
H. E. Christma, H. R. Christmas
First National Bank Puliding
Kemmerer, Wyoming
Dem
Kemmerer
Wyoming
W.R. Hocker Mier
Vid
Tran Jones
Ivan S. Jones
Kemmerar
Ralph W. Smith
Robert R. Row
Smith & Rose
Law Empeshs
Kemmerer Wyoming
J. W. Sammon
Kewmtre
Kemoverer
Wrowlag
Baerresen Bros
Cunnington & Hocker
Dentists
Evanston
Cumberland
Diamondville
Robert S. Spence
R. H. Embree
Palmer
Kemmerer Hardware Furniture Co
J. A. Pohjola
White Cafe
J. R. McMinn
D. J. Brown
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