Railroads Labor Strife Spurs Imported Boilermakers
The Union Pacific moves to solve stationary boiler repairs by importing 45 boilermakers from the East and North as strikers extend picket lines around Omaha shops. Officials report a growing shift of workers and ongoing tension amid injunctions and cross‑state travel, with few skilled tradesmen available locally.
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Cent Neleffic
Shane
Heim
Omaha
Hart
Ontaide
East
Union Pacific
Tde
Honunlon
Armstrong
Burt
Baldwin
Sat
Ofckers
Walls of Corn Carnival Brightens Main Street
A corn festival fills the town with color and sound as six bands perform on Commercial Street. Booths from Missouri Pacific, Rock Island, and Santa Fe showcase corn harvests, Indian-themed displays, and intricate decorations. Artful corn structures, prizes, and a large Apache Indian figure headline a bustling, festival atmosphere amid spring showers and lively parades.
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Solders
Effingham Girls
Wetmacre
Waterville
Ecco Indian School
Oklahoma
Ninthae
TS Cross Streets
Commercelal Street
Hurlington
Ths
Missouri Pacine
Rock Island
Sana Fe
Santa Fe
Indian Girls Mandolin Club
Chilocco
C. T
Missouri Pacific
Wetmore Girls’ Band
Rock Ieland Castle
Farth
J. P. Stephens
Boston
Columbia
Kansas
C. H. Young
A. S. Rowan
United States Army
Garcia
Rowan
Atchison
McPike Drug Company
Exchange Bank
Blair
Mise
Silliman
Eee
Need More Engines on Santa Fe Coast Lines
The Santa Fe coast lines show a clear lack of motive power with engines scarce in San Bernardino and at Needles. Workers are busy rehabbing several engines in Albuquerque that have sat idle in the depot, refitting them for road service.
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Santa Fe
San Bernardino
Needless
Dreness
Santa Fe Urges Caney Citizens on Right of Way
Gen Mgr Mudge reports a Caney meeting where the Santa Fe sought a railroad crossing to Havana. The company twice offered for the right of way but faced high prices and withdrew. Caney business leaders pressed for freight and passenger service, while the Santa Fe claimed Caney was viable for business.
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Caney
Mgr. Mudge
Santa Fe
Havana
One Step More Fatal to the Sleepwalker
A fragmented medical advice piece warns that increased reliance on medicine and self treatment can lead to a fatal health decline. It cautions readers to avoid overmedication and to seek professional guidance rather than self diagnosing. The text references a medical adviser and request for payment to obtain more information.
Mud Daubers A Farm Tenant From Country Life
An interesting tenant of the farm is the mud dauber, the best known of the insect inhabitants. The note describes the mud dauber’s habits, nest building, and potential impact on farm life, highlighting its role in the ecosystem.
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Mud Dauber
No Amateurs in Medicine Excerpt From New York Weekly
A fragment from the New York Weekly highlights a claim of professional nursing and careful medical practice. It emphasizes expertise, warning against amateurs in administering medicines and stressing accuracy.
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The
New York Weekly
Blood Poison Cure Claims and Medical Advertisement
An old product advertisement touts Rotante Blood Balm as a cure for blood poisoning and a wide range of ailments. It asserts it can heal scabs, ulcers, swollen glands, bone and joint pain, hair loss, mouth sores, and even cancers, urging readers to follow directions and write for a cancer circular. The mock medical language lists dramatic results and claims thousands of testimonials for the remedy.
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Cneaat
Eiaaien
Bovanic Elneé Balm
RSK
Flower Parade Amid Police Sweep In Town
Town festivities feature Banda Rossa music and a flower parade with 85 flower bedecked vehicles. Floats include King Corn and The Old Women Who Lived in the Shoe. Orphans from the State Orphans home will be among the children on the floats. Police rounded up 2 percent of pickpockets and thieves and sent them south on the first train.
Romance of the Rose in John Ledyard’s Stage Path
John Ledyard defies his widow mother to pursue acting after college, seeking to prove himself on stage. Years after starting, he rises from minor parts to lead roles, facing flattery and letters from admirers while a mysterious package arrives at his hotel.
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Chicago Record-Herald
John Ledyard
John
Wus
Enn
John Edyard
Bette
Athle
Tor
Jaers
Sind
Chicago
Rome
The Red Rose and The White Rose Tale
An unnamed narrator recalls a tale of love and mystery as a man recalls a woman tied to red and white roses. He fantasizes about learning the unknown from her, encountering a familiar home and a tense personal memory. The fragment hints at a romantic or supernatural contrast between red passion and white purity. The poem-like lines reference imagery and a doorway scene from the narrator’s past.
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Lina
Cattlefield
Lede
Pascal Fide
Ted
Helen Tray
John Boyle O'Nell
A Sort of a Widow on the Mountain Trail
A fragment describes a traveler encountering a matronly woman at a mountain path asking for water. The speaker notes curiosity and overhears remarks about being “sort of a widow” and a “woman with the strapping pop.” The text then shifts to a garbled account mentioning a Tom and the Joneses with unclear actions.
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Tom
van Beard
Joneses
Force of habit fuels odd, jumbled fragment
A fragmented OCR snippet suggests a discussion of habit and timing involving Dr Doster and an automobile. The text is incomplete with garbled wording and lacks clear event, place, or identities to form a coherent news item.
Parson Novis Act Bent to Novel Status
A fragmentary note indicates a Parson Novis Act is being bent toward a novel status, with unclear details and missing context. No dates or places are readable, leaving the action and scope uncertain.
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