Brakeman’s Bravery Rescues Woman on Track
Charlie Crandall, a brakeman on the New York and New Slaven line, saved Mary E. Jones at Rochester as a Boston express bore down. A freight train blocked the other track while workers switched cars. Crandall leaped from a moving car to seize the woman, pulling her clear as the train rushed by. She survived, later recalling the peril and vowing to avoid the track again.
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Charlie Crandall
New York and New Slaven
Mary E. Jones
Rochester
Miss Joncas
Crandall
Misa Jones
Cramsall
Tust
the Express
Uut Ahen
Father Brayne
Syracuse
KN. Y
New York
Deavon
Brayne
Road Law Suggestions for Public Roads Reform
A Merryville Forum piece urges road improvement with early season work, proper drainage, wider spans, and uniform supervision to avoid conflicting labor. It proposes a county supervisor to oversee road projects and prevent backsliding, aiming to prepare roads before winter and keep clear rights of way.
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Merryville
Eccentric Brother Carr Stirs Nashville Household
An odd report from Nashville recalls Brother Carr visiting a religious family. He behaved as “at home,” even kneeling to rake ashes and praying aloud. A cow missing from the premises was later heard at the gate, prompting Carr to offer a humorous prayer of gratitude. In Green Bay, Wis., a local joke notes Gren Babies and the lovers’ quarrel of a cook and her partner.
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Brother Carr
Nashville
Ron
Lome
Saginaw
Guy
Mail carrier escapes staged arrest in early 19th century tale
Fragmentary report describes Ben F Best, a mail carrier in Iowa, stopping in Fairfield when two men impersonate officials to seize him. He asserts his federal commission and cites Ulysses S Grant. The piece mentions Bible smuggling and a forged order tied to Carson, with detectives locating the suspect in Madison County.
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Ben
F. Best
Clay City
Ital
Wayne County
John L. Beveridge
Finois
Fairfield
Mainfield
Dem
Carson
Ohio
Grrinnelt
Grivnell
Ottnmwe
Winterset
Madinon County
Brooklyn Woman Sends Notion On Attraction Recognition
A Brooklyn young woman quotes a New York paper remarking that girls welcome respectful attention but a lengthy pursuit provokes annoyance and disgust, regardless of the suitor’s handsomeness.
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Brooklyn
New York
Fragmentary OCR Humorous Exchange on Servant and Master
A garbled dialogue shows an army officer’s servant and a crony discussing daily life. The servant says they “live on reply forma” and exchange insults, while noting one party gets beaten and the other stays. The text is unclear and involves misread phrases.
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Jay
Two Little Boys Freneom to Death Near Salem
From the Rolla Herald Feb 4 Mr Clifford, a section boss on the St Louis Salem and Little Rock line, reports two of his sons aged 3 and 4 wandered into the woods last Saturday. One child was found dead Sunday morning about a mile and a half from home, the other yet unfound until Monday, both had frozen. Squire Duckworth says earlier town alarm might have brought out more neighbors to save them.
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Rolla Herald
Squire Duckworth
Salem Toomlay
Mr. Clifford
St. Louis
Mr. Duckworth
Royal Proposing in Prussia Queen’s Ring Proposal Tale
A fragmented historic account recalls imperial quick proposals during a Prussian visit. An emperor secretly offers marriage by placing a ring in bread, prompting decisive acceptance. It contrasts with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s public persuasion during a hunting return.
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Nichola
Rusaia
Prussia
Victoria
Prince Albert
Invisible Children and a Torn School Memory
A reminiscence on children and memory, contrasting imagined loss with real life in a city school visit. A vivid scene unfolds as a student’s dramatic enthusiasm for a teacher ends in mischief and punishment, revealing how fleeting moments shape adult recollection and sorrow.
New Year’s Eve Reflections and Rural Writings
A collage of seasonal verse and sketches reflecting on New Year hopes and gloom. It mingles rustic observations of dawn, barren landscapes, and moral musings with humorous anecdotes and brief anecdotes from sermons, neighbors, and daily life.
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Parker
Administrator's Notice of Estate Claims Required
Notices warn creditors and claimants to present claims within one year from letters granting administration for the estate of dese Cox and of Tholt Molmtoeb in Lincoln County Missouri. Failure to prove claims within two years bars any right to allowances. letters granted by the Probate Court.
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Dese Cox
Dee
Lincoln County
Danihiry
Persots
Claliie
Bey
Nonararaad Geo
Cantriel
Panei
Ador'r
Binewin
Tholt
Porsons Husing Chide Agalpet
Adta'r
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Anil
Detroit Free Press
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Heaven
Denr
Avatlas
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Aimaple
Momat
Jonny v
Todes
Fimnl
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