The Mountain Junction Express Hero Engineer Deene
A long poem recounts Pacific Express delays and a heroic engineer named Ben Deene. Facing a crippled night freight, the locomotive struggles up a summit grade then races west across a perilous straight, the crew fighting freezing air. An axle breaks near the Leaning Oak, Deene and fireman Jack Ford avert disaster, Deene saving two trains and passengers before perishing in the act.
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Pacific Express
Mountain Junction
Tiad
A Trouble-some Boy and His Lament on Latin’s Worth
A story about a gifted fifteen year old athlete who excels in cricket, football, cycling, and swimming yet tires of schoolwork and voices doubts about Latin and a looming plan with friends Sam Jackson and Harry Wilde. The fragment hints at a boy’s inner conflict and anticipated actions at Easter.
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Sam Jackson
Harry Wilde
Tom
Tosea
Papa
Busness
Toms
Maria
Bimpson
Clumpit
Wheelwright
Old Burrows
Tean
John
London
Richard
Cousin
Tom’s Career Choice Ends in the Fields
In a village, Tom rebels against school and his doctor father storms family council seeking a career. Relatives debate law medicine and farming. Uncle Lucas and a farmer nephew advocate returning Tom to agriculture, arguing the field offers enduring value as professions falter.
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Tom
Ife
John
England
Nincompoop
Ieee
Lucas
Shire
Cousin
Clapnel Hs
Chionber’s Journal
Florentine Straw Industry Report Details Rural Labors
Consul reports widespread Florentine straw work across districts with women and children stitching plaits and hats at home. Earnings vary by skill, from 30 to 45 centimes for youth to about 1 lira 50 centimes for expert workers. production costs split with three fifths labor. Major exports include Florentine hats and plaits to France the US Britain Germany and Austria. Competition from English and especially Chinese plaits pressures Italian makers as fashion shifts.
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Colnaghi
Foreign Office
Florentine
Florence
France
United States of America
Great
Britain
Germany
Austria
Europe
America
Italy
London
Relic Hunters Loot Washington Monuments and Guiteau Knife Tales
Washington Letter reports on relic hunters at the nation's capital. Visitors strip fringe and curtains from the White House East Room and pawn off marble from the Washington Monument while a relic dealer recites hustling tales of forged Guiteau knife copies and wedding cake artifacts in Cleveland.
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White House
Washington
Washington Monument
Guiteau
Guitean
New York
England
Cleveland
How He Wanted Them Made
A humorous tale about Howard Ross who orders trousers with a sober fit after seeing styles. The tailor realizes the request means not tight, prompting speculation about his constitution and a climate change. Also note a seven year old suit where a man wins against Sing Sng, N Y, forcing the village to pay a thousand six hundred dollars.
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Howard Ross
Sing Sng
N. Y
Burlington Free Press
N. C. Picayune
Perbaton
Jimmie
Boston
Marblehead
Mass
Brosen Globe
Solomon
Cedar Street
Main Street
Buffalo
Jerusalem
Buffalo Courier
Johnny
Colonel Fizzletop
Zeras
Donkey Learns a Lesson in Clever Escape
A parade of quips from various papers mixed with a light fable about a donkey tired of hauling a cart. The donkey seeks advice from the cow and, after plotting, escapes only to reveal the peasant feeds him too much oats. Moral: not to outsmart oneself.
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Gil
Detroit Free Press
Boy Luke Varnum’s aid saves a grind horse shoe
A 15 year old lame boy named Luke Varnum helps in a crisis by forging and fitting a shoe for a horse during a march toward Bennington. His quick work earns praise from the riders and a veteran colonel, prompting reflections on the impact of small acts on American independence. The passage also notes tobacco use among senators, corn and potatoes cultivation tips, and a protest about newspaper management.
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Edward Everett Hale
Luke Varnum
Stark
Benington
Luke
Chittenden
Lean
Jonas
Sam Wadley Pays for Damaged Window and Finds Honor
Aunt Deborah’s lesson unfolds when Sam Wadley confesses he threw the stone that shattered the window. He pays for the damage by weekly earnings, earns her trust, and is rewarded with a gift and a promise to grow into an honest man.
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Aunt Deborah
Deborah
Bill Philper
San Wadley
Sam
Thad
Youths' Department Promotes Kindness In Cedar Woods
A children's picnic in Cedar Woods includes gingerbread Aunt Sarah's cookies and May McGee, a crippled girl, prompting a pledge to share and follow the Golden Rule. The group plans to include a forlorn child in future activities and to spread happiness at home, play, and school.
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M. B. Salyster
The President's Country House Renovation Plans
A permit in Washington for remodeling the President's Woodly Lane residence envisions a new third story with an ornate roof and dormers. The expansion adds double porches, a back two story kitchen building, and interior remodeling to a cottage style, with completion expected by October 1.
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Washington
Woodly Lane
V.V
Post
Perils of Photography and Peculiar Finds
Reading about a photo temptation and a couple’s tension in a forest tale. A mound in Union township Ohio yields eight feet high evidence with tint knives arrow heads and skeletons found by Peabody Museum explorers. A Pennsylvania lady reacts to George Eliot with the phrase gimber jawed.
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Union Township
Peabody Museum
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
George Eliot
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Pr & CO
van Wert
Ohio
Ben Deene, Eng Neer
Andi
Racer
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Tier
Hell
Deene
Je¢n
Jack Ford
Jack
Ile
Ken
Angel of Records
Tie
G. BR. Blanchard
New York Tribune
Oxford
Cicero
Uncle John
Colonies
Chambers of Commerce
John Bull
Hippocrates
John Hunter
Claude Bernard
Bichat
North
South America
Kollman
Comsular
Colonel Warner
Warner
Bonnington
Saratoga
United States
Cambrdge Chroxicce
Sam Wadley
St. Nicholuss
Cedar Woods
Sarah
Lucy
Dr. Perkins Fred
Lottie Sanderson
Merry Jack
Ned
May McGee
Lonesome Cripple
Darling Floss
Curry Little May
May
George
Mary
Lilon
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