Hidden Conspiracy to Rob a Pay Train Uncovered
A plan to wreck the Jeffersonville Railroad pay train near Slate Cal was exposed after conspirator Collier tipped off the Superintendent. Four men named Hughes Kinney Back Burkett and Collier were arrested. two other suspects remained at large as police pursue them. The plot included murder and robbery of the paymaster’s secure funds, with a baggage car to be used for armed resistance. the conspirators swore to kill any betrayers, but one participant turned informant, averting a mass killing.
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Hughes
Kinney
Back
Burkett
Collier
Jeffersonville
Slate Cal
Jefersonville
Ihe Couteote
Horace Scott
Keq
Fo Renson
Bedford
Kinpey
Buck
Hays
Lave Leen
Ware
New Albany Commercial
Oddities and outbursts fill brief notes in Philadelphia
A compilation of quirky items reports steam milking in New York, a Nevada mine shaft depth, a California lawyer chasing a million dollar fee, and various oddities including a Fulton Market banker with $50 000. It also recounts a heated Methodist Conference critique in Chicago and a humorous anecdote about a hungry child over a shared apple.
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Philadelphia
United States Navy Yard
Sam
Odd Fellows Hall
Columbus
Ohio
Ballion
Nevada
Pacific Coast
Fulton Market
New York
Painesville Telegraph
Gray's Harbor described and future settlement prospects
A historical outline of Gray's Harbor Washington from 1862 surveys notes its entrance points, depth, and heart shaped bay. It highlights Chehalis River and tributaries, area, and farming potential with 75 000 acres prairie land and rich river bottoms. It envisions markets, roads, and lumbering as growth drivers for Chehalis Montesano and Chehalis City areas.
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Gray’s Harbor
W. T
A. D. Beach
Gray's Harbor
Chebslis
Robert Gray
Boetom
Colombie River
Balfoch Har
Columbia
Liewt. Whidbey
Vancouver
Chehalis Point
Chehali
Chobalis
Chebalis
Point Brown
Boston
Cascade Range
Columbia River
Cascade Mountains
Chehalis
Soand
Hood's Canal
Fogeghle
Satsop
Olympia
Puget
le Chehalia
Wynoochee
Bateop
Skookum Chuck
Block House
Chehalis City
Quemopolia
Montesano
Puget Sound
Dream tale of Fremont bride links to Michigan life
A man dreamt of a wife in Ohio and traveled to Fremont to find her. He wed a local woman after meeting her, and they returned to Michigan to start a family. The tale, shared by Cleveland Lester, ends with the couple declaring their dream fulfilled.
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Toledo Express
Toledo
Michigan
idhi+ gan
Dreas
Poarcely
Dever
Ohio
Fremont
Julio
Kepler House
Port Offee
Bee
Abe
Lisa
Cleseland Lester
Jankaping
Sweden
Jarvish Quentity
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Vancouver Register
Vancouver, W.t
Washburn
McDonald, Emaitors and Publishers
Bor
Pereamem
Tee Heeser
Struve
Attornty'’Ss
Athacet
Cook
Wall
Vancouver, W. T
J. EF. Caples
Carter
Portland
Oregon
X. Mauild V.m
W.T
Tobey
Accucheur
J. Suslch
Tmarcis Lith
Joseph M. Fletcher
Tore
PAK
OFNCR
Goddard
Ieee
Yankee Nations
Duadicon Twoar
Britton & Giray
Attorneys At Law
F. O
Washington City, D.C
Mmsvee
Hoeder
India
Wood
Lymo
Mia
Farra
Mo‘dina
Italy
Olle
Ee Sidisepat
United States
California
Pingjangti
Arabia
Cairo
Bettar
Bin
Lady Herbert
la Crosse
Grant
Chicago
Simpson
Howard
Ruffian
Freedmen's Bureau
Methodist Church South
Methodist Church
Africa
Methodiet
Chris Dans
Harlota
Palpita
Congo
Washington
Purchi
Banancans Bistos
Russia
Oeun Irymen
Newpapers
Maria Ann Helen
Neubrehenfeld
Eho
Siz
Connecticut
Pope
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