Ghostly bell ringer terrifies Lincolntown residents
Arkadelphia Dispatch reports a white and black crowd in Lincolntown alarmed by a bell toll from a church belfry. Spectators saw a cloaked figure presumed to be Jonelle Lambkin, a reportedly wrongfully charged woman, as the bell rang persistently despite an empty chamber. Local blacks deem it an omen of ill fortune for their race.
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Wilte
Lincolntown
Belfey
Aiile
Jonelle Lambkin
Runaway Train Narrowly Avoids Disaster on Union Pacific
Terrible scare on the Wyoming division as a freight train in charge of Engineer Sadowsky partially derails near Simpson, prompting the runaway fast mail to speed by. Conductor Rupp of the freight and Engineer Wright of the fast mail act quickly to avert collision, with the runaway eventually halted. The incident highlights railroad perils and the urgent need for trained crews to prevent catastrophe.
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Uoien Paciflc
Union Pacific Fast Mail
Wyoming
Fast Mail
Simpson
Sadowsky
Medicine Row
Ranaway
Wright
Rupp
Beautiful illustrated book promotes Utah rail travel
A travel pitch invites readers planning trips to consider Rio Grande Western Railway. It touts three routes and scenic journeys, urging readers to send 25 cents to J H Bennett in Salt Lake City for a copy of the illustrated book Utah, a Peep Into the Mountain Walled Treasury of the Gods.
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Great Rio Grande Western Railway
J. H. Bennett
Salt Lake City
Utah
Beatty's Pianos and Organs Builder Promotes Growth
Hon Daniel F Beatty of Washington New Jersey rises from penniless plow boy in 1870 to head of Beatty's Pianos and Organs with nearly 100000 sales since 1870 He plans to add 200000 more over ten years aiming at about 1,40000 for the firm The piece extols his resolve and the advertisement driven business expansion as the largest in its line.
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Ayer
J.C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Masa
Beatty
Daniel F. Beatty
Washington, N.J
Hawever
Immature Youth and Barber Exchange Silly Shave Gag
A humorous exchange shows a barber offering a shave while a youth questions payment with a quip about choosing between trousers and settling a medical bill. The doctor tells him to keep his money.
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Siave
Dows
Puck
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Reno, Nevada
Atty’ G and Pianos
Beatty's Organs
Iit Pianos
Washington, New Jersey
Wadsworth
Wu. Nicholls
W.N. Liniment
Bruges
Benet
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Daniel F Beatty
Washing Jersey
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Oal
Beatty’s
Daniel F. F. Beaty
Ascoruyting
Army
Uhels Sam
Navy
Marine Corps
Ander
Washington
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Rienand Burs
McGill St
Montreal
P. Q
New Jersey
C.a.snow &Co
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Hannah Moore
Josephine Parkinst
Bove
William Donaldson
STAGE
Stillwater, Churchill Co
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Otto Swanson
Wadsworth, Nevada
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