The Woman in White on the Burlington Engine
Jasper Ward, a veteran Burlington locomotive engineer, fears the new electric headlamp and a shift to an express run will end his career. His son Jack longs to follow in his footsteps and marry Mary Clifford, whom Jack loves. When Mary vanishes and a disaster follows, father and son confront fate as the tunnel loom.
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Jasper Ward
Jasper
Burlington Road
Jack
Fnally
Thane
Evry
Tio
Res
Inc
Lin
Mary
Duck
Reg
Mary Clifford
Fremin
Clifford
Dad
Mary Cliford
Jesper
Smithville
No. 7
Esch
Mery Clifford
Back Hill Tunnel
Christmas shopping ads and wagoner notices in Warren paper
A cluttered early 20th century column lists merchandise and services for Christmas from Warren retailers. It highlights wallpaper at M K Wendelboe, clothing and overcoats at George Ball, cookware and tinware from Lesser & Co, toys and sleds, flour and groceries at Buss Grocery, albums from Noyes, and various patent medicines and farm goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chylce
Jersey
Buss Grocery
Geo. Ball’s
Youngsville
L. G. Noyes
Warren
Lescer & Co
George Bail
Wendelbue's
Liberty Street
Boss Grocery
Lesser & Co
Electric Bitters touted as cure all liver and kidney ailments
Advertisement proclaims Electric Bitters as a pure medicine that cures liver and kidney diseases, removes pimples and skin infections, drives malaria from the system, and relieves constipation and indigestion. Guarantee of satisfaction or money back. Priced at 50 cents per bottle at the Merck drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merck
E. Drsinbridee Munday
County Atty Clay Co
Merch Drug Store
Mob lynching attempt ends in bloodshed in Bramin Guam
A mob gathered to seize R. R. Hawes, jailed for murder, and the police opened fire near 11:30 PM. Forty were wounded and several killed including M. B. Tarnock McRroN, Con. Bear Sir, and Charles Barter. Militias intervened. sheriff jailed for murder claims duty. Proclamations urged law and sympathy for families.
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Bramin
Guam
Ala
E Dee
R. R. Hawes
M. B. Tarnock McRrton
J. R. McCour
East Lake
Bear Sir
Wennde Law & Firtieun
Charles Barter
Church Street
Boston
Schiede
Howes
Islip man hanged for matricide in 1883 murder
Francis Asbury Hawkins was hanged in the jail yard at Islip after being sentenced on December 7, 1887 for killing his mother on October 1, 1883. He described a quarrel over his intended marriage, then shot her and left her body by the highway before returning to Kisunely's house. Despite pleas of insanity, Governor Hull refused to commute the sentence.
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Islip
L. L
New York
Francis Asbury Hawkins
Lim
Kisunely
Geelork
Hull
Hawley
Fiendish Robbers Torture a Lady for Money in Allegheny
In Astorown, Pa on December 12 three masked men burst into Miss Millie Ross’s home on the outskirts of Smithfield. They bound her, burned her with candles, beat and threatened her until she revealed less than 25 dollars. The robbers fled as dawn broke, and a posse began tracking them, with vows of lynching if caught. Miss Ross, a respected elderly resident, remains severely traumatized.
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Astosrawn
Millie Ross
Smuthfeld
Miss Ross
Fons
Ku Klux Warning Joins Cleveland News
Mayor Babcock received a skull marked postal card threatening a hoax in relation to the Axworthy defalcation. The note signs as Q. Shea Captain Whitecaps. In Ohio, about 100 railroad switchmen in several lines walked out for higher pay, with potential for a broader strike.
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Ku Klux
Cleveland
Babcock
Q. Shea
Whitecaps
Torino
Pennsylvania
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Toledo
Ohio Central
Lake Shore
M. Quad's effective kick at Niagara Falls
In Detroit press style, a witness recounts a riverfront incident near Niagara Falls where a hackman overcharged and threatened violence when payment was refused. A mob confronted the hackmen, a revolver was displayed, and the crowd dispersed without arrests. The tale ends with a grim moral about visitors arming for defense.
Rubber as a Cornerstone of Modern Life
A historical essay extols rubber’s rise from utilitarian material to an essential in clothing and daily objects. It notes rubber waterproofs, buttons, footwear, and accessories shaping both town and country life. It praises early discoverers and honors the contributor who unlocked the sap’s value to civilization.
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Walter Ralewirs Careus
Gers
Pittsburg Bulletin
Ney
Tale of Deceit and Desperation in a Small Household
An 19th century-London era tale recalls a Balzac like incident about truth and fiction. A young wife trapped by her ill husband and costly doctor’s remedies faces a theft of household goods to fund expensive treatments. The husband, later exposed, is described as clever but ultimately unmasked. the wife’s fear turns to relief as health and goods may be restored.
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Coston
Wbich
Balzac
Uirai Hapuens
Tle
Yoidero
Torn
Dis
Iran
Leston Post
Aggressive Little Turtles Attack Child on Marsh Island
Five year old son of John W Purcell was attacked by a large number of snapping turtles on a marshy island in Tochester. The reptiles surrounded him, bit and sucked at his legs as his mother rushed to help, using a clothes stick to fend them off. Local report notes the incident is unprecedented in the area.
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John ¥. W. Purcell
Thermus IL Tremper
Tochester
Sta
Lough Deepsie News-Press
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Fosres
M. K. Wendelboe
Jake Keller
Gentemen
Lesser & Co. W
Winkelmann
Price
J. H. Winkelmann & Co
Prop’s
Baltimore
Northrop
N.K. Wendelboe
S. 17
Keystone Wall Paper and Paint
N. EK
Wenderboe
Boss Gro- Gory
Ely
Samuel J. Morris
Front
Dr. Bull
Oldshue
Grant Street
Pittsburg
Hunter & Jarvis
Mir. C
Morris
Atk
Mr.King
Jesse Middlewart
Decatr
Ohio
Dr. King
Patterson’s
Columbia
Germantown
Saxony
Shetland
Sonora
Reliance
Lord Zephyrs
GEO. T. Rowell & CO
Boren
du Spruce Street
Jarvis
Hunter
Warren Country
Suy House
Water St
Warren, Pa
Geo. Ball
George Ball
Alabama
Hawkins
Atrasy
Dee
Maher
Albany
Hill
Esrenonics
Amasa J. Parker, Jr
Governor Hill
New Ogveans
the Times-Democrat
Natchez, Miss
Noah Taylor
Steagall
Harrisburg
Taylor
M. Quad
Niagara Falls
Hackman
Ilo
the Hackman
Luis
Pale
Detroit
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