Editor and printer run weekly paper in Arkansas town
A historical anecdote describes two impoverished printers in a small Arkansas town who survived a harsh winter by sleeping in their office and trading subscriptions for goods. They found lodging by riding freight and passenger trains nightly, returning at dawn, aided by annual passes then common for railroad men.
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Arkansaw Traveler
Arkansas
Cme
Cullom
Mr. Read
Annalostan Magazine
Lamb and the Burglar and Other Tiny Tales
A collection of humorous vignettes from Harper’s Magazine and other papers. Tales include a Christmas misadventure with a burglar who is outwitted by Lamb, a warm finale about Uncle Henry and Tom, and quips on decency, grammar, and daily life. The snippets showcase social manners, wry wordplay, and city comparisons with a breezy early 20th century voice.
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Lamb
Tamb
Harper's Magazine
Nye Story and Advances in Electric Rail Travel
The news piece blends Bill Nye’s anecdote about a doorbell prank with notes on future railway propulsion. It describes Nye’s humorous confrontation with a congressman and shifts to predictions of electric locomotion, lighter car construction, and motorized traction using multiple axles and new materials.
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Nye
Bill Nye
Congressman
Sol
New York Sun
Oberlin Smith
New York Commercial Advertiser
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Indianapolis Journal
Philadelphia Times
Boston Commercial Bulletin
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Philadelphia Record
Mr. Winthrop
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Thors
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W. H. Pickett & Co
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Penn’a
Pitcher
Castorla
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New York Times
Harper’s Bazar
George Bidder
Zerah Calley
Iease
Louis
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Cheyenne
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W. P. Nuffing
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Aegouné
Brokensteaw
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Columbus
Anidites
Cunewango IP
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Chehry Grove
John ®Orenson
Deerfield
Martin DeVore
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Frank Hagburg
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Eldred
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Einita
G. W. Moorhouse
Wm. Merkle
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H.C. Huntington
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Sheffield
Andhor
C. W. Rodaker
Sugar Grove
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Triumph TP
Warren Bord
Boro
Bal Due Boro
Corydon
Y Treas. Com
J. R. Brown
Farmington
T. P. Jenkins
Geo. W. Hill
Glade
Wm. O'Neil
Pitysfield
Tobal
B. J. Ayers
W. B. Acocks
Spring Creek
Treas Com
M. A. Meyers
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Treaa. Com
Myron Dunham
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Vaid A. Gilis
P. Nutting
Brokenstraw
Vaid A. Christie
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Conewango
Adam Shutt
Cherry Grove
J. Sorenson
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J. D. McCormick
Whaley
Treas . Br
BE. W. Thompson
Ereehold
M.A. Smith
A. B. McKain
Kinzua
J. Tate
Mead TP
C. S. Schimetfling, Treas
WW. B. Norris
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Pind Grove
Furasant TP
Yobal
Zid
Wm. Highhouse
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M.A. Meyers
Shueefield
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Dueto
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