Tionesta Valley Railroad Time Table May 11 1891
Time table shows southward trains from Garfield to Wolf Run and northward services from Sheffield, with multiple stops at Tiona Sheffield Junction Brookston Barnes and Wolf Run. Notable connections at Sheffield with RB and ER lines.
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Garfield
Tiona
Sheffield
Barnes
Brookston
Sheffield Junction
Wolf Run
Shefield Junction
Broo
Sheffielda
Sheihela
Snebeld
Pod R
Derry CR
Retirement of General O O Howard Ends An Era Of War Service
New York Nov 8 Major General Oliver Otis Howard the Christian Hero retired from active duty having reached the statutory age. He outranks all but Schofield and is regarded as a likely successor by many to General Howard. The piece traces his career from West Point to Gettysburg and beyond, notes his brace against Indian conflicts, his command of the Eleventh Corps, and his leadership as commissioner of the Freedmen Bureau.
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New York
Oliver Otis Howard
United States Army
Howard
Schofield
Nelson A. Miles
Department of the Missouri
Thomas E. Ruger
Department of the Pacific
Oliver O. Howard
United States Military Academy
West Point
Westervllet Arsenal
Leutenant
Kennebec Arsenal
Florida
Harney
West Point Academy
Third Maine Regiment of Volunteers
Pennsylvania
Army of the Potomac
Mead
Gettysburg
Cemetery Ridge
Congress
Ezra Church
Atlanta
Bureau of Refugees, Freedman
Janda
Freedman’s A
General Howard
New Mexico
Arizona
Department of the
Governor's Island
Department of the Platte
O. O. Howard
Bull Run
Washington, D. C
Celluloid fashion plates show cloth through transparent prints
The New York Sun describes a clever Yankee invention six celluloid fashion plates for tailors. Each sheet measures 1914 by 714 inches and displays single and double breasted sacks, cutaway suits, and an overcoat with black outline figures over colored backgrounds.
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New York Sun
Odd water troughs and Indian mortars in Nipmuc lands
Across New England many crude stone mortars and soapstone vessels used by the Nipmucs for corn grinding survive in towns like Grafton Millbury and Sutton. These relics, found along streams and hilltops, include one 75 pound example near Ramshorn stream once used as a hen watering trough. The piece also notes Hiram Powers birthplace in Woodstock Vermont as a civilized ruin near the Ottaqueechee valley, linked to the sculptor who created the Greek Slave.
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Benjamin Church
Annawan
Philip
Nipmuc
Grafton
Haranamisco
Kitgille
Keith Hill
Mipmacs
Millbury
Sutton
Worcester Gazette
Hiram Powers
America
Woodstock
Vermont
Ottaqueechee
Powers
Boston Commonwealth
Michael Angelo's lifelong pursuit of art and learning
Michael Angelo excelled as painter sculptor and architect. He spent 12 years on anatomy to paint figures properly. His Julius II monument required church alterations in Rome then moved. The Last Judgment took seven years to complete and finished when he was nearly 68. Weeks before his death he trudged through snow saying he was going to school to learn something.
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Michael Angelo
Julius II
St. Peter
Rome
The Childish Voice Disrupts Basso Performance
A famed basso Signor Fohi was singing The Raft when a child’s voice from the stalls piped in for an impromptu duet. His laughter broke the moment, the pianist followed, and they twice returned to try the song before abandoning it amid audience amusement.
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Signor Fohi
Endless Winter Bonnets and Evening Dresses Adapt Fashion
Special correspondence from New York describes a relentless parade of early winter bonnets and gowns. It chronicles velvet capotes, plain black felt hats, and decorative plumes, then details ball gowns in cream white china crepe and striped pink and white silk gauze. Evening dresses feature loops of baby ribbon and wax pearls, with lace and arm drapery, as Olive Harpe signs off.
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Sisyphus
Hades
Legion
Sarah
Sea Captains Under Managers Tyranny On Fast Liners
A Philadelphia Times piece recalls a talk between a sea captain and a passenger about speed versus safety on European liners. The captain says managers insist on fast runs with no risk, making captains bondmen who must balance caution with maintaining on time schedules.
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Theyorld
Atlantic
New York
England
Philadelphia Times
Knickerbockers and Knotted Accents in Old Country Talk
A comic slice shows a American woman and Englishman on a street corner bantering about knickerbockers and the old country. A pair of bicyclists passes as the Englishman clings to his phrase In the old country while Miss America navigates the witty cultural clash.
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Boston
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Boston Transcript
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Second Street
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Warren, Pa
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Warren County
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