Smoking Carriage Clash on a London Train
A Pall Mall Gazette account details a lengthy quarrel aboard a London train from Charing Cross to Cannon Street. The narrator faces a boastful fellow passenger who belittles his attire, calling him a toff and critiquing clothes, with moralizing comments about smoking and class. A respectable woman intervenes, ending the tirade as the attacker alights at his stop.
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Charing Cross
Cannon Street
Ramsgate
Virginia
Loudon Bridge
Board School
St. James Gazette
Bea
Zoological Gardens
Pall Mall Gazette
Modest John Stuart Mill’s Quiet Work Habits
A sketch from Miss Cobbe’s Life notes Mill’s unassuming nature. He credited his wife for his works and avoided pretension. He joked that writing Spencer’s works requires quiet, yet he would let his cat rest on him while composing his own System of Logic and Political Economy.
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John Stuart Mill
Miss Cobbe
Mr. Mill
Milb
Teeth Reading Claims From The London Telegraph
The London Telegraph reports teeth reading as a new yet infamous science with professors asserting several bold claims. It states long narrow teeth denote vanity, projected teeth show grasping disposition, treachery reads in small white separated molars, inconstancy in overlapping teeth, and wide separated ivories indicate telltale honesty. It also notes wearers of false teeth possess a character that the science cannot read.
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London Telegraph
Nightly verse from Atlanta Constitutia archive
A fragment from a sentimental poem written in the Atlanta Constitutia style, expressing farewell notes and enduring affection. The speaker bids good night to a beloved, referencing roses, rings, and lasting love across shifting winds and poetic imagery.
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Clar
Atlanta
Nantawket Yacht Race Ends In Rescue Save
The Nantawket Yacht Club prepares for a prime race with two famed sloops Phebe and Pilgrim. A rival captain falls overboard during the race. Captain Warbone dives in to rescue Burt, saving a life and sparing a publicity battle as the Phebe wins the next day.
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Nantawket
James Warbone
Pilgrim
Burt
Charlie
Cap’n
Charles
Franklie Bret
Dan
Phebe
Warbone
Beck
Commoddore
Bang
Burs
Warbene
Phobe
Hartford Courant
Dunkirk Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad Timetable
Dunkirk Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad timetable in effect Sunday October 20, 1895 at 4 o clock pm EST. Does not run on Sundays. Trains today run as usual except Sunday. Trains 2 and 2 run from Drive Depot corner Laurel and Fourth streets. H Retcham Superintendent.
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Laurel and
Fourth Streets
H. Retch AM
Erie Lines Timetable Trains From Jamestown and Buffalo
The June 9 1895 timetable lists westward trains from Jamestown including No 4 Vestibuled at 2 41 am No 11 Pittsburg and Cleveland Ex at 7 41 am No 3 Chicago Ex at 10 02 pm No 9 Accommodation Ex Sundays 5 30 pm No 1 Cincinnati Ex daily 10 45 pm No 37 Way Freight areas 10 55 am Eastward trains depart No 8 N and Boston vestibuled 8 30 am No 6 Accommodation Sundays 9 55 am No 12 N Ex daily 3 13 pm No 10 New York Special daily 7 3 pm No 16 Chautauqua Express daily No 35 Way Freight Sundays 2 75 pm From Buffalo No 105 Daily 11 0 am No 109 Daily except Sunday 11 0 am No 101 Daily 6 16 33 pm Rosearts Gen Pass Agent New York F W Buser Ass t Gen Pass Agent Chicago M L Fours Gen Agt Pass Dep t Cleveland H Garfield Dist Pass Agt Jamestown DEVA ART
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G & Brb. R. Co. Lessee
New York
Epee Pipenada
Paddad
Sameores
Rochester
Oennene
Clit
Falconer
Almestown
Fallconer Junction
Wsbur
Pentonville
Eklers
Russell
Orth Warren
Arren
Kvineton
Kingsville
Pittsfield
Sseseey AL
CILY
Pittsburg
Jamestown
Cily Tink
Cleveland
Chicago
Cincinnati
Boston
Chautauqua Express Dal
W. DIV
Buffalo
Lidam
Rosearts
Pass
F W. BuserexAss
M. L. Fours
H. Garfield
Dig
Warren
Sheffield
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Sunbury
Lancaster
Baltimore
Was
Washington
Pullman
Eric
Williamsport
Erie
Kane
Renovo
Ridgway
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Fiaccus
Lord de Teblay
Mr. Kilduff
Moe
Queen Victoria
Buffalo Courier
Rochester Post-Express
New York Tribune
SIG K
Nti
Soes
U. S
A&a Pomputer
U.S
C.a.snow &Co
Patent Office
Vitalis Secrerrem
Calumet Rexedy Company
Siegfried & Co
Laura E. Parreesom
Arch St
Philadelsea
Phia
W. T. Case
Kinzua
Bradford
Salamanca
Mean
Irvinton
Tidionte
Tionesta
Oil City
Pittsburgh
R Bell
J. A. Fellows
Veneta
Exrhange .T
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad
Erie Lines
Ree
Pennsylvania Railroad
P. &B. Division
Shefield
Woun
Lerrano Ticke
Tionesta Valley
R.R
Gilson
Barnes
Hovers
Donaldson
Marnt
Hammond’s
Brookston
Sheffield Junction
Howland
Tnes
Jametton
Barney
P& R
Jerry Crary Sapt
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