Winton and Virginia Weave Through Railroad Intrigue
In a winter rail car, engineer John Winton and Miss Virginia Carteret share a charged, guarded conversation about the competing railroad project, personal loyalties, and looming schemes led by Rajah Darrah. Adams notices the political maneuvering as the social meetings continue to shape the conflict.
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Darrah
Wincon
Pye
Winton
Mr. Winton
Bessie
Miss Bessie
Post
Pillar
Virginia
Adams
John Winton
C. E
Bessis Carteret
Virginia Carteret
Morty
Miss Carteret
Mr. Darrah
Jack
Ira
Utah
Pshaw
Bear Attacks Christmas Party at Widow Mackelroy’s
A houseful of revelers in Ralls County Missouri flee as Bolivar the bear crashes the Christmas Eve gathering. George Ely fights the animal, Mary Goodwin saves him with a hot iron, and Bolivar dies on Christmas Day in 1854 as George and Mary wed.
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Old Lick Creek
Ralls County
Florida
Salt River
Squire Clemens
Mark Twain
Uncle Rhueb
Reddish
Aunt Lou
Harry
Edy
Mackelroy
Uncle Ned
Aunt Polly
Ned
James Irvin
Bolivar
Bear
George Ely
George
Mary Goodwin
Mary
Basque Rituals Honor the Departed Across Pyrenees
A traveler in Spain notes Basque customs at anniversaries of death. In San Sebastian poor fisherman's daughters pray in churches, kneeling at ancestors' tombs with baskets of fruit bread and corn offered by the pious community.
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Pyrenees
Spain
San Sebastian
Siempmol Bits from the Trees Aifos rodl prsmoclepns nocliver
Hence the Mistletoe. Florence asks if you remember last Christmas when you broke your engagement. Geraldine replies she is a year older now.
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Siempmol
Aifos Rodl
Florence
Geraldine
Christmas Jokes and Puzzles Spotted in Laughing Letters
Mildred frets over a Christmas gift for Mr Slowboy while Helen proposes giving him her heart. Sam Knicker probes Christmas mathematics with tens and carries. Becker notes women are more artistic, while a practical observer jokes about holiday neckwear.
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Mildred
Sam
Becker
Indorsement for Deans Kidney Pills by Chicago Woman
Miss Frances Gardner of 369 Jackson boulevard Chicago testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills cured her five year kidney complaint after costly failed remedies. She reports improved health appetite digestion and sleep following five boxes. Sold by all dealers 50 cents per box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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Frances Gardner
Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Ill
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Hamburg hospital accused of trafficking in corpses
A Hamburg case reveals allegations that a hospital sent closed coffins containing ashes or objects, while bodies were altered or parts removed and sold. Herr Schonberg led the charge as trials exposed nurses, warders, and a former employee involved in dismemberment and theft of body parts.
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Hamburg
Herr Schonberg
Brandreth's Pills Endure as Constipation Remedy
The piece warns of constipation causing numerous illnesses and the diminishing returns of cathartics. It promotes Brandreth's Pills as a century-long trusted laxative tonic, effective in the same dose for fifty years and tied to an impure blood state, sold plain or sugar-coated nationwide.
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Brandreth
Fine Silver Service for Cruiser Washington
One thousand five hundred ounces of metal will be used in the silver service to be presented to the armored cruiser Washington by the people of the state after which the ship is named. The service is composed of 53 pieces and will cost 5000 dollars. The chief piece is the punch bowl in the shape of a gallot adorned with a figure representing Triton, the Trumpeter of Neptune.
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Washington
Triteu
Neptune
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Francis Lynde
J. P. Lippincott
Mr. Somerville Darrah
HE Opened
the Door
For Her
Chistmas
Son
Milan
Italy
Lazzaroni
John
Leopold
Leopold Lazzaroni
Fisk Goodyear
Burchtown
Mr. Goodyear
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