Expressman recalls guerrilla era dangers and gun battles
James G. Newland recounts raids on Kentucky Central trains in 1864 65 when guerrillas battled fort guards and the train. He details a Covington to Lexington assault near Lairdsburg, a Texas robbery near El Paso and a deadly Montello Nev. hold up during an 1882 express car fight.
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Kentucky
James G. Newland
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Little Miami
Panhandle
Tremont House
Wabash
Ind
Chicago Inter Ocean
North Benson
Louisville
Covington
Lexington
Blair
Pete Everett
Lairdsburg ‘Station
Galveston & San Antonio
el Paso
Tex
Montello
Nev
Nevada
Arizona
Idaho
Express Car Attack Ends With Captures and Pardons
Robbers attacked a halted freight train then shot at an express car all night. The shooter was wounded but survived, and seven bandits battled five men until dawn. Five suspects—Brown, Kelly, Walker, Delano, and Murry—were jailed in Carson, Nevada, with three later pardoned for extenuating circumstances.
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Montello
San Francisco
Express Company
Brown
Kelly
Walker
Delano
Murry
Carson
Nev
Lincoln's Assassination Remembered In Belligh? Century Memoir
David Homer Bates recounts the night of April 14 1865 the outbreak of fear after the shooting of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre. The account details rumors of cabinet deaths and the rapid dispatch of Stanton bulletins to Gen Dix. The piece captures the nation’s stunned sorrow and the President's death by April 15.
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David Homer Bates
Century
Lincoln
Ford
Seward
Johnson
Stanton
Maj. Eckert
K Street
Tenth Street
John Wilkes Booth
Gen. Dix
New York City
Musical South Africa Market for Instruments
South Africa is a leading market for musical instruments with annual spending around 1 million dollars. About 59 thousand dollars of this amount goes toward pianos, reflecting strong demand across instruments.
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South Africa
Prolific Garden in Manitoba Showcases William Knowles
The Winnipeg Free Press notes English settler William Knowles near Middlechurch on the Red River displays a rich horticultural crop. Potatoes, tomatoes, onions, cabbages, and other vegetables flourish on 12 acres, with 1500 bushels of potatoes anticipated from 4.5 acres and a tomato stock of 600 plants yielding heavy fruit. The piece praises Manitoba soil and Knowles as a pioneer in extensive horticulture. The article also relays Dr. L B McBrayer's southern flavored metaphor about medicine.
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Winnipeg
Canada
William Knowles
Manitoba
Middlechurch Ferry
Red River
Free Press Office
Knowles
England
Providence in It As Train Tale Brings Past Wife Reunion
A traveler on a Indiana train recounts meeting a man who discovers his former wife among a new passenger. The man jokes Providence guides him as he explains his nine children need a mother while he has remarried twice and lost two wives to death. The anecdote ends with a quip about fate and family.
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Indiana
Hanner
Army
Navy
W. E. Moses
California Building
Denver
Colo
Spelling Lesson Frightens Child at School
A Detroit News Tribune item recalls Lucy crying after a teacher warned her about a spelling lesson. The girl fears being made an example of and being rubbed out by other scholars.
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Lucy
Detroit News Tribune
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure and Reward
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh, claiming constitutionally based treatment that acts on blood and mucous surfaces. The makers offer one hundred dollars for any unt cured case and promote testimonials, with a note to also take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hali
Endurance Race Autos Roar Through Town
City boarder asks about endurance race cars passing. farmer replies they test folk patience more than speed as they frighten livestock. An old advertisement promises cures for nervous diseases by Dr. Kline with a free trial bottle offer and treatment notes.
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St. Vitus
Know-How on Generosity and Growth by George Sand
A concise quotation attributed to George Sand on giving without hesitation losing without regret and acquiring without meanness. It presents a philosophy of balanced conduct applicable to personal growth and ethical living.
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George Sand
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