Savannah Florida and Western Railway Train Notice
Fragmentary OCR describes Savannah Florida and Western Railway service updates. Mentions Denver November 14 1886 and trains on West India Fast Mail with Pullman buffet cars from New York to Tampa and Tempe to Washington.
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Ly Puare
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New York
Tampa
Tempe
Washington
The Story of the Bakers and Their Wages
A comparative look from Paris Berlin London and New York shows bakers in New York better paid and with shorter hours than a generation ago. Wages average about 16 dollars weekly with top earners above 14, and 12 hour days are common. The piece notes improvements since 1885 and cites better ventilation here than abroad.
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Paris
Berlin
London
New York
Thaneses
Saxce
Train Route Fragment Amid Unclear Notations
Readable fragments describe station ticket sales and fare collection aboard a train. Mentions stops at multiple connections and travel through unnamed cities. Rest of text is garbled and contains nonstandard place names and misordered words.
Horror of the Slums Tragedy At Detroit House
A Detroit note reports a dilapidated Woodbridge Street home where Thomas Greara, a 33 year old stonecutter, lived with five children. After Mrs Grears died in childbirth, the father allegedly abused the family. two children died and others suffered scarlet fever. Neighbors found the scene. officials and physicians intervened, while Grears remained in the house under guard.
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Detroit
Mich
Woodbridge Street
Thomas Greara
Greara
Let's Stone Yard
London
Belles to the Cloister At Visitation Convent
Baltimore readers report three new cloistered nuns at Visitation Convent Park Avenue Sister Mary Sister Angela and Sister Rose received in a reception period of 15 minutes. Sister Mary, a grandniece of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, described as a belle of Baltimore, chose the cloister over society life. Sister Rose is identified as Miss Toebe r, once a leader in high society, who also left the world for convent duties.
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Mary
Angela
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Charles Carroll
Carrollton
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Philadelphia brewery wagon driver tried for assault
A Philadelphia brewery wagon driver faced trial Wednesday after three striking workers accused him of injuring a worker. Only one defendant was found guilty on the charges. Court records show the driver was convicted in a single sentence.
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Philadelphis
Fortunate Rat Chase Ends With Surprising Find
A man pursuing a suspected rat burst into a bedroom where his wife was preparing for bed. The chase led to a dead rat found by the man who exclaimed relief upon discovering no real danger afterward.
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Herry
Totter and Cheese at New York Mercantile Exchange
A report from the New York Mercantile Exchange shows last year’s butter receipts at 1,618,220 packages, down 1,620 from the prior year, with decreases in December. Western creamery butter prices rose to 251 8 and 265 4 cents, while cheese and eggs also advanced. Oleomargarine imports reached 5,006 packages in December, and oleomargarine and oils exports increased by 1,603 packages year over year.
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New York Mercantile Exchange
Boys save brother after rattlesnake bite in Texas
Brownville Cosmopolitan reports two brothers aged 11 and 10 found a rattlesnake bite their elder brother on a riverbank. The younger fended off the venom by using flat stones as improvised tools to amputate the injured finger, a grim but heroic act to save his brother’s life.
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Brownville Cosmopolitan
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Increase in Alabama property value tied to iron trade
The four year rise in Alabama property value reaches 35.1 million dollars with much of the gain attributed to the iron industry, reflecting a notable shift in the state’s economic landscape.
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Alabama
Frugal Mind Offers Nostalgic Cough Cure Ad
An eccentric fragment shows a mock advert style with names like Latrobe and Cox praising Red Star Cough Cure and St Jacobs Oil. Dialogue features a conductor, a passenger, and a boyish boarding school tone amid a traveling railroad scene. Some lines resemble song or joke banter about medicines and travel.
Medical Advertising Muddle Promises Cure for Debility
Fragmented ad copy touts Scor?s Eudtarom of Col Liver Ol as a universal remedy from Gelfarers in Conwemptiom Berofula Bronchitis and General Debility. It claims dramatic cures for children and adults, praising a “Medical Discovery” of 2083 and promising restored health, permanence of tenet, and elimination of debility.
German Brewer Testifies On Beer Intoxication
A court scene centers on a German brewer witness who denies beer intoxication despite a high intake. The defense asks if he drinks much beer and he replies with a puzzled, humorous exchange about daily consumption.
Dressed Frality at Christmas Dinner
A new boarder asks about a shirt button found in stuffing, sparking at table remarks on the turkey being dressed. A scholar reads lines from a friend and another notes the exchange as poetry, with laughter and puzzled reactions.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Pure Blood Purifier
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a carefully prepared medicine from sarsaparilla, senna, mandrake, dock, juniper, and other remedies. It claims unique curative power, eradicating impurities, curing scrofula, boils, dyspepsia, headaches, and general fatigue, with notable local popularity in Lowell and mass sales by Lowell druggists.
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Lrwell
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Lowell Druggists
Tool
C.L Hood
Lowell
Mase
Drawing Lesson Sparks Interest in Havana Prize Sketch
A drawing teacher who advertised was approached by young Jenks who expressed a wish to learn. Jenks asked to be shown how to draw a Havana lottery prize, and the teacher agreed to begin lessons immediately, asking what Jenks would like to attempt first.
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