Great Northern Mail Service Shifts Transcontinental Emphasis
The Chicago to Seattle through mail and passenger train shows four days from New York to Seattle with minimal stops, making Pacific coast routes vital for Oriental trade. Seattle freight and passenger traffic to Asia grows, aided by open sea routes and Great Northern’s transcontinental reach.
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Hast Mall
Seattle
Chicago
Ontalio
Great Northern Railway
New York
St. Paul
Orient
Omaha
San Francisco
Great Northern
Northern Oriental Flyer
Japan Mail Steamship Company
Beattle
Japan
China
Asiatic
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Runbey
Northwestern
Rock Island
Burlington
Font Daily
Chicago Tribune
United States
Wnh
Whitney
Great Northern, Railway
Paul, Minn
Stagecoach Holdups and Smallpox Hoax From Old West Tale
The Cincinnati Enquirer recounts a Leatherlung era stagecoach tale where robbers used a fake smallpox scare and a masked tramp to mask a heist. A gang member forces passengers to empty belts of dust while a smug villain checks for vaccine rumors and the tramp is sprayed with bandages.
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Tank Wilson
Feller
Pardners
Nati Enquirer
Podunk's Hotel and Odds on a New Venture
A fictional snippet shows a man flirting with a landlord while musing on opening a hotel in Podunk. He discusses menu ideas chicken croquettes fried rabbit and beef with a wary host who notes costs and quips about taste. The ad copy promotes travel to Texas and a New Pacific position listing in a separate item.
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Podunk
Chicke
Chicago
Thankful to Mrs Pinkham for relief from backache
A reader from East Rochester Ohio credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with eliminating backache headaches nervous fatigue painful menstruation and leucorrhea after following her advice. She reports using four bottles of the compound one box Liver Pills and one Sanative Wash and now feels well. The article notes many letters from women praising Mrs Pinkham and that her advice is offered free from Lynch Mass.
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Dean Mus
Prxenau
Ezra E
East
Rochester
Ohio
Irs Pinkham
Lyng, Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pirates at Panama: Englishmen captured and enslaved after mutiny
An English crew aboard the Industry faces attack by a pursuer, mutiny plots unfold aboard the raft, and Ardick's party is taken to Panama as slaves by an eminent Spaniard after their ship is sunk. The shipboard saga leads to Morgan and buccaneer rumors, with tense exchanges about debt, piracy, and loyalty aboard a richly dressed, wary Spanish vessel.
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Maater Araick
Hoathwick
Havana
Tym
Houthwick
Sellinger
Bratmatv
Sidmouth
Jeter
Jeremiah Hope
Strange Liles
Morgan
Panama
Ardick
Mra~ Dey
Ale
Pratey
Supercargo
Accond
Senor Captaine
Senor
Hidalga
Yeakon
Tam
Puerto Rico
Marnembo
Wrot
Reception on the Spanish Ship Chapter VI11
The narrator describes a perilous raft escape from a Spanish ship, rowing under fire to reach the near midship and scramble aboard. They secure burdens, observe the crew and deck scattered with figures, and note the ship’s rigging and high bulwarks as they regain shelter on the other side.
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