Bailey Drives Sewer's Limited Into Electric Era
John Bailey maneuvers a hostile buyout of Sewer's Limited after a tense rail office confrontation. He gains control and plans to transform the line with electric traction, lowering fares while contending with a wary secretary who schemes to defend staff. The stock surges as news spreads through the exchange.
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Sewer’s, Limited
John Bailey
Sewer
Metropolitan
King’s Road
Simmons
James Bayliss
Bayliss
Bailey
Sewer's, Limited
Sewe
Rogue sailors and hidden stills on old warships reveal covert crimes
An old-time sailor recounts Navy stories of counterfeiting and moonshining aboard U S warships. A bluejacket hid a mint in a bunker turning out coin, while another pressed corn liquor on board using a tiny still. The tales span Hong Kong, Pensacola, and various ports as officers puzzled over the covert operations.
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New York
Norfolk
Navy Department
Washington Post
United States Navy
Secret Service
Asiatic
Chincee
Hong Kong
United States
Lever
Kentucky
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Sharp
TEAMSTER'S ADVENTURE AT CHATTANOOGA AND MURFREESBORO
A Civil War reminiscence recalls the regiment’s first teamster Hettesheimer a German who clung to wagon duty then faded from the rolls. A country boy became division wagon-master while others served far from home rallying trains and later rejoined at Chickamauga Missionary Ridge and Chattanooga in the great charge.
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Chicago
Hettesheimer
Murfreesboro
Nassville
Chattsnooga
Stone River
Lavergne
Chickamauga
Chattanooga
Missionary Ridge
Gen. Bragey
Two Old Soldiers and a Moral Stand of Soldiers
A committee of 100 citizens debates policy for an exposition. Colonel Ainsworth and Major Hemphill, once enemies, become allies after shared Christian faith and moral resolve. They unite on Sunday opening and share a glove pledge, later lying beside each other at the colonel’s grave, a testament to unity in the army of the Lord.
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Col. Ainsworth
Maj. Hemphill
Perrysville
Vicksburg
Gen. Pemberton
Eleotlonel
Great Strides in Western Canada Agriculture Growth
The Edmonton Bulletin notes Western Canada’s rapid expansion driven by rich soil and expanding settlement. It cites 1902 crop area of 1,987,230 acres yielding 117,923,754 bushels, rising land values, and 25,000 acres sold daily to Americans. Wheat, cattle, and mixed farming emerge across regions, with rail stock shortages as a minor constraint. The piece argues vast wealth potential from the soil and ongoing migration.
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Canada
United States
Great Britain
The
Edmonton Bulletin
Northwest
Canadian Northwest
Lake of the Woods
Rocky Mountains
Somesbody
Manitoba
Territories
Striking Cricket Hearing Device and Flour Mill Record
The article notes a cricket foreleg adaptation acting as an auditory organ with a window like drum and nerve ends. It also records the Minneapolis flour mills prediction of 448710 barrels ground in one week.
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Minneapolis
Woman Recovers After Ovarian Inflammation Treating with Vegetable Compound
A woman suffering three years of severe pelvic pains linked to ovarian inflammation credits E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with her recovery. After reading an ad she tried the remedy, took two bottles, and gained eighteen pounds while regaining health. The account includes her Atlanta, Georgia address and a $3000 claim.
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E. Pinkham
Alice Bauer
North Boulevard
Atlanta
Alice Bailey
Atlanta, Ga
Pinkham
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Benson
Willionaire
Mr. Bailey
John Hailey
Julia Bailey
Austria
Navi
Uncle Sam
Uss
Trintal
Belinda
Chevago Tribune
Western
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