The Feat of Little Ellen
A melodrama of Ellen a famed equestrienne in a mining strike tale. Phillip Rogers vows to protect her at Forget-me-not mines in Idaho amid riot threats and a tense conference with George Moriarty. A brutal explosion ends a pivotal moment in the feud.
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Ellen
Jimea Simpson
Alabama
Phillip Ogers
Cireux
Rocky Mountains
Tdaho
Rockies
Phillip
Llen
Phill
George Moriarty
Philip Rogers
Philip
Moriarty
Forget-me-not and Moriarty's Ghost in the Idaho Valley
A dramatic tale unfolds in a frontier setting where Philip is condemned by Moriarty's faction. Ellen plans a daring escape aided by a coded note from Philip’s lover, while Ellen lures guards with a perilous climb to a trestle. Moriarty’s ghost appears, the escape succeeds, and news travels nationwide.
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Mortarty
Elton
Swayie
Lear
Moriarty
Shelver
Tibet
Ellen
Idaho
Philip
Animals With Three Eyes On New Zealand Creatures
The tuntara or tuatara, an iguana like reptile on New Zealand islands, reportedly shows a third eye atop its head once mistaken for a pineal gland. Dr Dendy notes a similar third eye in the New Zealand lamprey, suggesting ancient eyes may have existed and that the tuatara once had two eyes with the left surviving.
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New Zealand
Dendy
Deny
Wuter
Nendy
Towns Made By Railways.
The article argues that towns grow from railway development rather than location alone, citing Chicago as a transportation hub and noting plans for Western towns and rail lines creating new communities. It also mentions a German town Minden studying bacteriological contamination of school inks with fatal results in animals.
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Chicago
Century Magazine
St. Louis
Southwest
Minden
Germany
Grand Trunk Railway
NOT SO ABSENT-MINDED SOLDIER AND ARCHAIC RUINS TALE
The piece notes British soldiers in Somih with postal service pride and thrift, praising army post office service and discipline. It also profiles cliff dwellers ruins near Durango, describing a two story sandstone home perched 700 feet above a canyon and a surrounding watch tower. A Vienna telephone tale reports a Magyar-Czernyn woman hear a lover claim to have shot himself.
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Tommy
Cape
The
London Express
Army Post Office
New Meira
Mancos Caneyou
Durango
Col
Rio Grande Southern
New York Herald
Vienna
Magyar-Czernyn
Hungary
Taba
Sourcs
Dan Patch the pacing stallion sells for record price
Dan Patch, famed pacing stallion, was sold by owner D. A. Mesmer of Oxford Indiana to M. S. Starnes of New York for a then record $20,000. Horsemen expect him to dominate the track and repay the investment with victories.
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D. A. Mesmer
Oxford
Ind
Starnes
New York
Dan Patch
Dan Fateh
Sten
Post check money plan backed by McMillan Gardner bill
A clear headed businessman promotes postal currency reform under the McMillan Gardner bill. It would reissue one two and five dollar notes with blank faces, allowing senders to write recipient details and stamp a two cent or one cent stamp, converting the note into a government check for the specified amount. The receiver would identify at the post office to receive a new bill, ending the current money order workflow and boosting convenience for farmers and publishers alike. The plan promises safety, par circulation, and potential government revenue via a small fee, with the inventor offering his patent free if adopted and urging constituents to lobby Washington.
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McMillan-Gardner
Congresx
Treasury
United States
Itdsens
Chicago
Tampa
Washington
Providence and the Burst Boiler Mystery
A Detroit reader recalls a near tragedy when a portable steam engine boiler burst during wood cutting. Six workers, one rat, and a loud blast left everyone unharmed. A justice suggested an inquest to blame Providence, but no one died and the tale ends with Providence as the scapegoat.
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Providence
Tim
Justice of the Peace
Jones
Noted Knight Templar Endorses Peruna Health Cure
A Chicago promoter Colonel T P Moody a prominent Knight Templar and Masonic lodge member credits Peruna with curing long standing catarrh and stomach trouble in a letter from 5900 Michigan Ave Chicago Ill Moody states his wife also improved and cough nearly vanished after using Peruna The ad touts Peruna as a universal cure and urges readers to try it and request the entarrh book from The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio
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T. P. Moody
United States
Buffalo
N. Y
Chicago
Masons
Colonel Moody
Oriental Consistory Masons
Michigan Avenue
Ill
Peruna
Peruno Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
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Angel Wingy
Kathryn O. Murray
Hartford
Dathy Coufark
Little Ellen
Enfield Joiner
UCM
Ally Mary Ab. Cor
Verybody
Vircus
Dr. Darcy
Lothes
Carousala
Iria
Hamilton
Gros
Phil Up
Filen Lee May
Sue
Gatling
Chirango Record
Terald Arke
Bernardo Reyes
el Paso
Tex
Duamoxs
Tax
Mexico
Mexico City
Meyes
Dus
Sister Republic
Uritink
Nelic
Dalian Mountain Point
Mim
War Office
Wien
Allahbad
Mushand
John
Hewitt—Gruet
Jewett
Perma
Fasterner
Kanvat
Columbus (D
California
Oregon
Northwestern
New England
A. Hutchison
Clark Street
Kal Lee
Meeks
Philadelphia
St. Jacobs Ott
Ceriza
ST Ted
Susban
Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids, Mich
Arsenals
Pei Ae
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