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Newspaper
Wilson News
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1899
Page
6
A Parisian lawyer M. Albert Roux reports a bold crime on the Bordeaux Paris Express. An unknown man tried to enter Roux's compartment with intent to rob using chloroform. Roux supplied police with a description, but officers have yet to locate the suspect despite tracing the surrounding area.
A lively exchange aboard a street car features a vivid young woman exclaiming over returning to Philadelphia and a colonel who comments on real estate and a card ace as symbols of longing and memory. The dialogue reveals humor and social tension between the travelers and their escort.
The readable fragment mentions a scene in the Jaws setting with Retink Passion and Hcavens and a note about nearly leaving an umbrella behind.
A court heard contrasting witness accounts of gunfire at the Jokers scene with distances cited as ten feet to the shooter and an approximate half mile. The exchange highlighted uncertainty over the proximity of the second shot.
Fragmentary OCR text suggests a notice or item about rites or ceremonies at a location named Fonte. Details are unclear due to garbled characters and missing context. The readable elements include mentions of rites and a potential date or consent phrase but lack concrete names, places, or actions.
Train schedule details for the Atlanta region describing the vestibuled Pullman cars between Atlanta and Washington ports and other connections. Mentions the Atlantic Express with coaches and sleepers, routes to Portsmouth, Chester, Columbia, Montgomery, Nashville, Memphis, Macon, and Chicago style references. Includes names and titles of railroad officials and request for tickets.
Fragmentary notice references a St Germain female matter involving a ferry incident. It mentions money refunds and an urgent request related to a university or club and local agents. Details are unclear but indicate safety and financial action.
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