Ethel Lynch and the Silver Creek Express Heroine
A tall tale from the Silver Creek Railroad town follows Ethel Lynch a brave 13 to 18 year old girl who aboard a pump house station scene signals the freight No 41 then races to thwart robbers. She leaps to safety mounts Snowflake and speeds along the rails to warn and assist, culminating in a hometown victory and a celebratory return with the station’s emblematic red heart and the train’s praise.
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Ira Leach
Silver Creek
Haltwa
Wetopoa
Bia
Herittle
Ethel
Daugter
Abe
Oreek
Lynch
Snate
Thunderbolts Limited
Silver Creek Road
Litbs Tee
Nadine
Wiene
Erhel
Mr. Lynch
Hthel
Placer City
Nix Niflen
Evel
Sue
Von
Bioh
Keeley's
Ieernie
Este
Friel
Wald
Ethel Wrose
Addie
Ee Poly
Sone
Ti Rae Eero
Hir
Erbal
Snowfske
Jernieg
Bibel
Kibel
Deat
David Carson
Cabe
Tram
Rex
Leolors
Ike
The Western City Gambling Boom and Its Ruin
Omaha’s experience with a gambling craze and real estate boom shows how banks, ministers, women, and children participated as lending and speculative activity drained productive work. The piece warns that inflated values and risky betting harmed workers, real estate, and population, urging restraint to prevent lasting damage to the community.
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Omahe
Ooraba
Jota
Omabe
Ss City
Irland
Chicago
Wichita
Sven Marke
Omaha
Krome
Valnefoe
Burt
Mitchell’s Rural Life and Literary Trade at Edgewood
A long profile of Ames contributor and farmer Mitchell, his sequestered Edgewood estate, and his blend of farming craft and writing. The piece recalls his garden work, archiving notes for plots, and his conversations on Hawthorne, Irving, Kipling, Hardy, and Beecher, highlighting his disdain for overexposure and preference for solitary study. It notes his balance of agrarian experiments, his critique of modern college athletics, and his commitment to a life of letters and farming that sustains his art.
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Nw York Times
Marvel
Raleton
Henry Ward Beecher
Horace Greeley
Mirano
Weither
Greeley
Draiange
Bercher
Hudson
Conatan J
Ida
Perp
Yale
Thia
New Haven
Connecticut
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Mr. Mitchell
Mitchell
Hawthorne
Irving
Washington
Pierce
Mr. Pierce
Colleur
Kipling
Thomas Hardy
Ark Waae
Autobell
Engewood
Petter
Noll
Country Gentleman
Albany
Dorker
Edgewood
Donald Grantyg
Revolutionary Army
George Waablegton
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Sidney Carr
Regina
Harrinburg
C. T. Arnett
Mammoth Spring
Ark
Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co
Lowsil
Mana
Menara
Epps
Rifiton
BR. J. Itney
Burlington Vt
Agenw
Ben Prions
Murington
Gninring & Potter
Life Assurance Society
W. H. S. Whitcomb
Burlington, VT
Geo. M. Moore
Tyson, VT
Windsor County
Savings Banke Ti Letty
Varmont Loan & Trust Co
Brattleboro
Reformer Office
Rick Man
Mosher
Mamma
Girin Kalih
Susan Teall Perry
Atda
Hive
Alexby
Athol
Torax
Penny Post
Ethel Lynch
Lyn
Frioe Ciizens
Peur Vorigese
Dean Boownlesa
KSI
Church
S.S.S
J. Rowell
Medford
Mass
Cays
Mises
Max T.lmatrees
Mathergilla
Marvel the Farmer
Scott
N.Y
W. C
J. L. Stockwell
Wales
M. I. Mather
Wemt Bratileboro
Greene
Randolph Normal
Mundey
Edward Conant
Amir
G. H. Bond
Flea
K. Greene
London
HINO
Brosen
Troy Baninoes Lollers
Hameed
B. Childs
Springfield
Mase
Leland and Gray Seminary
Townshend
Lees
Sitstent
M., Prin
Pitcher’s Castorla
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