- Train Robbery, Murder west of St. Louis on the Rail (this is a story about the Ghost Rock robbery committed by members of the Agency under the command of Geoffrey Rigby, and referenced in the blog journals of Clayton, Gus, and the Rev. Col.)
- LA Thompson's new "Gravity Ride" (Roller Coaster)
- New surgical procedure, "Appendectomy," performed in England
- A report on the first 72 hours of Congress's new session - Senator Henry Blair, NH, chosen to lead subcommittee on Confederate Re-admittance; VP Thomas Hendricks delivers address from President Arthur, urging congress to re-admit Confederate states without unecessary delay and with no motives for revenge; Rep. William McAdoo, NJ, introduces legislation for forestry preservation; other topics on the board include labor laws, including testimony by Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick (steel) and Charles Tyson Yerkes (rail)
- Prominent cabinetmaker found dead in Springfield, Louis Duncan; Mr. Duncan was found dead in his shop after having been missing for two days.
- Confederate General John S. Marmaduke returns home to St. Louis after 25 years in exile, tells reporters he intends to run for Governor of Missouri.
- Unknown animal attacking livestock in Oakville, MO, just south of St. Louis
- Previewing the new "Keith & Albee" vaudeville house, scheduled to open next week downtown. Acts include comedy duo Sarah Shipley and Gertie Grayson, the Postereli Family of Acrobats, Burke Tyler and his trick mule, monologist Hokie Nelson, Stephen Quigley - the Quality Fiddle, and the Four Cohans.
*It goes without saying that these are fictional stories devised for the purposes of this game, and not actual stories from this otherwise real newspaper.
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In-game, the party completes their investigation of the Lemp murders and the ghost of Julia Lemp is excorsized; in the course of this investigation, William Lemp (killed by the ghost), his manservant and accomplice Edgar Cates (heart failure), and St. Louis Sheriff's deputy Bernard Feefe (accidental head trauma) die.
Clayton is approached by a man named Chester Allman, who had a disfiguring accident while using a gun that could be traced back to Clayton's work as an arms smuggler. A confrontation takes place, but it ends without violence on either side... for now.
The party accepts a commission from The Agency to travel to the Dakota territory to investigate claims of a Native American talisman that is rumored to be able to detect the undead. However, before they begin this mission, the party accompanies Rev. Col. Elijah Q. Gridley to El Paso, TX to attend to a telegram he received informing him of the death of his mother. The telegram ends up being a scam perpetuated by an El Paso attorney, Raul Espinoza. After ascertaining the truth, Gridley and Clayton Sanbel set fire to Espinoza's practice. Meanwhile, Gus and Justice purchase slaves in El Paso for the purpose of setting them free once they cross the border back into the United States.
Having completed their business in El Paso, the party splits for a time, with Clayton heading back to St. Louis to check on the party's ongoing business, and Gridley, Gus, and Justice heading north via New Mexico to avoid spending more time in Texas, where Justice's being a black man creates potential problems. The party boards a train that will take them through Alberquerque, Santa Fe, and Denver.
At the conclusion of the session, the in-game date is Thursday, January 19, 1885.
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