Beautiful Honolulu Tour Letters From Earl Merriott
Earl Merriott and wife, touring for the International Bureau of Information, describe Honolulu's lush flora including orange, mango, papai, and many palms. They note Pacific Heights view, the Pali, King Kamehameha Day and Annexation Day ceremonies, Queen Lil’s former palace, a busy fish market, lava-stone streets, and a sizable American presence controlling business. They plan an eleven day stay before sailing to Auckland, New Zealand in twelve days.
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Earl Merriott
Fred Miner
International Bureau of Information
Honolulu
Aukland
New Zealand
Pacific Heights
Island
Oahu
Pali
Kamehameha
Queen Lil
Manila
Auckland
N. Z
Burlington Introduces Fourth Fast Mail Train to Chicago
On October 27 the Burlington launched its exclusive fast mail train No 24 on the Omaha Chicago run. It departs Council Bluffs at 8 05 p m and reaches Chicago at 7 05 a m for an eleven hour service. This gives two fast mail trains daily each direction between Omaha and Chicago, supplementing the eastbound No 8 departure at 4 p m from the transfer depot.
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Burlington
Omaha
Chicago
Council Bluffs
Chi
Don’t Force Your Bowels
A short item lists prices for a product or service, noting 40 25 and 50 cents. The fragment suggests a cautionary or health related notice without full context.
FigPrune Cereal Aimed at Growing Children
An old advertisement promotes FigPrune cereal as a perfect drink for children to thrive. It highlights California figs prunes and ripened grain, notes a coffee appearance and taste without coffee, and instructs boiling 5 to 10 minutes. Sold by all grocers.
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California
Omaha Adds Fast Mail Trains To Balance Transcontinental Route
The Omaha Bee notes that westbound transcontinental mail previously dominated 72 to 28 percent but recent growth in eastern bound and Orient mail has altered the balance. To handle higher eastbound volume, additional fast mail trains will be added from Omaha, with schedules for No. 7 and No. 15 described.
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Cago
Chicago
Post Office Department
Omaha
Orient
Omaha Bee
Electric Bitters touted by Belleville druggist
Abraham Hare of Belleville Ohio declares Electric Bitters the best selling bitters in 20 years. The tonic purports to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels, build up the system, and revive weak health. Sold for 50 cents by Todd's Pharmacy.
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Abraham Hare
Belleville, O
Ieee Stn Narvad
Todd’s Pharmacy
Aberdeen City Repeals Street Railway Ordinance 182
Ordinance No 272 repeals Ordinance No 182 granting rights to L C Dillman and associates to build a street railway in Aberdeen. After over two years with no construction, rights and franchises are forfeited by passage and publication dated November 2 1901 with last publication November 7 1901.
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L. C. Dilman
City of
Aberdeen
L. C. Dillman
W. W. Anstiz
Gro
A. Back
Jean
Conundrums and Sharp Wits at the Exchange
A Chicago Tribune style exchange features quips between the Information and Exchange editors. They trade barbs on cigars, towels, catfish, gum, and the ghetto with wordplay and clever twists ending with a closing line as the editors depart.
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Chicago Tribune
Not What She Meant in a Quip from Philadelphia Press
A short, playful exchange quoted from the Philadelphia Press where a mother and child barter about behavior and approval. The child promises good conduct in exchange for a “picket” while the mother remarks on parental conditions for being a child.
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Mamma
Johnnny
Johnny
Philadelphia Press
Causes of Comfort Petted Wife
A humorous exchange about an antique chair. The husband jokes that his mother was always tired when she sat down, while the wife is charmed by the chair’s old fashioned design yet finds it uncomfortable.
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New York Weekly
Window pane problem prompts groaning child dialogue
A fragment from the Troy Times depicts Kindleman addressing a distressed boy. The exchange centers on the boy denying pain while hinting at a hidden ache, creating a brief wartime or general interest vignette tone.
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Troy Times
What is tact in a simple phrase
The Atchison Globe defines tact as the feeling that prompts a woman to retrieve a friend’s photograph from the bottom bureau drawer and place it on the parlor mantel for a visit.
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Atchison Globe
A Busy Relative
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt quotes a relative boasting of wealth gained through burning barns and securing insurance, contrasted with a pioneer's ax. The dialogue hints at a notorious family tale of arson for profit.
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Leveland Plain Dealer
Section Foreman and Bossing a Gang
A humorous exchange from the Ohio State Journal features a section foreman asking if he can lead a group and a reply about managing people after 30 years of married life. The item reflects a light social quip rather than a news event.
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Bear
Ohio State Journal
Black-Mumsey Conv. White-No In Family of Nine
A Cleveland Leader snippet notes Black-Mumsey as a poor conversationalist while White-No remarks on being the sole boy among nine siblings, highlighting a family detail in a brief column.
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Mumsey
Cleveland
Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold Ad Claim
An old advertisement promises Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day with a no cure no pay offer priced at 25 cents. The copy touts rapid relief and a money back guarantee.
Home Gold Cure Promises Drunkard’s Transformation Worldwide
Advertising copy touts the Home Gold Cure as a self administered treatment that cures alcoholism without nerves weakening or public exposure. Sold for one dollar with full directions from Edwin B. Giles & Company Philadelphia, promising privacy and confidentiality.
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Edwin B. Giles & Company
Market Street
Philadelphia
Pan-American Exposition Ticket Sale
Northern Pacific Railway offers Buffalo round trip tickets for 86 dollars. Tickets go on sale on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Valid for 30 days east of Chicago and 60 days west of Chicago. A. E. Dizenport is the agent.
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Northern Pacific Railway Co
Buffalo
Chicago
A. E. Dizrenport
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Edgar
Smits Drug Co
Pioneer Press
Northwest
Twin Cities
Conundrums
Exchange
Jones
New York Evening Journal
Pacific Carnace
Sageade Transfer Resert
Lowry, Piuor
Office
Pacific Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel
New Management
C. P. Whitney
Aberdeen Livery & Transfer
Hoquiam
O. L. Crain
Grays Harbor Hotel
Commerce Street
Tacoma
Pleasant Club Roo
C. Vammen
G Street
Heron
Wash
N. W. Bush
E. H
Omcein Kaufman Block
Asgapgsx
Wace
J. Cross
Attorney AT Law
Washington
Wasu
E. E. Shields
R. E. Taggart
Sutetos & Tangart
Attorneys AT Law Office
Kaufman Block
J. William Scannell
Joseph
M. Robb Stapp
Heron and
H Streets
Hayes & Hayes’ Bank
W. W. Wren
Prop
W. B. Fetterman
H St
Heron & Wishkah
Palace Restaurant
Heron Street
Aberdeen, Wash
Giles Ae Eee
Montesano
W.E. Crist
Pfree Bus
Pullman
East
Pacific Coast
Pullman Company
Portland
Shee Leas
Kansas City
Vhenger
Palace
A. L. Craig
Portland Oregon
E. S. Avey
E.lma
Thomas R, Hayes
Harry
Hayes
J. G. Lewis
C. W. Miller
Aberdeen State Bank
Micatax
Finn, Propr
Anhrodo
Wishkah St
Fred Redinger
North Side
Het
G Streets
W.S. Ells
Tel Pacific
Creech Bros
Beardsley Bros
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