Nickel Plate Rona Ships Commander to G A R Camp
Commander-in-chief Clarkson selects the Nickel Plate Rona to transport staff to the G A R camp at Buffalo New York from August 28. Tickets go on sale base August 21 22 and 28 at 10.40 dollars round trip. It offers a chance for comrades in the west and northwest to visit home friends and meet Civil War colleagues. For information contact J Y Calahan Chicago and Th Thorne Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarkson
Baffalo
N.Y
Great West
J. Y Calahan
Adams
Chicago
Th. Thorne
C. P.& Ton
Adams St
G A BR Encampment Ticket Sales via Nickel Plate Line
Tickets for the G A R Encampment in Buffalo August 23 to 25 are $10.50 round trip on the Nickel Plate Road. Travel Aug 21 22 25, with service from Chicago to Buffalo aboard modern coaches and dining and sleeping cars. Commander in chief Clarkson selects the line and asks comrades to join. J Y Calahan 111 Adams St Chicago offers information. Depot with and Clark streets.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Chicago
Clarkson
J. Y. Calahan
Adams Street
Wth
Clark Streets
HverysDay Excursions Offered by Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul
All year round travel to California Florida Mexico Asia and Europe arranged for one or more persons via CMStP railway agents. Fully quoted itineraries with all expenses included no need for guided tours. travel solo or with family for comfort and convenience. Contact nearest CMStP agent or George H Heatford general passenger agent 316 Old Colony Building Chicago Illinois.
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Chicago, Milwaukee S' St. Paul
California
Florida
Mexico
China
Japan
Europe
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
George H. Heatford
Old Colony Building
Chicago
Ills
Karl's Clover Tea Promoted as Laxative and Purifier
An old advertisement touts Karl's Clover Tea as a pleasant laxative that regulates bowels purifies the blood and clears the complexion. Promoted as easy to make and pleasant to take the product is priced at 25 cents and sold by Dr TL A Sheetz at 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TL. A. Sheetz
Karl
L. A. Sheetz
Rattlesnake Fight Ends With Whisky Healed Dog Tale
A shepherd dog owned by Stephen Potter in Ellenville New Jersey saved a child from a rattlesnake. The snake bit the dog while defending the child. The dog shook the snake and then drank large amounts of whiskey after returning home. The dog is rapidly recovering.
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New Jersey
Stephen Potter
Ellenville
N. J
Potter
Shawangunk Mountains
Gift of horns to Emperor William largest elk antlers
Hans Leiden the Dutch consul and Cologne zoo director will present the giant elk horns to Emperor William of Germany. Colorado Springs' Prof. Gus Stavisky prepared the mount. The 12 pronged antlers span 12 feet with a 62 inch spread and total nearly 30 feet in length. The elk grew on the White River country in western Colorado and was killed by French hunter Monjean.
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William
Germany
Hans Leiden
Netherlands
Zoological Garden of
Cologne
Gus Stavisky
Colorado Springs
Col
Berlin
English Museum
London
White River Country
Colorado
Monjean
Drought Hits Kansas Oklahoma Corn Crops Across Regions
Reports from Santa Fe and Rock Island lines detail widespread corn crop damage in Kansas Oklahoma and the Cherokee strip due to heat and extreme winds. Estimated losses reach 40 percent nationally with up to 60 70 percent potential if heat continues. Frequent heat waves and storms cause prostrations and infrastructure damage across cities including Kansas City Chicago St Louis and Baraboo Wisconsin.
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Topeka
Kansas
Oklahoma
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Knansas
Winfield
Emporia
Fitchinson
McPherson
Nebraska
Cherokee Strip
Chicago
Rocky Mountain
Springfield
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Kansas City
St. Louis
Weather Bureau
Herman Noss
Arthur Guinness
Lake Michigan
Mississippi Valley
Minnesota
Baraboo
Wis
William Marriott
Willam Wallace
Butler
Ind
Valparaiso
Woman cyclist completes Chicago to Pacific trek first by a woman
In San Francisco Mrs Margaret Lelong arrived home on a bicycle from Chicago, becoming the first woman to ride from Chicago to the Pacific Ocean. The feat is noted as historic despite not being eligible for some prior acknowledgment. In Des Moines E L Eaton, the prohibitionist nominee for governor, is deemed ineligible due to two-year residence requirements. In Toledo the Female Champion bicycle race crowned Jaunie Glaw of Chicago as the American female champion.
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Farmers’ Institute
Iowa
CEN Spi
Humane Department
C. C. Cole
Supreme Court of Town
Des Moines
Mere Bishan Baker de Ave
Betty
Ay Kent
Bicerdt
Couult
J. B, Standley
Arnold Bros
C. M. Mather
San Francisco
Margaret Lelong
Chicago
Pacific Ocean
E. L. Eaton
Toledo
Jauzie Glaw
Expert to Study Alaska Gold Belt Prospects
Washington August 2 Expert Samuel C Dunham of the federal bureau of labor leaves for Alaska to investigate business opportunities capital investment labor wages living costs and climate for a projected spring migration He will travel via San Francisco August 9 to join the Klondyke region by mid September and file material for a report expected to publish by March 1 He has 1l years as a labor bureau specialist with mining camp experience.
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Washington
Lexpert
Samuel C. Dunham
Federal Bureau of Labor
Alaska
Dunham
Labor Bureau
Wright
San Francisco
Anl
Juneau
Klondyke
Brooklyn Trick DiCyclist Killed In Fall From Wire
Terrible fate struck during a Hesian festival at Ridgewood park Brooklyn as Prof Arion known as McDonald died after his bicycle on a 75 foot wire toppled mid crossing. He fell dragging an electric display wire and sustained multiple injuries ending in death at the hospital.
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Terribie Ferte
Brooklyn Park
New York
Arion
McDonald
Ridgewood Park
Brooklyn
Plan for deep waterway survey from Great Lakes to Atlantic
A board of engineers appointed by the President, Maj Charles W. Raymond, Alfred Noble, and George Wisner, will survey a deep waterway from the Great Lakes to Atlantic tidewaters. The project, authorized by the June 4 1897 sundry civil act, continues the deep waterways commission’s work. The group is drawn from the Army Corps of Engineers.
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Deen Watersvyay Commission
Washington
Secretary of War
Charles W. Raymond
Corps of Engineers
United States Army
Alfred Noble
Chicago
George ¥. Wisner
Detroit
Board of Engineers
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Deep Waterways Commission
Cleveland
Sunday School Lesson on Thessalonians Faith and Virtue
The article presents a Sunday School lesson on Paul’s First and Second Thessalonians, praising the Thessalonian church’s virtues. It covers purity, brotherly love, spiritual growth, a peaceful spirit, honest labor, honorable daily life, and independence, and explains the coming of Christ and comfort for believers. It notes the epistle was written around AD 62 at Corinth to Macedonia, with guidance for living until the Lord’s return.
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AACT
Paul
Corinth
Silas
Timothy
Thessalonica
Macedonia
Marth
Yedoit
Cimedé
Jesus
Messiah
God
Christ
Jerusalem
Matt
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