Illinois Central to run through sleeping car Chicago to Jacksonville
Beginning Monday January 6 1902 the Illinois Central will run a through sleeping car between Chicago and Jacksonville Florida via Nashville Chattanooga and Atlanta. It will leave Chicago daily at 610 PM and arrive at Jacksonville the next morning following the Dixie Flyer route.
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Lutonors Central
Florida
Illinois Central
Chican
Jacksonville
Nashville Chattanooga
Atlanta
Chicago
Nashville
Nice mince meat in bulk at T. J. Mutter & Son
Local butcher shop T. J. Mutter and Son advertises bulk mince meat availability. The notice highlights ready-for-dispensing ground beef suitable for families and small businesses. No prices shown in the readable text.
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T. J. Mutter & Son
Flying Bullets Seen From Side Line Target Practice
An old hunter debates the possibility of sighting bullets in flight. He describes a method to observe large caliber bullets during target practice by standing five feet from the shooter and tracing a line to a light ground space where a dark blur, like a bee, crosses as the bullet passes toward the target.
Rice water nutritious discovery from Indian siege tale
During a siege in India, natives proposed using the water from boiled rice as the main sustenance for Europeans and natives, since it retained nutrition while rice ran short. The water proved nourishing, later used for patients, with jelly-like cooled rice water valued for flavor and strength. An unrelated anecdote describes Li Hung Chang defusing insults from a district magistrate.
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India
Orient
The Lampiede Drum Vanishing A Northern Asia Mystery
In northern Asiatic Russia the Lampiede drum is worshiped as an idol. After a performance the drummer vanishes before observers, a feat critics call trickery while Lampiede claim the power lies in the drum idol. Neither side can explain the disappearance.
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Asiatic
Russia
Sir Hugh Willoughby
Comedian Urges Actors to Study Character and Voice
In remarks on acting, the comedian stresses that makeup alone fails without studying the character. He urges actors to master voices and dialects, noting a box of voices is as essential as makeup. He warns against shallow impersonations and the need to bury one’s own personality.
Mrs McKinley Bests Shipbuilder In Cribbage Bet
An A LOOK item recalls Mrs McKinley claiming cribbage skill over Scott, the Oregon shipbuilder. President McKinley boasted he could not beat her, remarking to Scott that he never did. Scott later realized he should not challenge Mrs McKinley at cards.
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McKinley
Mr. Scott
Mr. McKinley
Sheepbound Books Hint at Hidden Leather Imitations
A Society of Arts committee report on book binding reveals sheepskin often masquerades as Levant morocco, calfskin, or alligator in various names. Microscopic checks show the materials are common sheepskin stamped to imitate real skins, though binders and librarians often bought them thinking they were genuine articles from the London Globe.
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Society of Arts
Levant
Morocco
London Globe
Ants Punish Drunk Guests Then Retreat to Rest
Lord Avebury notes sober ants distinguish between intoxicated visitors and citizens. He reports fifty ants were drunk, twenty five from each of two nests, then returned to the nest. Strangers were tossed into water while citizens were moved to distant corners to recover.
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Avebury
Fortune Telling Tip Exposed as Bribe Gag
In a Boston Transcript quip, Briggs jokes about paying a new downtown astrologer to predict riches. Griggs counters with a plan to give a thousand dollar note payable when he becomes a millionaire.
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Briggs
Griggs
Willionaire
Boston Transcript
Poem Ends With Satirical Refrain About Purchases
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution shows a speaker chastening Hutfe as he claims to have sold a love song. The exchange pivots on whether money should buy bacon greens or self raising flour, with a sly moral undertone.
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T’vye
Atlanta Constitution
His Glass Eye Ends With Uncle Cyrus Demand
A comical courtroom exchange shows Uncle Cyrus complaining that his glass eye is useless. The optician concedes no fault and the judge mediates the humorous dispute about getting a refund.
Insurance claims and kidney cure testimonials in Iowa
It states The Banker's Accident Insurance Co has paid more claims in Iowa than any similar firm in the state. An agent is listed for reference and a testimonial from Chas. Replogle of Atwater Ohio describes illness and recovery after using Foley's Kidney Cure, noting four days to return to work.
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Banker's Accident Insurance Co
F. L. Merepirs
Iowa
F. L. Merepira
Chas. Replogle
Atwater
Foley
Loughran & Baner
Banner Salve aims to prove cures with refund offer
Banner Salve makers claim no doctor or medicine cures all but invite reports of any cure failures. They offer refunds to any buyer if following directions does not heal ulcers, sores, tetter, eczema, or piles. Loughran and Bauer promote the product and B. Cowsdrey markets native herbs with testimonial potential.
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Banner Salve
Loughran & Bauer
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