Excursion fares to Denver and West via Iowa Central Ry
Iowa Central announces cheap round trip excursion tickets to Denver Colorado Springs Salt Lake City and Ogden Utah and to points in South Dakota and Wyoming. One fare plus two dollars for round trip tickets valid to October 31 1900. Also promotes West and Northwest excursion July 7 19 and August 1 1900 with same pricing and return until October 31 1900.
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Iowa Central Ry
Denver
Colorado Springs
Colo
Salt Lake City
Oxyden
Utah
South Dakota
Wyoming
Iowa Central
Geo. S. Batty
G.P
T. A
Colorado
Gero. S. Batty
G. P
Why She Didn’t Sing From Morning to Breakfast
A stenographer with a magnificent voice is discouraged by a superstition about singing before meals. The singing teacher criticizes her for never improving despite early practice and laments she will remain a stenographer rather than a prima donna. The piece contrasts this with insights from Washington Post and New York Sun items on social behavior and tipping in expensive New York restaurants.
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Washington Post
Serenade of wolves at Washington National Zoo
Ernest Seton Thompson recalls at the National Zoo in Washington how a wolf serenade formed under a full moon. A coyote first answered, then a Colorado wolf joined, and all others followed singing the west’s hunting song until moonlit woods echoed with their chorus.
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National Zoo
Washington
Ernest Seton-Thompson
Plains
Colorado
Ticket Policy Bypasses Red Tape at Headquarters
A military official devised a door policy requiring a staff ticket for entry to General Banks. A burly colonel arrives without a ticket and is refused admission until he pays 25 cents and is admitted, illustrating the clash of common sense with rigid rules.
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General Banks
The Sleepless Seven Jurors Rumor
A Chicago Tribune report recalls a juror recounting that seven of twelve jurors pressured others to stay awake during a trial. The speaker calls them the rousing majority, noting repeated attempts to prevent sleep and compel continued deliberation.
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Chicago Tribune
Corroborative Evidence From Miss Summit and Miss Palisade
Miss Summit notes a family heirloom described as “old chi na” handed down through generations. Miss Palisade agrees, remarking that ancestors never kept servants, reflecting a shared social grievance in the dialogue.
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Miss Summit
Son of a Sea Cook Origins in Political Banter
The Philadelphia Times notes the expression a son of a sea cook lacks dictionary roots. It traces the phrase to a Pekin lawyer described by Leonard Swett as a driver who quipped the remark during a 1862 Illinois campaign. Swett corrects it as a perversion of the term sekawk meaning skunk.
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Philadelphia Times
Leonard Swett
Congress
Illinois
Swett
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago
Walter Q. Gresham
Fremont
Pekin
Tazewell County
One Old Horse Guards Another
Two chestnut horses named Jack and Sam were close companions in a rural setting. Jack, a watchful protector, guided and steadied Sam as Sam aged and went blind. They lived among rocky pastures and forest paths, sharing a bond that kept Jack alert to danger and devoted to Sam’s safety.
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Jack
Sam
Polite Society Seeks Hint To Unwanted Callers
A French paper shares a vignette about two ladies trying to deter persistent visitors. One remarks she never offered a chair, and the other recalls a caller returning with a folding camp stool, illustrating etiquette failures in social circles.
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Mme
Omelets and a Moral in Old Baltimore Voice
In a playful moral from the Baltimore American the eggs comfort a boy who says he is beaten unless he behaves. The eggs counter with a wry line about not beating them unless they are good, delivering a gentle joke about mistakes in kitchen humor.
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Baltimore American
Where He Didn't Study
A college student explains his dog’s apparent hunger after being found starved. The sympathetic girl comments on the neglect before revealing the dog was locked up in the student’s study room, prompting concern about the pet’s welfare.
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Philadelphia Record
Weeks Break-Up-A-Cold Tablets advertise cure
An advertisement promotes Weeks Break-Up-A-Cold tablets as a chocolate coated remedy for colds. It lists Quinine Ipecac and Cascara, claims overnight cure and a 25 cent price with a money back guarantee. L. M. Bosworth is the sole agent.
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L. M. Bosworth
Land of Fruit and Flowers Promotes Winter Travel
Southern California praised as ideal winter retreat with the Iowa Central Short Line offering a quick four day trip. A sixteen section Pullman Tourist car departs from Minneapolis St Paul Mason City Marshalltown Grinnell Oskaloosa and Albia Wednesdays and connects with the Santa Fe Route to Los Angeles and San Francisco. For rates and advertising matter contact Gro G Batty G P and T A Marshalltown Iowa.
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California
Puilman
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Mason City
Marshalltown
Grinnell
Oskaloosa
Albia
Kansas City
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Gro
Batty
Iowa
Peoria
St. Louis
Union Depot
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Washington
New York
Palace
Cured Bronchial Trouble Says Chicago Man
Chase Davis of 1071 West Congress Street Chicago reports long bronchial trouble eased after using Filey s Honey and Tar and urges others to take no substitute. Tilden and Loughran advertise the remedy.
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Chase Davis
Congress St
Chicago
Filey
Tilden & Loughran
Tilden and Loughran Promote Kidney Cure Claim
An early 20th century ad claims Foley’s Kidneys Cure will heal kidneys and purify blood. It promises health with the phrase just as god and names Tilden and Loughran as promoters.
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Foleys Kidsey
Tilden & Loughran
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