Burlington's Fast Denver Train Schedule Feature
The Burlington's Denver Express train departs St. Louis at 0:00 p.m. arrives Denver next day at 3:15 p.m., offering a three hour quicker through route. Passengers gain a half day in St. Louis or Denver, with connections to the Coast via Scenic Colorado. Through California excursions from St. Louis depart Wednesday nights with tourist sleepers.
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Denver
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World's Fair City
Colorado
California
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Berlington Express Through Route From St Louis to Pacific Ports
A Northwest bound mail and passenger train the Burlington Northern Express travels daily from St Louis and Kansas City toward Montana Washington Tacoma Seattle and Portland offering service along the Great Northwest route with connections to western cities and ports.
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Berlington
Northern Pacific Express
St. Lois and Kanes City
Montana
Washington
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
Burlington trains connect major western routes in 19th century ad
The ad promotes Burlington trains to Kansas City St Joseph Omaha St Paul Minneapolis Denver and urges readers to write with travel plans. It lists agents and managers in Cincinnati and St Louis and promises low costs printed materials and free information. The notice names M Shaw W Wakeley Gen Tash and Howard Elliott as organizers and managers.
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Kansas City
St. Joseph
Omaha
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Denver
M. Shaw
W. Wakeley
T. Peady
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Tash
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Cnuio
St. Levi
Howard Elliott
St. Tuva
Minsouind
Oysters, Professors, and Public Taste Follies
A German professor in a restaurant balks at raw oysters while the waiter suspects nothing. The second round arrives amid trepidation as the scholar eyes the plate with calm fatalism. The scene, recounted by The New York Herald, blends farce with a cautionary toast to taste and decorum.
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Ulery
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Christian Andersen
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New York Herald
Earliest English Elgar notation noted in 1755 book
A 1755 publication records the first English mention of Elgars and a Spanish America traveler Cockburn describes meeting three Nicaraguan friars who smoke leaf tobacco rolled into cigarettes. he notes no tobacco pipes exist in New Spain and tobacco is used as a substitute.
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Spanish America
Cockburn
Nicaragua
New Spain
One Minute Cough Cure Ad Claims Safe Quick Relief
A Harrisburg mother Mia Mary Bird says her child is worth millions to her and would have suffered croup without One Minute Cough Cure. The ad touts the product as a safe immediate remedy for coughs croup throat trouble and urges families to keep a bottle ready this season. Cine's Pharmacy is listed as the source.
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Mia
Mary Bird
Harrisburg
Enat
Cine's Pharmacy
King’s Laugh Turns to Tragic Death in England
Andrew King of Malling England collapsed after laughing at a friend’s yarn. Autopsy reveals his heart was five times the size of a normal human heart, a rare and fatal finding signaling a concealed cardiac condition.
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Fanny
Andrew King
Malling
England
Dear Sister Advocate for Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Letter from Mrs ECL Sutu of Treasmer W C P U Kansas City Mo extols Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as superior to doctors. She claims it cures many female ailments and rescues “suffering mothers and dragged-out housekeepers” by using a few bottles, urging women to avoid doctors and trust the remedy.
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Dean Sustrns
Lydia F. Pinkham
Sister
Lydia E.pinkhan
Ouk Pt
Treasmer W. C.P. U
Kansas City
Afo
America
Mrs. Smith
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mormon Missionaries Spread Converts in Virginias and Carolinas
Mormon missionaries push vigorous proselyting in the mountain regions of the Virginias and Carolinas as elders visit homes to explain their creed despite hostility in some communities. Elsewhere, anarchists in Chicago chose jail over habeas corpus release and mob violence, showing inconsistent views on applying anarchist killings.
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Virginias
Carolinas
Jefforta
Chicago
Many Millions for War and a Cure for Indigestion
A sweeping note claims the United States spent millions on war in the past century while Americans spend heavily on cures for indigestion and nervousness. It touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a unique remedy, urging readers to obtain the Almanac and consult druggists for copies. William F P Glenn of Atlanta reportedly wrote 12 007 legible words on a postal card, consuming 304 hours, breaking the prior record of 2 500 words.
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Sule
Lostetter
William Fp, Glenn
Atlanta
Selly Arhor
Profitable Investment of Digestion Aid Cited
E Demick of Somerville Indiana reports seven years of stomach trouble and spending about 21,000 without relief until trying Kodol Dyspepsia Core. He says a few bottles left him entirely well and notes that digestion, not eating, sustains life.
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Somerville
Ind
Pharp Macy
Head Ache Capsule Ad and Historic Divorce Rates
An old ad touts Krause’s Headache capsules promising quick relief. The text then shifts to a historical comparison of divorce rates, citing Germany from 1881 to 1885 with about 800 divorces yearly, England and Austria trends, and Belgium increases, noting figures across centuries and regions.
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Tate
England
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Austria
Belgica
Hunting and Fishing in the South book offer
A book describing prime southern game and fish locations lists top sites and guides, with hotel options and rates. It notes how to obtain the volume by sending a two cent stamp to G B Allen, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Southern Railway, St. Louis Mo.
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G. B. Allen
Southern Railway
St. Louis
Great Britain Exports Coal to France Russia and More
Britain exports about 0,000,000 tons of coal annually to foreign countries with France Russia Spain America Sweden India and the East as chief customers. The export trade excluding banker coal carried by steamships in foreign trade averages about 11,000,000 tons per annum.
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Great Britain
France
Russia
Spain
Amrtica
Sweden
India
East
Meerschaum Prices and Pipe Making Details
A fire damaged a pipemaker’s shop revealing insights into meerschaum. The brittle raw material comes mainly from Austria and Asia Minor and is graded from rough to finely grained. Large chunks are soaked, shaped, and processed with waste unseen in the bowls but saving quality in higher grades.
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Austria
Asia Minor
New York
Control Your Temper and the Loss of Self Respect
A brief moral urging self control outlines three reasons to govern anger. Losing temper harms self respect and trust. Once the outburst passes, a person faces regret as friends react with silence and cautious language. The outburst undermines standing and the claim to manhood and composure.
Koreans Portrayals as Superior Racial Traits
A provocative line claims Koreans are more developed physically than Japanese, describing them as taller and mentally endowed. The remark reflects biased, essentialist thinking about nationality and appears in a historical context.
One Memorial Association Handles McKinley Memorial Funds
There is but one national movement in the United States for a memorial for William McKinley to be built by popular subscription over his Canton grave. The McKinley National Memorial Association leads subscriptions with offices in Cleveland Ohio. Washington Arch Association has ceased soliciting funds and the field now rests with the McKinley Memorial group. Officers include Judge William R Day president Marcus A Haun vice president Myron T Herrick treasurer Ryerson Ritchie secretary. Governors of states and territories are honorary members.
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United States
William MecKinley
Canton
McKinley Warional Memorial Association
Cleveland
Ohio
Washington, D. C
Washington Arch Association
Potomac River
Arch Association
McKinley National Memorial Association
William R. Day
Marcus A. Haun
Myron T. Herrick
Ryerson Ritchie
Jell-O and Desert Pleased Families with Flavored Gelatin
A nostalgic ad highlights Jell-O in four flavors Lemon Orange Raspheria and Strawberry promising family appeal at grocers. A distant note mentions ancient Egyptian papyrus references shoes dating about 23 400 years before Christ.
Old Fashioned Cold Cures Advertised By Krause
Krause's cold cure offers convenient caplets that work in 24 hours and can be taken without stopping daily duties. Sold by Cline's Pharmacy at 250. Treland reports a remarkable drop in crime with EA statistics showing an 11.2 percent decrease from 1899.
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Krause
Cline
Treland
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