An Ambitious scheme at a charity stall overheard
In a bustling bazaar Miss Hewitt and a social visitor discuss selling charity stock and staging a dramatic ruse. The tale unfolds with talk of a duchess, a kiss, a pledge, and a possible fifty pound windfall for the hospital, all amid a heat soaked stall trade and hints of improvised deception.
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Miss Hewitt
Miss Chudleigh
Sue
Devon Shire
Duchess of Devonshire
Duchess of
Devonshire
Miss Newitt
Trappes
Conan
Miss Hk
Ambitious Women Promote Health and Courage
Special to One Lady reads how ambitious women push partners to brave feats and how health fuels hope. It praises Lydia E. Pinkham and her Vegetable Compound for female ailments, sharing a testimonial from Mrs Wu M Money of Pittsfield Massachusetts about relief from womb, kidney, and bladder troubles after using the remedy.
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North
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia FE
Pinkhan
Horseless carriage motors and petroleum bicycle system
A supplemental report from the Havre consul describes petroleum powered bicycles and tricycles with electric ignition, a rider operated tap, and pedal action until the motor starts. Machines cost about 250 dollars with two seat variants. For carriages a steam horse method uses coke fuel, front wheels removed and an extra wheel, delivering quiet operation with weight modest and prices from 1800 to 2500 dollars. Smooth roads are noted as essential.
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State Department
Havre
Power Without Shafting Spurs New Pittsburgh Plant
A Pittsburgh power building designed for many small manufacturers will operate without shafting belting or pulleys. Each floor will have an electric motor system. Meanwhile Dusseldorf locomotive works have cut costs by using electric motors in the foundry. The war department’s expenses in 1865 reached 1 081 225 361.
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Pittsburgh
Dusseldorf
Germany
War Department
Milwaukee clergyman bars drunken groom on wedding day
Rev W A Hunsberger refused to marry a Chicago couple in Milwaukee noting the groom's intoxication. The groom protested, but the pastor insisted, delivering a cautions lecture to the bride on the dangers of uniting with a drinker. The article also mentions a belief linking a sea gull rhyme to weather.
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Milwaukee
W. A. Hunsberger
Gretna Green
America
Wis
Chicago
Mr. Hunsberger
Scotland
Ulster
Alaska seen as vast, varied land with real promise
The piece notes Alaska’s growing appeal to tourists and hunters, likening its future status to Norway in Europe. It cites varied perceptions, calls for Congress to focus on its resources, and mentions health claims about Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Dr. Pierce’s Pills. It also reports Nebraska beet sugar output and a whimsical aside on rhyming with Pellets.
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Alaska
United States
Norway
Europe
Congress
Trains from Athens to Cincinnati St Louis and more
B and O S W R Y time table lists departures to Cincinnati at 3 12 a m and 22 35 p m with connections to St Louis 8 12 a m 12 55 pm Louisville 4 40 pm and 11 27 pm and other times to Chicago 12 35 pm 6 20 am daily except Sunday. Details on rates connecting lines sleeping parlor cars available from L H Keutinger Athens or G B Warfel Cincinnati assistant gen pass agent.
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Athens
Cincioneti
St. Louis
Louisville
Chile'e
tExcept
L. H. Keutinger
G. B. Warfel
Gen’ Pass
Cincinnati
No Mileage Ticket Equal s it Buckeye Ticket
The Buckeye Mileage Ticket covers more mileage than any interchangeable ticket now on sale. Valid across major western lines including B and O systems, Erie West of Salamanca, Big Four, C H and D Ry, and 99 other railroads. Priced £2000 for one year. Agents C H Y and T R y or W H Fisher Columbus Ohio provide details.
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Pittsburgh
Erie
Salamanca
Big Four
T. R’y
Leafler
Fis
Aidtress
W. H. Fisher
Columbus, Ohio
Round trip Excursion Tickets to Atlanta Exposition
Round trip excursion tickets to Atlanta Ga for the Cotton States Exposition are on sale at all stations on the Columbus Hocking Valley Toledo Railway at low rates. The Buckeye Route claims best value for travel to the South from Central and Northern Ohio. Inquiries to C H V T R agents for routes and rates.
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Atlanta
Cotton States Expositi de
Columbus, Hocking Valley
Change of Time for Athens Trains Sets Daily Schedules
On and after Sunday May 19th Kan awha and Michigan trains will arrive and depart from Athens with north bound No. 1 and 2 daily others daily except Sunday all trains solid to Columbus and Charleston. Also advertise Ohio Central Millage Ticket covering more mileage than any ticket, good one year for $20.00, valid over B. O. system west of Pittsburgh and Big Four lines. Apply to Ohio Central agents or Moorton Hour, G. P. A., Toledo, Ohio.
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Columbus
Charleston
Pittsburg
Ohio Central
Moorton Hour
Toledo
Ohio
Simmons Liver Regulator
King of
United States
Canada
Pullman
Chicago
Buckeye
W.H. Fisner
Atlanta Exposition Adds World Fair Flair and Details
One of the greatest fairs America has seen features Chicago World's fair greatness with many new attractions. Open September 18 to December 31. Low rates via Queen and Crescent Route. Write to W. C. Rinearson G P A Cincinnati Ohio for printed material or ask Q C agents for full information.
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America
Queen and Crescent
W. C. Rinearson
Cincinnati
Antarctic rocks hint at hidden polar continent
Norwegian explorer findings from Antarctic specimens show microlene granite garnets tourmaline and mica schists not seen on oceans suggesting a continent exists near the South Pole. A Monroe man sought painless euthanasia for an old horse but the skate horse survived. The Ohio Central Lines book spans sixteen Thousand Mile Wickets totaling 16 000 miles of transport lines.
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Antarctic
Ocean
South Pole
Ohio Central Lines
Change of Time for C.H.V. trains at Athens
On and after Sunday November 10 trains will arrive and depart from Athens as follows No 133 departs 6:10 am No 130 arrives 10:30 pm No 35 departs 11:40 am No 184 arrives 6:00 pm No 137 departs 5:05 am No 38 arrives 9:10 pm The list provides change of time for multiple train numbers with specified departure or arrival times.
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Athens
Athens to Chicago Morning Train Schedule Note
On and after Sunday November 10 the Athens morning train at 6 10 AM connects in Marion at 10 35 AM and arrives Chicago at 5 35 PM, total journey eleven hours twenty minutes. Ohio Central 500 mile books cover Toledo to Gauley Bridge, cost $10, valid one year from sale. F H Hyseun, Agent, Athens Ohio.
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Athens
Marion
Chicago
Ohio Central
Toledo
Ohio
Gauley Bridge
W. Va
F. H. Hyseun
St. Vitus Dance Case Cited By Dr Miles Co Claim
A letter from Dr Miles Medical Co of Elkhart Indiana describes a 14 year old girl Mattie afflicted last spring with St Vitus dance and nervousness. Her entire right side grew numb and nearly paralyzed prompting a medical consultation.
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Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Mattie
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