Bean Story From Goodland Surprises Railroad Men
John O Crockett recalls Tom Grier besting a bean loving customer with polite firmness in Goodland during a Shriners conclave. Collect telegrams from Salt Lake City Los Angeles and Mexico City reveal a growing protest over six bit meals. The bean man’s insistence travels from city to city until Boston confirms the overcharge.
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John O. Crockett
Southwestern
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Tom” Grier
The
Kansas le Star
Grier
John J. Grier
Rock Island
Goodland
Goodland House
Shriners
Tom
City of
Mexico
John Grier
East
Brother John
Boston
Fifth Avenue Palaces of Wealth Stir Admiration
The article tours New York mansions of Vanderbilts Astors and others along Fifth Avenue praising their vast wealth. It describes the Vanderbilt residence at Fifty-seventh Street as colossal, with construction costs and lavish interiors. It also notes Jacob Astor's immense fortune and a Chambord-inspired mansion, plus lavish homes of Commodore Gerry Charles Yorker and Senator Clark with multi‑million price tags and extravagant furnishings.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
Fifty-seventh Street
Millenaire
Vanderbilts
Jacob Astor
Croesus
Chambord
Attlc
Alte
Commodore Gerry
Charles Yorker
Aladdin's
Senator Clark
Odell Struggles to Rebuild Career Amid Political Turmoil
The Macon Telegraph notes Odell began life cutting ice but cannot presently regain his political job. The piece remarks on Chinese Americans becoming increasingly Americanized through commerce, including selling pig-tails in the market.
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Macon Telegraph
Odell
Fertilizer Guidance for Green Peas and Free Farmer Books
Farmers are urged to use a fertilizer rich in Potash for red green peas to achieve the healthiest pods. Two books, Truck Farming and Plant Food, offer practical truck gardening facts and are mailed free of charge to readers who request them from German Kali Works.
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Mansau Street
Atlanta
Broad Street
Deadly cobra and the mystery of snake bite deaths
An official annual count places India snake bite deaths at 23000 yet underreporting and murder ruses may hide true numbers. Vivid anecdotes describe chilling methods to misattribute poisonings and a folklore of a second cobra skin appearing in grief for a slain reptile.
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India
Wu Kalaft
Strange incident leaves two skins found in mystery
The Pall Mall Gazette notes a puzzling case where two skins were found, with speculation that a pointless practical joke may have played a role though the true explanation remains unclear amid the unclear circumstances.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Dreamed of a girl guides Portland man to Denver search
William B. Huntsford of Portland Oregon says a repeated dream of a city scene with snow led him to Denver where he plans to stay until the last snowstorm passes in the hopes of reuniting with his old Des Moines schoolmate. He traveled via Chicago and Des Moines in his quest.
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William B. Huntsford
Portland
Ore
Denver
Will
Chicago
Des Moines
Mr. Huntsford
Nebraska
Oregon
Seventeeth Street
Gower's Gift Book Tale and Journalistic Retirement
In Holmbury Surrey a guest-book shows a guest list including Gladstone Argyll Bright and others. Sidney Lewis sells the Sparta Ishmaelite and retires from journalism due to ill health. Edward VII backs universal peace amid global tension.
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Sidney Lewis
Sparta Ishmaelite
Georgia
Judge M'Whorter Quietly Responds in Personal Matter
Judge Hamilton McWhorter returns from out-of-state business and reads in the Atlanta Journal an attack by Hoke Smith calling him the undisputed king of Georgia mercenaries. He declines further comment, reiterates he has nothing to do with the gubernatorial contest, and says he will not engage in a newspaper feud.
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Hoke Smith
Saturday Afternoon’s
Journal
Smith
The
Telegraph
Georgia
Clark Howell
Untill Hoke Smith
Immune to Pain Leo Blackburn Stuns Dispatch With Brass Hatpin
Leo Blackburn a Minnesota man is described as completely pain immune. A brass hatpin six inches long was driven into his stomach and spinal column with no lasting harm. He has summoned physicians unable to explain his unusual condition.
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Leo Blackburn
Leo
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Thney
Aberdeen
Blackburn
Minnesota
Paul Dispatch
What Makes a Good or Bad Man and Woman
A reflection on human morality from Augustine Birrell’s Essays, arguing most people are neither wholly good nor wholly bad. The piece notes shared human flaws, occasional generosity, and the tendency to forget misery, ending with a metaphor about tar and whitewash on a coast guardsman's cottage.
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Nelson
Augustine Birrell
Foley's Honey and Tar Throat Remedy Warns Against Imitations
The Original Foley and Co of Chicago markets Foley's Honey and Tar as a trusted throat and lung remedy. It warns customers to refuse substitutes, noting its mild laxative effect, absence of opiates, and suitability for children and delicate persons. sold by all dealers.
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Foley & Co
Chicago
Foley
Cured by Cuticura in Six Weeks
A patient with a terrible ankle sore recounts eleven months of disability and failed medical care. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment with warm water soaks, the wound healed in six weeks. The testimonial notes walking outdoors and good health, praising Cuticura as the best remedies.
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Cuticura
Mia
Dickerson
Loui
C.va
Harvard Abolishes Intercollegiate Football Pending Reform
Reston Jan 18 Harvard has abolished intercollegiate football until rules are changed to remove evils identified by a university overseers committee. The board, after a secret meeting, called the present game rough and detrimental, and plans to report on new regulations before resuming play. In Columbia South Carolina the board of trustees also voted to abolish intercollegiate football without external pressure.
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Reston
Harvard
Board of Overseers
South Carolina
Columbia
8. C
Dr King's New Life Pills Promoted as Blood Cleanser
Advertises Dr King s New Life Pills as a modern blood and system cleanser. Claims to cure stomach and liver troubles and urges readers to buy at H R Palmer & Sons and W Smith & Bro.
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Dr. King
H. R. Palmer & Sons
W. Smith & Bro
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Werren
Deadly Cobra
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Gladstone
Argyll
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