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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1909
Page
6
The speaker urges dissatisfied young men to assess their fitness and nerve before changing jobs or careers. He argues that fixed plans rarely survive real life, that luck plays a role, and that one should move forward or remain where they are as long as possible. He cautions against overreliance on famous success stories and emphasizes personal judgment.
A veteran warns that expensive jewelry can invite criticism and hinder a woman’s office advancement. The piece argues plain dress avoids needless jealousy and dissension among female colleagues, suggesting stylish accessories should be left at home to preserve professional prospects.
English actor William Hawtrey argues in a discussion on women’s suffrage that men deserve more liberty. He cites hats and clothing as examples, claiming women already enjoy greater freedom, and proposes broader freedoms for men in daily life. He imagines a man praising his wife’s hat could trigger domestic trouble. The speaker asserts that real liberty is needed for men.
An old newspaper style item promotes Doan’s Kidney Pills and Allen’s Foot-Ease as remedies for kidney related pains and foot ailments. It includes customer quotes and a brief anecdote about a judge’s dignity, reflecting period advertising and light humor pieces.
A 1909 overview notes the United States has expanded rail mileage to about 230000 miles main track up from 45000 in 1869 near Ogden Utah. It cites $15 billion in railroad capitalization and America’s vast employment of 1,500,000 railroad workers, outpacing Europe and the UK in distance and global reach.
A quip notes a peasant proudly displaying the town’s biggest rooster and his wife wearing the largest hat. The exchange highlights rural vanity and communal humor in a mid 19th century gossip tone.
The piece explains how freight cars are exchanged under a standard road rule to minimize empty-car transit. It cites a Pennsylvania railroad telegram from an anthracite shipment to Milwaukee and describes locating empty cars across lines to return them toward home rails. It also recounts Harry Beresford’s travel mishap and a conductor fixing a signal on a branch line.
A Denver woman recounts how ill health followed meals until she adopted Grape Nuts. She notes appetite returned, strength grew, and she gained 12 pounds after using the cereal. The letter promotes The Road to Wellville and invites readers to test the product themselves, claiming ongoing success stories.
South America is nearing a continental link as the Transandine railroad intends to connect Buenos Ayres on the Atlantic with Valparaiso on the Pacific. Officials express strong expectation that the ocean to ocean line will open for traffic in March 911.
The Orleans Railroad Company of France recently inaugurated a new train de luxe. It consists of six cars each 70 feet long, six feet longer than any cars now in use on French lines, with triple axle-trees for smooth running. Two smoking cars feature writing tables and provide newspapers and periodicals.
Lloyd Clarke 69 a long time Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers member and former engineer on the Jersey Central and Erie railroads died at Memorial hospital Long Branch New Jersey after a long illness from kidney disease. He began as a water boy at nine and rose to engineer with a famed safety record including two million miles without a passenger fatality and one nonfatal wreck at Sea Girt in 1903.
A plan to grow thousands of seedling trees for potential railroad ties details a forty year horizon before mature trees could be harvested. Seedlings are nurtured at a forestry reservation then replanted on railroad land, six feet apart, with transplant survival uncertain.
In blazing sun horses wear sunbonnets while a veterinary quips about equine trousers for pain relief in Guayaquil Ecuador. The piece contrasts heat and illness against cloth protection as horses and donkeys endure buzzing insects. Boston plans a 1920 world fair to mark Pilgrims landing and New England’s founding with Herald support.
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