Chicago Great Western Railway Schedule Fragments
Fragmented OCR text outlines Great Western Railway routes from Chicago to Fort Dodge Ames and Mason City with connections to Des Moines Omaha and Council Bluffs. Mentions arrival times and transfers but is unclear on exact stations and dates.
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Chicago
Great Western Railway
Dea Moines
Harity
Fouth
Fort
Omaha
Lyle
Manly
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Masor City
St.Paul
Minneapolis Des Moines
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Council Bluffs
Washing Summer Dresses with Special Fixatives
An experienced laundress describes color fixing methods for summer dresses. Use alum in rinsing water to prevent green fading, salt to set blue, ox gall for gray and brown, and hay water for tan or brown linens. Sugar of lead crystals fix pinks blues and lavenders, with the garment soaking about 30 minutes before sudsing.
How to Make Cement from Orange Shellac Paste
A simple home recipe uses orange shellac dissolved in alcohol to make a quick setting cement. The paste can bond small metal fragments and wooden parts for various minor repairs. Note the method involves sealing and evaporating the solvent before use.
Coincidence and Wit in Military Delegates
A quirky dialogue explores human flaws and winks at cleverness. Lord Beaconsfield and Napoleon are quoted on focus and temper, while Nelson and General Gordon critique petty faults and the cost of anger in leadership.
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Lord Beaconsfield
Napoleon
Nelson
Gordon
A Surgical Operation in a Barber's Chair
A London Globe excerpt describes a barber pausing during a shave as a customer asks for gas, illustrating a tense moment in a surgical setting transcribed with period voice and concise action.
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London Globe
Indian Marriages Among Pueblo and Navajo Tribes
A. W. Dimock notes tribal marriage customs among the Topi Pueblo and Navajo. Pueblo brides grind corn for three weeks after marriage while grooms make sashes. head cleansing at sunrise completes the ceremony. Navajo rites are more elaborate with a horses tariff on first marriages, then free entries, and a taboo on meeting the mother in law after the ceremony.
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A. W. Dimock
Outing Magazine
Coral Islands Lost to 1905 Marshall Atoll Hurricane
A 1905 hurricane struck a Marshall group atoll, tearing it apart. Forty foot waves washed over the island, destroying all vegetation and life, with no survivors. Days later only calm ocean remained where the island once stood.
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Marshall Group
Music as Advertised Song Selections and Covers
Advertised sheet music titles include Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming with illustrated cover, Trust Her Not for 50 cents, I Would Not Live Always with out accompaniment, See the Conquering Hero Comes with full orchestra, There Was a Little Fisher Maiden in three parts, She Tale of a Swordfish with many scales, and Home Sweet Home in A flat.
Let Him Off Easy. Lola Declares Devotion to Me
A Chicago News note quotes Lola claiming Borem D would go to the ends of the earth for her and that she coaxed him to start for home, letting him go at that.
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Lola
Grace
Chicago News
Napoleon burns britches on smoking cannon seat
Pathfinder notes the anecdote of Napoleon accidentally sitting on a smoking cannon and burning his britches, uttering I cannot turn back now to an aid as he dismounted, while warning that later writers corrupted the expression.
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Napoleon
Pathfinder
The Supreme Test
A doctor proclaims no heart disease after a checkup and charges fifteen dollars. The patient quips that if heart disease existed he would have died when the fee was mentioned.
Fun Missed In Air Traveling Fun in speed and perception
The piece muses on balloon travel and speed, noting seventy five miles per hour as a rate yet suggesting real pleasure comes from passing still objects and slower things rather than rushing past telegraph poles or constables.
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Bostoen Advertiser
Attitude of Mrs Hains in the Annis tragedy
In New York the Hains Annis case centers on Claudia Hains wife of Captain Peter C Hains Jr United States Army Her possible posture at the trial is disputed as lawyers await her plan Meanwhile Hains letters to William E Annis framed as dueling challenges are revealed signaling a threat of violence as the trial looms
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New York
Claudia Hains
Peter C. Hains, Jr
William E. Annis
John F. McIntyre
Martin W. Littleton
Harry K
Thaw
Mr. Littleton
Europe
Peter C. Hains
William BE
Insurance executive Alfred Wimberly found dead in Louisville
Alfred T. Wimberly state manager of the Bankers Life Association of Des Moines, Iowa, was found dead at his Louisville home from a self inflicted pistol wound. Coroner cites suicide and a note stating I am simply tired of life.
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Louisville
Alfred T. Wimberly
Bankers’ Life Association of
Des Moines
Wimberly
Hfe
Five Die in Laurel Mountain Fire Tragedy
Walford Tweed and his wife and three children, along with Mrs. Murray Tweed, perished as their Laurel mountain home burned in Marshall North Carolina. Tweed was away at Marshall for court when he learned of the tragedy as the residence was destroyed and the bodies cremated in the flames.
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Marshall, N. C
Walford Tweed
Laurel Mountain
Murray Tweed
Tweed
Marshall
Encouraging News Given Judge Taft Visits Virginia
Hot Springs Va August 19 R V Culahan director of the Republican national committee literary bureau reports to Taft on the Chicago conference opening the Western branch of the committee headquarters West and South delegates shared optimistic political readings Southern members see Taft as a strength in the South and prosperity backing continued policies Western states show improvement for Republicans Taft could not attend Sherman notification ceremonies but sent an open letter Taft completed the first draft of Friday's Virginia Republicans speech
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Hot Springs
R. V. Culahan
Republican National Committee
Taft
Chicago
Culahan
Mr. Taft
South
Virginia
Baseball scores from national leagues and American Association
Results from American Association games include St Paul 5 Louisville 4 and Milwaukee 7 Toledo 96. American League scores show New York 3 Detroit 7 and Boston 3 Cleveland 2. National League notes Pittsburgh 2 Boston 4 and Chicago 3 Philadelphia 2 with Chicago listed oddly as Phifede.
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St. Paul
Louisville
Milwaukee
Toledo
Kansas City
Columbus
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
New York
Detroit
Boston
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Chicago
Washington
St. [Ouis
Bar's
Threatened General Strike in Pittsburg Coal Field
A threatened strike involves 10 606 miners in the Pittsburg district after operators refuse to raise the union check-off from 50 to 65 cents monthly. Operators cap deductions at 60 cents and refuse further talks. District President Frank Feehan will convene the executive board to decide on striking to win the higher check-off.
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Pittsburg
le Pittsburg
Frank Feehan
Indiana
Floors Collapse Kill Three Firemen in London Fire
In London Ontario on August 19 three firemen died when the building’s floors collapsed as they battled a basement blaze. Fire Chief Lawrence Clark and Firemen McQuain and Cockburn perished. a fourth firefighter was seriously injured as rescuers continue recovery efforts.
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London
Ont
Lawrence Clark
McQuain
Cockburn
Market Quotations Wheat Prices In Minneapolis
Wheat prices in Minneapolis on August 18 show September at 1.00 percent, December at 0.98 and a half, May at 1.02 percent. On track markets list No 1 hard at 1.256 to 1.26, No 1 Northern 1.23 to 1.24, No 2 Northern 1.19 to 1.20, and No 3 Northern around 1.12 to 1.16.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Cattle and hog prices reported in St Paul market notes
St Paul market summary lists cattle ranges from good to choice steers at 6.00 to 6.75, cows and heifers 4.00 to 5.00, hogs at 0.15 per pound for a top around 46.65, and sheep with wethers 3.75 to 5.25, yearlings 4.00 to 4.50, spring lambs 5.50 to 6.25. totals show volumes for sheep indicated as 3,754.10.
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St. Paul
Wheat and flax prices update from Duluth market
Wheat to arrive and on track with No 1 hard at 1.21, No 1 Northern at 1.20, new at 1.19, No 2 Northern 1.15, Sept 1.00, Dee 97 3 4 cents. Flax to arrive and on track with 1.31 4 percent, Sept 1.28 4, Oct 1.26, Nov 1.26, Dec 1.2314.
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Duluth
Northern
Dee
Market Price Snapshot From Chicago Commodities
Chicago markets show Wheat Sept 240 Dec 94446 May 98e Corn Sept 76% 16c Dec 64e May 627 6te Oats Sept 47% 41c Dec 48% ec May 59 50 Ke Pork Sept 14 7 214 Oct 14 85 Jan 15 726 Butter Creameries 22e Briegs 1sc Poultry Turkeys 15c chickens 104c springs 14c
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Chicago
Chicago Market Prices for Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Chicago markets report cattle prices across categories including Texans Western cattle stockers and fed cattle cows and heifers calves and calves with ranges. Hog prices vary by weight class light mixed heavy rough good to choice heavy and pits while sheep and yearlings lambs show lower to mid ranges.
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Chicago
Stumping Competition and Rural Store Trade Gaps
A comment on urban department stores competing for trade while rural country stores struggle to stock staples. A New York executive recalls a New England trip where a local shop could not stock a staple cloth, illustrating distribution gaps and changing consumer access in rural districts.
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New York
New England
Waal
Falls to His Death in Minneapolis Home Stairway
Minneapolis, Aug 19. Peter Knip per fell down the stairs of his home and sustained a fractured skull which caused his death soon after. Knipper rose late and went to the stairs and a restaurant for breakfast. On reaching the stairway he slipped and fell the full flight.
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Minneapolis
Peter Knipper
Knipper
Drowning at Bass Lake Narrows Benson Anderson and Julius Haspen
Two youths Benson Anderson aged twenty and Julius Haspen eighteen drowned when their sailboat capsized in Bass lake off Elk Rapids during a heavy wind. Their bodies have not been recovered.
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Traverse City
Mich
Benson Anderson
Julius Haspen
Bass Lake
Elk Rapids
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