Literary Notes on Cable Kipling and Marian Crawford
A roundup notes George W Cable’s Civil War novel The Cavalier and Max Adeler’s satirical editorials, Kipling’s new book sold at a shilling per word with a humorous reply, Marian Crawford’s Ave Roma Immortalis examined, plus fashion and health tips on arm form and avoiding back drafts.
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George W. Cable
New Orleans
Max Adeler
Charles Heber Clark
Textile Record
Conshohocken
Kipling
London
Marian Crawford
Rome
Dairy and Poultry News From the Farm Desk
The article reviews Canadian egg imports to Britain in 1896 and methods to improve trade like quick cooling and careful handling. It cites experiments with crowerless poultry yards, dairy cow milk fat analysis guiding breeding, and notes rising pork costs in eastern Germany as part of broader livestock and market commentary.
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Britain
Canadian Commissioner of Agriculture
Great Britain
Canada
United States
Russia
Sweden
Neumark
Germany
Holland
Belgium
France
Portugal
Spain
Morocco
Manchester
Liverpool
London
S&s
Boston
Massachusetts
Ploughman
C. F. Curtis
Bureau of Animal Industry
XN. H. Warren
Wasco, Ill
Commissioner of Health
Reynolds
Chicago
Mr. Warren
Department of Health
Dear Meat Scarcity Hits Towns And Farms
The piece describes widespread difficulty obtaining meat due to rising costs and import restrictions. Farmers in Thuringia face cattle shortages while butchers pay high prices for swine. Agrarian pressure campaigns oppose import limits as prices for barley meal rise.
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Thuringia
Agrarian League
A Practical Suggestion Poet Line Exchange
An amateur poet riffs on a line from a personal ode that contrasts bright eyes with twin diamonds. His sister suggests revising to make rivals eye thy twin diamonds, then asserts a playful claim that she is yours forever.
Confession of a Millionaire and Health Cure Pitch
A millionaire credits hard work for success and now spends to recover health. An advertisement touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for stomach issues, claiming it reaches the starting point of digestion. A humorous dialogue implies misfortune after a bicycle accident with a pretty girl.
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Hostetter
Southern excursion rates from Chicago to the south announced
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad offers two low fare days on December 6 and 26 with one way and round trip first class tickets to southern destinations. Round trips are valid 21 days with stopovers allowed on the outbound trip. Through trains from Dearborn station provide first class coaches sleeping cars and dining cars. Contact Charles L. Stone for details.
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Chicago
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Dearborn
Ohio River
Charles L. Stone
Notable figures and curiosities from royal and political life
A column surveys Kipling’s naming, ex Senator Sayner’s vigor at 82, Roumanian queen’s flute playing, Sarah Leman’s long workhouse life and costs, the duke of York as a playful father with toy teaching ideas, Capt Webby’s 2000 mile Tibet trek, and contrasts Chinese and Austrian emperors with early riser routines.
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Kipling
Mary McDonald
Sayner
Wisconsin
Roumania
Sarah Leman
Blean
Kent) Union
Duke of York
Prince Edward
Royal
Capt
Webby
Thibet
Leb
Pekin
Wisdom in Words and Travel Promotions
A collage of maxims on manners cheer, work, courage, and fame contrasts with a travel advertisement for the Chicago & North-Western Line to California. It highlights low rates for single and round trips, first class and tourist sleeping cars, weekly tourist car parties, and route options via agents for tailored details.
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Burlington
California
Omaha
Lincoln
San Francisco
Los Angeles
North-Western
Oregon
Chicago & North-Western Ba Y
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Brite
J.C. Ayer
Lowell, Mar
Toda Uwanawiteh
Hifh
Minora
Philippines
Dr Williams
Detroit
Max R. Davies
Co. B
Third Avenue
Farrane, Williams & Clark
Dr. Williams
Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N.Y
Sapolio
Ts IL
J. Francis
Neb
Dairy and Poultry
Maine
Jim
Jack
Heen
John
Dark
Rural Spectator
Urban Spectator
Dr. Kline
de BR. H. Kline, Ltd
Arch St
Philadelphia
Ripans Chemical Co
New York
Admiral Dewey
Cudahy Packing Co
Montreal
Hill
WW. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
FL J. Cheney & Co
Hull
B. Palmer
Seattle
Wasi
Seth Arnold
Florida
H.W. Sparks
Clark Street
Mrs. Pinkham
Manor Bascock
Second St
Grand Rapids
Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Kay
R. N.U
Des ‘Moines
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co
M. A. Mattingly
Collbran
Ira Sargent
Dunbar
Jra Sargent
Dearborn St
Chicago, Il
W. R. Roberts
Citizens’ Bank of Omaha
Iowa
Evans Chemicalco
Draggiste
Expresa
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