North Western Train Schedules From February 1906
Daily and special trains listed for North Western route dated February 1906 show multiple departures for connections to Saxce copper country and St Paul. Include Morning Scout Passenger No 19 at 5:50 am and No 15 at 1:40 pm with connections, No 23 at 9:17 pm, and No 55 Way Freight daily.
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North
Freighy Daily
Sen
Sabe
San
Beoot
Ox. San
Besecner
Chicago, & Paul
Minmaapola
Chicago
St. Paul
Ashland
Duluth
Superior
Different Kind of Pet in a Subway Car
In a New York Press report a thin woman in a gray ulster chats with a fat woman about dogs aboard a subway car. The exchange centers on terriers and a French poodle, with a stylish young woman nearby joining the affectionate dog talk and admitting she has none of her own.
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New York
Sandy
Too Expensive for Him Promoter Refuses a Cocktail Lesson
A famed promoter declines cocktails at Walfort Dinner, recounting a tale of Canadian miners seeking 750000 for a mine stock. He pushes for 600000 shares at five dollars, but the deal collapses after a cocktail interlude. He jokes a strong dose of prussic acid could be safer.
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Canada
As Others Saw Him Portrait of Aging Talent
A famed artist, famed for depicting faces aged by time, is tested at a dinner table. An old, plain man is sketched to show extreme aging, provoking tears. A woman then draws the young artist’s own profile, revealing a striking likeness and surprise among diners.
Woes of a Drummer on the Road
A tall New York drummer, midway on a western tour, recalls a 30 year veteran who urges him to quit drumming for any other possible path. The elder musician laments lack of home life, long separations from wife and children, and decades of traveling without settling down.
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New York
Chuck
A Fool Question in Court Tests Witness Patience
A country witness sworn in court reacts with anger when the prosecuting attorney begins examination by asking his name. He accuses the clerk of knowing his name and denounces the line of questioning as monkey business.
Debut Vaudeville Monologue Sparks audience heckling
Love Comedy mentions Danter debuting in vaudeville last night. Hi Tragedy notes it was meant as a monologue but the audience interrupted with remarks before he began. Catholic Standard Times report captures the banter and reaction.
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Danter
Catholic Standard Times
No Disturbance On Train Platform Ends With Threat
A middle aged Black woman at Union depot trembles with anger and plans to confront her husband who is aboard a train. She reveals an axe handle under her shawl and vows no disturbance, but intends to strike once she sees him, asking bystanders to stand back for a full swing.
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Union Depot
Chicago Daily News
Manly Art in France Boxing Gains Popularity in Paris
The piece notes boxing, once savate, rising in Paris with Owen Swift the lightweights’ champion drawing French patronage after his Paris stay. Swift’s testimony about training amused Parisian youth who were seen racing the streets in sweaters and greatcoats preparing for bouts.
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Paris
Britain
Owen Swift
Brighton Bill
Jockey Club
Charenton
Jack Adams
Swift
Paris Tribunal of Correctional Policy
Owen
London
Too Much of a Good Thing Story Told at Banquet
Arnold Daly attends a New York theatrical banquet where he jokes about storytelling boredom. He recalls a friend who is deaf and unintentionally repeats a tale, prompting laughter as the host’s story is echoed back by the table.
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Arnold Daly
New York
Way Bills And The Upright Skull Case
A Washington scientist returning from South America brought a chest of Patagonian skulls to New York. Customs classified them as animal bones for duty, provoking indignation. After debate, the treasury department amended the way-bill to read Chest of native skulls Personal effects already worn.
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Way-Bill
Washington
South America
New York
Treasury Department
Harper's Weekly
Remembrance by Watermelon Vine Funeral Tale
A Southern man recalls a conversation between his cook and a maid about a funeral for a Black person. They discuss floral tributes. the cook suggests planting a watermelon vine on the grave and letting juice drip into the ground, a vivid humorous emblem of remembrance.
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Mandy
Harper'e Weekly
Close Study of Volcano and the Matteucci Risk
A long piece praising Prof Matteucci and his American assistant for remaining near Vesuvius summit to study the eruption though facing extreme danger. It weighs whether their sacrifice yields valuable scientific knowledge or mere curiosity, noting instruments displaced by tremors and the unlikely prospect of clearer insight than observers at a distance.
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Vesuvius
Matteucci
New York Times
Naples
Prodigal Son Revival Tale At Eagle Hall Concord
In a revival at Eagle Hall Concord led by Elder John Hook the assistant Elder Martin Van Buren Lutz, a converted gambler, urged sinners to quit sinning. Lutz, known for nervous energy, cried out and jumped on the platform while recounting The Parable of the Prodigal Son and the calf. The anecdote ends noting a harsh roast on veal versus calf.
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Eagle Hall
Concord
John Hook
Martin van Buren Lutz
Lutz
Boston
Cheoke to Flirtation On Pins Elks and Masons
A rustic tale recalls a voyage to Baden Baden where the narrator notes her husband gave her an Elk pin and her father a Masonic pin. She says sailors aboard the ship were mostly Masons or Elks and avoided flirting due to the pins. She later hid the pins in her trunk on the voyage home.
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Baden Baden
Motive Not Quite Clean in Uncle Eben Story
A comic exchange from Stray Stories and Wiedom of Uncle Eben features a wary talker debating likability of a dog and its owner. The piece reflects humor about choices and usefulness. A tangential ad promotes Kodol for Dyspepsia, sold by D MacFarlane.
Boyhood Visit to Geneva Hospital for the Insane
Marshal P. Wilder recalls a Geneva hospital for the insane described as a place of many terrors. He remembers a polished young man who raved with head in hands, mumbling day after day, and a keeper's cold remark about the broken spirit of the country. A Christmas gift by a young woman helped reveal the man’s identity and purpose.
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Marshal P. Wilder
Geneva
Artesian Wells Surprise San Francisco Mint Courtyard
The Chronicle reports April upheaval altered the mint courtyard wells. Previously ordinary wells yielded water with a steam pump. After April 18 the wells began spouting artesian water, delivering a steady stream when pumping is stopped. The wells had been bored years earlier and tap into a subterranean system.
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San Francisco
Sars
Chronicle
Bows Replaced by Tensional Elasticity in Ancient Warfare
The text describes a progression from larger arrows and bow power to using stronger bow constructions, then shifting from bending elasticity to tensional elasticity. It notes fittings like levers and band wheels, and explains ropes made from animal sinews, hair, or horsehair as emergency substitutes for true bow elasticity.
Walk in Love motto at western town general store
A army officer's wife visiting a small town shops at the general store where the ornate stock includes a framed motto reading Walk in love. The clerk comments that the top motto is trendy for a young lady's door, quipping Walk in love.
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Lippincott’s Magazine
Rampolla’s Quip on Englishman Cardinal at Mount Vesuvius
The anecdote recalls Rampolla mocking a cardinal by declaring an Englishman in a preacher’s cadence, prompting the pope to add a zinger about the cardinal’s birth atop Mount Vesuvius and being sent to England to cool.
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Rampolla
Mount Vesuvius
England
Women reject Stork proposition in tea remedy stand
Women decide if they cannot vote they will cut out the Stork proposition and rely on Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea. Perfectly proper to take Hollister’s Tea or Tablets sold for 35 cents. D MacFarlane promotes the remedy.
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Hollister
D. MacFarlane
Health in the Canal Zone temptations for workers
The notice warns skilled artisans about the lure of Panama Canal wages while malaria fears deter enlistment. It touts Electric Bitters as a safe remedy against malaria and blood poison, claiming cure for biliousness and digestive ailments, guaranteed by F B Jones, druggist, priced 50e.
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Panama Canal
F. B. Jones
Jewels from Lands of Czar
A Paris jeweler has purchased a large stock of stones found in the czar’s private mines. Each year stones from these mines are offered for sale by tender, similarly to forest lands and mines auctioned by the imperial cabinet.
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Paris
Imperial Cabinet
Free Rheumatic Remedy Sample With Book Offer
Advertises a free sample of Dr Shoop s Rheumatic Remedy with a book on Rheumatism by writing to Dr Shoop Racine Wisconsin The book allegedly explains how the remedy clears the blood of rheumatic poisons and ends rheumatism not as relief but a total elimination claimed by dealers.
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Dr. Shoop
Boston inventor claims triumph on one wheel quarter-hour striker
After 17 years of effort Joseph Petrillo of Boston has created the long sought after one wheel quarter-hour striker for clocks. Experts said it was impossible yet he succeeded after a century of attempts by skilled workmen worldwide.
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Joseph Petrillo
Boston
Lost item at drug store after bilious attack
Lost between 9 30 p m yesterday and noon today a box of Dr Kings New Life Pills faded at F B Jones drug store. The pills are guaranteed for biliousness malaria and jaundice.
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F. B. Jones
Dr. King
Wanted Lady To Engage In Business In Home Town
Wanted female with ability to run a home based sales venture offering a fine line of special goods. Permanent position offered to the right party with no capital required. Send details to L. FP. Elliots Co. 257 S. Dah St. Philadelphia Pa.
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L. FP
Elliots Co
S. Dah St
Philadelphia
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Herald
Manly Art
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