Raising Cattle in West and the Refrigerated Trade
In May in Everybody's magazine Russell explains how beef for refrigeration arose. Farmers fed range cattle corn on western farms, financing through local banks. The process required capital, creating a banked loan cycle as cattle were fattened and sold through the system.
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Russell
Everybody's Magazine
West
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Country Bank
Eating through the ages and the human palate
A discursive Atlantic essay traces eating from clam eating to omnivory. It notes the race’s progress tied to food variety, the shift from hunting to agriculture, and the ongoing burden of vegetable diets on digestion. It contrasts human digestion with cows and teases future meditative cud.
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Santer
Paniard
Atlantic
Woman's Life and Quiet Farewells in Verse
A fragmented verse fragment reflects on aging, loss, and passage of time as a narrator ponderingly notes loneliness increasing with every day. Images of fading steps, distant loved ones, and a distant heavenly welcome weave through memories of a life observed from a present, softened by sorrow.
The Locomotive's Offspring
A crowd in Maine wonders at the first CP railroad train. An old lady asks if the engine is a yearling or two decades old, revealing astonishment at modern traction. The roadmaster arrives on a velocipede and the scene ends with disbelief at progress.
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Canadian Pacific Railroad
Maine
Governor Samuel Penn Delights in Quiet Judgment
The Pennsylvanian judge and later governor Samuel Penn is praised for his courtroom poise and brisk wit. A fellow jurist once asked how he endures dull arguments, and Penn replied he was not listening but counting the spirits, a quip cited by the New York Times.
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Ooacker
Keystone State
Samuel
Pennyann
New York Times
Watermelon lore and odd edibles in a curious tale
A quirky narrative praises watermelon as the finest fruit and recounts bizarre eating tricks. It riffs on butter with radishes, grits with sugar and cream, and odd uses for seeds and lettuce, ending with a playful diet note about squid and flaxseed.
View of Happiness and Generational Unity in National Meaning
Frank Putnam argues happiness lies in marching with one’s own generation and not resenting progress. Osler noted men often resist ideas after 40, as elders who guided the prior decade seem slower to adapt to new industrial conditions. The generation behind us pushes from the rear with restless pressure.
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Frank Putnam
Osler
Tie Tie Magnetic and the Plain Man’s Charm
A newly accepted lover asks why a beautiful woman loves him as she hesitates before admitting the charm of her diamond ring. The scene pivots on admiration of appearances and a request to learn a bow tie knot, revealing tension and curiosity in their dialogue.
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Carlins
Tceansa
Kipling Souvenir Desk Carved With Verse Legend
Charlies Warren Stoddard recalls a Kipling relic, an old black desk with a curved roll-top lid. The lid bears a carved inscription from Rudyard Kipling, praising toil and triumph, a fragment highlighted in a National Maggs feature.
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Relly Charlies
Warren Stoddard
Rudyard Kipling
National Maggs
Term of Payment Suite Tale From Worcester Story
The late J Warren Bigelow recounted a winter street theft near a Worcester store. A man grabbed a shirt and fled, the owner cried for payment in this world or the next. The thief retorted he would pay in due time by taking another shirt.
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J. Warren Bigelow
Worcester
Mass
Why Daily Bread In Lord Prayer Lecture
A West Philadelphia private class teacher explains the petition We ask for our daily bread to teach prudence and trust in Providence Then a boy asks why not Give us this month our bread He replies Because it would get stale and mouldy
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West Philadelphia
A Modern Boy Steals the Parade Thrown for a Joke
A three year old boy, Robert, admired by a stenographer while waiting with his mother in town on Decoration Day, bristles at flattery and bluntly asks for his lot as the parade approaches. The scene shows a humorous clash between innocence and adult praise.
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Robert
Buster Brown
Bobby
Chicago
Value of Milk Diet for Nervous People
The text argues milk is a valuable nerve food for those who can digest it. It suggests a milk only regimen, heated and sipped slowly, for those with exhausted nerves, but notes milk often disagrees with adults and warns of a quick purge after starting.
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Leffore
Testament From the Heart Shows Welshman's Fixed Bequest
An elderly Welshman in his ninety eighth year makes a brief will naming his faithful servant Esther Jones as sole heir. He notes she is a tolerable good woman though her tongue is clamorous, yet she has one great virtue, a faultless strict honesty.
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Esther Jones
One of the World’s Greatest Remedies praised by a druggist
Indiana pharmacist S P Mason of Markle testifies to Warner’s White Wine of Tar’s efficacy. He has sold the remedy twenty years and led it for fifteen years. He cites a case where one bottle cured Jas Ledbetter of asthma, saving his life, with the patient still living.
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D. MacFarlane
Special Excursion Rates to Colorado Utah and the Black Hills
Special excursion rates announced on the North Western Line start June 1 to Denver Colorado Springs Puebla Salt Lake City Hot Springs Deadwood Lead and Custer S D with return by October 31. Low round trip tickets available and return limits in effect plus trains daily through September 8 with monthly first and third Tuesday sales. Apply to Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
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North-Western
Jane
Denver
Colorado Springs
Puebla
Salt Lake City
Hot Springs
Deadwond
Lead
Custer S. D
Love Daily
Chicago & Neeth- Western R’y
Electric Bitters Featured As Remedy For Liver Ailments
A historical newspaper blurb touts Electric Bitters as a cure for stomach and liver disorders with a testimonial from A. Brown of Bennetsville South Carolina. The ad claims benefits for dyspepsia chronic liver torpor chills fever malaria biliousness back troubles and bladder issues and notes a 50 cent price with a guarantee offered by F B Jones.
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India
3. A. Brown
Bennetsville
S. C
F.B. Jones
Very Low Rates to Chicago via North Western Lice
Ticket sale notices list limited sale dates from June to June with return by June 87. Prospective buyers are advised to apply through Chicago North Western Railway agents. The notice references a Mystic Shrive business meeting and a certificate plan with various dates and limits.
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Mystic Shrive
Chicago North-Western
R’y
Death From Lockjaw Dismissed by Arnica Salve Claim
Chas Oswald, merchant of Rensselaersel, N Y, writes that Buckien's Arnica Salve cured Seth Burch of a severe neck sore. The ad claims antiseptic healing prevents blood poisoning and lists uses for cuts wounds burns and sores. 25 cents at F B Jones drug store.
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Buckien
Chas Oswald
Rensselaersel
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve Praised as Best Imitations
The sincerest tribute to superiority is imitation. Many imitations flood the market but DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve remains the best for burns, chaffed skin, eczema, tetter, cuts, bruises, boils, and piles. Highly recommended and reliable. Sold by D. MacFarlane.
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Dewwitt
DeWitt’s
D. MacFarlane
Very Low Rates to Detroit Michigan Excursion Tickets Offered
Very low rates to Detroit via the North-Western Lime line are advertised for June 2 limited departures to June 1, to retire until June 1 inclusive for the Annual Conclave of the Grand Commandery Knights of Pythias. Tickets available through Chicago and North-Western Railway agents.
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North-Western
Grand Commandery
K. P
Chicago
North-Western R'y
Very Low Rates to Buffalo via the North-Western Line
Excursive tickets will be sold June 8 and 10 with favorable return limits on account of the Travelers Protective Association Meeting. Apply to agents Chicago and North-Western Railway.
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North-Western
Travelers’ Protective Association
Chicago & North-Western R'y
Alarming Health Warning Promotes New Life Pills
An alarming situation frequently results from neglect of clogged bowels and torpid liver until constipation becomes chronic. The remedy, Dr Kings New Life Pills, is promoted as the best and gentlest regulator of stomach and bowels. Guaranty by F B Jones druggist. Price 2 cents.
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F. B. Jones
Dauggist
Following the Flag Health Aids Soldiers in War Zones
Willis T. Morean of Concord New Hampshire recounts two years in Cuba and two in the Philippines and praises Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and lung ailments. He notes the remedy kept him healthy while in service and claims it helps coughs colds breathing troubles and other lung diseases in New Hampshire. Available at F B Jones with trial bottle free and prices 50 cents and one dollar.
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Philippines
Willis T. Morean
U.S.A
Cocord
N. H
Cuba
Dr. King
New Hampshire
F. B. Jones
Very Low Rates to Port Huron Through Western Line
Very low rates advertised to Port Huron Michigan via the North Western Line. Includes references to效 Latics of Modern Maccabees and notes about April agents Ciscage and North-Western Railway.
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Port Huron
Mich
Eccerson
R’y
The Conductor Recounts a Remarkable Cure
A Chicago and Northwestern Railroad conductor writes that after days of a severe cold and hoarseness, a Dr Warmer agent supplied White Wine on Tar Syrup. He reports one dose started relief within an hour and full recovery within 24 hours, calling it the best remedy he has seen.
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Dr. Warmer
Scouting With Telephony Aids Early Warfare Efforts
The article describes a signaling system where an observer officer reports observations via a telephone line to headquarters. An electrician carries a battery and connects equipment buried in the ground to maintain communication while a relay system adapts for extended use at the front.
Fragmented notes on plant growth and woodwork terms
The readable text discusses steels, thickness, and scattering of Mants, with notes on cash deess and extra ants planted elsewhere. Mentions two weeks in use in Europe and this country, naming Paradise mi Deacin and Paradise producing a fully arid update tree of small size.
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Europe
Paradise
Farm Notes Emphasize Cautious Practices For Better Yields
Farm notes advise patience before condemning oil sowing, warn losses from overfeeding bogs and selling late, and urge careful aim to increase bushels per acre. It discusses clover pest control, horse muscle conditioning, prudent paint uses, fence post costs, and planting tree substitutes. It promotes each farmer maintaining a personal testing patch to trial varieties under local conditions.
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Beng
Republican State Convention Called for Michigan Delegates
The Republican State Convention of Michigan is called to meet at Light Guard Armory Tent City De tent Teewlay July jist 1906 at 11 oclock forenoon to nominate state officials select a State Central Committee and conduct other business. Delegates counted by county based on last governor race votes, with district caucuses on Monday January 18 designated for delegate elections, and county chairs to forward delegate lists and credentials to Clare for confirmation. Officials named include one Vice President one Assistant Secretary and committee members for Credentials Performance Organization and Order of Business and two State Central Committee members. Delegates should be sent to the State Central Committee by March 23 1890 resolutions applied for credential transfer. Ger J Diekema Chairman Tsconis E Alward Secretary. Lansing March 1 1906.
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Madigan
Republeans
Michigan
Light Guard
Detent
Teewlay
Cauces
Tame
State Central
Clare
Embancety
Dewer
Chancery Notice in Gogebic County Court
Chancery actions in Gogebic County Circuit Court name Peter Bessonette as complainant against A C MecComa F W Bond and J A McPartlin. The document notes nonresidence of the defendants and references binding and loosing as related to Christ’s teachings. It includes exhortations about discipleship and Peter’s misjudgment and Satan’s temptations.
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Medigan
Gogebic
Peter Bessonette
A. C. McVeorwh
F. W. Bond
J. A. MecPart
Chancery
Bes- Somer
Sosaly
S. Cuyer
A. C. MecComa
J. A. McPartlin
Was Te Rase
Gates of Hades
City of the Dead
Christ
Son of God
Jesus
Peter
Jer
Christ the Son of God
Peter Thut
Satan
Cuesty
Best She Could Do Bonnet Bargain Sparks Wife Debate
In a terse exchange a wife defends a modest bonnet purchase, while her husband calls $25 excessive. He recalls promising not to buy an expensive bonnet, and she concedes it isn’t grand but adheres to their spring limit. The dialogue highlights frugal domestic budgeting and differing priorities.
Cause for Action in Brown-Newpop Divorce Suit
Brown sues his wife for divorce alleging grounds linked to custody and personal conduct. The case centers on her naming the baby after her first husband, prompting dispute over marital breakdown and potential fault claims.
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Brown—Newpop
Green
Beause
Brown
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Chancery Notice
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