Chicago Zoo Plan Aims To Be United States Best in World
Chicago plans a 800 acre zoological gardens on land donated by Mrs. Harold McCormick to the Forest Preserves of Cook County. The project envisions a society of Cook County citizens funding and managing the zoo with a natural conditions exhibit plan and ties to state support, modeled on New York and St Louis precedents. The site lies three miles west of the city line, near Riverside, with routes by rail and road, and is part of the Salt Creek valley preserve.
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Western Newspaper Union
Chicago Zoological Gardena
United States
Harold IF. McCormick
Chicago
Chicago Zoological Gardens
Chicago Zoological Gardens Society
Illinois
Cook County
Forest Preserve Commissioners
Forest Preserve
Frank
Vucer
William M. Maclean
George A. Miller
Peter Reinberg
Hes
Forest Preserve District
D[lanois
New York Zoo
New York Zoological Society
W. T. Hornaday
The
Zoological Society
City of
New York
Jelety
Russell Sage
General Endowment Fund
Andrew Carnegie
Woman’s Auxiliary
Society
St. Louis
Forest Park
Zoological Society of
Chicago Zoo
Emmett J. Flavin
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Riverside
Ogden Avenue
Desplaimes Avenue
Roosevelt Road
Zoo
Salt Creek Valley Preserve
Chicago Drainage Canal
Thirty-ninth Street
Lake Michigan
Chicago Plan Commission
Pershing Road
Cottage Grove Avenue
Cicero Avenue
Messrs. Wilson
Maclean and Miller
Chicago Zoological Gardens Committee
Joseph Dillabough
County Building
Camp Reinberg
Deer Park
Palatine Preserve
Chicago Historical Society
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Claims Pure Herbal Formula
An advertisement for Dr Kilmer Swamp Root promotes a kidney liver and bladder remedy claimed to be pure not habit forming and scientifically compounded from vegetable herbs. It stresses non stimulant action and offers a sample bottle for ten cents with a sworn purity statement with every bottle.
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Dr.Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
All Men Are Created Equal Says Johnny on Teed for Clothes
Johnny argues the phrase All men are created equal is ironic as some are born with wealth and advantages while others lack basic necessities. He notes equal opportunity hinges on access to clothing and resources.
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Johnny
Castoria Reminder Highlights Trust in Infants Remedy
Mothers are urged to ensure Castoria carries the signature and the phrase In Use for Over 30 Years. The notice emphasizes Fletcher's Castoria as the famous old remedy for infants and children, noting its long history and child appeal.
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Fletcher
His Feelings Expressed Across a Day in Courtroom Talk
A dialogue shows a speaker noting Bill is fond of his wife and that he analyzes her. Lucinda receives the remark with acknowledgment as a neighborly exchange about marital affection and perception.
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Lucinda
Bill
The Funny Man Encounters Stimson on the Street
Jones meets his friend Stimson in a street exchange. Stimson warns Jones to keep his eye open next week or he won’t be able to see. The remark ends with Stimson disappearing before Jones can react.
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Jones
Stimson
Edinburgh
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Restored Health
The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a local remedy for catarrh influenced by eerie conditions. It claims cleansing the blood and building up the system will restore normal conditions and let nature work, with Druggists carrying the product and circulars free from F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney& Co
Toledo
Ohio
We Buy for Immediate Cash Diamonds and Jewelry
A man distributing cards to passing cars told the New York Globe that owners need money to run their cars. The cards proclaimed they buy diamonds jewelry and precious stones for immediate cash, reflecting his experience of high car costs.
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New York Globe
Candy Flowers From Bassia Trees in India
Popular Mechanics notes a trio of Bassia trees in India with edible flowers that taste like figs. The flowers shed at dawn and are gathered by women and children to dry in the sun, producing up to 300 pounds per tree annually. The Indian butter tree seeds yield oil for butter soap and candles.
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India
Popular Mechanics
Infant Marvel Bright at Six Months Old
A brief note describes an infant named Marvel Carter as notably bright at six months. Carter recalls taking his wife and the baby to a film where the child cried during a sad scene, a moment recounted with light humor.
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Carter
Parker
King’s supreme power limited by unwritten law
The Montreal Herald argues that while the king holds vast prerogatives such as vetoing bills, dissolving parliament, appointing ministers, declaring war, and shaping government, an unwritten law and long usage prevent the monarch from abusing power. In a constitutional framework, the king reigns by the people’s will and could be deposed by Parliament.
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Duchy of Cornwall
Montreal Herald
The Proverb Refuted Joke in Boston Transcript
A joke in the Boston Transcript plays on a wife calling her husband a doctor and the husband replying that though he has practiced, it has not made him perfect. The humor hinges on a pun about perfection and medical practice.
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Bostor
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Cook County Commissioners
Pore
Cees Randeco Cowles
DR. OC
Bellans
Bayer
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