Wun Lung and his grafters on Halsted Street
A Chicago Post Office notice by James E. Kinsella from the Registry Division describes Wun Lung and a raspy crew of hustlers and grafters operating along Halsted Street. It details their flamboyant getup and methods selling elixirs and powder routes, their glee club campaign, and political grafts thwarted by civic reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wun Lung
Pinte
Pete
Pocatello
Lariat
Luke
Halsted
Wall Street
Civic Federation
Civil Service
James E. Kinsella
Chicago Post Office
Spelling Error Sparks Templeton Tax Fight Tale
The account recalls Col. Artemus Lee of Templeton and Senator Hoar hiring Col. Lee to contest taxes. A confrontation with Judge Aldrich over a statement of facts nearly led to a clash, but Aldrich’s laughter defused the scene. The remark about how to spell farce nearly sparked a battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Artemus Lee
Templeton
Worcester County
Senator Hoar
Aldrich
Judge Aldrich
Col. Lee
Mr. Aldrich
To Learn to Swim By Daily Basin Practice
A timid swimmer can overcome most learning barriers by using a basin to stop involuntary gasping. Repeated face immersion in water reduces fear, then progress to the bath tub and full head immersion builds calm underwater confidence essential to swimming.
Butcher Strike Tale Tells of Public Pay Question
J Ogden Armour discusses butcher shortages with New York reporters. He notes the public pays when a butcher gets into trouble and recounts a tale where a butcher, caught with unpaid meat, is saved by a dog and the mistress’s arrival, highlighting the buyer’s caution in such matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ogden Armour
New York
Mr. Armour
American methods to be adopted in women's school in Mexico
Miss Raquel Santoyo directress of the Miguel Lerdo de Tejada school is commissioned to study the organization of commercial schools for women in the United States. She will be accompanied by Mrs. Carmen Kraus de Alvarez de la Rosa. They will spend six to ten months abroad and report upon return to suggest reorganization plans for the Mexican school.
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Raquel Santoyo
Miguel Lerdo de Tejada
United States
Santoyo
Carmen Kraus de Alvarez de la Rosa
Department of Public Instruction
Mexican Herald
What Chicago is
A man shares a jest from the Philadelphia Press claiming three-sevenths of chicken two-thirds of cat and one-half of goat spell Chicago. The punchline assigns Chi to the word parts and concludes Chicago is the answer, described as a clever bit of humor.
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Chicago
Philadelphia Press
Doctoring Melons Trick Shaking Up Summer Drinks
A Californian offers two methods to flavor water melons with liquor. One ages rum inside a green melon with a cut opening, promising good results if you’re present at cutting. The second hollows a ripe melon, injects champagne, chills, and serves after two hours.
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New York Sun
Piso's Cure Public Notice Ad
N W Samuel of Ocean Grove New Jersey testifies to Piso's Cure for coughs and colds in February 1900 endorsing the medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Misquotations and corrections tracked in a Chicago Journal excerpt
The piece discusses common misquotations and their corrected forms. It cites examples attributed to Nathaniel Lee Lord Brooke and General Richard Lee, noting how phrases like tug of war and ill wind should be read differently.
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Nathaniel Lee
Thomas Tasser
Lord Brooke
House of Representatives
Richard l Lee
Chicago Journal
Old Man's Secret Health Secret from Dodd's Kidney Pills
Alpena Michigan September 5 Special. Jerome Fournier at seventy five credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing his diabetes and urinary troubles. He says eight boxes regulated his water and restored his vigor, calling sound kidneys the path to health and youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpena, Mich
Jerome K. Fournier
Dodd
Fournier
What's the Use. The Lady-Young man wash that dirty face.
A brief comic exchange from a historical page shows a puzzled child questioned by a caretaker about Sunday chores. The dialogue contrasts a youngster's defiant tone with a blunt command.
No man can fathom how a philosopher catches a cold
A reflection notes that even a great philosopher cannot understand the mechanism of catching a cold. The remark blends humor with a meditation on human limits and the mystery of illness.
Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors
Northwestern inventors receive patents in multiple fields led by Henry Amundson of Alexandria with a drawer box receptacle, Herman Brutlay of Fulda with a belt guide, Frederick Hackman of St Paul with a self oiling trolley, Paul Hanson of St Paul with a mowing machine, Ole Hatlell of Fosston with a brush breaker, John Hedlund of St Cloud with a fishhook, Swan Holm gren of St Paul with a folding bed. Lothrop & Johnson patent lawyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern
Henry Amundson
Alexandria
Minn
Herman Brutlay
Fulda
Frederick Hackman
St. Paul
Paul Hanson
Ole Hatlell
Fosston
John Hedlund
St Cloud
Swan
Why Irish Come to America Questioned in Chicago Post
A brief Chicago Post item quotes a remark on Irish immigration asking why they come in large numbers and answering that they cannot get along without the snakes, implying a sharp stereotype.
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America
Chicago Post
Self made men and eggs quote excerpt
A brief line notes that self made men and eggs are too full of themselves to hold anything else, implying a metaphor about overconfidence or excess.
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Halsted Street
Wun Lung Kerrigan
Bubbly Creek
Socorro
Rilby
Ned
Relix
Wun Tung
Bolivar
Idalian
Lee
Bastian
Boston Globe
Butcher
Hero
Mexico
The
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Boston
Hayes
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. F. Hayes
Dudley St
Roxbury
Mrs. Pryrnam
Jydis E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Mass
Aowers
Tower Canadian Co., Limited
Toronto
Canada
Winchester
Minneapolis
Woodward & CO
Grain Commission
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