Timely travel tips for routes and trips
Low rates listed for several conventions in Toledo Denver and Kansas City with July ticket return limit 90 days and October 31 for other dates Stopovers allowed east of California line and west of Chicago or St Louis Diverse routes include west of Daggett and via San Francisco Albuquerque or El Paso Yellowstone Park recommended as a summer outing with Salt Lake route info and through sleeping car service from Los Angeles to Chicago Contact KC Kerr Riverside California or T Peck Los Angeles for full information
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California Products 1907 DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve Ad
An old advertising notice promotes DeWitt’s Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve as the original and superior product. It asserts many imitations exist but only DeWitt’s is genuine, cleanses, cools and soothes. Sold by R. F. Billings.
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DeWitt
R. F. Billings
Where's that New Yorker asks about the rest of the country
A visitor challenges a New Yorker by saying the city knows little of the wider country. The New Yorker dismissively repeats confusion, prompting a brief exchange about regional knowledge.
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New Yorker
Faithful Traveler Endorses 35-Year Remedy For Travel
A commercial traveler from Oakland Indiana extols Chamberlain's Colera and Diarrhoea Remedy, claiming it has speedily cured him since 1872. He says he never travels without this “faithful friend” and urges its sale by R. F. Bil.
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Ghanderlain’s Coke Colera and Diarrhoea Remedy Endorsed
A testimonial from FE Henry of United States Express Co Chicago says General Superintendent Mr Quick gave him a bottle of Ghander lain’s Coke Colera and Diarrhoea Remedy to treat chronic diarrhoea. He reports cures among train crews and an old soldier who served with Hayes and McKinley. Sold at R F Billings drug store.
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Manard FE. Henry
United States Express Co
Chicago
Quick
Rutherford B. Hayes
William McKinley
23Rd Ohio Regiment
R. F. Billings Drug Store
Horrific German Killers Revealed in London Sewers
The article recounts brutal criminals jailed abroad and in London. Alfred Knapp, executed in Hamilton in 1903, strangled and murdered multiple women and children. Johann Bobbe, the “human mole” of Berlin, used a trap and iron spike to impale victims. Mueller, a Duernburg schoolteacher, confessed to an eight year string of murders after remains of a supposed victim were exhumed.
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Johann Bobbe
Berlin
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Mueller
Duernburg
Bayreuth
London
Ansewers
Hannibal Hamlin Earns Title The Carthaginian of Maine
In a Maine legislature clash with John Holmes Hamlin denied insult to his swarthy complexion by noting Holmes’s brandy bottle heritage. The exchange drew applause and Holmes apologized after being challenged by the young legislator. The remark led to the nickname that followed Hamlin for life. Lewiston Journal.
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Hannibal Wamlin
Maine
John Holmes
Hamlin
Holmes
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House of Representatives
Alfred
al- Tred
Lewiston Journal
Hotel incident at Rodick's Bar Harbor sparks chaos in early days
A Boston man recalls Rodick's in Bar Harbor where a lack of elevators and electric bells defined a rough era. A drunken patron triggered a water-hose attack on staff from a hogshead near the stair, flooding three flights and damaging carpets. The owner later charged five men three baths apiece at one dollar each.
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One Way to Look at It From Cornish Humor
A brief humorous sketch notes Cornish humor as unconscious with a concrete example. A Cornishman explains teaching a boy the fiddle with comical mispronunciations and a quip about a large head and his singing ability.
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Gwain
Moon Versus Earth Size and Composition Details
The Moon's diameter is about 2 160 miles, roughly a quarter of Earth's. Its surface area is 14 600 000 square miles, about one thirteenth to one fourteenth of Earth. Earth's volume far surpasses the Moon's by about 49.5 times, yet Moon material is lighter. Earth's mass exceeds Moon's by nearly 81.5 times.
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New York American
Achilles in disguise tricked by handkerchief drop
In a wry Greek tale retold by the Kansas City Journal the Greeks wonder how to tell Achilles from a woman in disguise. Ulysses concedes they failed by noting he used a signaling handkerchief to reveal the truth whenever he turned around.
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Achilles
Ulysses
Kansas City Journal
Did Johnny split the kindling claim
A brief Washington Herald item quotes a dialogue about Johnny refusing to split kindling, saying he’d swim in blood first, illustrating a dramatic, hyperbolic line from a dime novel reader.
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Washington Herald
Hair lace of hair and flax from sixteenth century queen
The London Express notes a rare point tresse lace made from human hair and flax. It was confined to early sixteenth century France and a fragment was sent from the tower by Margaret countess of Lennox to Mary Queen of Scots as proof of belief in the queen’s innocence.
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Countess of Lennox
Darnley
Charles Lennox
Bess of
Hardwick
Mary
Queen of Scots
London Express
Haunted Manila Prison Tale: Wall Built For A Living Death
An American officer was shown a brick wall with a hidden cell in the old Spanish prison of Manila. The guide explained that prisoners were fed until death, with food delivered on a plate and the inmate signaling death by returning the empty plate.
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Manila
Senor
Not Listening to Swearing Says Little Girl on Street
A mother-daughter pair walks past loud men when the young girl, though tiny, condemns coarse language. She then asserts she is not listening, underscoring a child’s moral stance amid adult talk.
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New York Times
Unterrified Lecturer Faces Abyss on Trail
A traveler described as a lecturer on a journey stumbled into a wide abyss ahead of him. He remained unperturbed, noting such yawning openings as a familiar sight during his extensive travels and lectures.
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Chicago News
Time and wealth debated by Dustin Starx and friend
In a Washington Star aside, Dustin Starx defends time as valuable and questions why vast wealth should prevent wasting minutes, while his easygoing acquaintance questions the allure of money against the cost of time.
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Dustin Starx
Washington Star
Johnny's definition of tantalizing circus tease
Johnny Holcomb offers a humorous rural definition of tantalizing. He explains it as a circus procession passing the school that scholars are not allowed to look at, reflecting a child’s playful misinterpretation.
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Johnny
Johnny Holcomb
Geulus Aspiration and Inspiration Proverb
A compact note presents Geulus as a fusion of aspiration and inspiration drawn from an Irish proverb. It highlights a value-laden expression in concise form.
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