Special Homeseeker Excursion Rates via the Wabash
Wabash railroad offers homeseeker excursion rates with tickets on sale the first and third Tuesdays monthly. Fare to Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Indian Territories about one fare plus 2 dollars round trip. gulf Texas points and intermediates to Oklahoma 25 40. Colorado and other points on application. Tickets valid thirty days with liberal stopovers. For more details contact E. W. Richeson agent.
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Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Gulf
Texas
Colorado
E. W. Richeson
Agt
St. Loui
Cuba
Florida
Gulf Coast
California
H. J. Rhein
Cincinnati
English novelist Hichens and notable figures in society
ENS English novelist Hichens known for The Call of the Blood is discussed alongside his early musical gift and scientific aims. The article also notes Dr Anita Newcomb McGee receiving a Japanese imperial medal, Charles Stewart Smith's New York transit influence, and other biographical sketches of public figures and their roles.
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Opbeat Wich. Ens
Sahara Desert
Garden of
London
Royal College of Music
Ivrie
Hichens
Japan
United States
Anita Newcomb McGee
Imperial Order of the Crown
McGee
America
Charles Stewart Smith
New York
Newark
N. J
New York Rapid Transit Commission
New York Chamber of Commerce
Citizens’ Union
Seth Low
Mr. Smith
Connecticut
Exeter
N. H
Charilea Stewart Smith
Aaron Dickinson Woodruff
Trenton
The Hercules Beetle of Central American Regions
A description of the Hercules beetle noting its large size, vivid but unappealing appearance, habitats in Central and South America and parts of the West Indies, larval form, culinary use by Carib peoples, and local beliefs about its powers and behavior. It explains the beetle’s flight limits and debunks myths of tree-sawing.
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Central
South America
Domhinica
Evolution of tablecloths from doublers to flat cloths
In the twelfth century large tablecloths called doublers were laid to touch the floor on the guest side. Kings like Charles V owned dozens of long fringed cloths, including a thirty two yard silk embroidered piece. By the sixteenth century double cloths gave way to two cloths one small and one large folded into river like shapes, but fashion soon moved to a single flat cloth touching the floor on all sides.
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Charles V
France
Astley Recounts Campaign Quip On Liquor Bill
Sir John Astley, once persuaded to stand for Parliament as a Conservative from Lincolnshire, admitted little political knowledge but treated campaigning as sport. When asked about Sir Wilfrid Lawson's liquor bill he quipped that his own was last year a deuced sight too big, drawing amused reaction at a village meeting in Axholme.
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Sir John Astley
Lincolnshire
Isle of
Axholme
Wilfrid Lawson
John
Crown of Thorns Plants Across Nations
The piece notes several legends naming different plants as the crown of thorns from Christdorn in Germany to hawthorn in France and bramble in Spain. It also cites folklore from Scotland and England, linking enthusiasm to sincerity and truth, with Bulwer Lytton and Rochefoucauld quotes.
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Germany
France
Spain
England
Orpheus
Bulwer Lytton
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Europe
Brown Mfg CO
St. Louis
Greeneville, Tenn
Chichester Chemical Co
Madison Place
Philadelphia
Wabash
Parker
Troy Township
K. of P
Curnton D, Smith
As Dias
Simon Newcomb
W J McGee
Washington
Newnham College
Cambridge
University of Geneva
Columbia University
Johns Hopkins University Hospital
Army Nurse Corps
United States Army
Russia
Orient
Red Cross
Kangossu Kantoku
Princesses
Wns
Smith, Hogg & Gardner
Boston
Isst
Belpmnite
Dwight L
MOODY
F. A. Busse
Chicago
Mr. Busse
Jake
George Sylvester Viereck
William the Great
Kaiser William
College of the City of
Leonard Button Abbot
Brooklyn
Viereck
Wilhelm
Louis Viereck
Kaiser
Andre Autard
John D. Rockefeller
Paris
Mr. Rockefeller
M. Autard
W. B. Easterly
Haywood
Idaho
Harry Orchard
Easterly
Orchard
Independence Depot
Cripple Creek
Mine Owners’ Association
Ropes Hwichens
DR. M’ger
Charles &Stewart Smith
Holly
Roche Foucault
Harvey Burks
Harrisburg
Ilinois
Zemo
E.W. Rose Medicine Co
J. Louis
Harris
Arning St. Marethae
Dean
Zemu
Maemo Mer
Wing
Zremo
Gladio
Manford VanDorn
Covington
General
Indiana
Layton & Bilsland
Isga
Maple City
Maple City Soap Works
Monmouth
Bon &E
Dalacy
Coleman
Reeves & Coleman
The
Republican
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