Special Homeseeker Excursion Rates via the Wabash
Wabash offers homeseeker excursion rates with tickets on sale the first and third Tuesdays monthly. Fares to Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Indian Territories are about one fare plus $2 round trip, gulf points to Texas and intermediate Okla destinations $25.40 round trip. Colorado and other points on application. Tickets valid thirty days with liberal stop-overs. Inquiries to E. W. Richeson, Agent.
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Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Gulf
Texas
Colorado
E. W. Richeson
Agt
Special Rates Via Wabash Railway to Western Cities
One way second class colonist rates to the west via Wabash railway about half fare plus 2 dollars. Sales dates March and April with city pairings including Billings Montana Portland Oregon Spokane Washington and Ogden Utah rail links. Agent EH Richesen notes dates March 1 to April 30 and September 1 to October 31, 1907.
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Wabash Railway
Billings
Hilldale
Mont
Portland
Ore
Tacoma
Seattle
Everett
Bellingham
Ogden
Utah
Salt Lake City
Helena
Butte
Spokane
Wash
Points
Northern Pacific Railway
EH. W. Richesen
Spooner of Wisconsin Ends Senate Career After Sixteen Years
United States senator John C. Spooner of Wisconsin retires from the Senate after sixteen years to resume the practice of law. He served as chairman of the rules committee and a member of finance and steering committees and was regarded as a key constitutional and legal authority in the chamber. His career included two nonconsecutive terms beginning in 1885 and ending with his resignation effective May 1. Mark Twain and the Office Boy adds a humorous note on Twain's early publishing days and his infamous dislike for office boys.
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Spooner
Wisconsin
John C. Spooner
United States
Congress
Senate
Senator Spooner
Committee On Rules
Sawyer
Apnsus Cameron
William F. Vilas
Mr. Vilas
McKinley
Interior
Cornelius N. Bliss
New York
Mark Twain
Mark
Carmack Rejects Violin Concert in Charity Fundraiser
Edward W. Carmack of Tennessee, defeated for re election by Fiddling Bob Taylor, was asked to buy tickets to a violin recital for charity. He quipped that he did not like that kind of music, declining the offer. Washington Post report.
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Edward W. Carmack
Tennessee
Senate
Bob” Taylor
Senator Carmack
Washington Post
Idaho's New Senator Borah Emerges From Idaho Roots
William E. Borah, newly elected U S senator for Idaho, is a Boise lawyer and Iliinois native. He studied in Idaho and Kansas, advised on the defense of miners in the Steunenberg murder case, and will turn forty two next June. His wife is the daughter of former Idaho governor William J. McCamell.
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Idaho
William E. Borah
United States Senate
Ilinois
University of Kansas
Boise
Ida
Cess
Moyer
Haywood
The House of Lords as an Aristocracy of Wealth
William Everett argues in Atlantic that the House of Lords remains an aristocracy of birth and wealth, reflecting property over politics. Entail and primogeniture preserve landed estates while new peers stay rich. heiresses favor titles. the Lords stand as a staunch champions for wealth in governing.
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Europe
Palestine
Henrys
Edwards
House of Lords
Tennyson
Lincolnshire
Proputty
Williain Everett
Atlantic
Natural Kitchens in New Zealand’s Volcano Region
The New Zealand North Island offers a natural cooking method with boiling springs and hot rivers where Maori and white residents use unaided heat for cooking and washing. Tourists face danger wandering this volcanic area without guides.
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Iceland
North Island
New Zealand
New York Tribune
Edwin Booth Mimicry Backfires At Benefit Show
Behind the scenes Edwin Booth watches a character actor imitate stars at a benefit. When asked who to imitate next the actor plans Hamlet but fears ruining the act. He then imitates Booth himself, delivering a famous line with a wig and coat borrowed, yet newspapers declare the impersonation vile and ruinous.
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Edwin Booth
Booth
Toledo
Windsor Castle Costs Soar Beyond A Million Pounds
The London Chronicle notes Windsor Castle has cost Great Britain more than any other castle in cash. George IV received 300000 pounds for reconstruction, four years of grants followed, and William IV finally concluded there was nothing more to do as the total neared one million pounds.
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Royal Castle
Great Britain
Windsor
London Chronicle
George IV
William IV
Skull swap over Pope skull theft revealed
The skull of Alexander Pope was moved from his grave during churchyard alterations. A pbhrenologist owned the skull, and a night corruption saw the sexton bribed to return a different skull the next morning. The total cost, including the bribe, was £50.
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Alexander Pope
Boy and friend argue over facts in case
A parent questions a boy about an argument with his friend. The boy replies that there is no argument, only presenting facts to Jimmie, who remains stubborn and refuses to understand. The exchange is described as between chums.
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Jimmie
Escaping the Organ Grinders
London Punch notes itinerant organ men avoid playing near dentists to avoid troublesome grinders. The avoidant tactic reflects urban humor about nuisance and professional power.
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London Punch
Estate Owns The Wealthy Man Says Bilon
A wry quote from Bilon notes the paradox of a rich man being owned by his own estate. The remark focuses on the idea that wealth can constrain and define the person more than personal possessions.
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Bilon
Flavoring Soup and the Art of Seasoning
The text likens flavoring to poetry, stressing moderation and balance in seasoning. It suggests tiny amounts of onion celery pepper clove parsley bay leaf burned sugar or caramel coloring, blended into a harmonious whole to showcase skill and delicacy of taste.
Household First Aid and Everyday Tips From a Past Era
Household guidance covers poisoning responses for accidental drug exposure, skin spills, and swallowed poisons with remedies like vinegar for caustic substances and mustard emetic. It also offers kitchen tips to whiten potatoes, headache relief with ammonia and hot lemon water, dental concerns from thread biting, and wringer maintenance with kerosene.
Useful chair attachment for dining room and barber chairs
A wind up of a chair attachment that clamps to an ordinary dining chair to form a high chair for children. It folds compactly when not in use and can be stored discreetly. The device uses rubber covered hangers and adjustable fastenings to set the seat position for various ages. Also mentions keeping kitchen sinks clean and a grease remover recipe with rainwater ammonia saltpeter shaving soap.
Tea Leaves Clean Varnished Surfaces in Aged Guide
A vintage household tip explains saving tea leaves to make a cleansing solution for varnished surfaces. Soak the dried leaves in water, strain, and use the brew as a soap substitute. Also notes a furniture polish recipe combining castile soap beeswax and turpentine into a paste for floors and furniture.
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Shoop
Chichester Chemical GO
Madison Place
Philadelphia
Wabash
Parker
Droggiste
Troy Township
Firs
K. of P
Clinton D. Smith
St. Loui
Cuba
Florida
Gulf Coast
California
H. J. Rhein
Cincinnati
John ©. Spooner
THE
Windsor Castle
Pope's
Mr. Ewing Young
Stonefort
Lil
Zemo
MR. Youngs
E. W. Rost Medicine Co
St. Louis
Itl
Ira Blackman
Manford VanDorn
Covington, Ind
General
Indiana
Layton & Bilsland
Maple City
Maple City Soap Works
Monmouth
Duvowwy
Coleman, Reeves& Coleman
Dalady
Republican iGivest
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