Train fare notices and ticket sales details
Tickets on sale the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Rates to Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Indian Territories about one fare plus 2 dollars for round trip. To gulf points in Texas and intermediate points to Oklahoma 25 40 dollars round trip. Colorado and other points on application. Tickets valid thirty days with liberal stop overs. For more information call or address E. W. Richeson, Agt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Gulf
Texas
Colorado
E. W. Richeson
Agt
Soups and Luxuries at a London Dinner Party
Public interest centers on a London dinner where twenty four guests paid $1 000 for the meal. Prices cited include Chinese bird s nest soup at $35 per plate and rare delicacies such as cavaire at $10 per head and coco de mer at $200. The piece notes scarcity and export controls on the Seychelles double coconut.
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London
Galveston
Tensacola
China
Coco-De-Mer
Seychelles
Invisible Snakes in a New Jersey Culvert Warning
A writer recalls unseen snakes thriving near a culvert beside a New Jersey station. A wall, stream, and reeds hid four species a parter worm Te Kay and a milk snake. Passersby remained oblivious while a local flagman doubted their presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Reland
Iue Follawing Co
Francis Metcalfe
Outing Magazine
Remembered Demands of a Democratic Commodore
An old Harper's Weekly reminiscence recalls Commodore Vanderbilt meeting a former poultry seller, while his daughter and wife react with shock. The anecdote contrasts social lines as Vanderbilt recalls a Jersey root beer and oyster seller past.
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Commodore Vanderbilt
Commodore
New Jersey
The Window Verse on a Lady’s Resolve Not to Marry
A London Reader note describes a lady who wrote verses on a window declaring she will never marry. A gentleman replied with lines mocking the pledge, claiming the resolve can be broken.
Tube pressure experiment described in Appletons Magazine
A detailed account explains the sensation of being under forty pounds per square inch as a lockkeeper opens a valve. The reader experiences fog and loud air, ear pain, and a pervasive pressure difference that prevents feeling danger despite the danger of explosion. The piece notes how voices sound distant, how light and sound behave, and how oxygen affects combustion in a dense atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Molker
Appleton’s Magazine
Cabeza de Vaca Reports Natives Dressed in Cotton Garments
Cabeza de Vaca’s 1535 expedition along the Gila river country notes indigenous peoples wearing cotton garments. The account preserves early observations of attire and material culture in the region.
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Cabeza di Vaca
Gila River
Itch Cure Promises Fast Relief at Woodford’s Station
An advertisement touts quick itch relief from a product sold by M. Vandora at Covington’s Sanitary Station. It invites readers to call and view a prize chart for details and claims the remedy never fails.
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Woodford
M. Vandora
Covington
Sale Notice of Dr Hicks Property at Covington Barn
Lien safe notice announces sale on Saturday November 2 at the ivory barn Covington Fountain County Indiana of chestnut sorrel mare Stand ard bred 9 year old nine hands high with white hind ankles weight about 1500 pounds top buggy harness and single harness items held for feed and care under Indiana statutes. Property viewable at the barn before sale. Schulenberg Schmidt Oct 11 07 3w
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Covington
Founatain County
Indiana
John R. Hicks
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Troy Township
K. of P
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Florida
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Big Four
H. J. Rhein
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Troy
Harper’s Weekly
London Reader
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Try ‘Crawford
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Roding
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E. G. DE Witt & CO
Chicago
Ill
CG N
Cornell
Hedges Drug Co
Idrops
OR. S. D. Bland
Brewton, Jr
Lumbago
C. L. Gates Gancock
Minn
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Swanson Rubbmatic Cure Company
Lake &Tsrect
E. W. Rose
Mes Zine CO
ST. Louis, MQ
Manford VanDorn
Covington, Ind
HEEB
Bryant & Stratton
Indianapolis Business University
N. Pennst
E. J. Sleeb
Layton & Bilsland
Maple City
Maple City Soap Works
Monmouth
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Coleman,Reeves& F Coleman
Republican
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