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 run about one fare plus 2 dollars round trip. gulf points to Texas and intermediate Oklahoma routes are 25.40 for round trip. Colorado and other points on application. Tickets valid thirty days with liberal stopovers. Information from agent E W Richeson.
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Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Gulf
Texas
Colorado
E. W. Richeson
Agt
St. Louis
Cuba
Florida
Gulf Coast
California
H. J. Rhein
Cincinnati
Tokyo Slums and Hidden Poverty in the Capital
An inspection of Tokyo’s poorest districts reveals vast slums hidden from tourists and foreign visitors. The text notes migration from provinces to Tokyo, government suppression of the issue, and a sensational report by the WKWokumin newspaper on life in the Shitayva district, later destroyed by authorities.
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Tokyo
Dardis
Taba
Korea
Formosa
Japan
Wkwokumin
Shitayva
Walter J. Kingsley
Like Human Corks Bathing at Great Salt Lake
A Travel Magazine account describes bathing at the Great Salt Lake with steps to a shallow platform and buoyant water. Swimmers feel unable to sink, but salt in eyes or mouth stings. signs warn against loud frolics. After exiting, skin bears salt crystals needing a fresh-water shower or brushing.
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Great Salt Lake
Weighting a Horse's Stern on Madeira Island
On a Funcha Madeira harbor voyage officers and men landed for a ride. A mizzen top man named Brown rode a spirited horse with a stone tied in a handkerchief to its tail for balance. The officer joked about using weight to steady the horse aboard a man-of-war.
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Funcha
Madeira
Leutenant
Brown
What He Had to Say in Brief Excerpt
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet captures a terse exchange as a speaker pleads for time or explanation, then ends with the simple line Good night. The dialogue emphasizes confusion and finality.
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George
Cleveland Plain Deal
Family Jar joke on Major Jinke cremation humor
A humor item from the period jokes about the late Major Jinke whose body is cremated and placed in a fruit jar by his widow. The gag plays on the idea of a family jar and punch lines about inheritance and social status. The column also references a quip about marriage blending appetites and incomes, reflecting light newspaper humor.
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Major Jinke
Atlanta Constitution
Bagdad Dogs Scavenge City Amidst Heat and Decay
Descriptive sketch of Bagdad where packs of dogs roam hungry and wary. The piece notes ruined shop fronts, water and waste issues, and a river that both nourishes and pollutes the city. It contrasts the city’s unhealthy image with its relative normalcy, then imagines Bagdad without dogs scavenging the waste.
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Bagdad
Baggats
Euphrates
Arctic Cotton Plant Describes Arctic Flora and Ideas
The Cir cle notes the irony of a cotton plant in the Arctic here where ice lurks below and fields bloom from June to August. It contrasts soft short cotton fiber with southern cotton, suggests potential for Alaska industry, and humorously critiques usage of Christian names in a London Notes excerpt.
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Arctic
Soniorer
Fiction Ready Made by Mrs Dailey Exposed
A Philadelphia Press quip notes Mrs Dailey’s stories are not born of imagination but from cataloging her husband’s excuses for lateness at night. The remark highlights a humorous take on domestic anecdotes and authorial inspiration.
Local tabloid footnote hints at cruel scheme
St Louis Republic reports a disturbing anecdote where Little Mary’s mother orders Uncle Ben the conachman to drown many kittens but to keep Mary unaware. Mary overhears and pleads for warm water promising comfort, highlighting a troubling domestic scene.
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Mary
Uncle Ben
Ben
St. Louis Repub
Somersault Car Demonstrates Gracious Public Feat
London Globe reports on an American somersaulting car powered by simple rail-guided mechanics. The device climbs a fifty foot incline, vaults into the air, performs four slow somersaults, and lands on a platform before rolling away. The system relies on front and rear rollers and specially pitched rails to impart the rotation and ensure a four-wheeled landing. A second note recalls Charlotte Corday’s last Parisian lodging at Hotel de la Providence, noting its imminent demolition to widen Rue du Louvre.
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Seamersiultitus
Scientcie Miechanics
London Globe
Charlotte Corday
Paris
Hotel de la Providence
Charlotte
Caen
Rue du Louvre
Unique Operation Seeks Life for Suffering Westminster Hen
A two year old hen at Westminster animals hospital endures a novel treatment for a crop disease. Daily, a rubber tube delivers warm water to the bird’s mouth and the crop is gently flushed. The hen is the last of a nipe family to survive the same illness, after its siblings died.
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Animals’ Hospital
Westminster
London
Violin Crafted Entirely From Wooden Matches
Karl Wagner of Munich built a violin from wooden matches after modeling in cardboard. The finished instrument, with a Frauenkirche tower motif on the back, produced a fine tone. Ten boxes of matches funded the year long project and the violin was given to his son, a budding musician.
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Karl Wagner
Munich
Frauenkirche
Wagner
Three Points For Home Gardeners
Three tips for amateur seed planters emphasize choosing well known easy varieties, avoiding novelties, buying from reliable seed firms, and planting in prepared soil at proper depth and season. The Good Housekeeping botanist adds to rely on pansies zinnias asters and other established favorites rather than freak sports.
French Jew Bequeaths 50 Million Francs to Public Works
A French Jewish benefactor leaves 50,000,000 francs to public institutions, with half to the Pasteur Institute. He explains his motive as greed misread by others, saying the gift pleases him because it aids the needy they serve.
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America
Pasteur Institute
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