President of I C Quits After Seven Tenth Birthday Resigns
James T. Harahan longtime Illinois Central president resigns on his seventieth birthday and receives about 6000 in pension. He averaged 30000 salary over ten years and stays connected as director of Illinois Central and other lines. He served in Civil War engine service and now lives at 335 South Michigan Avenue Chicago with family.
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James T. Harahan
Illinois Central Railroad
Memphis
Tenn
Harahan
Inoia Central
Witnois Central
Lowell
Mass
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Pickwick Club
New Orleans
Noonday Club
St. Louis
Homewood Country Club
South Shore Country Club
First Teetotal Lord Mayor Sir Thomas Vezey Strong
Sir Thomas Vezey Strong becomes London’s teetotal lord mayor, the first in office to abstain from alcohol. His reign will feature King George’s coronation and the Sta tioners' guild centenary, with proposals for a city art gallery. He led parish unification to cut taxes and currently chairs the London Temperance hospital while supporting temperance groups.
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Thomas Vezey Strong
London
Sir Vezey
Mansion House
George
Stationers’ Guild
London Temperance Hospital
Independent Order of Good Templars
Heard Opportunity Knock
The article profiles George W. Perkins former partner of J. P. Morgan & Co who retires at forty nine with a fortune of several millions. Perkins began as an office boy at Chicago branch of New York Life and rose to partner at Morgan. He notes a shift from executive roles to devote time to corporation work and public interests.
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George W. Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Co
Perkins
Q& Good
Chicago
New ‘York’ Life’ Insurance Company
New -York Life
Morgan
Resignation of Princeton English Professor Henry Van Dyke
Dr Henry Van Dyke resigns as Murray Professor of English literature at Princeton University after a long tenure since 1900. A distinguished educator and author born 1852 in Germantown he may focus more on writing and has lectured at Yale and Harvard in addition to editing several works.
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Henry van Dyke
Murray
Princeton University
Princeton
van Dyke
Germantown
University of Berlin
United Congregational Church of
Newport
R. L
Brick Presbyterian Church
New York
Brick Church
Yale
Harvard
To Cut or Not to Cut in Borderland Cases
Dr Hamlet notes surgeons study borderland cases where the choice is operation or not. The text riffs on medical fame, patient demand, and the lure of the knife, with satire on surgeons and the social pressures surrounding surgery. It imagines a nurse and the fever chart as part of the misgiving about cutting.
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Ural
Styer
Man Learns to Write Million From Bookkeeper
Une' Mose asks for help to write the word million and the bookkeeper records it. Later Une' Mose proudly shows a letter to his son in Georgia claiming a 1 000 000 crop this summer.
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Une' Mose
Une’ Mose
Georgia
Mosquito Kill Method Attributed To Savant
An interviewer asks a savant about a supposed discovery to kill mosquitoes. The savant responds that it may not be a discovery but outlines a method: wait for a good frost to eradicate the pests.
A Finished Musician
A mother discusses buying a piano for Susie after a year of singing lessons. The clerk suggests a baby grand, but the mother questions if Susie prefers lullaby pieces, referencing Paddy Rooster.
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Susie
Paddy Rooseter
Moving Van Master Plan Ends Our May Moving Loop
The speaker notes an annual May cycle of moving flats is over and celebrates a new plan. They claim to have settled into a moving van as a permanent solution, portraying a humorous, tongue in cheek resolution to the repeated relocations.
Lodger’s Remark Sparks Kipling Book Hunter Tale
A land lady’s daughter teases Mr. Lodger about his many Kipling volumes. He confesses he keeps buying every edition in search of an elusive “other story” Kipling supposedly told, adding a note of literary whimsy to the scene.
Are Your Kidneys Well Dean's Kidney Pills Ad
An old advertisement urges checking kidney health with Dean's Kidney Pills. A testimonial from a Harbor, Me. reader describes severe kidney pain, inability to void normally, and weeks of illness, claiming permanent relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills. Sold by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY at 50 cents a box.
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Campbell
Atlantic Ave
Boothbay ‘ Harbor
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Congressman Opposes Bill But Demands 35000
A dialogue shows a congressman resisting the bill currently, while offering potential reversal for 35000. A lobbyist counters that the mind is not worth that much.
Cuticura Emollients Help Infants’ Soothing Relief
A promotional note cites Cuticura Soap and Cuticura ointment as quick comfort for itching burning and scaly dermatitis in infants and children. It claims sleep returns for the child and rest for parents and offers a free 32 page care book from Potter Drug Chem Boston.
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Potter Drug
Chem. Corn
Boston
Needed Assistance and a Childish Request in a Back Door Tale
A hobo knocks on a back door seeking help for his sick wife and hungry children and receives biscuits from the housewife who then asks for a nut cracker. A separate note recalls Joseph Pulitzer and his son Ralph, highlighting the elder Pulitzers lack of holidays and the son's compliment on his father's hard work.
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Joseph Pulitzer
Ralph
Blood poisoning risk and cures advertised in 19th century text
An advertisement extols immediate use of Hamlin Wizard Oil to prevent blood poisoning from slight wounds. It also promotes Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, claiming gum soothing, reduced inflammation, pain relief, and cures wind colic at five cents per bottle.
Thee a Lesson From Venus
A Chicago Tribune excerpt praises Miss Venus as a patient, stoic figure who endures constant judgments from men and women without complaint. The piece lauds her calm, quiet resilience, framing her as a daily lesson in virtue and perseverance.
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Miss Venus
Venusa
G. S
Chicago Tribune
Not as Bad as It Sounded in New York Dinner Tale
Andrew Carnegie recalls a Scotch dialect quirk during a New York dinner. He notes the dialect can cause awkward missteps and tells a Christmas Highland inn anecdote about a maid and a modest Kathleen who blushes at a compliment misconstrued in Highland speech.
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Andrew Carnegie
New York
Kathleen
Janet
Peebles
The Shadow of Science and Early Time Measurement
The essay links shadows and gnomons to the origins of astronomy geometry and geography. It notes ancient timekeeping uses from the Nile to Upper Egypt, describing a gnomon-based shadow reckoning device and its role in marking the year and work hours for a water wheel.
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Upper
Egypt
Hand Made Cigars Show Craft And Cost
The article notes cigars are still made by hand with no machine able to match skilled fingers for neatness and consistency. It contrasts cheap three for ten cent cigars using various leaves with premium Havana cigars smoked by the czar of Russia costing 1.50 each.
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Russia
Havana
Nipped In the Bud
Parke notes a dramatic college graduation followed by an elopement. Lane confirms the groom fled with the lady chauffeur, describing a surprising turn in the tale.
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Parke
Bilfer
Lane
ParkeWhy
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days by Pazoonint
Four druggists offer a refund if Pazoonint fails to cure itching burning bleeding or protruding fissures in six to fourteen days. The ad emphasizes meeting men on a level as a best way to lift them.
Phrase from a wedding toast misfire
A fragment captures a comic exchange at a wedding where the bride rejects proposing the best man and the groom asks the bride to marry him instead. The dialogue hints at social expectations and the humor of wedding jitters.
Cat Displays Tigerish Nature in Ayr Incident
A domestic cat showed tigerish behavior in Ayr when a woman Mrs John Scott left a message and a weeks old child in the house. The cat reportedly bit and partly ate the child’s left hand while the mother was away, raising alarm about danger and cruelty.
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Ayr
John Scott
Occasio
Comny
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