Yellow Almanac Echoes of Home and Pressed Doldrums
In a reflective piece, the speaker recalls preferring the old yellow almanac on the wall over modern calendar stacks found in cities. The text blends personal memory with quotes from Balzac and Wilcox, noting a longing for simpler rhythms and the comfort of familiar pages. It also fragments discussions of rail revenue per mile and moral reflections on wealth derived from honest work.
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Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road
Report from Minnesota and Wisconsin delegates on Alberta
Five Minnesota and Wisconsin delegates praise Alberta after six day tour likening climate, schools, and grain yields to US conditions. They cite Dakota farmer McLean’s story, beef and pork markets strong, ample coal and wood, and note settlers already taking land. Benton Floyd Dean adds he took up 160 acres in Alberta.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Edmonton Bulletin
Alberta
McLean
Seie
Acre
Ada
Edmonton
P. R
United States
Floyd Dean
Dean
Deanville
Mich
Writers of Plays and The Drama Pay Patterns
The piece explores how dramatic authors earn money through royalties and fixed sums. It cites typical percentages of gross receipts, sliding scales for collaborators, and lump sums for hack writers, noting operetta adaptations pay poorly while successful originals reward managers and authors. It cites Gilbert and Sullivan as an example, turning down £10,000 upfront for Pirates of Penzance and earning £12,000 on royalties.
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Saya 'W. Henderson
Scribner's
Ike
Bronson Howard
Tate Ta
D'Oyly Carte
American Locomotives Spark English Workmen's Objections
English workers oppose the Midland railway's use of American locomotives, viewing them as a threat to national pride and the engineers' union. If American models can be built cheaper and meet British needs, British makers may lose work and wages. a proposed rule could prohibit handling American locomotives to protect wages as unions react to the competition.
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Midland Railway
Engineers’ Trades’ Union
Europe
Great Britain
Engineers’ Union
Boston Library Sale to Frederick L Ames Estate for 850000
Agreements signed to sell the old public library Building on Boylston Street Boston to the Frederick L Ames estate for 850000 with transfer planned this month. The corner stone was laid 44 years ago and the building completed 41 years later before 40 years of use as a library. Joshua Bates of England banker funded part of the building fund and donors supplied thousands of volumes including Theodore Parker and the Bowditch heirs.
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Boston
Public Lbrary
Boylston Street
Frederick L. Ames
Transcript
Copley Square
Joshua Bates
England
Massachusetts
Thebiary
Theodore Parker
Geo. Tichnor
Nathaniel Bowditch
Abbott. Lawrence
Mary C. Townsend
Jonathan Phillips
Sally Inman
East
Beads and Spangle Fall From Evening Dress Fashion
Fashion notes that beads and spangles, once popular on winter evening dresses, are being dispensed with. Black Chantilly over white mousseline de soie replaces them and tunic seams are hidden beneath sage to create a seamless gown effect.
Why She Did It and the Blame Game in Marriage
A quip from the Loston Journal notes Mme. Nevada once Miss Wixom of Nevada, now Mrs. Palmar, a god-daughter of Mrs. John Mackay. The remark questions why a wife lets her husband lead, answering that she prefers a ready target to blame when things fail.
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Loston Journal
Mme
Nevada
Wixom
Palmar
John Mackay
Common Hepebleace and Gold Question in Chicago Record
A garbled Chicago Record item questions if gold ever grows, noting it seems to shrink as possessed. An unrelated ad mentions a swallowed child and false teeth driving him mad, followed by a pitch for Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a remedy for stomach troubles malaria fever and ague available at all druggists.
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Chicago
Iit
American Ambassador Attire Sparks European Debate
Chicago Record notes critics say the ambassador's swallow-tail coat fails to impress amid European court robes. It mentions an American aide and broader commentary on diplomatic fashion without sensational detail.
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Chicago
Five Drops remedy touted as cure for rheumatism and related diseases
An advertisement-like plea touts Five Drops as the sole effective treatment for rheumatism and numerous ailments. It claims medical endorsement, miraculous cures, and lists conditions including sciatica, lumbago, neuralgia, catarrh, nervousness, asthma, heart weakness, toothache, flu, and liver and kidney diseases. Priced at $1 per bottle, with six for $5, offers mail prepaid from Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co, Chicago.
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Ita
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Company
Dearborn Street
Chicago
Thae Wanted Quote on Wife Shopping Habits
An exchange reveals a husband and wife debating household purchases. The wife freely buys hats gowns and gloves, while the husband laments the cost and the wife insists on choosing items she wants. The conversation highlights a clash over shopping and financial agreement.
Patents listed by Minnetonka firms in Twin Cities ad
A garbled OCR list shows various patent items and inventors from Minneapolis and nearby towns including Compton Staples Gilman Angberg and McLaughiin. It references a Minnesota circle lamp wick trimmer and a spring seat for water closets among other items with patent attorneys Merwin Lothrop and Johnson at Pioneer Press Building Saint Paul.
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Northwestern
Lion Compton
Staples
Minn
Charles 8
Gilman
Minneapolis
Minm
Nathin 1Faskins
James MecDaniel
Winns YP
Morneau
Princeton
Arthur O'Hyren
Helena
Mont
Frank R. Angberg
Kindred
N. D
Cunningham N. McLaughiin
Winona
Merwin, Lothrop & Jonnson
Pioneer Press
Gt. Paul
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted By Doctors
Claiming catarrh cannot be cured by local applications, the ad insists internal remedies reach the disease. Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as a blood and mucous surface tonic, prepared by Cheney & Co of Toledo, with testimonials offered. It asserts medical endorsement and lists price details.
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Hall
Tree
Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Spring Cleaning Matin Busy Fest of May Early
An old notice extols spring cleansing and preparation for May festivities. It mentions Ivory Soup as best for windows and woodwork. Advice covers soft waters, banishing insects with alum and porax, and purifying lime. A quotation from Lamartine emphasizes inner virtue over appearance.
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All-Weiling
Elizati
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Aimed at Whole Family Health
An advert from a general household drug product promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a safe pure remedy for all family members. The copy emphasizes beauty and health benefits and includes cautionary lines about timely action.
Fragmented advertising notices mix in a medical quackery flavor
A jumble of paraffin ad copy and stray quotes fills the page. It touts Allen's Foot Ease powder for new shoes, Salzer Seed Corn offers, teething remedies, and various dubious claims. The fragment ends noting a Chicago reader and a St. Louis woman using a telephone for social calls.
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St. Louis
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