Lake Shore endorses newsboys reform along the line
John Gunckel as Lake Shore passenger agent proposes to organize station newsboys into the National Newsboys association. He would ban swearing lying stealing gambling and smoking, require a national badge, form auxiliaries in towns with 25 or more boys, and extend the program across the system with railroad endorsement.
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Toledo Blade
Toledo
Lake Shore Road
John &. Gunckel
Lake Shore Company
A. J. Smith
National Newsboys’ Association
Mr. Smith
Cc. F. Daly
H. S. Storss
Gunckel
Toledo Newsboys
United States
Guncksi
Dr King’s New Life Pills advertised
An advertisement claims Dr King’s New Life Pills cure sickness from poisons of undigested food. The message promises a money back guarantee and notes the price as 25 cents at Houseworth Bros. drug store.
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Dr. King
Houseworth Bros. Drug Store
Local Advert Fragments Point To Faded Business Names
Fragmentary note lists Try Fisher's livery and board barn and Meader's old stand with 6 Picture Framing at one-fourth off not Turnock's.
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Fisher
Meader
For Over Five Years Kidney Trouble Healed
B Spiegel of Evansville Indiana recounts a long battle with kidney and bladder ailments that left him weakened and unable to work. After three doctors and a sickening decline Foley's Kidney Cure offered relief from the first bottle, and complete cure after the second. For sale at all druggists.
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B. Spiegel
Virginia St
Evansville
Ind
Cheap excursion to Niagara Falls and three cities
Advertises an affordable round trip excursion to Niagara Falls Toronto Montreal and Alexandria Bay on August 24 aboard Lake Shore By service. Details are in another column or from ticket agents with contact codes 1.4 811 15 18 22.
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Niagara Falls
Toronto
Montreal
Alexandria Bay
Lake Shore
Big Four Plans Excursion to Benton Harbor
The Big Four will run an excursion to Benton Harbor next Sunday. Train leaves 71 48 a.m. Roundtrip fare is 75 cents.
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Big Four
Benton Harbor
Demand for a modern medicine cleanser for blood and liver
Advertisement extols Dr King's New Life Pills as a medicine meeting modern requirements for blood and liver cleansing. It claims to cure stomach and liver troubles and invites readers to try them at Houseworth Bros drug store for 25 cents with a guarantee.
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Emand
King’s
Houseworth Broz ‘Drug Store
Automobiles Replace Trains on Jackson County Line
Blue Springs and Oak Grove in eastern Jackson County adopt daily auto service to Independence after trains skip smaller towns. Cars run 40 minutes Blue Springs to Independence, about 85 miles per hour potential on easy grades. Grain Valley and others may follow, bringing faster shopping trips to KC.
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Jackson County
Missouri
Kansas City Star
Chicago and Alton Railway
Blue Springs
Oak Grove
Independence
Kansas City
Elamors
Chicago and Alton
Biue Springs
Blue ‘Springs
Rock Road
Burbank’s child culture idea from plant to child training
The Rev Dr James W Lee reports Luther Burbank of Santa Rosa says human beings like plants respond to surroundings. He argues children should be physically morally and spiritually perfect by training them with the same attentive care he uses for plants and weeds.
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James W. Lee
St. Louis
Luther Burbank
Santa Rosa
Cal
St. Louis Dispatch
California
Lee
Burbank
Journalists as Bullfighters in Pampeluna Corrida
The London Chronicle reports a novel bullfight to be staged at Pampeluna with journalists from the Heraldo and Imparcial among the matadors picadors and banderitos. Vivid copy is expected but the bulls’ impressions cannot be shared with the public.
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Spain
Pampeluna
Heraldo
Imparcial
London Chronicle
Paris Black Cat fades from Paris hotel lore
London Globe notes the Paris Chat Noir hotel will vanish from locals memory as managers failed to keep it profitable without erasing its traditional character. The move signals end of an era tied to its famed past.
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Paris
London Globe
Asti
Sint Appey
Bossa
Wide variance in coffee tea and wine consumption across nations
A New York Tribune analysis cites Department of Commerce statistics showing Americans lead in coffee use and tea consumption rivaling the English while Italians and Russians lag in wine and beer. The piece compares imagined multi-country table orders to illustrate relative alcohol and caffeine habits among seven nations.
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John Bulls
Department of Commerce
Washington
New York Tribune
Quiet Grumbles Reported on Train Ride
A man seated beside a stranger vented about business, politics, war, peace, vacations, church, children, railroads, schools, farms and weather for thirty minutes, revealing a steady grumble pattern during the journey.
Panama Canal Zone seeks rapid post war modernization
Collector of revenues Thomas Cook surveys U S backed plans in the Panama Canal Zone to build water systems pave streets drain swamps and erect modern houses for employees. He cites low yellow fever figures and outlines hospital expansion school construction and job opportunities with elevated pay and ample housing for officials and workers.
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Canal Zone
Thomas Cook
Panama Gana] Zone
United States
Washington
New York Tribune
Charles E. Magoon
Panama Commission
Panama
Colon
Magoon
New
York
Riverside
Unopen
Every Morning Is a Good Morning Says Health Advice
A health column argues there are no bad mornings with right living and good health. It links cheerful mornings to honest labor, eight hours of sleep, and a wholesome lifestyle, noting weather reflects personal health and attitude.
Reform Too Thorough Leads To Smoking Promise Anecdote
Old Lady Colburn shares a cautionary tale about reform in marriage. A granddaughter plans to reform John before their wedding and recalls a story of a wife who warned her husband not to smoke. When a stove fills the room with smoke, he quips that his vow covers pipes and smoking both, prompting her to fetch the store man herself.
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Colburn
John
Unappreciated Courage in Tennessee Bear Hunt
Hiram Gates, a small but brave hunter in the Tennessee mountains, crawled into a tiny cave with a knife clenched between his teeth to face a bear. He killed the animal as the cave prevented the bear from turning, then skinned it and returned home.
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Tennessee Mountains
Hiram Gates
Hiram
Shear
Bes
Peace Envoys Introduced in Reception by President
Plenipotentiaries of Japan and Russia, en route to Portsmouth peace talks, were formally greeted by President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay aboard the Mayflower. Sec. Pierce and military aides attended as diplomats met and were presented to one another. a buffet luncheon followed to avoid precedence questions.
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New York
Japan
Russia
Portsmouth
N. H
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
United States
Mayflower
Pierce
State Department
Root
Charles D. Sigshee
Navy
Frederick D. Grant
Department of the East
Army
Chattanooga
Tacoma
Ermander
Winslow
Galveston
Sergius Witte
Baron Rosen
Ninety-seventh Street
Madison Avenue
Maria Feodorovna
Moonlight Excursion to Winona Lake by Big Four
The Big Four will run a moonlight excursion to Winona Lake on Thursday evening April 10. The train departs Elkhart at 6 30 p m with round trip fare of 13 dollars. Dr Otto Gramzow of Berlin comments on Prof Ernest Haeckels rising influence in Germany noting many invite him to speak only if he does not oppose Haeckel.
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Big Four
Winona Lake
Elkhart
Otto Gramzown
Berlin
Ernest Haeckel
Germany
Gas House Coke Fuel Delivery Dispute
A fragmented note describes parties placing orders for Coke fuel from a gas house. The text mentions delivery arrangements and a possible hold or delay pending further clarification.
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Lens
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John E. Gunckel
Alton Line
Whistling
Burbank’s
America
Italy
England
Sion
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