Real estate bargains on multiple city properties
Listing lists several houses and investments on Huron Street Gurven Avenue Lodi Briere Muron Blaine Kaiser Street. Prices range from 1600 to 2600 for 5 to 8 room homes plus a new business block offering 12 percent return at 24000. Some entries note hot water heat and lot sizes 66 by 160 feet.
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Huron Street
Gurven Anvenue
Lodi Bireee
Blaine New Business Block
Kaiser Come Ao
Senator’s breakfast surprise ends in chop suey joke
Senator Joseph Ross of Oakdale Mass jokes about sticking to a routine as he discovers the famous dish chop suey is actually his own breakfast fare from the past two weeks. The anecdote follows his dining with a friend at a Chinatown restaurant.
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Joseph Ross
Oakdale
Mass
Chinatown
Burglar Artist Arrested After Finishing Portrait
Karoly Janos once a reputed painter, now tied to criminals, was caught red handed ransacking a house. He paused amid the scene, picked up the brushes, and added finishing touches to an unfinished portrait of a beautiful young woman before the homeowner alerted police.
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Karoly Janos
Sanitary Bible touted to replace kiss of witnesses
A dealer advertises a “sanitary Bible” bound in celluloid that can be washed and disinfected after each kiss in court. He claims it safeguards witnesses’ health in antiquated law courts still requiring book kissing to witness oaths.
Shake Independence Mark in Norwegian Farewells
The passage notes Norwegians reward travelers with a polite courtesy or thanks after a sufficient pour and a firm farewell handshake. It describes the habit as a sign of Norwegian independence, sometimes annoying to English travelers as they depart.
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Norway
The Likeness: An Obliging Man and a Paying Business
A quotation compares an obliging man to a man with a paying business building, noting both wish to extend their good offices. The exchange hinges on courteous intent and practical aims in business and service.
Pretend play and sham in American homes
A 12 year old cites fakes in a neighbor's house and a 14 year old notes pretend is taught at home. The Ladies' Home Journal warns that widespread imitation and sham in households harms children's developing thoughts and character.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Pleasures of the Rich
A critique argues against resenting the very rich for enjoying luxuries. The piece asserts true happiness lies in intangible gifts like friendship, good digestion, and diligent children, which money cannot buy. It defends letting the wealthy enjoy their modest pleasures within their means.
Swiss Shoemakers Work Grueling Hours Under Summer Demand
A United States government report notes Swiss shoemakers labor ten to twelve tours daily. Workers start as early as 4:30 or 5:00 a.m. in summer to fit agricultural needs, with six o'clock starts in winter. Rest breaks at nine and four o'clock, meals include beer and bread, and fresh meat is rare except on feast days.
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Wittman
United States
Carpenter’s Humble Speech at Memorial Chapel Dedication
The village carpenter, praised for free services and sound guidance on the memorial chapel, was asked to speak after lunch during dedication day. He started with a quip about being better suited for the scaffold bar than public speaking, then sat down as the audience laughed.
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Rebmndin
Pulse Variations Reveal Sex and Age Through Heart Rate
The article explains pulse ranges by sex and age from birth to old age. It notes higher rates in females than males, rates decline with age, and factors like body position exercise and illness influence tempo, including a rare 87 year old man with a pulse of 30.
Cause Enough
The excerpt shows a dialog between Carsone and Gebhart mentioning a typewriter test in a hut and a dinner with Gebhart's wife. Context implies a staged, character driven scene from The Bohemian.
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Carsone
Gebhart
Meeting the Demand
Dialogue excerpt shows Miss Cayenne explaining her obliging disposition leads to agreeable conversation yet makes others disinterested. The exchange probes social friction and her claim that few friends engage with other topics.
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Miss Cayenne
Train Schedules for East and West Bound Services
The notice lists daily east and west bound train numbers with times, divisions, and branches for Norwalk and Sandusky areas. It names A J Smith and Ww. C. Heim as ticket agents and outlines numerous up and down trains along the Norwalk and Sandusky divisions.
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Boston
Norwalk
Wayne
Toledo
Buffalo
Chicago
N. Y
Michigan
Sandusky
Western Express
aaDre
Cleveland & Detroit Express
Sandusky Division
Pacific Express
A J Smith
Ww. C. Heim
Pata Ticket Agt
When Women Get Sick and Need a Non Alcoholic Remedy
An advertisement asserts women suffer more pain than men and warns against alcoholic medicines. It touts Electrogen as a non alcoholic germicide and antiseptic that tones the system and purifies blood. Available at fifty cents to one dollar per bottle with a free fifty cent bottle offer by mail from the Electro-gen Co. Fremont Ohio.
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Electro-gen
Electro-gen Co
Fremont
Australian Leaf Woman's Remedy Ad
An advertisement promotes Mother Gray's Australian Ear as a safe monthly regulator and cure for female weaknesses including inflammation and ulcers. It claims relief for back and urinary ailments and offers sample free with 50 cents price, via The Mother Gray Co. Le Roy New York.
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Mother Gray
Mother Gray Co
le Roy
N. Y
Biggest Bargain Ever Offered For Sale Homes
For sale a large seven room house with good barn on the West Side near shops. Suitable for boarding house with fruit trees grapes currants cistern lake water and gas. Reasonable first payment of 10 per month with interest. Apply O A Cox.
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O. A. Cox
Cleveland and Elyria rail timetable details 1906
The notice lists extensive train schedules for the Cleveland and Southern Traction Co. with departures from Elyria Public Square to Cleveland and back, including Elyria Limiteds and Oberlin Limiteds, and west and east bound runs to Lorain Wellington Amherst Grafton Norwalk Sandusky and other stops. It specifies times, frequencies, and special weekend services, along with agent names and route names.
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Elyria
Publi Square
Cleveland
Public Square
Oberlin
Wellington
Lorain
Amherst
Grafton
Birmingham
Berlin Heights
Norwalk
Loswalk
J. O. Wilson
Ohlfe E H
Lake Shore
Dover
A.m
P.m. Eagle Clit
P.m. Beach Park
Bouth Lorain
South Lorain
Beach Park
A. m
P.m. Dover
P.m
Rocky River
Ohio
Vermilion
Hurco
Bandusky
Berlin Heighta
Fremont
Foledo
Sandusky
Lorato Ohio
Knet Boend
West Bound
le ‘Pain
Lorats
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Bateman Bs Pach Ag
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John Kaiser Bro. Company
Elyria Block
Addreea
E. J. Totten & CO. Bond Building
Washington, D. C
Prinses
Tande
Mos
Mad Dog
Doctor
P. M. Hall
Minneapolis
Hall
Little Land Fauntleroy
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Lord Fauntleroy
New Jersey
Fauntleroy
Thava
Accarata
Fred C. Witten
Elm St
Newark
N. J
Sterling Remedy Co
N.Y
LS. & M. S. Railway
H. W. Patrick
Cleveland & Southwehern Traction CO
Ine
Central
Rawson
Republican Printing Co
Second Street
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