Whims Of Race Horses At Bennings Track
An oil trainer at Bennings race track notes horses as whimsical as people. He recalls a great racer needing the stable colors on the boy to perform, another horse retraining solo, one that refuses to race unless accompanied, and others that quit when challenged or only race with whip and spur. He says these thoroughbreds are peculiar and as full of whims as mankind.
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Paslgng
Bennings
The
Washington Star
Tie Landis
Timon
Inter
Hall
Businese
Tathaway
Nares
Tts
Ted Vatura
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R. Hathaway
Honest Connecticut Towns Impress Traveling Man
A traveler notes Connecticut communities as honest, contrasting with New York. He praises multiple street laundry boxes where residents drop packages when stores close. He contrasts slower merchant hours with practical boxes, praising the local honesty and reliability.
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Connecticut
New York
Boots and Temptation: A Woman’s Recurrent Theft Tale
A middle aged woman described as an incorrigible shoplifter repeats her own refrain I must steal boots despite help offered, prompting the narrator to reform efforts and sympathy. The piece also notes rumors of French soup’s declining popularity post Franco Prussian war and shifts in soup habits in America and Europe.
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Mryo Holmes
France
Europe
Cedar Rapids Route Playing Cards for sale by BOG agents
The Cedar Rapids Route Playing Cards advertise premium quality and finish, available at 15 cent per dozen via the General Passenger Department of the Cedar Rapids, R. and N. Ry. Depot, with postage paid on sending stamps or money orders. Also includes testimonials and other mixed notices about travel openings and local business prospects in Minnesota and surrounding towns.
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Cedar Rapids
BOG
General Passenger Department
J. C. Rok N. Ry
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