Minneapolis World Tours by Rail Promises Quick Travel
Travel notice announces 170 007 passengers carried yearly with streamlined routes from Minneapolis via Omaha Denver and Salt Lake to Santa Fe. Weekly departures begin October 20 with reduced four day trips to Kansas City and Santa Fe. Berth prices from 36.00, tickets via Minneapolis St Louis Railway offices and agents listed for further details. Also promotes the International Live Stock Exposition sales in December with round trip fares.
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Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Denver
Salt Lake
Kansas City
Sante Fe
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Minneapols
Ming
Papier-mache Armor Pushes into Historic Suits of Mail
The New York Evening Post notes that papier-mache armor is expanding across firms and periods, offered with bright inlays and varied finishes. Buyers can imitate Crusader, Poitiers, and Cromwell era pieces at low cost for walls or halls, while critics warn antique dealers these novelties threaten their trade.
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New York Evening Post
Poitiers
Crecy
England
France
Cockroaches at the Zoo Learn to Fortify Crocodile Pool
The blatta orientalis, a tropical cockroach three times larger than a black beetle, has been brought to the zoo in packing cases. It thrives in the reptile house on a log by the crocodile pool, where roaches feed on scraps and serve as prey for insect-eating lizards.
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Tropics
London Spectator
Diplomats Dress For Court In Knee Breeches And More
Former secretary of state John W. Foster discusses American diplomats and court costumes in the Saturday Evening Post. He notes ministers have worn uniforms to court and describes U. S. embassy attire in London as knee breeches with metal buckles. In New Mexico lawlessness and gambling thrive, while Hawaii features sugar mills worth $1,000,000 each and plantations yielding high sugar and rice per acre.
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John W. Foster
Saturday Evening Post
Foster Bays
America
Department of State
United States
London
Lawlem
New Mexico
Hawaii
Islands
The Alluring Power of Gems Through History and Myth
The piece discusses women’s fascination with jewels as enduring talismans and symbols of affection, noting beliefs in magnetism and soul-like gems. It cites legends from Marie Antoinette to Faust, and references Pythagorean ideas about stones containing spirit, highlighting how precious gems influenced loves, loyalties, and even downfalls across history.
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Stonus
Marie Antoinette
Faust
Marguerite
Overcrowded London Voices Housing Squeeze
Sir Walter Besant recounts Century observations on East London housing shortages. Rents rise as landlords price rooms, driving families from single rooms and forcing the houseless into larger numbers. Population growth, notably East and West Ham, fuels the crisis among working-class families.
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Sir Walter Besant
London
East Ham
West Ham
Strenuous Hen Keeps Nest Amid Threshing Scene in Oregon
An Alsea Oregon hen owned by the Hayden brothers earned the label strenuous after remaining on her nest during threshing. The machine ran, belts whirred, and dust filled the air as the hen sheltered her eggs, one of which, titled How He Knew, survived. A Baltimore dentist employed a colored boy named Chocolate who quipped about the dentist’s Mount Vernon place visit.
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America
Alsea
Ore
Corvallis Times
Hayden Brothers
Baltimore
Chocolate
Mount Vernon Place
Frayed Fagin and Hilarity Across Humorous Fragments
A collage of jokes and witticisms from different periodicals. Attested by snippets about Frayed Fagin and Weary Willie, home life, politics, love, and social quips. Names and outlets include Judge, Chicago Post, Tit-Bits, Tit-Bits again, Town Topics, Indianapol is Press, Indianapolis Journal, Brooklyn Life, Town Topica, Chicago Times Herald, Chicago Chronicle, Puck, Yonkers Statesman, and Chicago Post.
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J. Hansen
Ava
Lincoln Street
Orleans Hotel
Geo Galagher
E. E. Johnston
Binghiam & Johnston
Fifth and
Lincoln Streets
Ayers
Capitol
C.gotzianeco
St.paul Minn
Esthervile
Florida
Old Mexico
California
Touris
Hets Kk. & Noy
Sto Ubicaga
Din
Ad Jon G
Farmer
AL Cedar Rapids, Ta
Dray Line
THE
Foster
Araline
Standard Oil CO
Davenport Malting G Beers
Gema
Maude
Frayed Fagin
Weary Willie
Weary
Chicago Post
Modder River
Pat
Dude Club
Mr. Dolley
Mr. Gurley
Bird of Paradise
Catholic Standard and Times
Indianapolis Press
Dorothy
Indianapolis Journal
Brooklyn
Briggs
Griggs
Chicago Times-Herald
Chicago Chronicle
Chicago
Edith
Ethel
Puck
Johnnie
Pop
Yonkers Statesman
Feminine Henson
Odd Fellows
STOCE
Lewis
J. B. Lewis Company
Boston
J. W. Lough
Cash Store
Wew Store
East Room
Opera House
F.H. Reeves
W. T. Rappes
Asn’t Cash Bank OF
Estherville
Teposita
Victor J. Evans & CO
Evans
Toh
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