Ballard Hall Preview Shows Unique Colonial Design
Ballard Hall adopts a refined renormized colonial style with a basement dining area connected to front hall and rear stair hall. The parlor floor rises above the dining room with mezzanine and music rooms, large art glass window, and circular balcony. Architect Henry K Holsman, a Chicago rising figure, designed a building expected to be ready before Commencement on a knoll east of the President's House overlooking campus.
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Seper
Iunior
Henry K. Holsman
Ballard Hall
Chicago
Chicago Architectural Association
Piano or Organ Cheap Closeout Remark
On account of remodeling our building January 1st we must close out our stock of pianos. We offer a large stock on hand from celebrated makes as we need to sell remaining items.
Buy now for cash or easy terms on organs and instruments
A local ad touts a large stock of organs from brands like Webber, Fischer, Emerson, Shaw, Schaffer, Kingsbury, Smith & Barnes. It promises cash bargains, fair trade-ins for old instruments, and easy payment options with strong guarantees. Also offers cheap second hand instruments and home delivery.
Parsons College Building Details Envision Elegant Dormitory
A proposed Parsons College dormitory plan features three stories with two al coves per pair of students offering study and sleeping spaces. Each room includes single beds and wardrobes, heated by steam and lit by electricity. The design highlights a music and art study area plus a grand staircase, multiple exits, and large verandas.
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Parsons
Ervants
Electric Bitters Promised To Cure Malaria Aches
Advertisers claim Electric Bitters fight malaria fever ague and typhoid germs better than cannibals. They cite chills back neck head ache and fatigue as symptoms and tout a two bottle cure for children. W A Null of Webb Illinois endorses the product and a 50 cent price is stated with a guarantee. Geo D Clark sells the remedy.
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Stanley
Livingstone
W. A. Null
Webb
Ill
Geo. D. Clark
Two Negatives Make a Positive in a Flirty Exchange
Tess complains a man cannot grasp her point while Jess declares the scene clear. Tess retorts that two negatives make a positive, a witty quip highlighted in the Philadelphia Press.
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Tess
Jess
Philadelphia Press
Des Moines Daily News offers low subscription rates
The Des Moines Daily News invites readers to subscribe postpaid at $1 a year, 75 cents for six months, or 50 cents for three months. It promises condensed news for the busy reader with daily telegraph markets and family literary content.
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Des Mdines Daily News
Telegraph
the News
Des Moines
Iowa
Farmers urged to read Western Trail quarterly
Farmers should read the Western Trail published quarterly by the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railway. Sent free for one year. Address at once by letter or postal card. John Sebastian G A Chicago.
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Western Trail
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
John Sebastian
Chicago
Jericho Patriotism Scheme Ends in Post Office Debacle
Enos Hopkins sparks Jericho to display the American flag seven days a week to show patriotism. A town meeting erupts into a row over where to raise the flag and who pays for it, ending with no public flag purchase.
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C. B. Lewis
Enos Hopkins
Jericho
Hosea
Squar Joslyn
Philetus Williams
Abraham White
Abijah Davison
Joel Hardman
Enos
Deacon Spooner
Cooper Shop
Dan Skinner
Darius Waterman
Joel
Beth
Lish Billings
Lish
A Porter’s Mistake Sparks Satchel and Beard Mixup
A Chicago scene shows a porter slipping a key into a yellow satchel and lifting a passenger’s whiskers while a tragedian confronts the thief. The porter jokes that he opened the wrong satchel as a bemused commuter and a dining car inquiry unfold.
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Chicago News
Dusty Ocean Highway Collects Sea Dust On Sailors
The article notes sailing ships accumulate more sea dust than steamers. Decks are cleaned morning and night, but dust returns quickly unless swept at nightfall. Wind jammers with few crew haul less coal dust yet still collect dust due to vast canvas catching the sea air.
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Muartner
Star Chamber Origins and Punishment History
The star chamber derived its name from stars on the palace ceiling in Westminster and functioned with great authority but did not issue death sentences. Abolished by parliament in 1641 under Charles I, it intriguingly sentenced the same monarch to beheadings in that same chamber.
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King's Palace
Westminster
Graphite Pencil Discovery Tied to Elizabethan Mine Find
A brief note recalls that the lead pencil traces back to graphite mined in England in 1564 under Queen Elizabeth I. The aside suggests a literary quip about Shakespeare and a reaction from a friend. The casual dialogue hints at personal offense over a remark about Shakespeare.
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England
Elizabeth
England’s 1843 conquest and six-year Orange Free State annex event
In 1843 England conquered and annexed the Orange Free State and evacuated it six years later.
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England
Orange Free State
Wheeler's Braver and the Shiloh Charge by Wheeler
General Grant praised Wheeler for a spectacular act of bravery at Shiloh, noting his bold crossing of the Tennessee River and destruction of a large Federal provision train. The event followed Wheeler’s earlier daring raids against Union supply lines and involved intense fighting with Crook and Crook’s pursuing forces.
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Wheeler
Shiloh
Grant
Rosecrans
Chg
Tennessee River
George Crook
McMinnville
Tenn
GOC
Penny Box Turns Hidden Gem of Omar Khayyam to Treasure
The first edition of Fitzgeralds Omar Khayyam was issued anonymously and failed to sell. Bernard Quaritch offered the 200 copies at rising prices after a penny sale drew buyers. Rossetti Swinburne and Burton were said to have found the treasure, and Quaintech later bought a copy for £21 in 1898.
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Fitzgerald
Omar Khayyam
Bernard Quaritch
Quaritch
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Swinburne
Burton
Quaintech
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Ithe Tribune
Junkin & Baker
Ly A
Vis & Ie
Ballard
Parsons College
THE
Tribune
Pap Perkins
Bunker Hill
Hosea Saunders
West Side
Chicago Tribune
Star Chamber
Rymer
C. F
Shakespeare
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