The Boatman and the Lake Muse
Miss Ives visits a mountain lake to hire a launch and grows puzzled by the boatman’s quiet wisdom about poetry. Their exchange hints at Burns and Longfellow, and a second season reveals the boatman now runs the launch with plans to study romance languages, leading to a yearlong attraction and an eventual vow-bound romance with a professor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musa Lid Tyes
Ives
Miss Ives
Biss Ives
Burns
Perlans
Hope Vic
DeWitts Little Early Risers Ad Promotes Pills
An advertisement touts DeWitts Little Early Risers as a safe gentle pill that does not sicken or gripe. It promises reliable results and notes availability from all druggists.
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DeWitt
Very Low Rates to Roanoke via Northwestern Line
Excur sion tickets priced for travel to Roanoke Virginia will be sold August 11 to 18 with favorable return limits, tied to the annual national convention of the Firemen's association. Apply to agents of Chicago and North Western Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Northwestern
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery described as valuable tonic
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and the glocerina agent as enhancing medicinal properties and aiding digestion and strength in lingering coughs bronchial throat and lung conditions. It claims the remedy supports early consumption but not cures it and offers free literature and confidential correspondence with Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Pierco
Pierce
Gulden
Addigs
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Ys
N. Y
We Liked It Cholly Engagement Ring Comment
A snappy exchange about an engagement ring between Willie Gee and Cholly. The line notes the ring being worn when the sister is approached by other men, capturing a period tone and local color.
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Cholly
Willie
Callin
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
A Sweet Dream Ended in Sudden Jones Death
A brief, grim exchange notes the sudden death of Ethel Bobby Jones and Edith’s sorrow. The widow, once hopeful for divorce proceedings and alimony, is described as inconsolable in the New York Press remark.
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Ethel
Bobby Jones
Edith
New York Press
Getting What He Asked For
A brief, wry exchange features a soulful youth and a hard hearted beauty in a New Orleans Times-Democrat vignette. The beauty laments giving only the least hope, while the youth asks for more, illustrating a witty flirtation tone.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Survival of the fittest clash in dialogue
A Washington Star quotation frames a clash between science and practicality. The scientific man asks if one believes in survival of the fittest and the practical person answers affirmatively only if their own interests are the fittest to survive.
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Washington Star
Theatrical Line Note From Two Papers
The Yonkers Statesman recalls Foote Lighte noting Bobbs works in writing not plays but passes. The Cleveland Plain Dealer recalls a scene where The Athletic Girl describes Ethel fainting as a footpad tried to snatch her purse and she jabbed him with her left ear.
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Foote Lighte
Bobbs
Sue Brette
Yonkers Statesman
Ethel
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Wins by ae Hair's Breadth
In a lighthearted quiz, the women favor curling as the top game, with hearts close behind, according to a Princeton toast to humor and play.
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Princeton
Sketchy Bits Quips on Salary Draws
Merely Vor Publication notes a casual remark about a man’s salary with a playful exchange. The dialogue suggests admiration for a “fabulous” earning style and hints at public or media interest in compensation. The brief item captures a light, opinionated exchange without hard facts.
Ring Found Deep in Oak Tree Near Willoughby Md
Workmen cutting railroad ties near Willoughby Maryland unearthed a gold ring embedded in the heart of an oak tree. The ring remained in good condition despite the saw causing a slight facial scar on the pine core.
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Willoughby
The Stalk Borer Destructive to Potatoes and Tomatoes
R. T. Pettit of Michigan reports the stalk borer injures potatoes, tomatoes, Dublin wheat, rhubarb, ragweed, cocklebur, and corn. The larva is inch long, flesh colored with four brown stripes, and tunnels plants then pupates in soil. One generation annually. sprays have few effects. Clean culture and regular inspection are advised to cut the pest.
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Dublins
R. T. Pettit
Michigan
Alfalfa Seeding Suggestion For Fall Planting
A rural article notes that in regions with 36 inches of rain or more alfalfa should be seeded in August or early September. Fall seeding yields thicker stands, stronger plants, and higher hay yields next year, with reduced winter kill. It advises seed bed prep, timely sowing, and early growth to prevent weed competition.
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Chicago
Kansas
Iowa
Ilinois
Clear
Atlantic Ocean
H. M. Cottrell
New Yorker
Hog care guidance from a historical text
The guide emphasizes pasture farming for hogs with grass fed features and the benefits of sunshine, fresh air, and proper housing. It warns against overstocking, notes brood sows should be well conditioned but not fat, and stresses food bedding as essential to the hogpen environment.
Summer Tourist Rates to Northern Illinois and Wisconsin
Schedule and fare notice for summer travel on the North-Western Line inviting readers to obtain resort literature from W B Kniskern Passenger Traffic Manager Chicago. For rates and tickets, contact Chicago & North-Western R'y agents.
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Illinois
Wisconsin
W. B. Kniskern
Chicago
Chicago & North-Western R’y
Oldest living tree claims 6200 year life span
The article surveys ancient trees and their ages. It cites De Candolle’s notes on two yews in Scotland and England aged 2500 and 3320 years, a Central American baobobo with trunk 29 feet, and claims by botanists that a Chepulovee cypress with a trunk 15 feet across is about 6200 years old.
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de Candolle
Fortingul
Perthshire
Hedsor
Bucks
Central America
Avinbeldt
Chepulovee
Auto shop helper and stubborn printer tale
The employer questions TL about repairing a broken biervele seven miles from home. TL admits handling the repair herself and notes pride in her work. The boss jokes that when the typewriter ribbon needs shifting she must rely on the bookkeeper to fix it.
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Aoeribbon
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Your Kidney Cure Claim
Freeport residents tout Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney complaints and backache. Mrs. Wm. Cady details her summer 1897 illness, crediting the pills with marked improvement after buying at Emmett's drug store. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo, NY, advertises as U.S. sole agents with the brand name and price.
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Wm. Cady
North
Galena Ave
Doan
Emmett
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Bargain House For Sale On Galena Ave With Utilities
Residence at 235 North Galena Avenue offers steam heat bath rooms city water sewer gas and a barn. House and part or whole lot available in first class condition. Grand opportunity for a bargain if taken at once. Inquire of Geo J Dehn Stephenson Street.
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N. Galena Ave
Geo. J. Dehn
Stephenson St
Auction Notes on Mortgages for Sale and Investors Interest
Fragmentary note notes mortgages for sale with investors interest of six percent. Mentions a contact line and names Vavion and Frid Qebhat in unclear context.
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Vavion & Frid
Qebhat
Pacific Coast Excursions From Chicago by Rail Lines
Advertises $75 round trips via Chicago Union Pacific and North-Western Lines from Chicago with routes to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Seattle Tacoma and other Pacific Coast points. Includes daily excursions in Pullman sleeping cars to San Francisco Los Angeles and Portland. Double berth rates from Chicago and Omaha. Contact Chicago and North Western agents for rates and tickets.
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Pacific Coast
Chicago
Union Pacific & North-Western
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
Folens
Butte
Spokane
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Omaha
North
Western Ry
Summer Tourist Excursions via Chicago Great Western Ry
Summer tourist trips offered by Chicago Great Western Railway to Alberta Arizona British Columbia California Idaho Montana Oregon Washington and Mexico City. Stopovers and side trips allowed. Tickets on sale daily to September 15 with final return by October 31. For full information apply to any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A St Paul Minnesota.
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Chicago Great Western Ry
Alberta
Arizona
British Columbia
California
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Mexico City
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
St. Paul
Minn
Grand Army reunion travel offer to Minneapolis area
An old railroad promo lists a round trip fare of 86.65 to St Paul or Minneapolis with a return by August 81 1906 for the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Minneapolis. Tickets go on sale August 31 to 18 with possible extensions and fees. Contact Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway agents or F A Miller for details.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Chicago, Milwauke & St. Paul
Grand Army of the Republic
Chicago, Mifreniee & St. Paul Railway
FA. Mieler
Chicago
Excursion Tickets to Milwaukee for Eagles Meet
Excursion tickets to Milwaukee Wisconsin via the Chicago and North Western Railway will be sold August 12 14 and 18 with favorable return limits on account of the Grand Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Ry G-25d w8-14.
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North-Western
Order of Eagles
Chicago & North-Western R'y
Illinois Central offers round trip to Minneapolis and St Paul
The Illinois Central Railroad announces a sale of round trip tickets to St Paul and Minneapolis for 6.65, valid Aug 11 12 13 with return until Sept 80, for National Encampment in Minneapolis on Aug 18 1906.
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National
G. A. Tt
Minneapolis
Minn
Illinois Central Railroad Company
St. Paul
Excursion Rates to Camp Meeting Near Deslaines
Excursion tickets offered on the Chicago and North Western line for a camp meeting at Deslaines. Reduced rates apply from July 17 to August 5 inclusive with return by August 6. Tickets issued by the railway agent.
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Deslaines
North-Western Line
Chicago & North- ‘Western RY A
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Fy Mothers
A.C. Knorr
Shakespeare
Reliable Kimball Co
Kimball
W. W. Kimball Co
Galena St. Freeport, Ill
Minnesota
Oxfords
Aega
Pasee
Frankfort
Rarievals
Doskey Harbor
Etroit
Kentoe Creed
Ganedisn Ik
Manitou
the Journal
The
Journal
Frank Avowal
Milwaukee Sentinel
Witten
Yhoenret
Winey & John Streets
T. H. Todd
Missouri
Eo Eeer
S. Ryan
Galena Street
Daily Journal
Freeport
Dean
Milwaukee
Wis
Freeport Hardware Company
Schoeffel & Brokhausen
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