Excursion Tickets Offer From Chicago to Kansas City and Woodstock
Low round trip rates announced by Chicago North Western Railway for the annual National Firemen's Association convention to Kansas City Missouri and for the Woodstock County Fair Illinois. Tickets valid Aug 28 to 31 for Kansas City and Aug 26 to Sept 1 for Woodstock with favorable return limits and agency details for agents.
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Seattle
Tacoma
Bellingham
Everett
Wash
Victoria
Vancouver
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Tos Angeles
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Great Western
J. Palmer
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Minn
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North-Western Line
National Firemen’s Association
Chicago & North- Western Ry
Woodstock
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Mobil Bank
Ap Agenta
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North-Western
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Motor Versus Steed in a Society Romance
In a tale by George Newell Moran a Nevada ranch heiress, Edith Westley, resists modern gadgets yet is drawn to Ralph Robben, a New Yorker broker. After a tea house intrigue, her love for him grows as a touring car and a runaway horse crash near Pelham Bay lead to a daring rescue and a marriage promise. The piece blends social satire with action as the automobile meets high society.
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Mir Hobden
Anith Westley
Nevada
Circle X
Ralph Robben
Storkbroker
Tie
Robben
Miss Westley
Eyhit
Europe
Pelham Bay
Edith Wastley
Circle XK
Edith
Automobiles and a Daring Park Ride Spark a Courtship
Robben, an auto enthusiast, faces Miss Westley’s denouncement of cars as untrustworthy and predatory. She prefers a horse, praising breeding and steadiness, yet agrees to a park ride on his mare. Two weeks later he sets out for a country drive to decide whether to propose.
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Robben
Wade
Peery Ee Sr
It Was Work and the Desk as Work
A physics professor in a freshman natural philosophy class asks a sleepy student what work is. The student replies everything is work, and when asked about the desk he calls it woodwork. A lighthearted anecdote from the Atobison Globe notes a photographer snapping awkward poses to show self consciousness.
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Mtr. Fragen
Prager
Atobison Globe
Cutover: Moving Bell Exchange Wires With Precision
The article explains the process of cutting over in a Bell exchange, where outside lines are tapped into a new board while the old one remains live. It highlights meticulous testing, operator training, and the rapid swap of heat coils to switch circuits with minimal outage, often completed in about two minutes and never leaving a subscriber disconnected for long.
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Thue
Doex Family “Conant” and the Value of Bloodline in History
A Portland Oregonian note argues that bloodline and family status shape legacy. It cites figures from Lincoln to Adams to Napoleon, contrasting humble origins with clan influence and asking who fathered famous names, hinting at social belief in lineage.
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Doex
Conant
Ward McAllister
Abraham Lincoln
Abe
Nancy Hanks
John Adams
John Quincey Adams
John
Unite States
James IX. Polk
North Carolina
Andrew Johnson
John Keats
Ben Jonson
Napoleon Bonaparte
Lomer
Shakespeare
Chadstone
Socrates
Walt Whitman
Portland
Oregonian
Strange Mourning Practices and Ingenious Knives of Yore
A description of a temple practice in Siamese lore where bodies are offered to vultures for sanitary disposal, followed by a tale of a Sheffield cutlery challenge knife with a rye straw sealed inside the blade. The two items showcase historical curiosities in sanitation beliefs and blade craftsmanship.
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Shereld
Cutler's Company
London
London Cutters
Sheffell Brothers
Sheffield
The Hotel Child
The essay argues that hotel life harms children by fostering a democratic deficit and dependence on money, creating a parasite of the system. It insists a child raised this way lacks initiative love of home and art, making such housing unsuitable as a residence for children.
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Maria S. Bensley
Everybody’s Magazine
Helping Hand Testimony on Deans Kidney Pills
Freeport readers hear from M. H. O’Brien of 139 Taylorkavenne about Deans Kidney Pills improving his kidney troubles and backache after use. He also cites his nephew’s eczema treated with Deans Sintment. Sold by all dealers 60 cents. Wooster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Deans. Emmert carries it.
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Freeport
M. 9
O'Brien
Taylor Kavenne
Dean
Emmett
Wooster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Five Minutes in Court Shows Guilty Verdict
A murder trial centers on a five minute window as the defendant pleads innocence but the prosecuting attorney proves the time could encompass a fatal blow. The jury finds the defendant guilty and the verdict is later confirmed as just. Items of interest note empire favorites, technology, and imperial curiosities.
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Seyma
Russia
China
Howard Gould
United States
India
Greenwich
Los Angeles
Mindecpol
Vortland
Speculative ventures draw risk from desire to get rich quick
The piece rebuts quick rich schemes as risky and promotes Dr Caldwell’s Laxative Syrup Pepsin as a guaranteed remedy for constipation indigestion and related ailments. Consumers are urged to ask their druggist and request a free sample from Pepsin Syrup Co Monticello Illinois. Available from H J Moogk and Wm Jepgkaze.
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Dr. Caldwell
Pepsin Syrup Co
Monticello
Ill
H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jepgkaze
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