Duff and the Breakwater Home Mystery
Duff Green, a man who lives within the city breakwater, keeps a hidden two-room retreat with food, fuel, and a clock for company. He dreams of marriage to Agatha, daughter of Mat Hendrick, and plans a modest life together, saving for a boat and a wedding present. When Agatha vanishes from their moonlit visits, Duff misreads signals and waits, hopeful, while the shoreline life continues around him.
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Duff Green
Duff
Dulf
Mat Hendrick
Agatha
Dull
Tie
Dea
Aeatha
The Breakwater Bride Unmasks a Foolish Dream
Duff pursues Agatha at the breakwater for marriage but learns she plans to wed a wealthy bricklayer. She admits the idea was a game and mocks his hope. Heartbroken, Duff hides in his boat and endures the night with the lake's voices echoing his despair as Agatha vanishes.
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Duff
Agatha
Tie
Bohemia
Flo
Autograph Please From Relentless Fan Fails
A Chicago autograph society of young women debated a famed celebrity who refused signatures. One member stood out, sending a two word request Autograph please. At the next meeting the girl appeared with a sheet of letter paper over her head, receiving the celebrity’s reply written as you just be pressed for time with his signature following.
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Chicago
Tie
Lis
San Francisco Argonaut
A Cautious Verdict Inquest On Drowned Man
A cautious verdict declares Bred Dearwin died accidentally while crossing the Yellowstone River on August 2, 1800. The jury bases the finding on unpresent witness testimony and evidence from the body and recovered property, noting the deceased’s death occurred during the attempted crossing.
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Min
Yellowstone
Bred Dearwin
Bear Say
Pennyless Man Prompted by Lost Cent Joke
A quip from the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph features Mr Gaswell-L lamenting poverty after dropping a single cent. Al Dukane-LI counters asking how one cent could cause poverty, highlighting the comic exchange.
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Mr. Gaswell
al. Dukane
Pittsburg
Dream prompts daughter to save father from despair
Ida Dayne awakens to a terrifying dream of a pale papa about to die by suicide in darkness. Believing it a warning, Ida confronts him in the library, pleads for work and hope, and a second figure of heaven speaks through the vision. The family clings to labor and faith to endure hardship.
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Ida
Dory Dayne
Papa
Cory
Mr. Dayne
Lola
A Novel Camel Elephant Race in Anglo-Indian Sport
A three mile handicap outdoor race featured a camel, an elephant, a horse, a bicycle and an automobile care. The elephant and camel carried a half mile head start while the automobile had an eighth mile. The elephant won, with the bicycle and automobile finishing second and third.
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Cnamel
Lamps and lampmaking rise in modern science
The lamp industry has grown remarkably with exclusive lamp stores in nearly every sizable city. The science of lamp chimneys is increasingly specialized, though few people fully understand it.
Water Ram System for Household and Farm Use
A correspondent shares a detailed hydraulic ram setup for garden, greenhouses, and plant beds. It covers capacities, pipe sizes from ¾ to 4 inches, discharge from ⅜ to 21/2 inches, costs from 8 to 65 dollars, and a No 5 ram around 11 to 18 dollars. Tips include fall, pipe routing, tanking, materials, freezing protection, and placement to ensure reliable operation and cheaper upkeep than windmills or engines.
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Ohio
Pneumonia treated with Foley’s Honey and Tar says Dr Bishop
Dr C J Bishop of Agnew Michigan reports using Foley’s Honey and Tar in three severe pneumonia cases during the past month with good results. The quote is attributed to H J Moogk of WiFE Jung kunz & Co.
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C.J. Bishop
Agnew, Mich
H.J. Moogk
Jungkunz & Co
Items of Interest Across The World
In Austria flour is made from potatoes. The Strand in London spans five parishes. South Carolina has about 8.52 million acres of swamp land. Chicago enforces a police order banning freak advertising in streets. Paris aims to link telephonically with Milan and Rome. English language instruction is now compulsory in Russian commercial schools.
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London
South Carolina
Chicago
Paris
Milan
Rome
Chamberlain's remedy trusted for colic and diarrhoea
Advertises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as dependable, pleasant, and safe to take, with Emmert and Burrell as the selling merchants.
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Chamberlain
Emmert & Burrell
Wintering on the Gulf Coast along L and N line
The Gulf Coast region between Mobile and New Orleans offers a mild climate pure air and even temperature ideal for hunting and fishing. Through cars from northern cities via the Louisville and Nashville line provide easy access with first class accommodations at moderate prices. Write to J. K. Ridgely for folders.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Mobile
New Orleans
Florida
J. K. Ridgely
Chicago
Puerto Rico Tours From Chicago In January February March
Three tours of Puerto Rico depart Chicago on January 11 February 15 and March 8. Special Pullman cars will transport to New York then steamships Ponce and San Juan visit the island by rail auto carriage and boat. All expenses paid under Walter Boyd Townsend and The American Tourist Association. Maps itineraries and tickets via Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway agents.
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Chicago
New York
Ponce
San Juan
Walter Boyd Townsend
American Tourist Association
Beau Campbell
Marquette Building
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Special Assessment Notice and Western Rail Fare Deals
Property owners on Adams Carroll Williams Exchange Street N Galena Avenue and Clark Avenue face a due special tax with a 6 percent penalty after January 2 1900. A 10 percent rebate applies on Clark Avenue and N Galena Avenue. Also advertised are heavily reduced second class rail tickets to western points via Great Northern and Northern Pacific connections and Southern Railway homeseekers tickets to multiple southern states.
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Carroll
Williams
Exchange Street
N. Galena Avenue
Clark Avenue
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railways
J. B. Swert
Keeping Squashes In A Warm Winter Store
An American Cultivator correspondent shares a method for winter squash storage. Before freeze danger the squashes go in a cupboard in the sitting room with the door ajar by day and closed at night, yielding room temperatures around 70 degrees. Hubbard squash has been kept this way until May.
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Hubbard
Tour Of All Mexico Special Vestibuled Train Announced
On Tuesday January 23 a special vestibuled Pullman Palace train will depart Chicago for Mexico City and other major Mexican cities and return to Chicago without change. The tour is strictly limited and first class under the executive guidance of Beau Campbell, General Manager of the American Tourist Association. For maps books and tickets, contact agents of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway.
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Chicago
Mexico
Republic
Beau Campbell
Taz American Tourist Association
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R’y
New York Tribune 1900 Advertises Tri Weekly Edition
The New York Tribune promotes its Republican alignment and its new Tri Weekly edition. It touts broad circulation, prosperity, and protectionist policy, claiming value for business readers and national influence through extended features and illustrated pages.
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New York Tribune
Héger
the Tribune
Tribune
Cleveland
United States
Handsome Tri-Weekly Tribune Promoted to Readers
The Tri Weekly Tribune at $1.50 a year supersedes the late Semi Weekly Tribune. It is a handsome fresh every other day newspaper with news editorials and market prices. It offers pictorial literary content, humor, reviews, foreign letters, fashions, fiction, agricultural data and business information. Sample copies are sent free to those desiring them. Address THE TRIBUNE New York City.
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Tri-Weekly
United States
Tri-Weekly Tribune
New York Tribune
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the Tribune
New York City
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