One Way Colonist Rates Via Chicago Great Western
Rail travel offer from Chicago Great Western lists one way colonist rates to numerous western and southern states including Arkansas Colorado Indian Territory Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri Nebraska New Mexico Oklahoma Tennessee South Dakota Texas and Wyoming. Tickets go on sale January 10 February 6 and 20 at one half the regular rate plus two dollars. Information available from any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A St Paul Minn.
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Arkansas
Colorado
Indian Territory
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Tennessee
South Dakota
Texas
Wyoming
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
St. Paul
Minn
Conservatory of Music offers all branches with catalogue
All branches of music both instrumental and vocal are available at the Conservatory of Music. Call 401 Wilcoxon Building for catalogue. October 28.
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Conservatory of Music
Wilcoxon Building
Lid goes on at Belvidere crackdown on gambling
Mayor John Lyon announces a citywide crusade against gambling after a raid on a basement gambling den beneath Vail's cigar store. Police seized cards, poker chips, tables, wires, and bells as suspects were charged with conducting or participating in gambling. Court continuance granted as legal fight looms.
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Belvidere
John Lyon
Vail
Lyon
Charles Earl
Wrate
Dr Bunsen's Diphtheria and Sore Throat Tablets Ad
Slogan ad announces Dr Bunsen's Diphtheria and Sore Throat Tablets for throat diseases sold by all druggists. Timeframe 12-18 days and 2 months referenced. Likely a vintage medical patent medicine promotion.
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Dr. Bunsen
National Hymns and Their Ancient Melodies
An eclectic recap traces national anthems origins from Britain to Russia and Switzerland, noting melody borrowings, imperial selections, and the modern adoption of native compositions. It cites Haydn, Rouget de l Isle, Glinka, Lyoff, and Nicholas I, plus a Mexico estate anecdote and cultural observations from Boston and New York papers.
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Switserland
Prussia
Great Britain
Paris
London Globe
Rouget de l'Isle
Cantil -Blaze
Francis Joseph Haydn
George I
Lord Halifax
Henry Carey
Russia
Switzerland
America
United States
Nicholas I
Thuringia
Nuremberg
Cremona
Glinka
Lyoff
Nicholas
Mexican Mormon Colonies in Chihuahua Established Settlements
The Mexican Herald reports four Mormon settlements in Chihuahua named Colonia Juarez Colonia Dublan Colonia Diaz and Colonia Pacheco. Juarez covers 50 000 acres with 65 inhabitants and several factories including furniture tannery and flour mill. Dublan spans 37 000 acres with 9890 inhabitants and has tanneries carpentry shops forges sawmills and a flour mill. Diaz lists 30 000 hectares or 74 180 acres with 359 inhabitants and carpentry blacksmith shops and a flour mill. Pacheco holds 79 580 acres with 285 inhabitants and two sawmills. All four actively cultivate their land.
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Chihuahua
Colonia Juarez
Colonia Dublan
Colonia Diaz
Colonia Pacheco
M Ud
Mexican Herald
Beads and tobacco seal savage trade in New Guinea treasure
An Australian official returns from British New Guinea with a lavish feather headdress made from parrot plumage and other birds, bound with shells. Initial offers of two axes and a pocketknife fail, then a calico strip, beads, and tobacco clinch the sale amid the Papuan owner’s gleaming eyes. A broader reminiscence follows of a county school teacher in St. Lawrence county and readings of Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Vueste Yom.
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British New Guinea
St. Lawrence County
New York
Tour
Old Deacon Short
Deacon
O.c
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription offered for female health
The ad proclaims Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a powerful tonic for women, claiming it heals ailments of the female organs and improves overall strength. It targets worn-out, nervous, and debilitated women including workers, mothers, and nurses, and promises relief from nervous disorders, irregularities, and pelvic issues. It cites roots from American forests and advertises related products like Golden Medical Discovery.
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Pierce
St. Vilna
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo, N. Y
What Dr Holmen Prescribed
The narrator recalls scarlet fever from over sixty years ago in a Montgomery Street area now renamed Milton Place. Dr Holmen, a family friend and attending physician, is humorously cited for offering a coat-tail fried instead of beefsteak when the patient was hungry during convalescence. A London electrical exhibition is noted as financially successful, allowing exhibitors to be refunded for much of their space payments.
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Montygomery Place
Wuatmilton Place
Holnes
Boston Herald
London
Dual Purpose Cow Advocated for General Farms
W P P Elarned argues before the Missouri Dairy Association that the dual purpose cow suits the masses and small farms by providing milk and butter for families and a marketable calf. He contrasts it with the exclusive beef type, noting the scrub breed as the common enemy and urging support for adaptable breeds across farming conditions.
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W. PP
Missouri Dairy Association
Cob charcoal for hogs offers health gains and low cost
A farmer advised on using cob charcoal to improve hog health and growth. Made from corncobs in a ground pit, burned under a smothered tire, then covered to char. Charcoal mixed with seeds or feed aids digestion. a tablespoon per animal per feed, with care to avoid overconsumption.
Silo Surface Leveling Advice Against Freezing and Mold
Agricultural guidance stresses removing silage from the top and keeping the surface level. A level surface reduces winter freezing and summer molding, yet many silo users ignore these repeated recommendations in the literature.
Oddities and Notes From The Southern Planter and Global Briefs
Brief items cover farm economics in the south with hogs fed cotton seed and seed prospects. Kansas banks proliferate in small towns. Wisconsin alfalfa trial favors native species. Butter cold storage thrives at slightly below freezing. A church incident in England ends with a deacon humorously mispronouncing a hymn about stealing. The rector, amused, suggests prayer.
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Dinwiddle
Arkansas
I Kansas
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Department of Agriculture
Armor bits on display for motorists in London window
A London curio dealer advertises armor pieces in his window with a placard aimed at motorists. The report notes Mexico minted substantial aloe money and shipped several million silver dollars to China last year, highlighting currency production by Mexico.
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London
Mexico
Chitia
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William & John Stree
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Eva
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Caaty
Tamagno, Sophia Scalchi
Jean de Reszke
Walter Damrosch, Emil Leibling, Rudolph Ganz
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Rudolph Ganz
Emil Leibling
Walter Damrosch
Francesco Tamagno
Sophia Scalchi
Chicago Musical College
Chicago Conservatory of Music
Hedding College
Drake University
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W. W. Kimball CO
Galena St
Freeport, Ill
WM. Walton Neph
John Hea
Court House
Freeport
C. L. Bartholomew
Schulz’ Great Clearing Sale
Pat Colt
Schu Bakery
Wall Pazera
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