Cinderella in a Car Intrigue on a Midnight Train
Sercombe boards a Chicago to St. Louis I midnight express and discovers a lady’s slipper in his seat. He identifies the owner as a woman in section 7, seeks her, and a mix up leads to meeting Flora Griswold, Zara’s daughter. Four months later Sercombe becomes a partner and installs the slipper in a bridal fitting.
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Tromn Forrester
Sercombe
Chicago
St. Louis
Joliet
J. Wilcox Wood
Berth
Sorcombe
Urat
Cinderella
epThal
Servombe
Old Nan Griswold
Archles
Clora
Aretie Griswold
Bt. Touls Brane
Sercomabe
Sen of Griswold, Bercoube & Co
J. Wilcox, Wood, Shoe Aalesman
Flora Griswold
Hia Cluderelli
Izola Forrester
Fireproof Scenery Tested For Theatrical Use
The article describes fireproof scenery with noncombustible substructure now used in Parla. La Nature discusses Georges Vitous notes on its practicality. Hope expressed that such fire trap scenery will soon act to protect the public by extinguishing itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parla
la Nature
M. Georges Vitous
Names of Warships and the Chesapeake Superstition
A Philadelphia column argues that superstition lingered in renaming the training slip Chesapeake to Ser om due to the ship’s ill fortune before the War of 1812. It recalls the Chesapeake's destruction by the Leopard after alleged British impressment and praises Captain Lawrence's bold but fatal leadership, noting luck and fate in naval history.
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Chesapeake
Serom
Beliaus
Shannon
Lawrence
Gaflora
Philadelphia
A Cheap Lot of Uisionnizies In Court
Judge Swan presided in a United States district court case involving lumber magnates and ship owners. A news boy asked for change, and a wealthy litigant offered a joking response about money. TheDetroit Free Press notes the crowd as a cheap lot of nabbers in these courts.
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Detroit Free Press
Various Global Facts Span Trade, Crime and Culture
A miscellany notes Mexico cotton prominence and 1500 Greeks arriving monthly in New York. Tasmanian apple exports reach 1.5 million bushels, Australia’s 1904 exports at 280,042,050. Reports on milk bacteria in Brooklyn, Madrid bullfight turnout, fashionable appendicitis, a London plant smoking institute, and Hawaiian Sunday laws. Also includes antique coin finds, Boswell psalter sale, Cuba sponge value, and a Royal George coin discovery.
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Mexico
New York
England
Australia
John C. Olsen
Brooklyn Polytecture Institute
Madrid
Jonson
Superior Board of Health of Mexico
Napoleon
Fwienne
Boswell
Sotheby's
London
James Boswell
Greenwich
Samuel Johnson
Cuba
United States
Europe
France
A. D. Nash
Townshend
Powndays
Freeman EH
Murray
Lynn
George L
Tiberuia
Traitors in Japanese Officers Face Brutal Punishment
A translated historical account describes swift retribution for a Tokyo official who betrayed two Japanese transports sighted by the Vladivostok squadron. The disclosure led to a public capture, humiliation, and execution by his fellow officers, including stripping and death by beating.
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Bennet Durleigh
Japan
Niliery
Vladivostok
Tokyo
Sechudad
Bird Intervenes During Sermon at Charch Service
A bird fluttered during a Sunday service in Charch Ma. It perched on the pulpit edge and later over the preacher as he spoke. The audience watched as the avian visitor seemed to enjoy the organ music before escaping toward the chandelier as the congregation ended.
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Charch
Ile
Urent Revival of Buddhism in Western Thought
The Buddhist journal Der Buddhist reports a revival of Buddhism influencing Western thought through educated men and Schopenhauer's philosophy. Buddhist ideas energize Asia with new societies, schools, and newspapers, particularly in Ceylon and Tadi.
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Schopenhauer
Buddhist Asia
Ceylon
Tadis
Narrow Chests and the Cause of Consumption
The article argues consumption is caused by outside germs, not inheritance, and claims Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery strengthens weak lungs and cures deep coughs and hemorrhages. It includes testimonials and a $3,000 reward for proof of genuine signatures, urging readers to accept no substitutes and noting Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
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Pierce
Dispensary Medicals Association
Proprietors
Buffalo
E. L. Robinett
Xerxes, Tenn
Dr. Tierce
Hart
Atusser
Dr. Pierce
Mima Remains Unintroduced at Party Chorus
A curious child deserts the nursery to peek at grand parlors where guests mingle. A man asks to meet a distant lady under a chandelier while the child, shy, insists she herself has not been introduced and cannot introduce him. The scene captures social distance at a Chicago gathering reported by the Chitugo Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiat
Chitugo | Tribune
Could Not Qualify Elder Controversy in Scotland
A Scottish horse dealer and church member faced a minister over elder nomination. Pressed for why he refused, he asked if a man could be both an elder and a horse seller, highlighting tension between vocation and church office.
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Mac
McNab
Trees Shrink and Expand Across Seasons and Day
The diame ter of trees varies with seasons and daily cycle. They are larger from noon to twilight than from twilight to noon, and smaller in winter than in summer. Cold and hot temperatures promote evaporation, causing trees to shrink as weather grows colder.
Milky Way Question Prompted By Farm Laborers
A man asks workers what guides the Milky Way and one laborer jokes that it was the cow that jumped over the moon. The text then shifts to cheerfulness as a universal trait, valued as the gold coin of disposition and a major part of character.
238 Acre Farm For Sale Near Fall Creek Wisconsin
About 175 acres under cultivation with a strong wire fence, 20 acres of heavy timber, a large frame house, good barns, well at the house, and a trout stream through pasture. Originally 340 acres. 2 acres used for a creamery store and blacksmith shop. Four miles from school, seven miles from Fall Creek. Price 40 dollars per acre with 2000 dollars cash and balance mortgage for ten years at 5 9 percent. Trade possible for suitable city property. Contact Alvin M Anderson igrodiin Dodgeville Wisconsin.
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Fall Creek
Wis
Alvin M. Anderson
Igrodiin
Dodgeville
Uncle Sam Own It Test of Coal Rights in Courts
In Pittsburg on July 18 a federal court case seeks government control over river coal rights with Judge Joseph Tittington presiding. The suit, brought by government attorneys, targets private coal companies and river property, with hearings soon. Meanwhile political and local items from Leiden to Louisville report parliamentary redistribution debates, bishop health, and a major Union Station fire loss in Tennessee.
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Pittsburg
Tite States Court
Joseph Tittington
Ressenioer Conkaim Coke
Fron
Fron Miuining
Eleal
Gay Vermeot
Enomot
Collepess
Degat
Louiaville
Totiaville
Tenthaul Road Yayets
Weather Forecast Summary for Midwest and Great Lakes
The forecast covers Minnesota and Indiana with continued heat and fresh variable winds. Lower Michigan expects fair weather with showers and cooler temps, winds foe north. Wisconsin sees fair, warm conditions with coastal showers and cooler north areas. Iowa shows a warm start in the south, showers and cooler in the north with brisk southerly winds.
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Minos
Indiana
Michigan
Portiary
Wisconsin
Iowa
Market Quotes From Chicago Grain And Live Stock Markets
Quotations and receipts reported for Chicago markets show mixed activity in grains with wheat fluctuating and oats and corn listed. live stock figures indicate lower cattle demand for early trading, with best export steers around 6.40 to 15.10 and hogs selling firm while sheep and calves show varied prices, reflecting overall market volatility. The report notes weighing results, packing demand, and bid levels across cattle, hogs, sheep, and calves from multiple buyers and shipping houses.
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Chicago
Busa Edge
Sopho
the Way
SOCOR
Tae Sa
Elie
Satan
APO
Roo
Bor
Neha
Marie
Ford Shetir
Dunning & Osterpus
East Banthto
N.Y. Quate
Trivish regiments honor British victories at Alderstrot
The colors of nearly all the regiments marching past King Aliso at Alderstrot were emblazoned with names of victories won by the British and Spanish against the French in Spain.
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Aliso
Alderstrot
Cure Shocks Family with Cholera Infantum Remedy
Ruth Newey of Agnewsille Virginia survived cholera infantum after her father used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He recalls losing hope but a half bottle cured her. The ad notes the remedy is sold by all druggists.
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Chamberlain
Ruth
EL N. Newey
Agnewsille
Aveboura
One Dollar Saves Ten Dollars in Camp Meet Tickets
Camp meet tickets to Glen Ellyn sold at reduced rates July 12 to 24 with return validity to July 25. Eastbound and westbound trains listed with Glen Ellyn Camp Grounds stop July 17 to 22. Tickets via Chicago and North Western Ry agents. Also notes savings habits and promotion for Chamberlain's remedy with local druggists. Solar activity report cites sunspot observations and a record aroma note from observatory.
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Glen Elyn
Glen Ellyn Camp Grounds
Chicago & North-Western
Very Low Excursion Rates to West Coast Trains Declared
North Western Line announces low excursion rates from all stations on July 6 7 8 11 12 18 25 26 27 with favorable return limits due to meetings. Two daily trains to the Pacific Coast The Overland Limited electric lighted throughout under three days. California Express with drawing room and tourist sleeping cars. For rates and tickets see Chicago and North Western agents. Alfonso XULE reportedly inherits father's steady eye and hand and is considered a premier shot in Spain. Mrs. RF. OL. Phelps of Houston Texas praises Chamberlains Tablets for digestion biliousness and constipation sold by all druggists.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Tacoma
Senitic
Pacific Coast
Overland Limited
California
Chicago & North-Western Hy
Udwt
Alfonso Xule
Spitta
Chamberlain
RF. OL. Phelps
Houston
Texas
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Sam White
Riverside
Cal
Dora
Washington
China
Kettle Falls
Wast
Lown
Thomaston
Ola Creuehi Knox
Knox
States Supreme Court
Praok S. Weight
Missouri
Ulinois
Chivas
New Britain
Coon
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church
Cems
America
Gothenburg
Sweden
Uncle Sam
Rivera
WWE
Leiden
Cpan
Lowther
Totin Jodo
Tomse of Commons
Ayas
Mia Jesty
Faly
Almerican Tee Company
Gabe
Tom Hen
Joyce
Minneapolis
J. W. Joyce
Ayers
Bengston’s Jewelry Store
Bengston’s
Mycphenson Sk
Frueport
Union Loan & Building Association
E. Mayer
Sec
Aly
Harley
Staw Bank
Soan
Ruby
Singer
White
Wheel & Wilson
Eldredge
Minnesota
Royal
Iam
Mty
John Hea
Lst
National Bank
Freeport
A. G. Knorr
Aice Building
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