Fooling Benson by Nettie and Niblo at Bank
Nettie Cable and Jack Niblo expose Benson the bank clerk by watching deposits and using a magnet to reveal steel filings on a foundry bill. They uncover a scheme enabling Benson to steal cash from the drawer and brokered deposits. Niblo plans marriage with Nettie after clearing the family money worries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Cable
Jack Niblo
Jack
Niblo
Nettie Cable
Benson
Mr. Fells
Senny
Bank
Eather
Nettie
George Castle
Facts About Mankind and Longevity Patterns
A historical overview notes that married people outlive the unmarried, temperate and industrious live longer than gluttons, and civiliz ed nations outlast the uncivilized. Tall people tend to live longer, and women reach age fifty with better survival before but worse after. Warried to single ratio is 75 to 1000. births in spring enjoy stronger constitutions. Nighttime births and deaths are more common. about 3000 languages exist with 1000 confessions. Average life expectancy is 33 years, one fourth die before seventeen, one in a thousand live to a hundred, and at most six reach sixty-five.
The Most Useful Wish About Cod
The cod is a universally useful fish great as food fresh or salted. It yields 9,000,000 eggs per fish and is valued for medicine and nutrition. Nations use cod parts for livestock feed and energy, from cow fodder to dog food, in remote cold regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Animal Kingdom
Kamehatka
London
My Checkered Luck Remembered in Editorial Fiasco
In a memoir style fragment, an editor recounts bungled manuscript duties after a magazine owner departs. A missing final chapters crisis with Miss Mildred Eaton’s story leads to a reckoning, a dramatic confrontation with the author, and a pledge to publish anew with influence from Mr. Hawkins. The tale ends with retrospective pride in literary luck and misfortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mankins
Towkins
Mildred Eaton
Kere
Blender
Miss Caton
Mr. Hawkins
Miss Eaton
Kennedy Laxative Honey and Tar Syrup Sold Widely
Children favor Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as the pleasantest cough syrup to use since it contains no opiates. It is sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Lawn swing order and cooling at Dorman and Co
Dorman and Co car Exchange and Van Buren Streets advertise a lawn swing and cooling options while F J Burdett piano tuner offers service through Brown and Dollmeyer’s or phone 100. The notice lists contact points for orders and tuning services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorman & Co., Car Exchange and
van Buren Sts
F. J. Burdett
Brown & Dollmeyer
Bosnian women tattoo arms and necks
A vivid glimpse of 19th or early 20th century concerns notes women in Bosnia bearing tattoos on arms and necks. Other items mention South Africa railways receiving dining Pullman and private cars, Italian steamers voyages Genoa to New York in twelve days, and a French wine stock figure of over 100 million quarts. The London butcher advertises for a boy for sausages. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman nears speaker role in House of Commons. A comic exchange about a $2,000 painting and a picture being sold by the foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosnia
South Africa
Genoa
New York
London
Chamberlain's Remarkable Colic Remedy Ad
An old fashioned advertisement praises a Chamberlain remedy for colic and diarrhea. It claims decades of dealer and physician approval, thousands of testimonials, and life saving results, urging immediate purchase at a quarter.
Summer Excursions via Chicago Great Western Ry
Summer tourist excursions via the 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 Sept 15. Final return limit October 31. For full information apply to any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A St Paul Minn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Chicago
Great Western Ry
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
St. Paul
Mion
Chicago Great Western Ry
Alberta
Arizona
British Columbia
California
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Mexico City
G P. A
Minn
Low Summer Tourist Rates From G W Railways
Chicago Great Western Railway offers round trip tickets at nearly half tariff to Minnesota North Dakota Wisconsin Colorado Utah Southern Wyoming and Lower Michigan Resorts. Tickets daily to Sept 30 with return by Oct 31. For details contact G W Agent or J P Elmer G P A St Paul Min. Also Low Rates to Lake Geneva Williams Bay Fontana Wisconsin via Northwestern Line for weekends. return by Monday after sale date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Great Western Railway
Minnesota
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Lower Michigan
G. W
J. P. Elmer
St. Paul Minn
Lake Geneva
Williams Bay
Fontana
Wis
North-Western
Chicago & North- Western Ra Y
Excursion Tickets to State Span ish War Veterans' Reunion
Excursion tickets to the state veterans' reunion in Galesburg will be sold at reduced rates July 19 20 and 21 via the North Western line. Return limit until July 13 inclusive. Apply to agents Chicago North Western Ry. Five?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg
North-Western
Chicago & North-Western R'y
Freeport
St. Paul
Minn
Saengerbund
Northwest
Chicago & North- Western R’y
Excursion Tickets for Camp Meeting at Glen Ellyn
Reduced price excursion tickets on the North Western line available July 18 through July 31 return by August 1. Eastbound trains 80 402 406 72 and westbound 400 411 61 stop at Glen Ellyn camp grounds from July 18 until noon August 2. Apply to Chicago Northwestern Railway agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Meeting
Glen Ellyn
Glen Ellyn Camp Grounds
Chicago & Northwestern R’y. G-lfdw
C., M. & St. P. Dells excursion set for July 20
C., M. & St. P. plans a Dells of Wisconsin excursion on July 20 departing Freeport Rockford and intermediate points on the same timetable used for the June 22 trip. Clerk J. B. Swratt notes schedule details at station.
Freak Fratotos and Sideshow Oddities Revealed
A side show manager describes its diverse lineup including a fat woman with a puffed face, a dwarf who is mean, a flying skeleton who is agreeable, an ossified man hard to get along with, a woman with snakes, and a tattooed man named Russell Sage. Bjorn Bjornson, a Scandinavian author, began by writing hymns intended to make him a farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fratotos
Russell Sage
Bjornstierne Bjornson
PAX'TINE Toilet Antiseptic Promises Relief
An advertiser claims that most women suffer from organic weakness causing inflammation ulcers or catarrhal distress and recommends hot douches with PAX'TINE Toilet Antiseptic. The ad promises universal satisfaction with a money back guarantee and notes no boxes returned from a hundred.
Call for Stephenson County Republican Convention 1906
The Stephenson County Republican Central Committee calls a county convention at The County Club Freeport Illinois on August 9 1906 at 2 p m to nominate County Judge County Clerk County Treasurer Sheriff and County Superintendent of Schools and to elect a committee and delegates. Delegates are chosen at a primary August 4 1906 with 244 total delegates allocated by district and a preference vote for each office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephenson County
Republican County Central Committee
Illinois
Freeport
Mitteeman
Jefferson
August Boemeler
Loran
D. L. Mitchell
Plorence—W. Wilhelms
C.ceeeeee
Sliver Creek
C. H. Meyer
Ridott
J. E. Yvaggart
John Scheffner
Rock Run
Ist
D. G. Lashell
Ikk
O. Knudson
Lancaster—James
Frank Harris
Charles F. Berger
R. D. Kuehner
P. A. Molter
RB. I. Timms
John R. Waddell
W. J
H. C. Houser
Waddams
Wm. Kalley
Ceereery Buckeye
F. W
Tebel
Winslow
I. W. Gage
13Th
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Seanigille
le Tor. W.Y
Duferlos
Dawkins
Jaton Todid
Dh & Sees
Emery Forsy Tile
John Burns
Macaulay
Einest Mason Sntow
Peking
N. G. Wise
Fils
Diaz
Mexico
Wtén
Duke of Westminster
Tack Sheppard
Professor Tangley
Smithsonian Institution
Black Hills
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Salt Lake City
Hot Springs
Deadwood
Lead and Duster
S. D
North-Western Line
Chicago & North-Western R’y
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Mather
Bradfield Regulator GO
Atlanta
The
Land of the Sky
North Carolina
Switzerland
Asheville
Harvard
Lake Toxaway
Southern Railway
Queen & Crescent
Geo. B. Allen
St. Louis
J.S. McCullough
N. W
Dearborn St
H. Hardwick
Washington, D. C
W. H. Tayloe
Jos. Emmert
R. PB. Eckert
D. Mack
Rock Grove
Cessecas
Dakota
Winslow Wee
West Point
Kent West Point
Erin
Loran Deve
Florence
Harlem
Sheen
Lancaster Ridott
Isriek
Weaeons Rock Run
Kilbourn
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Homeseekers
QUEEN
Crescent
Tennessee
Alabama
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
Virginia
G. B. Allen
Passener
S. H
Shoshone, Wyo
Reservation
W. B. Kniskern
Chicago & Northwestern
Wind River Reservation
Dells OF
Rockford
Madison
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
America
Dells
Wisconsin River
Sugar Bowl
Steamboat Rock
Jaws of the Dells
Witches’ Gulch
Navy Yard
Wonderful Echo Point
Whirlpool Chamber
Coldwater Canon
Standing Rock
Blackhawk
Chapel Gorge
Mihe
Rock Cit
Davis
Uyrand
Shirland
J. B. Sweatt
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