Very Low Excursion Rates to San Francisco and West Coast
North-Western Line offers daily excursion tickets from all stations to Portland Tacoma and Seattle and to California points July 26 26 27 and August 10 17 inclusive with favorable return limits due to meetings Two fast trains to the Pacific Coast daily The Overland Limited electric lighted throughout under three days en route California Express with drawing room and tourist sleeping cars Apply to Chicago North-Western Ry agents for tickets
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
California
Pacific Coast
California Express
Tates
Chicago & North-Western Ry
Tedwtds
Picnic Excursion by the C M St P Railroad
Under Myatic Workers auspices at Clinton Town a special C M St P train will operate July 27 from Elgin Beloit to Elk River Junction. It leaves Freeport at 9:12 a.m. and costs 1.60 for round trip. Returning, train departs Clinton at 6:20 p.m. Excursion tickets valid only on that ship date. Inquiries to local agent.
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Myatic
Clinton Town
Elgin
Beloit
Elk River
Freeport
Clinton
Dwt
Dells of Wisconsin excursion by rail and steamer
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers a $2.25 round trip excursion from Freeport at 6:20 a.m. on Tuesday July 26 with return from Kilbourn at 7 p.m. Tickets include a steamer ride through the Dells of the Wisconsin for a day of instruction and recreation. See agent C. M. & St. P. Ry for details.
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Dells
Wisconsin
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Kilbourn
Freeport
Agent C., M
St. P
Excursion to Kilbourn and Dells of Wisconsin
Train excursion from Freeport and Rockford to Madison via C M St P on Tuesday July 2. Special trains depart Freeport 6 20 am and Kilborn 7 pm July 26 returning. Round trip fare 2 26. Tickets valid only on specified trains and date. Inquire local agent for details.
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Kilbourn
Dells
Wisconsin
Freeport
Rockford
Madison
Kilborn
Dwtd
Very Low Rates to Denver Colorado by Northwestern Line
Very low excursion rates to Denver via the Chicago and North Western Railway offered for August 12 and 13 with favorable return limits. Tickets available through agents of the Chicago and North Western Railway.
Very Low Rates to Detroit on Northwestern Line
Transit fares to Detroit, Mich set for August 13 and 4 via the North Western Line. Tickets priced with favorable return limits on account of the Imperial Palace Dramatic Order one Khorasson. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Ry.
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North-Western
Chicago & North-Western Ry
Detroit
Mich
Imperial Palace
238 Acre Farm for Sale Near Fall Creek Wisconsin
About 176 acres under cultivation with a heavy timber area, wire fencing, large frame house, barns, a well, and a trout stream through pasture. Originally 240 acres. 2 acres were taken for a creamery store and blacksmith shop. Located 44 miles from school and 7 miles from Fall Creek, Wis. Price $10 per acre with $2,000 cash down and mortgage on the balance for 6 to 10 years, interest at og. Also accepts suitable city property. ALVIN M. ANDERSON, qlodim Dadgeville, Wis.
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School
Fall Creek
Wis
Alvin M. Anderson
Two Alone at Sea Aboard a Lonely Steamer
Colford, a former Austrian official, grows close to a mourning young woman Helen as they travel the Atlantic. After a tragedy surfaces in her past, he promises protection and proposes a shared plan to avoid Ellis Island and immigration deportation. Their bond deepens as the voyage begins.
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Bremen
Atlantic
Colford
Agin
Sandy Hook
Selene
Yelene
Josef Varga
Helen
Free
Ellis
Austria
Ellis Island
Liston
European voyage ends with orphan seeking new life
An Austrian orphan tells Colford of her father's death, her move from Bruzza to New York, and her hope that a physician in America will meet her. He offers help, sharing their mutual loneliness. On the return to West Street, she lingers by the stern, gazing at the sea and Europe.
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Ody
Colford
Bruzza
Mother
America
Snanele
New York
Peraps
Hudson
West Street
Catford
Inbbick
Austria
Europe
He Saved Vin Life Tale Echoes From a Capitol Recess
A Capitol recess anecdote recounted by visiting congressmen tells of a Pennsylvanian native who becomes a naval officer, moves to a city, serves four years, then returns to his mother and admits he saved his life rather than savings. The quip captures federal service sacrifice and personal risk.
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Jounpylvania
Fiisman
Keystone
Commonwealth
Tharper
Nautical Terms of Dutch Origin Highlight History
The piece traces nautical words like yacht skipper smack sloop and schooner to Dutch roots noting the Dutch taught English seamanship. It cites 18th century Gloucester shipbuilding and a locals’ quip at launch as a colorful example of spelling and usage.
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Netherlands
Tord Notson
Orion
Tratily
Glouces
Andrew Kt Huilt
Robinsey
Why Women Are Pretty Says Mayguste Study
A Mayguste specialist claims women are prettier because they are indolent and avoid hard work while men pursue business and thought. He cites the Zaro in British India where women lead in state affairs, propose themselves, and men stay home with children, resulting in strikingly handsome men and plain women.
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British India
Black Bottles For Wine Origin and Purpose
A historical note explains that black wine bottles were introduced about 150 years ago by English peer Lord Delayal. He built works at Button Sluice in Northumberland to avoid using inferior coal. Initial black color came from glass material, but later the public linked wine with black bottles, prompting continued use of coloring matter even after material improvements.
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Lord Delayal
Button Sluice
Northumberland
A Mile A Minute Telegraph Operator Knows His Trade
Tim Mulligan, a top railroad telegraph operator on the W and W road, is repeatedly suspended for refusing to defer to superiors. After a midnight transfer to a remote station, a major derailment near Davisburg leads to a fatal crash elsewhere, and Mulligan is recalled to Chicago at his old pay, while a less experienced replacement faces the danger of the rails.
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Pin Mulligan
Thin
Chicago
Tie
Webwtes
Aia
Tim W
Timm
Httle
Alteast
Tewis
Mioi
Phen
Jim
Tina
Tim
Ian
Yale
Ron Spaipeon
Collins
Crmary
Supe
Graufton
Grafton
Uri
Lie
Wune Wong
Ehh
Stanton
Wene
Mulligan
Davisburg
Old Minister's Revenge in Northfield Mass
The elderly Rev Thomas Mason near seventy, settled in Northfield Mass for life, offered to turn his parish to his younger brother for 1000 dollars when his flock sought a younger preacher. After the collection the minister taunts former parishioners at a hog sale, recalling a prior abovewage sale of hogs for 1000 dollars.
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Thomas Mason
Northfield
Mass
Mason
Boston Herth
Red Lettice in Early English Cuisine and Lore
In a London discourse the term red lettuce is traced as an English morning collar phrase. The note cites Shakespeare and a 1604 book, describing a red headed lettuce used decoratively and in verse. It mentions a teper peeping from a window and urban references to locations such as Brown Tow street.
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England
Henry TV
Palsritt
Efalbayn
Prodigal Sun Returns Amid Friendly Chatter
In a family gathering the prodigal sun reappears after an unusually wild period. The mother consents he has many good points while the uncle notes Bo has a porcupine, signaling a quirky, humorous exchange about behavior and character.
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Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co
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Illinois Central Railway
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Helena
Hutte
Garrigan
Chinook
Anaconda
Mont
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Utah
Pocatella
Idaho
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Wenatche
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Huntington
Oregon
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Astoria
Ashland
San Diego
Cal
Rvack
BEA
WM. Walton
Schoeffel & Brokhausen
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Uneeda
Graham
F. A. Schulz
EL Pronto
Albert Schwarne
Roy Melnick
A.W. Place
A. Hy, Reiger
George Wolt
Edward Eirick
Dr. Matter
George Hornberger
Roehe W
William Keeler
C. W. Harden
Michigan
Couarttrom
Firat
Uae
Omar Sivetste
Ohl
Ness Yolx
Peicel
Bahia
Lax Polpte
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