Kimball Pianos Praised by World Renowned Artists
Acclaimed by Rudolph Ganz Emil Leibling Walter Daniosch Francisco Tamagno Sophia Scalchi and Jean De Reske the Kimball Piano earns strong endorsements for tone action and durability. The Chicago Musical College and several colleges favor it as the piano of choice. W. W. Kimball Co offers direct sale pricing and flexible payment options with organ or square accepted as first payment.
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Rudolph Ganz
Emil Leibling
Walter Daniosch
Francisco Tamagno
Sophia Scalchi
Jean de Reske
Kimball Pianos
Kimballl
Ravdolph Ganz
Kimball
Emin Leibling
Walter Danirosch
Sophia Scalchl
Chicago Musical College
Chicago Observatory of Music
Hedding College
Drake University
Indiana State Normal
W. W. Kimball CO
Galena St
Freeport
Ill
FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF ILLINOIS CENTRAL ENDS IN FISH VICTORY
President Stuyvesant Fish and J H Harriman reach a truce at the Illinois Central directors meeting in New York ending the fight for control. Harriman agrees to withdraw proxy actions and vote proxies through Fish. Governor Deneen attends, calls the outcome harmonious, and no change in management is planned.
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New York
Stuyvesant Fish
J. H. Harriman
Illinois Central
Fish
Harriman
Peabody
Mutual Life
Illinois Central Board
Illinois
Deneen
Chicago
Wall Street
Fall Styles Return to Neat, Practical Lines in Coats and Suits
City clothiers report no drastic changes for the upcoming season. The trend favors medium length coats with fewer vents, looser business trousers, and closer fitting overcoats with wide flares. The Chesterfieldian look fades as the Varsity style prevails, English walking coats struggle for acceptance in smaller markets.
Open Publicity The Rest Guard
Guaranteed Merip advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women’s ailments sold by druggists with open bottle labels listing ingredients. It claims American roots, no narcotics, no alcohol and endorsements by medical writers. Letters offer a free booklet from Dr Pierce, Buffalo, N Y.
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MERIP
Medicing
Pierce
K. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Amtncant
Conquering the Last Frontier in Success Magazine
Readers are introduced to Northwestern Canada as the Grand Trunk Pacific surveys a route to Port Simpson and possibly Dawson City. Samuel Merwin reports from a land yet unseen by many, describing pioneering exploration and the region’s raw frontier conditions.
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Success Magazine
Canada
Grand Trand Pacific Railroad
Port Simpson
Dawson City
Samuel Merwin
Great Northwest
Remsen Crawford
Army of
France
Vance Thompson
David Graham Phillip
Paul Latzke
Telephone Trust
Alva Milton Kerr
Porter Emerson Browne
Casey- Murphy
Ellis Parker Butler
A Breath of Old Ocean and August Pilgrim多
The Pilgrim marks August cover with Robert Hopkins’s oil painting A Breath of Old Ocean. John M. Buckley’s The Transfigured Niagara leads, contrasting summer falls with frost king.
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Robert Hopkins
John M. Buckley
Niagara
Albert H. Henry
P. T. van Zile
North Pole
Nathan Whitcomb
Wellman
Allen Willey
Roosevelt
Rosgie
Wilbur Nesbit
Marguerita Spaulding Gerry
Paul E. Triem
Caroline Kellogg
Carr
Allen
Spellman
Howard
Nervous Debility and Prostration Remedy Ad
Advertisement for Humphreys Homeopathic Specific No. 28 claiming cure of nervous debility from overwork. Notes 40 years’ use and “only successful remedy.” Priced at $1 per vial or $5 for a special package, available from Humphreys Med Co and sent prepaid by mail.
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Humphreys! Med. Co
William & Joho Sts
Order for weighing mail shifts post office duties nationwide
A Rockford Star report details a Washington directive requiring post offices to record weights and counts of second class mail sent to each state. The six month plan measures number of packages and total weight by state, with sacks distributed by train routes, creating extra work for local offices and newspapers.
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Washington
Rockford Star
Fie
NEW MARK FOR STATE FAIR
Springfield readers learn the Illinois state fair opens September 28 in Springfield with a record cattle horse sheep hogs poultry and farm exhibit. Space demand is at a peak as 53 years of fair history shows no match. Entertainment includes Henney- Globe band and several quartets with a strong speed program and top horses. Illinois railways offer one fare round trip up to 4 dollars to bring visitors from all state regions.
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Springfield
Ilinois
State Board of Agriculture
Henney- Globe Band
Freeport
Illinois
William E Curtis A Storied Chicago Correspondent
William E Curtis, famed Chicago Record-Herald correspondent, writes daily letters from around the world. The piece notes his sustained, engaging output since 1872, his travels to Mexico, India, Turkey, the Holy Land, and anticipated trips to Ireland, Russia, and Germany.
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William E. Curtis
Chicago Record-Herald
Curtis
Record- Herald
Mexico
India
Turkey
Holy Land
Ireland
Russia
Germany
Chicago
James G. Blaine
Bureau of American Republics
Washington
Europe
Record-Herald
California
Summer Tourist Rates to Northern Wisconsin Resorts
Summer rates to the beautiful summer resorts of northern Wisconsin and southern Minnesota via the North Western Line. Send a 2 cent stamp for summer resort literature to W B Kniskern, Passenger Traffic Manager, Chicago. For rates and tickets, apply to agents Chicago & Northwestern Ry.
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Winneis
Wisconsin
North-Western
Sena
W. B. Kniskern
Chicago
Chica
North-Western R’y
Take Journal With You Travel Subscription Ad
A brief home newspaper promotion offers daily journal service mailed nationwide at 10 cents a week with free address changes. It argues the home paper is better than a letter for travelers and urges readers to subscribe.
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Daily Journal
United States
Umbrella recovered at Galena Street incident
A brief report notes an umbrella recovered after a minor disturbance at 87 Galena Street on the 8th, with no injuries or further details provided.
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Umbrellagre
Yan
Galena Street
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Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
A.c.knorr
Georgia
Michigan
Alma Gem
Albertus
F. A. Schulz
Ea Mies
Ely
Berg
OFC
Ment
Governor Deneen
Fall
Humphreys' Medicine Co
Col. Willan
John Streets
Ayer
Antwerp
Taylor & Priori
Coluia
Oxfords
Cchmidt
Yachlin & Pfeiffer
The
Freeport Hardware Company
Santos
Java
Japan
Burrell Bros
Stephenson Ao
Schoeffel & Brokhausen
Galena
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