Woman in Sample Rooms Sparks Rivalry at Stern & Salzmann
Covington and Miss Gardner clash over sales tactics in the Wentworth hotel sample rooms. Gardner outmaneuvers rivals to win Skorn’s favors, leading to a tense rivalry. A bus crash on a February day tests their resolve as Covington shields Gardner, ending with Dunkley restored and Gardner resigning as the wedding date looms in June.
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Stern & Sulz“anys
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Barton Center
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Various Views of Charlotte Corday in Contemporary Accounts
Account of Charlotte Corday describing contested details from contemporaries and witnesses. Statements cover complexion hair height and facial expression, with conflicting notes on beauty, tone of smile, and overall appearance. Historical claims note inconsistency across official records and eyewitness testimony. History is described as a science.
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Dr. Cabanes
Mlle. Corday
Mme. Hauer
Charlotte
Abbe Dinone
Cabanes
The Wonderful Parasol Ant Curious leaf gathering habit
The parasol ant of tropical America strips leaves from shrubs and trees to use as soil for cultivated fungi. Foraging columns march by twos to sixes, each ant carrying a leaf like a parasol, a sight noted by early naturalists who misinterpreted the habit. The leaves feed fungi the ants cultivate for food.
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Tropical America
Texas
Venezuela
Language of Vegetables Story Summary
A fragmented text item mentions THE LANGUAGE OF VEGETABLES and a repeated phrase, lacking clear context or names. The readable portions hint at a feature or column title without concrete events, dates, or places to anchor a proper news summary.
The Radishes and the Betrothed Gardener
Johnny Falk raises crops for market while Bet¬ty leaves for a city millinery job. She marries a bareback rider, is estranged, and falls ill. He learns of her illness, they reunite after his death, and return to a simple garden life with radishes and peas blooming again.
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John Falk
Johnny
John
Betty
Tohny
Model Farm Garden Methods at University Horticultural Grounds
The article describes a long rectangular half acre garden at the University of Iiels, detailing horse drawn cultivation, spring seed bed preparation without hand tools, and a planting order designed to reduce weed growth. It covers stake training for tomatoes, use of a five foot stake, branching, and a bumper yield of over half a bushel per plant with large smooth fruits.
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University of Iiels
New Celery Culture Promises Dense Crops Without Mounding
The Rural New Yorker outlines a new celery growing method involving thorough soil preparation heavy manuring close planting across the field and periodic irrigation. Plants stay clean by hand and wheel hoe while the dense mass bleaches stalks without earth or boards but mice have caused some trouble with the method not yet popular.
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New Yorker
Garden and Vegetable Gardening Tips for Summer Planting
Practical garden advice covers pest control with a sulfur lime mixture, sowing lettuce for succession, starting bush beans, planting corn varieties after May 15, and careful soil preparation for cabbage, cauliflower, and carrots. It notes cucumber beetle issues and weekly preventive dusting, plus nitrate benefits for cabbage family crops.
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Freeport Resident
A Freeport resident from 47 Iroquois St. testifies to lasting kidney and back pain relief from Doan's Kidney Pills. The endorsement recalls an 1897 cure and renewed faith after public recommendation. Sold by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo, sole U.S. agents. price fifty cents. Remember the name Doan's.
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St. Murray
Freewane
Iroquois St
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Notable figures linked to fashion and tech in brief
Richard Croker plans a return from Ireland next month. Senator Piles of Washington is nicknamed the white vested senator. District Attorney Jerome of New York pleads guilty to three weaknesses candy eating cooking strange dishes and making furniture. Rev Edward Hale of Boston notes health at ninety by serene life sleeping nine hours. Paul J Rainey of New York installs wireless telegraphy on his yacht Anona the first American steam yacht so equipped.
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New York
Medward
Everett Hale
Boston
Paul J. Rainey
New Yorker
Notice onDr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Indigestion Prevention
Early warning urged for indigestion and liver trouble with Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. The ad claims quick, pleasant cure for chronic dyspepsia, sold by druggists at 50c and 1.00, with money back if it fails.
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Dr. Caldwell
Items of Interest from the era
Peru has fewer than seven persons per square mile. Whitney the inventor of the cotton gin earned nothing from his idea. An electric railway may connect Moscow and St. Petersburg. Between 800 and 900 British towns and villages have American namesakes. A government expert estimates 1905 advertising expenditure at 125 million dollars. Havre hosts the world’s largest coffee market, with 1904 imports reaching 109,089 tons.
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Peru
Whitney
United States
Havre
Global notes of trade and population figures
Malaga exports palm leaf hats to New York, Canada yields six barrels of apples per family, Persia hosts 9,000,000 people over 628000 square miles. Italian prisons employ 9,042 convicts. Peru unknown tribal numbers. Salvation Army plans a 125000 boarding house for women in Los Angeles. Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar advertised as cough remedy.
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Persia
Italy
Peru
Salvation Army
Tos Angeles
First Sea Gull Killed in Pittsburg by Local Hunter
Frank Carpenter of Pittsburg brings in a five foot sea gull that wandered inland after severe storms. Gull is a rare inland sight, usually a dry water gull along streams. The bird fought by crows, fled to water to escape, and was then taken to Topeka Capital.
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Frank Carpenter
Pittsburg
Mr. Carpenter
Topeka
Let Everybody Work And World Contentment From Health
An old advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a cure for stomach and liver pains. It claims the product restores health and happiness, offering money back if unsatisfied. Sold by druggists for 60 cents and one dollar.
Homeseeker Excursion Offers Reduced Northwest Tickets
Reader notice announces greatly reduced excursion tickets to the Northwest region via the North Western Line. Standard and Tourist Sleeping Cars, Free Bastiane ice Chair Cars and “The Best of Every” are included with late and full cale applications through agents of Chicago and the sternly advertised route.
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Homeseeker
Chicago
Fragmented caption seeks proper head for British war entry
The page shows an editing dispute over a headline for a British man of war. An assistant suggests a blunt or damaged phrase while the editor pushes for a safe diplomatic label. The fragment hints at a wartime news brief without complete details.
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Pott
Ameticati Spectator
Language Talker Earns Vast Wages in Widely Varying Pay
A Chicago Herald piece notes a man who spoke many languages claimed a weekly wage of 110 dollars, while another figure brags that a talkative cat could earn not even a dime per week. The remark underscores divergent views on language skills and earnings.
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Tf On¢E
Chicago Herald
Let It Shine Reflects On Sunshine And Awnings
A Milwaukee Sentinel columnist contrasts optimism and cynicism about the world. One says sunshine abounds, the other warns the world needs fewer people who carry awnings, a quip implying overprotective or structures over people.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
The Dest He Had Lady-See Here
A judge confronts a driver over whipping a horse on the road. The driver defends the action saying the horse does not mind it, and asks for a fence rail.
Flow and Wise Dialogue Stirs Washington Star Quip
A Washington Star quip shows a suspicious wife asking about her husband’s late office hours and a retort by Mrs. Wise about no headache the next morning. The exchange highlights skepticism and humor in a brief social remark.
Diggs and Higgins clash in sly Anander tale
In the Chicago News the dialogue riffs on Diggs noting Higgins as clever and Biggs countering that he never beat anyone out of a cent in his life. The exchange hints at reputations and rivalries among local figures.
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Diggs
Higgins
Anander
Biggs
Chicago News
Quieted Down Have You Had Any Trouble With Your Heart
The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes a light exchange as a speaker jokes about health and marriage in a casual, chatty tone. The remark about flying with a third wife adds a humorous, personal touch to the report.
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Marquette
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
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