Journey Through Canadian Country Seven Week Car Tour
Freeport young man recalls travel from Edmonton to Winnipeg by rail visiting Calgary Pincher Creek Fernie Lethbridge Stirling Cardston Medicine Hat Moose Jaw Regina Estevan Souris and Winnipeg. He notes towns, growth, mountains, rail depots and a coal mine payroll, with personal anecdotes about Sir Thomas Shaughnessey and a Calgary encounter.
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Mount‘ains
Calgary
Edmonton
Thomas Shaughnessey
Killarney
Sir Thomas
Macleod
Pincher Creek
Mountains
Fernie
Pincher
Castle Mountain
Crowesnest
Crowesnest Mountain
Frank
Enet
Lethbridge
Alberta
Nova Scotia
Alberta Railway and Irrigation Co
Stirling
Boundary Line
Cardston
Raymond
Medicine Hat
Moose Jaw
Crane Lake
Robinson
Toronto
Chicago
Canadian Pacific
Canada
Tugaske
Regina
Saskatchewan
Estevan
Winnipeg
Eastevan
Manitoba
Souris
Man
Royal Alexandra Hotel
Travel Memoir Highlights Eight Thousand Mile Journey
The writer recounts an eight thousand mile trip with profit in business terms. He notes arriving in Winnipeg after a late train and expresses gratitude for the opportunity, promising to remember Freeport friends with love.
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Vera
Lemuel H Murlin Named DePauw University President
Lemuel Herbert Murlin born November 16 1861 in Mercer County Ohio and educated at DePauw University. After graduation in 1891 he studied at Clark College University of Pennsylvania and European universities. He served as pastor in Vincennes Indiana and became Baker University president in 1894. He gained prominence as church worker and educator and attended the 1901 Methodist Ecumenical conference in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemuel Herbert Murlin
de Pauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Mercer County
Ohio
Clark College
University of Pennsylvania
Europe
Vincennes
Baker University
Baldwin, Kas
Marlin
London
America
Methodist Ecumenical Conference
Water tank mishap injures Dixon brakeman
Dixon Nov 14 A brakeman Thomas Reilly of this city was injured when a water spout on a moving Illinois Central locomotive reared and threw him from the tender. He suffered a deep facial gash and bruising but doctors say no bones are broken and he should recover after a few days in hospital.
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Dixon
Dixon Yards
Illinois Central Road
Thomas Reilly
Freeport
Amboy
Matt Allen
Mr. Reilly
Reilly
Illinois awards free diphtheria antitoxin contract
The Illinois state board of health has awarded a contract for high potency antitoxin to Dr. H. M. Alexander & Company of Marietta Ohio. The serum will be supplied in sterile glass syringes at no charge to patients, with distribution through 2006 agencies statewide to monitor treatment outcomes and disease patterns.
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Illinois State Board of Health
Dr. H. M. Alexander & Company
Marietta
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Chicago
State Board of Health
Lederle Antitoxin Laboratories
New York
Illinois
Pbut
Massachusetts
Buying Peace of Mind From Expanding Business Reach
The article argues that leaders seek peace of mind by growing their enterprises until management can be delegated. It cites Rockefeller and Pulitzer as examples and recounts a Cincinnati restaurant owner who expanded to hire others, eventually retiring from daily duties while still profiting from a larger operation.
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John DD. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Joseph Pulitzer
The
New York World
James Gordon Bennett
Paris
New York
Cincinnati
Ele
Trusted Arnica Salve Cures Sores in Fifteen Years
A. F. Hardy of East Wilton Maine testifies that Bucklen's Arnica Salve never fails to cure sores boils ulcers or burns and has saved many doctor bills. Sold at Jos Emmert's drug store in 25cc size.
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Bucklen
Bill
A. F. Hardy
East Wilton
Maine
Jos. Emmert’s
John Spiess Buys Geo McCarty Meat Market
Notice announces John Spiess has purchased the Geo McCarty meat market at 53 Stevenson Street. He invites all old customers and many new neighbors to visit and meet him.
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John Spiess
Geo. McCarty
Stephenson St
Lad
Rummage Sale By St Agnes Guild Of Grace Church
The St Agnes guild of Grace Church will hold a rummage sale on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday November 16 17 and 18 in the old Harpster store on Van Buren street next to the old post office. People with old clothing furniture or other rummage items should notify Mrs H S Bowler at blue 871 or Mrs Dr Kurrell at 204.
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St. Agnes’ Guild of Grace Church
Harpster
van Buren Street
H. S. Bowler
Dr. Kurrell
Dr Kings New Discovery Endorsed For Coughs And Colds
A Panama Missouri resident cites seven years of proof that Dr Kings New Discovery is best for throat chest and lung ailments. The ad asserts thirty eight years of proof for coughs colds lagrippe asthma hay fever bronchitis and early consumption. It claims timely use prevents pneumonia and offers trial bottles and guaranteed sales at Jos Emmerts drug store with prices 60 cents and 1.00.
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Dr. King
W. V. Henry
Panama
Jos
Emmert's
Removal Notice for Pierce Trade Office Move
Notice states GARROLL R. PIERCE telephone and electrical installer and Western Electric Power apparatus agent has moved from Chicago Street to Hettinger block second floor New phone. Action serves as removal notice for business location change.
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Chicago Street
Hettinger Block
Garroll R. Pierce
Western Electric Power Apparatus
Status of Women as Wage Earners and Social Change
A lecture notes that in Illinois outside Chicago one woman works for every five men, in Chicago and Cook County one to three, and nationally about 19.8 percent of women workers are under 25. It discusses night work limits, wage gaps, home impact, and social reform, urging a stronger social conscience to address women in industry and its effects on families.
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Chicago
Cook County
European
Holland
Russia
Austria
Indiana
Nebraska
Massachusetts
New York
Ohio
New Jersey
Beynon
Freeport
Illinois
Three Twins to Appear at Grand Opera House Wednesday
The Three Twins musical play comes to the Grand opera house on Wednesday November 18 after runs in Chicago and New York. Joseph M. Gaites financed a lavish mounting with gorgeous costumes, magnificent scenery, and dazzling electrical effects. Victor Morley leads a cast that includes George S. Trimble Eva Fallon and Richard Bartlett in a show praised as one of the era’s smartest musicals.
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Grand Opera House
Metropolitan
Chicago
Whitney Opera House
New York
Herald Square’ Theatre
Joseph M. Gaites
Victor Morley
Richard Carle
George 5. Trimble
Eva Fallon
Richard Bartlett
W. H. Woodside
Maud Demarest
Della Niven
Bessie Clifford
Frank Smith
E. P. Bower
Florenz Kolb
Ada Bateman
Marle Naskow
Chicago audiences react to changes in touring show lineup
The article notes protest from Chicago theatergoers over the author’s shift from broilers to new dance girl performances in The Girl Question and Honeymoon Trail. A dedicated company will present an exact duplicate of the Chicago show at Grand Opera House on Monday, November 28.
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Chicago
Grand Opera House
Antony and Cleopatra at the Majestic Tonight
The Majestic presents Antony and Cleopatra with strong acting in the famed death scene. Tomorrow a new film The Heights of a Nobleman Under Louis XIV's reign screens at the same venue.
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the Majestic
Antony
Cleopatra
Louis XIV
This Date in History Highlights Various 18th–20th Century Events
The entry lists notable events and births such as astronomer James Ferguson’s death in London in 1776 and John Bright’s birth. It notes Louis Honore Frechette’s life, Christian IX’s proclamation as Denmark’s king, Sherman’s Atlanta to Savannah march, the Duke of Aosta as Spain’s king, Brazil’s shift to a republic in 1889, and strikes and statehood events through 1907.
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James Ferguson
London
Scotland
John Bright
Louis Honore Frechette
Levis
Quebec
Montreal
Prince of
Sonderburg- Glucksburg
Denmark
Christian IX
Sherman
Athinta
Sea
Duke of Aosta
Spain
St. Petersburg
Oklahoma
Unicon
Best in Freeport flour from Plymouth Milling Co
White Lily and Plymouth Flour produced by Plymouth Milling Co are touted as best in Freeport. The ad urges customers to ask for the brands, priced at 10 to 2 cents.
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Plymouth
Plymouth Milling Co
Best
Freeport
Grateful Letter Praises Father John's Medicine
Mrs. Harry Sperling of Beaver Falls Pennsylvania writes that Father John's Medicine saved her four year old daughter and that the family uses it for nourishment and to treat throat and lung troubles for all members of the household.
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Father John
Harry Sperling
Ith Avenue
Beaver Falls
Blacksmith Shop to Close on Exchange Street November 1
Halse Dreyer announces closing of his blacksmith shop on Exchange Street November 1 and will join Clark & Son. He solicits former patrons and invites new customers to visit the new partnership.
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Exchange Street
Clark & Son
Halse Dreyer
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Fred Dietrich
Northwest
Lemuel JH. Martin
BIG Order
Ilinois
Com
Jouhn
Daily Journal W
Jewel Elgin
Emerick, Barrett & Co
Journal
Want
Illinois Central
R. R
International
International Amphitheatre
Union Stock Yards
G. Hatch
A. H. Hanson
P.T.M
C. P. Guenther's
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