Illinois Central Railroad Time Table November 27 1904
A Galena timetable outlines west and northbound and east and southbound trains. It lists departure times from Chicago and Galena for services to St Paul Omaha Dubuque Des Moines and St Louis with connections to Bloomington Nixon Mendota Normal LaSalle and the West via Omaha and St Paul. Freight and passenger conveyance on selected trains is noted.
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Be & QR
Galena
Peain
Chicago
St. Louis
Bay
Calena
St. Paul
Minnespolia
Minneapolis
St Paul
Dubuque
Canada
Islena
Chicago St. Paul
M.J. Burns. Ag
Illinois Central Railroad
St. Paul Limited
Omaha Limited
Omaha Express
Fast Mail
Siox City
Ayoz
Dubuque Passe
T. Ny
Reight
St. Paul-Chicago
Chicago Limited
South Express
jArrives
Airaail Chicago
St. Louis D'Ly
Seaeesiee
Decatur
Sanday
Erseeerseesere Ee
St. Louia
Cairo
Ahsol
Bloomington
Turkish Harem Life: Homes Gardens and Simple Living
The article describes Turkish household life with focus on the selamlik and hare nik, doors to the street being absent, gated gates, and women behind thick walls. It contrasts Western misperceptions of harems with the real minimal furnishings, such as divans, cushions, a central brazier, and simple meals from the bazaar cook shops.
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Europe
Turkey
Salonica
Turkish Household Life And Elopements In Old Times
The piece describes Turkish domestic life with emphasis on women roles, marriage, elopements, dowries, and funeral rites. It notes dowry practices involve furniture and clothing gifts from the father in law, modest middle class housekeeping costs, and the domination of the first wife in household chores and decisions. It mentions baptism, naming, and mosque rites, plus a minister from Knickerbocker who became wealthy from mining after leaving a church.
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Mecca
Turkey
The Downfall of Mean Old Sammy Sanders
Honest Uncle Ezra tells of Sammy Sanders a stingy man in Woodchuck Glen who faced a wild misfortune when a jaw snapping episode led to a costly medical bill. Dr Spruggs charged fifty dollars per operation and Sammy paid in full after a showdown, marking the only time anyone got the best of him.
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Ezra
Sammy Sanders
Sammy
Woodchuck Glen
Dr. Spruggs
Coolville
Eva
Uncle Hara
Boston Globe
Free lord of the earth and the air in despair
The excerpt laments vanished wealth and hope as treasure crumbles to dust. A speaker abandons despair to wander the world, claiming freedom as they drift beyond possessions and burdens, with a tone of ironic relief and renewed agency.
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Fox
Lord
Earth
London Daily News
Drifter tale of Scraggy and a lifesaving rescue
A seafaring narrative recalls a ship’s desperate voyage to save a dying girl who swallowed a bullet. Scraggy, a rough sailor with hidden skill, improvises a dangerous maneuver to extract the bullet as the crew fights feverish poverty ashore. The tale ends with Scraggy’s defiant, flawed humanity and a later scene of Northampton’s bald mayor misreading a note.
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Scraggy
Praise for King Edward the Shrewd or Wise
A Paris correspondent praises King Edward as shrewd and wise. Since his accession, the journalist says he has made no international mistakes, unlike Germany and Russia, in law and policy.
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Edward
Edward the Shrewd
Paris
England
Germany
End of Western Boom at Kettle Falls Foreclosure Sale
A hotel once built for 13000 six years ago at Kettle Falls Washington sold for 200 as part of foreclosure for delinquent taxes. A number of town lots were auctioned from 1 cent to 325 cents each, marking the end of a local boom town.
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Kettle Falls
Wash
From & Cents
Quay Discusses Farmers and Gentleman Farmers
A newspaper snippet recalls Senator Quay’s view on farming. He defines a gentleman farmer as one who sells what he cannot eat while an ordinary farmer eats what he cannot sell. The remark is tied to Harper's Weekly and related quips about Corby and Corby’s silence.
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Quay
Harper's Weekly
Plant forecaster to set up weather stations in Vienna and London
Australian meteorologist J N Nowak claims to forecast weather by a plant named abus pre eatorius found in Mexico years ago. He plans to erect his first weather stations in Vienna and London, asserting his forecasts are obtainable from three to eight days a year.
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J. N. Nowak
Vienna
London
Nowak
Hill Builds Simple Home in Lonoy Mass
James J. Hill the railroad millionaire selects a simple inexpensive summer residence in Lonoy Massachusetts. The fashionable colony is disappointed. the cottage is small and unsuited for lavish entertaining. His daughter Susan Hill, living nearby, will likely represent him socially.
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Hill
James J. Hill
Lonoy
Mass
SnJan
Mr. Hill
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