Chicago Waterworks and the Crib at Lake Michigan
Special correspondence recounts Chicago’s Lake Michigan water system from a five foot and seven foot tunnel to a giant five sided crib offshore. It details the pumping engines, 600 miles of mains, and a daily capacity of 150,000,000 gallons with ongoing tunnel and pumping expansions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Congress of the United States
New York
London
Paris
Philadelphia
Walter Wellman
Prediction of Celluloid Popularity Threatened by Explosions
A warning notes that the growing popularity of celluloid may face a future setback due to serious explosions in stores or homes containing large quantities of the material.
How Could We Arm Them The Magazine Guns Debate
The piece argues the Franco-German war cloud and fisheries tensions heighten interest in modern war gear. It reviews American magazine rifles like Lee Remington and Hotchkiss, noting production limits, adoption status by Britain and others, and contends the U S government laxly supports private weapon makers while foreign orders sustain Yankee gunmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Congress
War Department
Washington
Commission
Lee- Remington
Chaffee-Reece
Hotchkiss
Lee-Remington
Remingtons
Remington
Lion, N. Y
America
Shiloh's Cure Offered By J F Fezer
Croup whooping cough and bronchitis relief offered by Shilohs Cure sold by J F Fezer. Local notice promotes a patent remedy with emphasis on quick relief for respiratory ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh
J. F. Fezer
J.F. Fezer
Permanent employment for a local canvasser position
A local capable and reliable woman residing in this place will be offered permanent employment as a canvasser. No investment is required as goods sell year round. References are necessary. Write to J. B. Hunine Co., 177 Monroe St., Chicago, Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Western Rural
J. B. Hunine Co
Monroe St
Illinois
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Ad Claims Universal Cure
An old advertisement promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best remedy for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions with a money back guarantee and 25 cents per box, sold by J. F. Freer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Freer
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Chicago's Water Works
Aqua Para
West
THE
Confederacy
Jefferson ‘Davis
Varina Davis
Beauvoir
Miss
Gulf of Mexico
Miss Davis
White House
Richmond
Confederate States
South
North
Phelps
Lyons Republican
Kitty
Flanders
Horatius
Meuse
London Globe
Bucklen
K. Feldstrain
H. T. West
E. von Gehren & Co
Builders’ and Partners
E. VonGohren & Co
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
FERRY
D.m.ferry & CO
Ferry &Co
D. M, Ferry & CO
Detroit
Mich
Dr. Clark
U. S
M. A. McLauchlin & CO
Skinner Block
Denver
Col. N. B
Greeley Tribune
Family Newspaper
Colorado
Weld County
Greeley
Tribune
the Tribune
Carver & Dunning
Publishers and Proprietors
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