Pullman City Rose From Swamp To Magic City
Special correspondence recounts George M. Pullman building Pullman as a planned city around his sleeping car empire. From Colorado mining dreams to Chicago development, he owned land factories hotels churches and more, creating a self contained town under one owner. The sleeping car’s fortune funded the vast urban project and Pullman rose to wealth as his city grew brick by brick.
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Crrcaco
Jcago
America
Pullman
Homie
Jiman
The
Oyer
Eld
Lake Calurmet
Survel
Mty
Serward
Ss Peak
Colorado
George M. Pullman
Albion
Erie Canal
New York State
Chicago
Tremont House
Mattison House
West
Chicago and Alton Company
St. Louis
Old West Side
Albert
Pike's Peak
Walter Wellman
Imboding of Life Through Reimbodiments Across Forms
The text argues that all life evolves through continuous reimbodiments. It states that animals birds fish and reptiles re-embody, denying spirit to one form would deny it to all. It cites prehistoric giants as ancestors of modern species and suggests evolution toward finer, more agile bodies over vast times.
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America
Prentice Mulford
Children of the Chinese in San Francisco's Hill Colony
Joaquin Miller writes from Chicago Times on the Chinese community in San Francisco. He ridicules tourist praise, condemns perceived “common sense” flaws, and praises Chinese children and parental affection amid colorful dress and crowded narrow streets on Telegraph Hill with ships in the bay.
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Mexico
San Francisco
Joaquin Miller
Chicago Times
The Little Girl of To-Day Critique in New York Star
A 12 year old girl described as elaborately dressed and socially precocious is criticized as a poor model for the future wife. The piece argues genuine good form comes from healthy, hearty children in picturesque clothes, while condemning superficial “Frou-Frou” behavior as unsuitable and dangerous.
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New York Star
Rag Doctor of Berlin and the frost bell saved grapes
A Chicago Herald item notes Berlin rumors about an American physician dubbed the Rag Doctor who supposedly oversees rag disinfection for U S imports and earns a high salary plus per bale fees. It also profiles California frost bells that warn vineyard occupants to save grapes by lighting fires to protect crops in cold snaps.
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California
Pacific Coast
Chicago Herald
Northermost Editor Claims Arctic Distinction
L Moller edits Atuagagliatit at Godthaab Greenland 64 degrees north, claiming to be the northermost editor. Dr Gould, long a southern sky watcher, is new member of the Vienna Academy of Sciences. A Pittsburg colored woman recalls being scared by a recent storm and says she shook like an ashpan.
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L. Moller
Esquimaux
Atuagagliatit
Godthaab
Greenland
Gould
Vienna Academy of Sciences
Pittsburg
Chiropodists and the Feet of New York Ladies
An interview in Brooklyn Eagle notes chiropodists have grown common in the city. It discusses soft and hard corns, bunions, causes from tight or narrow shoes, and methods including softening, shaving, lambs wool dressings, and the rise of manicures.
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Citis
New York
Brooklyn Eagle
Flight of Swallows Returns Fast After Release
Two swallows released in Milan from Pavia broods returned to their nests in thirteen minutes, showing a flight rate of eighty seven and a half miles per hour. A minister's wife hosts a porch chat with a neighbor. A large basket of buttons prompts a remark about duplicate buttons from a husband’s old suit. T. C. Morisey & Co advertises local property, loans, and insurance offers.
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Milan
Arkansaw Traveler
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Stege
Seltzer
Chlebrat
Coraline
Warner Bros
Wabash Ave
Worcester
Worcester’s Dictionary
Lippincott
J. Thomas
Theperial
Chamber's Encyclopedia
Turney
Royal Svc
Reader's Reference Library
Roger
Soule
Morocco
Encyclopedia of Chemistry
Apwce
Imal
J. B. Lippincott Company
Market St
Philadelphia
USA
H.hatserr & Co
Portland
Maine
EL Bros
Owego
Trus & Co
Austa
Joseph Joyce, E
Maple Street
Greeley
Colo
Up Vee Foundry & Machine CO
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Horse Cave
J. F. Fezer
Castoria
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Dodge, Jr
J. G. Jaques
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Tod P
W. Morrison
Th Mich
Temo
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Particula
WORTH
Sox
New York City
Central Medical and
Louia
Hayden & Dickinson
Lawrence Street
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
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