Sears Roebuck and Co vast Western store system envisioned
A reader's excerpt discusses Sears Roebuck & Co as a vast enterprise fed by mail orders, employing thousands across the western states. It notes electrification powering plants and presses, a postal business rivaling many post offices, and the potential impact on small towns and real estate. The piece warns legislators to address this growth.
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Isitt
Sears
Sears, Roebuck & Co
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Hhem
Ghenandozh
Sentinel Post
Power From Niagara Seventy Percent Potential Yet Untapped
An extensive analysis by Alton D. Adams argues the Niagara River rapids could yield about 60 percent of the river's gross energy as electric power if the entire discharge were utilized through pipelines and turbines. The plan would require diverting flow from the falls and would produce roughly 2,000,000 gross horsepower, surpassing current and planned Niagara installations.
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Niaraga
American
Horseshoe Falls
Alton’ D. Adams
Riagata
Niagara Falls
The Martians Have Us Seat
Camille Flammarion argues Mars inhabitants are more advanced than humans, a much older race, predicting Earth will mirror Mars in millions of years, with beliefs growing as observations support his claims using known Martian phenomena.
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Camille Flammarion
Mars
Earth
M. Flammarion
Anecdote of Tennyson Reveals Port Opened Conversation
In Mood for Talk a friend recalls how Tennyson, shy with strangers, grew bold after a social nudge. Alfred, realizing a close friend’s desire for sociability, quips that with a bottle of port he can talk freely, startling the observer and easing the evening.
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Tennyson
Alfred
Dinner Guests Surprise Stangley with Lobsters
Mrs Stangley exclaims surprise at her husband bringing home dinner guests. He admits lobsters are the planned meal, spotted in the parlor as the guests arrive. A humorous exchange captures a domestic mishap reported by the Philadelphia Press.
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John
Mra. Stangley
Stangey
Porlar
Philadelphia Press
The American Boy For June Issue Spotlighted
The June American Boy features works by Edward Stantameyer Horatio Alger Jr Clarence Hawkes and others with sketches of Beveridge Rodis Watson Milne and Paul Laurence Dunbar A Wild Elk Round Up base ball basics firearm safety and Henry Ward Beecher biographical sketch Also puzzles stamps coins photography and hobbies with 70 illustrations Subscription price 1.00 a year Sprague Publishing Co Detroit Mich
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Edward Stantameyer
Horatio Alger, Jr
Clarence Hawkes
J. L. Barbour
Tudor Jenks
Ernest Gilmore
Will Levington Comfort
Helen Leah Reed
Fred Myron Colby
Wamed
Senator Beveridge
Auguste Rodis
John Christan Watson
Sprague Publishing Co
Detroit
Mich
Coal Vein Found Sparks Growth In Region
The Coin Coal company uncovered a two foot coal vein at 1 30 a m on Saturday May 19 and plans to put it on the market. Despite contractor delays over minor issues, settlement restored smooth progress as depth reaches 232 feet with strong coal quality and good roof. Prospects call for the area to become a notable coal producer within a year, boosting local real estate values. Field managers sought in county for Northwestern Co with $80 monthly pay plus expenses. Also offers tablets and homeseekers excursions to many states with reduced fares and agent details listed.
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Coin Coal Company
Bg Fae
Cor
Coilganette
Pot Roast Mixup and Pool Hall Prank
A West End businessman, fond of pool, schemes to fool his wife. He sends a boy to fetch a pork roast, but the note misreads and the meat becomes the dinner centerpiece. The gag unravels when the wife discovers the pork roast, prompting witty blame of a misread word.
Baggage Cars Declared Safest Train Position
The Pennsylvania railway issues an order requiring a baggage car as the first car in every train. Officials say riding behind the locomotive is unsafe and middle and rear sections should be protected by a baggage car, even if unused for baggage.
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Rida
Pennsylvania Railway
Fragmented Rail Schedule Fragments From Old Daily
A muddled OCR record shows rail timetable snippets with station names and times. The readable items include various Pass Daily and No numbers, scattered times like 6:58 p.m and 7:48 a.m, and mentions of weekends and ex Sundays.
Rawkeye Family Salve Claims Global Stealing Power
An advert claims Rawkeye Family Salve as the world's greatest stealing power capable of curing eczema burns cuts and skin dignences offering a dubious medical claim from Liten Drug.
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