Piano Sale Offer with Free Rail Pass in Sioux City
A promotional notice from L. H. Jones, The Piano Men, 620 Fourth Street in Sioux City, offers free rail fare and hotel costs if customers travel within 150 miles to buy pianos or organs during a fair. It lists discounted instruments from Chickering, Weber, Kimball, Emerson, and others, plus payment terms and bank references Northwestern National and First National.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Jones
Sioux City
Northwestern National Bank
Fioux City
Chickering
Weber
Erson
Emerson
Fisher
Everett Prano
Kimball
Chicago
New Pines
United States
Kimball, Story , Clark, Farrand & Votey
Chicago Vottige
Newnan Bros
Northwestern National
Pirst National Banks
LE EL Jones
Fourth Street
Atchison Gloge Sights Reflect Satire On Modern Manners
A humorous pastiche of aphorisms skewers social habits and gender norms. The collection jokes about work, honesty, fashion, parenting, and courtship, noting quirks of Americans as they age, socialize, and joke, with pointed lines about horses, roosters, and everyday manners.
Well Dressed Man Shot on Trolley Seeks Aid
Eyewitnesses report Eliott on a Philadelphia trolley crying he had been shot. He toppled, clutching his arm as passengers gathered, while the conductor displayed a hornet sting and miscreant rumors swirled. A second tale recalls Ethel, five, punishing a dog and calling it the game kind of a cat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Chester Traction Company
Eliott
Elliott
Ethel
Puss
Back Pain Relief Advertisements and Odds and Ends
A collage of vintage notices and testimonials features Dodds Kidney Pills praised by a Denver street resident for back and kidney relief after years of discomfort. Interspersed are truncated bits about savings banks and a Christmas trade, with catalog offers and price notes from various vendors.
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Keller
James H Keeler
Denver Street
Cavenovia
N. Y
Dodn
Reef
Frien
Foster-Milbury
Australo
S. C
Port Edes saga ends with schemes and sudden wealth
In a Florida port tale, Cambel and Captain Kettle clash over a salvaged fortune from the Port Edes. Lossing and Kent Williams chase clues about the gold, the ship, and a mysterious letter while romance and risk complicate loyalties. The ending hints at further puzzles.
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Cambel
Port Edes
Captain Kettle
Owen Kettle
Kettle
The Lucky Man and the Turbulent Market Tales
A chaotic narrative follows Reginald Loseing, a luck-driven figure amid speculative schemes and casino bravado. His rise and the crowd’s awe merge with reckless bets on gold, roulette, and doomed fortunes, as observers foresee a dramatic turn in this turbulent milieu.
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Reginald Loseing
Howling Traina
Buck
Dowsing
Mina
Losalte Hau Penes
Eels Clog City Water Pipes At Aquarium
Report describes eels found in water pipes feeding the city aquarium causing clogs and maintenance work. An eel trap and strainer are used to catch eels and debris while monitoring eel passage toward the aquarium’s fresh water purge system. Five eels of varying lengths were observed, prompting ongoing efforts to keep pipes clear and prevent further intrusions.
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Oquarium
Dinite Busleek
Battery Point
Colt
Waser Pinea
Marion
Women in British Politics and Reform Movements
Notable figures include Millicent Fawcett and Cornwallis West as active politicians and authors. The Primrose League, Gladstone’s Women’s Liberal Federation, liberal unionist federation, and Women’s Liberal Federation shaped female political activity, with Irish Ladies Land League involvement led by Davitt and Parnell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millicent Fawcett
Unioniats
Cornwallis West
Lady Randolph Churchill
Winston Churchill
Anglo- Saxon Review
Lord Randolph Churchill
Benjamin Disrwell
Lord Beaconsfield
Millon
Mike
Gladstone
Women's Liberal Federation
Liberal Unionists
Great Britain
Ladies’ Land League
Michael Davitt
Irish Land League
Gindatone
Parnell
Senator Foraker’s Xenia remark sparks wartime style reply
Senator Foraker in Xenia Ohio vows to answer his political opponent with satire. He recalls a quip about marriage, saying his reply should be as biting as the elderly husband who is warned about marrying a feared Mrs Simmons.
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Captain Kettle
Nettle
Henry
Foraker
Xenia O
Mr Slogdibly's Hat System Seems to Satisfy Him
From the New York Sun, Mer. Slodgilby explains his yearly straw hat plan. He buys one hat each July at about 20 percent off, wears it through the season, stores it, and replaces it at the first midseason markdown the next year. He claims the method keeps his hats looking fresh while others wear theirs thin.
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Point Sebastian
Here
Florida
Leeward
Cambo
Cambel
Waterlow Street
Liverpool
Daniel
Mr. Cumyel
Miorida
Jimes
Wyhylea
Steven
New York Sun
Mer. Slodgilby
Coffee Troubles Decline With Caffeine Cutback
A woman describes relief from tremors and sleepless nights after stopping coffee. She attributes nervous fits, jerking, and cold feet to caffeine and notes improvement after switching to Postin. She reports better sleep and no longer fears bed clothing in cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leche
Athens
Coffeu
Postini
Uae
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Sioux City, JR
Atchison Gloge Sights
Trod
Josh
Nile
Theuses
Atchison
Mr. Dooley
Trish
Pein
Boone
Dalivers & Street
Jide
Minneapolis
Minn
Savings
Orocsen
Ciriatinas
Bneh
Clamb
Canada
Edes
Cambell
Ina
Florida Channel
Shell
Shelf
South America
Chinbel
Wis
Lossing
Lloyds
Everglades
Dossing
Kent Williams
Messia
Kent-Williame
Wester
Kent Wililime
Kent-Wil- Hans
Patrick Cambel
Slater
Sebastian
Duvernay
Lowning
Kent Williama
Women IN Politics
Dodd
Adi
Guar
MR. Slodgilby
Syste
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