Immense new Calumet Baking Powder Plant for Chicago
The Calumet Baking Powder Company plans a $260000 five story reinforced concrete plant at South 41st avenue and Fillmore Street. Features include a cantilever shipping platform, modern automatic machinery, elevators, ample glass for sanitation, rest rooms, and a dedicated laboratory floor for research. The firm, founded by Wm. M. Wright, says the new facility will reflect its growth and commitment to quality in Chicago’s industrial life.
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Calumet Baking Powder Company
South 41St Avenue
Fillmore Street
Chicago
Calumet Daking Powder Company
Wm. M. Wright
Calumet
Calumet Company
Adv
Dead Game Sport Title Costs A Bundle
A sports feature notes the high cost of a top title and examines the financial pressure on teams and players to secure premier championships. The piece discusses rising expenses, sponsorship considerations, and the influence of market value on competition.
Perfectly Natural and a Theater Usher Fact
A garbled excerpt mentions a man hoping for crop failure and a theater usher who fed thousands in his footsteps. Also references Mrs Winslow's Boothing Syrup for Children and a claim of reducing inflammation and pain.
His Fatal Error
A courtroom quip highlights a marriage license as the misstep causing troubles for Wildboya and Meense. The judge notes the bruteness of a husband toward Fido, while a spouse laments the grim motive behind marriage and anticipates punishment.
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Wildboya
New Generation of Athletes Shapes the Nation
Our Pastimes celebrates a rising generation of young athletes across diamonds tennis courts golf Wake and lacrosse fields who bring breath muscle and endurance and promise a stronger national stature.
Atchison Stork Party Delivers First Baby News
In Atchison a husband witnessed his first baby born and rushed downstairs shouting a joyous news moment. Onlookers waited and teased him asking if the newborn was a cat, as the household celebrated the arrival.
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Atchison
Kansas City Star
Reginald Poston Visit Ends With Dad’s Curious Question
A Poston father sent his son Reginald and his three sisters to Maine for a three week visit that stretched to two months. On return he asked if Uncle William was glad to see them. The eldest boy replied that Uncle William wondered why they did not bring dad, mom, the cook, the maid and the dog.
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Reginald
Maine
William
Harper's Magazine
Misa
Thoughtful farmer learns about coffee breaks light
A farmer recounts years of indigestion and bilious colic but credits Postum with a life change. He had coffee habit for decades, tried doctors without relief, and after switching to Postum reports improved digestion, sleep, appetite, and energy. His wife also uses Postum.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Defalcations Across Europe Highlight Major Embezzlers
The New York Evening Post notes Europe shows remarkable embezzlers such as a French citizen who stole over six million from others, plus a Belgian railway director and a Hungarian con man of large scale, while the U S has its Wal lingford case. The piece also remarks that a bridegroom often imagines his wife as a prize rather than a real catch.
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Europe
M. Deperduss
Rector
Hungary
Humbert
Panama
New York Evening Post
Western Canada crops show record wheat yield and growth
A summer report details wheat expansion in Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia. It cites 1911 wheat area up since 1910 and predicts Saskatchewan wheat output around 115 million bushels with over 22 bushels per acre, plus strong flax oats and barley yields across districts.
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Canadian
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Western Canada
Harley
Regina
A Coastal Tale of Duty and Separation
A man named Jack reads a harsh letter binding him to two years apart from his wife Alice. He consoles her while planning a move to Calcutta and contemplating a future that keeps them apart as a steamer to the Mediterranean carries its human freight.
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Jack
Trever
Alice
Mont
Calcutte
Han P
Yente
A Dance Reveals a Long Lost Wife’s Return
In a London society setting two years after marriage, a husband in India longs for freedom while his wife Alice endures estrangement. At Lady Winton’s ball a stunning revelation arises when Jack discovers Alice in the arms of another, forcing a dramatic confrontation between duty, desire, and reunion.
Wu Ting-Fang Says Reporter's Questions Patter Too Thick
In San Francisco the Chinese ambassador Wu Ting-Fang chides a reporter for pressuring him and quips about a Pekin poor relation. He tells a fable of a Mandarin and the relative invited to dine at his house, noting the irony of hospitality.
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Wu Ting-Fang
San Francisco
Ike
Pekin
Mr. Wu
No Place for Him in Nashville Scene
A fragment describes a man rushing down a street with a wild look as bystanders wonder about a hurried image or slide. The scene appears to show a Mt sliding past while a woman’s club seeks to conduct business, prompting questions about parliamentary procedure.
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Nashville American
Royal Spain’s King Alfonso Faces Crisis Over Deaf Son
Reports say Infante Don Jaime, six, is deaf and mute and may not live long. The Carlist threat looms if the crown cannot pass to a healthy heir, while the Valencian nuns are trusted to teach lip reading and general care.
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Tony Alfonen
Alfonso
Aspeloe
Ales Clare
Don Jaime
Altonan
Spain
Helen Keller
Africa
Europe
England
Rince
Valencia
The Sheep Killin Dog and Local Interest Trial
A Missouri dog dispute draws crowds as a man sues for the value of sheep killed by a hound. The piece surveys how small town trials engage neighbors, gossip, and communal pride, noting the social function of legal proceedings in rural life.
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Kansas City Star
Missouri
Periasonhy
Poet
West
Miles
Imperial Commonwealth
Horatiux
Scylla
Napoleon
Minnesota Dairy Plan Aims to Raise farmer Income
George J. Baker, supervisor at the state exhibition farm, outlines a recording system to track milk cow production. He cites past dairy returns showing some cows exceeded $100 yearly while others earned less, and expects Minnesota farmers to reach about $1 per cow per day by year end.
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Minnesota
George J. Or
Staie Exhibition Farm
Mrr. Baker
Bird
Baker
Panama Gang Seeks Work Amid Canal Dreams
A garbled plea claims the Panama Gang seeks jobs from authorities, touting the canal region from Balboa to Colon as proof of capability. The text envisions river routes, mountain barriers, and grand feats, promising readiness for future trouble and testing their strength.
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Panama Gang
Balbow
Colon
Canal
Culebra
Gatun
Saturn
Moon
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Featured in Testimonial
A Bellevue Ohio woman describes severe illness and nervous trouble then attributes rapid recovery to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She urges others with similar female ailments to try the remedy, noting doctors failed to help and praising its record of aiding many women.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Polteene
Ohio
Lydia
Pinke Hant
Mra. Citas
Chapman
Belleevue, Ohio
Pinkham
Illumination on benches and curious farm auction notes
A quirky item notes luminous paint on city park benches to deter affection. shifts to an auction notice listing five improved town farms for sale with payments structured yearly until balance is met. Also features a quip about writing paper from a stationary engine and mentions Fayence J Mulhall in Sioux City.
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Orin Tea
Fayence J. Mulhall
Lowe
Adv
No Wonder How the Vainless Live So Stylishly
Mrs Ringold asks how the Vainless manage stylish living on their income. Mrs Ardmore replies that he is the president of the town's largest bankrupt concern.
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Ringold
Came to the Same Thing
A dialogue scene features a sophomore questioning how a father funded college expenses while a junior recalls threatening to work at a summer hotel to cover costs. The exchange hints at familial pressure and economic strain within a student setting.
Quote Exchange Sparks Social Mirage
A playful exchange between Kitty and Mark questions love’s power to move people. Kitty asserts romance fuels the world while Mark counters that it fails to nudge eligible young men, suggesting social intrigues outpace romance.
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Kitty
Mark
Summer Pains Prompted Tyree Antiseptic Powder Ad
Summer annoyances such as prickly heat ivy poisoning insect bites and offensive perspiration relieved by Tyree's Antiseptic Powder 25c at éruggista or wilte J B Tyree Washington DC for free sample.
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Tyree
Éruggista
Wilte J
Washington
DL. C
Saimple
Choice of Evils and Serious Trials Echoed in Quips
A column of wry witticisms recalls courtroom bravado and social quips. It features lines about hanging prisoners and juries, references to evuncular relations, and remarks on Paris producing an opera without words.
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