The Housebreakers Union No 18 Meeting Adjourned
Edmund Vance Cooke portrays the Housebreakers union Local No 18 in a 1909 meeting led by Three-fingered Hennessy. Notable members and absentees are listed while discussion centers on boycotts and reform, ending with an adjournment after a dramatic judicial critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Housebreakers’ Union
Hennessey
Pete the Penman
Domnico Tortoni
Dommy the Dago
Hmitsu
Weasel-eyed
Ike
Sammy the Dip
Tin-eared Smith
Glycerine Jack
Picker Johnson
Weasel
Mike
Larry
Pittsburg
Bull Corrigan
Hennessy
Housebreakers
W. G. Chapman
The Bacillus Prodigiosus by H M Egbert
A professor explains germ dangers to his wife while a cook’s fiancé comes east. He destroys a tube containing a new balding bacillus by accident, causing mass worry and hair loss before the physicians and priest arrive. The mistaken discovery is revealed as harmless, and balance is restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Lsten
Mary
Chicago
Bacilli
Edith
Congress
W. G. Chapman
Solon the Wise City Solon of Athens and His Reforms
A historical portrait of Everett P. Solon, an Athenian alderman from the Third ward famed for reforming taxes and governance while maneuvering through opposition. The piece compares him to Bill Draco and William Jennings Bryan, notes his tactics, and recalls his later departure to Goldfield and his death to avoid roll call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett P. Solon
Solons
Bill Draco
Athenian Calaboose
Solon
Anaconda
William J. Bryan
Traction Company
Goldfield
Nev
W. G. Chapman
President Tafts White Steamer Choice Reviewed
The article chronicles President Taft selecting the White Steamer after War Department tests and confirms the White Company’s Model M 40 HP as his car. It notes catalog details, a US coat of arms on the doors, and contrasts with a smaller Model O at half price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Taft
President Roosevelt
Big Summer Home
Oyster Bay
Mr. Roosevelt
War Department
W. J. Urquhart
The
White Company
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Ill
United States
Taft
Value of Aspirations Inspires Spiritual Riches
A reflective piece on aspirations as a lasting joy and solid possession, likening them to a landed estate that provides ongoing revenue of meaningful activity, suggesting that many aspirations yield spiritual wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Stevenson
Marine Eye Remedy and Other Patent Medicines Promoted
An OCR fragment lists various medical tonics and remedies such as Marine Eye Remedy and Hamlin’s Wizard Oil, with promotional claims and prices. It also mentions druggists, meat questions, hay and fur advertisements, and a few unrelated quips about aging, cold cures, and a coat of notes from N. W. Hide & Fur Co. and Miller & Holmes in St Paul Minnesota.
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Union No
Edmund Vance Cooke
Roddy Ruggles
H. M. Egbert
Strickland W. Gillilan
Roberts
President Taft
Putnam
Afonroe Drug 90
Quincy
Mlinois
Blobbs
W. Ul
Nature
N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis, Minn
Allen
Price Miller & Holmes
St. Paul, Minn
Samson
U.S
N. W
Dodds
Eno
Kione Ame
Crescent Mfg. Co
Beatie
Pink Eye
Spohn Medical CO
Goshen
Indiana
Dr.d.jayne
Carters
Scarters
Les Ever
TES
Everrbed and
Brill
Nt. BR
Cer
Sr Aera
A. Salzer Seed CO
Wis. 71
Defiance
Irish Wolfhounds Registere
Rookwood Kennel
Lexington, Ky
Western Canada
Acre
Government of Canada
Canada
Ottawa
Chas. Pilling
Clifford Bik
Grand Forks
N. Daly
J. M. Maclachlan
Watertown
Diketag
E.T. Holmes
Jackson Street
St. Paul
Ming
Paxton Toilet CO
Boston
MAS ‘Mage
Paxtine
CHE Ists Specialty CO
Aln
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