Railway intrigues and financial climbs in The Speculations of John Steele
A digest of book chatter and notices features The Speculations of John Steele by Robert Barr, praised for its vivid railroad world and a fall and rise arc through a distant business feud. The excerpt traces Steele from station master to railway magnate, his fortunes won and lost, and his unexpected restoration through marriage amid a critique of sentimental plotting.
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John Steele
Robert Barr
Ory
Preele
Hitchen
Hoch Denies Pardon for AFL Leader Ireland
Governor Hoch of Kansas refuses to pardon Arthur E. Ireland third vice president of the American Federation of Labor. Ireland was sentenced to six months in Cowley county jail for assaulting a nonunion machinist working for the Santa Fe Railway.
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Topeka
Kan
Hoch
Arthur E. Ireland
American Federation of Labor
Cowley County
Santa Fe Railway Company
Spokane Wholesale Prices Bulletin for Produce and Livestock
Spokane reports wholesale prices across produce, dairy, feed and live stock. Prices list per cwt, box, doz, and case for items from potatoes and cabbage to oranges lemons and dried fruit, plus feed staples, poultry eggs dairy and hides with ranges for various grades and weights.
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California
Amelia
Ford
C. B
Spokane
Cotton prices and cure advertised in 19th century ad
The excerpt lists export and California prices for Club and Bluestem tobacco, including Tacoma Seattle Bluestem lines and cents per unit. It ends with an old drug advertisement for Piso's Cure claiming relief for coughs, colds and consumption priced at 25 cents.
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Portland
Valley
California
Tacoma
Seattle
Druggis's
Notre Dame Student Involved in Fatal Practical Joke
In Notre Dame, Indiana, Louis Roquela of Colombia shoots and kills Claude A. Bagby of Durango during a mistaken prank. Bagby and others allegedly staged a holdup, misidentifying Roquela as a target.
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Joke Dame
Ind
Louis Roquela
Colombia
South America
Notre Dame University
Claude A. Bagby
Durango
Bagby
Rula
Birthday Dinner Surprise for Judge Edgell
Judge Edgell arrives home for a dinner that turns into a birthday surprise for his wife. The family, with children and memories, shares a heartfelt moment ending with plans for a proper celebration and a caterer next time.
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Bryces
Charles
Don Carlos
Mama
Judge Edgell
Mother
What He Was
A Waterbury Connecticut man heads a large musical family with nearly every member playing an instrument. A Boston visitor notes the family talent and asks what the father does, to which the old man replies with dry humor that he is a pessimist.
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Waterbury
Conn
Bostonian
Harper's Weekly
Spoiled Cranberries and Matrimonial Progress in Brief
A Philadelphia man sends Cape Cod cranberries to a London guest after delighting him with cranberry sauce. The briton thanks him but the berries sour on the voyage. A light note contrasts progress in marriage with wives' second husbands and German cooking.
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Cape Cod
London
Harper’s Weekly
Rebellious Bands Captured in Moscow Fight Overestimated Casualties
Three armed bands of revolutionists refused surrender and barricaded in homes between the river and Tverskaia. Troops stormed the houses. casualties for rebels likely far below 100, with workmen and bystanders around 250. A medical unit with Sisters of Mercy tended the wounded.
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Moscow
Tverskaia
Drajina
Workmen’s Council
Drajina Hospital
Sisters of Mercy
Abramoff
January attractions at Spokane Theater schedule
The Spokane Theater lists a busy January with Alcazar Beauties on Jan 2 3 Sho Gun on Jan 5 6 Orientals on Jan 9 10 Calve on Jan 15 16 17 Buster Brown on Jan 18 High School Commencement on Jan 19 20 College Widow on Jan 21 When Johnny Comes Marching Home on Jan 23 24 Bohemians on Jan 30 31 County Chairman on January dates
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Orientals
Calve
Buster Brown
Johnny
Bohemians
Grand Rapids Judge Rules Wisconsin Antipass Law Legal
Wise Judge Webb in Grand Rapids rules that the Wisconsin antipass law is legal. The decision upholds state authority over pass restrictions amid legal debate.
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Grand Rapids, Wise
Webb
Wisconsin
Desert Watering Cactus Aids Wanderers In Deserts
The bisnaga cactus acts as a natural reservoir with fluid water from the earth kept cool by evaporation. The piece also notes a poetry by Howard E. Burton and lists specimen prices for various metals and chemicals. It mentions fundraising for Jewish relief, a dialogue about an automobile, and a reference to the Cross symbol among diverse cultures.
Nell-Mrs Closeleigh Fair Aids Widow Rent
Nell plans a fair to help a poor widow pay rent. Belle questions the act while Nell claims she owns the house where the widow lives. Philadelphia Record.
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Nell
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Fifty Dollar Reward Notice
One hundred dollars reward for any catarrh cure that fails. F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio endorse Cheney for 15 years and promise honest dealings. Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists also Toledo endorse. Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. 75 cents per bottle, sold by druggists. testimonials freely provided. Millicent teases widow’s suit while Punch notes. Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup touted for teething babies. France reportedly denies ultimatum to Venezuela.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Est & Trouax
O. Walding
Kinnan & Marvin
O. Hall
Catarr&i
Hall
Start the New Year Right With a Clean Inside
An upbeat health appeal urges readers to avoid winter excess and maintain inner cleanliness through diet and exercise. It promotes Cascarets as a gentle digestive aid and advertises a free French gold plated bonbon offer via Sterling Remedy Company with a ten cent stamp request.
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Sterling Remedy Company
New York
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