Weather forecast and conditions across states
U S Weather Bureau reports fair weather for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with rising temperatures through Sunday. Overnight and daytime conditions show light to moderate warming in the central plains and Rocky Mountain districts while Atlantic states see cooler trends.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Atlantic States
Central
Mississippi River
Plains States
Rocky Mountain Districts
Powdered coal powered locomotive passes year test
A major eastern railroad reports a year long test of a locomotive that burns powdered coal. The engine stores coal in a closed tank and blows it through pipes to three burner mouths. It can be fully extinguished at stops, relights easily, produces little smoke and one quarter the ash of standard locomotives.
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Big Eastern
Birth Control Debate Inches Toward Chicago Crackdown
Chicago birth control advocates face legal action if they distribute printed matter. City Prosecutor H B Miller warned on Friday that spreading their doctrines in print violates the law.
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Chicago
H. B. Miller
Debate on veto power over separate appropriation items
A Wisconsin letter writer criticizes pork barrel spending and urges a veto on specific appropriations. The manuscript argues the need for a president to veto individual items in general appropriation bills and warns against weakening executive veto power.
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James A. Frear
Wisconsin
All kinds of women mocked by critics in suffrage debate
Carrie Chapman Catt defends diverse suffragist groups against blanket condemnation for militant acts. She argues no single women's party exists, cites the Woman's Congressional Union as one approach, and notes most suffragists oppose violence while sharing many similarities with men.
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Carrie Chapman Catt
Congress
Can Roads Afford A Union Depot
The article argues La Crosse handles 78 passenger trains daily suggesting need for a union depot. It estimates annual freight around 1.25 to 1.5 million dollars, plus passenger income, likely surpassing 1.5 million, though local agents withhold exact figures.
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Traffic Bureau
la Crosse
The Eternal Negative on Railroad Union Depot Debate
The piece argues many favor suggestions only to test how to proceed without adopting them. It cites Collier's quoting a contemporary and notes the railroads entering La Crosse face a test of whether they can proceed without a union depot.
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Collier's
la Crosse
British Trade Board Limits Dinners to Three Courses
An issued order caps ceremonial dinners at three courses and ordinary meals at two. The text notes a loophole where diners could bypass limits by laying out all items at once in the American serving style.
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British Board of Trade
Bell-Ans Indigestion Ad and Child Misread Quilt
An old advertisement for Bell-Ans Indigestion remedy appears alongside a humorous children’s misread of “cows’ over coats.” The snippet mixes product copy with a quip about a girl misnaming hides as coats in a street scene.
The Scots Boy and the Bonesetter
A Scottish worker suffers a leg injury treated by a doctor with little success. His mother trusts a famed bonesetter and urges a visit. The boy resists yet finally submits to the bonesetter who pulls the leg severely to set the bone. The pain is intense but the bone is set and the boy hopes to be well enough to return to work, while the boy quips that he was no fool to give him the fair leg.
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Persis
Mrs Richards
Mrs. Richards
New Jerusalem
Ms. Richards
Nelson
Charlotte
Persis Dale
Hetty
Hetta
Two travelers swap tall tales of cold and peril
Two holiday travelers boast of extreme cold with Ireland as first stop then a northern town. One claims frozen ground so hard graves are dug with a hammer. The other recalls a hotel fire with no fire escapes and a clever bath improvised as a safety measure.
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Cone
Ireland
Bump of Veneration Leads to Bishop Joke
A phrenologist compliments a man on a large bump of veneration and notes it could make him a bishop. The subject jokes that another bong from Paddy Nolan would make him an archbishop.
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Paddy Nolan
The West as a Storied Land of Old Rio Grande Villages
A vivid vignette of New Mexico's Rio Grande valley near Albuquerque. The piece describes ancient farming towns like Pajarito with adobe houses, cottonwood shade, alfalfa fields, and slow paced daily life as Mexican farmers ride a long history through the desert Southwest.
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Rio Grande Valley
New Mexico
Pajarito
Little Bird
Albuquerque
Persis Reveals Secrets About Nelson and Mrs Richards
Persis Dale confides a covert past with Nelson to Mrs Richards as the two women discuss death, heaven, and Nelson's future. Persis reports a boy and girl romance, a carnelian ring, and worries about Hetty caring for Nelson after Mrs Richards' death.
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Charlotte
Nelson
Persis
Land
Mrs. Richards
Blood Purifier Claims Rich Blood Prevents Disease
An advertisement touts blood purification as key to preventing disease and says pure blood heals many ailments. Hood's Sarsaparilla is promoted as the top blood purifier and builder, claiming to remove humors, improve red blood cells, and strengthen the whole system.
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Hood
Mae Marsh to star in Goldwyn picture selection process
Top writers including Bayard Veiller S. Cobb Margaret Mayo Edgar Selwyn and Rol Cooper Megrue choose Mae Marsh’s first Goldwyn film. The versatile star may fit comedy tragedy or both as ideas from Birth of a Nation Intolerance The Escape and The Wharf Rat are considered. New Fox comedies Social Pirates and Chased Into Love announced for release with tasteful sets and strong cast rumored.
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Bayard Weiler
Margaret Mayo
Edgar Selwyn
Rol Cooper Megrue
Mae Marsh
Goldwyn Pictures
Mae
William Fox
Feature in Production at Selig Studios Los Angeles
A major feature nearing completion at the Los Angeles studios of the Selig company is directed by Colin Campbell. The production exposes the work and promises a revealing cinematic presentation.
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Los Angeles
The
Selig Company
Colin Campbell
Fox plans million dollar motion picture mausoleum
William Fox plans a one million dollar motion picture mausoleum and endowment to preserve historic photoplays. Philadelphia architect John Frederick Harbeson has been commissioned to design the project.
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William Fox
Philadelphia
John Frederick Harbeson
Harry Gates Featured as Special Writer at Morosco Studio
Harry Gates serves as a special writer for George Beban at Morosco studio. He is noted as a progressive scenario writer and previously a valued Universal staff member for two years.
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Harry Gates
Morosco
George Beban
Mr. Gates
Universal
Charles Richman Chooses Pictures Over Spoken Drama
The note highlights Charles Richman preferring film work to stage acting, indicating a possible shift away from spoken drama. Richman is portrayed as drawn to the visual medium and its broader appeal, suggesting a career focus on cinema.
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Charles Richman
Delicate Point Leaves Reporter With No Comment
Brief excerpt shows a journalist withholding comment on a sensitive issue. text ends with To Be Continued signaling continuation of the discussion or interview.
Not a Little Colt Mr. Sharp dialogue exchange
A brief humorous dialogue features Mr. Sharp asking what animal Mr. Dease would like to be on a cold day. Dease contemplates and suggests he would choose a little otter.
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Mr. Dease
Nitrates Rise In Hub Saline Goods Report
The report notes higher nitrate levels in hub area shipments. It casts doubt on telegraphing practices and references the Boston tran script.
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Boston Transcript
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Cure and Reward
A historic advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as a constitutional treatment for catarrh. It claims disease is local yet influenced by constitutional factors and offers a hundred dollar reward for any case it fails to cure.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
X. J. Cheney & CO
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