Or Rent and Room Furnishings in Local Ads
Classifieds list several rental options including a room with modern conveniences near a normal school, a furnished unfurnished house on Came Avenue, and another furnished room with private bath. Additional notes mention a post office inquiry and multiple addresses with contact numbers.
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Arenz
Pearl Street
South Eighth
South Tenth
Cass
al Modern Convenien
Main Street
Madison
Hentges
13Thb
Varzain
South Sth
North Fourth Street
C. F. Klein & Son General Insurance
Honda
Loaps Sotary
la Crosse
Wis
Sawdust as a Fire Extinguisher
A brief note from Farm Machinery explains that sawdust, when thrown on burning oil, can extinguish the blaze by smothering it. It is presented as more effective than sand since sawdust floats on the oil surface while sand sinks. Water is useless for oil fires.
Englishman and Xantippe in Sea Burial Injunction Tale
An English husband from Lymington imposed in his will that his body be buried at sea near his home without ceremony to thwart his quarrelsome wife. She outlived him but failed to fulfill her grim threat. The will’s injunction was carried out as directed.
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Lymington
Corner Observations and Urban Wordplay in New York
A street scene on Forty second Street and Second Fifton Avenue prompts a quip about a doctor butcher named Butche and a playful directory joke with names Spring East Twenty eighth Street Summer Grand Street Fall William Street and Winter Broadway. The London review notes a bolster misused as a back support by ignorant wives.
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New York City
Forty-second Street
2Nd Fifton Avenue
Butche
East Twenty-eighth Street
Grand Street
William Street
Broadway
New York Tribune
Cantile
London Saturday Review
Collapsible Opera Hats Save Room in Flats Says Courier
A Louisville Courier-Journal note highlights collapsible opera hats as a clever space saver for small city flats. The item is praised for freeing closet space while maintaining style.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Moran proves Pugs cannot comeback in boxing
The passing of Owen Moran ends the question of his comeback, cementing his status as a great light weight who slipped and never fully returned. Fans hoped for a revival, but recent events show he is down and out for good.
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Owen Moran
A Warmed Over Sensation in Fire Service
A humorous anecdote from Youth's Companion about a Massachusetts town fire run. An amateur admirer of rushing with the fire engine jokes about stove lining works during a breathless chase, highlighting the peril and epicurean flavor versus professional danger.
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Massachusetts
Catskill Mountains Define Appalachian Chain in New York
The Catskill mountains form a section of the Appalachian system starting in Greene county New York on the Hudson’s west bank. The landscape is described as beautiful and picturesque with vantage points offering views extending from Vermont’s Green Mountains to the West Point highlands.
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West Salem
Theo
J. Nordhe
la Crosse
Wis
Ibe
al Ok
Thos. Mills
Cook Si
South Third
Housem
Tribune
Volk
Burnett
Wash
C.e.washburn
Mapistra Cros Vis
Buel Fine Janssen & Er
A. Rpuoff
Weis
Catskill Mountains
Greene County
N. Y
Hudson River
Higer Points
Green Mountains
Vermont
West Point Highlands
Lack of nutrition sent to surgeon for aid
An eminent physician, after a thorough exam, tells a thin caller that the problem is nutrition and that he does not eat enough. The caller insists he eats all he can hold, prompting the doctor to suggest enlarging his capacity, a case for a surgeon, and to collect five dollars.
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Chicago Tribune
Testimony Sparks Debate Over Capital Punishment
In a murder trial a salesman testifies when asked if he believes in capital punishment he replies affirmatively. He adds he opposes trusts and wants half of Wall Street jailed, underscoring tensions between justice and economic power.
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Wall Street
Argonnaut
Time and Patience Inspires Gradual Creation
An aphoristic note on patience from Epicetus, noting that great works require time. It urges allowing a idea to blossom first, then bear fruit, then fully open, stressing gradual progress over sudden achievement.
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Epictetus
Betty's Brougham Seals Quiet Midwestern Romance
David Graham seeks the ideal gift for Celeste and finds a gray electric brougham advertised by B. Lane. Betty Lane, its owner, reveals a life of loss and pride after a failed family fortune. Graham buys the car to aid her, keeping it in his garage while growing feelings deepen. Betty learns of Graham’s love and dreams of a life together.
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McClure
David Graham
Celeste
B. Lane
Hamilton Street
Graham
Brougham
Betty Lane
Betty
Haldane
Boy asks fat man when tooth will be pulled
A small boy stares at a fat man on a corner and asks when he will pull that tooth. The man notices and asks what the boy is interested in. The boy pleads for the timing, ending with the clerk's remark.
Early Habits and Imitation in Moral Training
The piece stresses that practice and imitation surpass precepts in shaping character. It urges constant attention to children’s early habits to keep them free from objectionable conduct and to continually emphasize imitating the good and the wise.
Daily Markets Prices for Fresh Produce and Provisions
Weekly market list from John C. Burns shows prices for bananas lemons cranberries apples and pears, citrus and fruit boxes, oysters and meats, dairy items and grains. Includes by the barrel bag tub and pound rates from multiple sources and vendors such as Verdelli Verdelili Badger Cape Cods Langdon & Boyd Packing Co Hawley Co and Listman Mill Co.
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John C. Burns
Wis. Banner
Wis
Mich
Ecco
Canada
Listman Mill Co
Langdon & Boyd Packing Co
Hawley Com. Co
Bismarck's Brutality Revealed in Clarendon Biography
The biography of George W. F. Villiers, Earl of Clarendon, recounts an 1871 Berlin party encounter with Bismarck. Lady Emily Russell recalls the German statesman telling her that her father’s death was a mercy because if he had lived he might have prevented the war.
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Bismarck
George W. F. Villiers
Earl of
Clarendon
Emily Russell
Berlin
Emily
Dobbs Takes Magazines Says He Seizes Some
A Birmingham Age-Herald note recalls Dobbs saying he takes a number of magazines and admits taking some of mine before I can view the pictures. The exchange frames a conversation about theft and propriety in sharing reading material.
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Pete
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the Tribune
Westlicher Herald
Winona
Minn
la Grose Star Laundry
South Front
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Fenis
Gary We Franks
North Third Sreet
Goi
P. J. Joya
New Albia
Rellabie Sham Laundry
Norih Sith
Badger
City Heat
State Street
Vine
Eigu Street
M. BR
Mluscellaneous
Noom
P. O
PIANG
Piapoco
South Fourth Street
Kenier Pianos
AuroreNaz
Main
A. Mintz
H.C .Veneva
Manufacturig Optician
Tryquinns New Restauran
Third Street
M. L
Pacific Coast
Boyd ‘Transfer Co
Minneapolis Minn
Bargain
Connectisf
Tremmoareau
R. S. Corie
Whitehall
Strom
Witte Or Inquire
Trempearean Relty Co
Aly Rogers
South Third Street
King of Alls
Srdway
Ry New
Lea Crosses Loan Co
Fourth Building Association
Batavian National Bank
Xantippe
Labor
Schiller
Moran
Pugs
The
Catskills
Dorothy Douglas
New York
Whoresac
Thomas Phalon Co
Hy. Anderegg
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