Rock Island El Paso Line to Cut Time and Costs
The Chicago Rock Island and Mexico plans to open by January 1st a new 548 mile extension from Liberal Kansas to El Paso Texas. It will create a shorter Chicago to Los Angeles route, under five railroad charters, with branch coal lines to Dawson field and a cost near seven million dollars. The project promises a faster 15 hour reduction in trip time versus Santa Fe and strengthens Rock Island’s position against Santa Fe.
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Rock Inland
Paso
Tex
Southern Pacific
Mexican Central Railroads
Rock
Southern California
City of Mexico
Santa Fe
Liberal
Kan
el Pano
Chicago, Rock Inland & Pacific
Chicago, Rock Island
J. H. Conlon
Chicago, Rock Island & Mexico
Santan
Carrizozo
el Paso & Northeastern
el Paso
Carrizoza
Western Union
Rock Island
Hock Island
Mangas City
Santa
New Rock Island Inc
Chicago
Los Angeles
Technical Schools in Germany and Musical Autographs
Technical schools in Germany cover many trades from farming and gardening to carpentry and shoemaking with government support or minimal tuition. The Berlin Royal Library owns a premier collection of musical autographs by Artaria, Beethoven, Haydn, Schubert and others, acquired for a few hundred florins from Beethoven's heirs. An English firm offered an LL D to a young client aiming for Parliament, but the university cited a cad’s unachievable ambitions. Russell Sage is depicted as sustaining life with simple fare, contradicting rumors about his eating habits and asserting his mastery of meals.
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Germany
Berlin Royal
Artaria
Beethoven
Haydn
Schubert
Roesini
Pagania
Solichern
University of Idaho
Hinsell
Arosa Bridgea
The Pilgrimage of O'Toya-san
O'Toya-san encounters family pressure for a marriage to a man of wealth while seeking guidance at a shrine. She reads signs, prays to Benten, and hopes for a loving future as she faces cultural expectations and her dream of freedom. The scene blends traditional rituals with her inner longing for independence and happiness.
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O'Toyn San
Horsontal
O’toyasan
Benten
O'Toyasan
Bilea
IL O'Toyasan
Samisen
Riders and Rice Merchant Crossing to a New World
Two figures stand on a departing steamer at dawn before a voyage to the Nippon Ushen Kaleha amid talk of a new world. The couple speaks of leaving, preparing belongings, and facing unknown futures as a rising sun signals departure. Their hopeful tension and departure mood echo a journey toward Japan and distant horizons.
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Sean
Japan
Origins of Fashion Names From France to Poles
A whimsical survey tracing the roots of clothing terms such as costume gown corset stays and stockings. It notes French origins for costume bodice corset and trousseau and links petticoat to old outdoor garments and later to coat. It cites Anglo Saxon and Welsh roots for skirt bodice stocking and garter while tracing polonaise and macintosh etymologies.
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France
Trousseau
Trousse
Pellcen
Macintosh
Dictionary Stalled at A Sparks Government Feud
A French government and the academy quarrel over the famed dictionary begun forty years ago and still at A. Deputies seek its withdrawal, arguing readers pay 64,000 francs yearly for immortal scholars averaging 1,600 francs each. The dispute alarms the public and mocks long delays.
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French Academy
France
Ungreaceful Drinking in Public Observed by Drummer
A Philadelphia Record excerpt notes how men drink in public places such as rail stations and trains. Observers describe right hand holding the glass while the left arm awkwardly tucks away or sways, creating a self conscious display that many find amusing.
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Philadelphia Record
Quote About Healing the Hungry Man's Faults
A cryptic couplet argues to address inner faults like cracks in an empty corn crow heal them from within spoken by Finnickey Finaukin to Pannsylvania Grit, urging internal remedy over external blame.
Largest locomotives join St Paul road fleet in bold shipment
Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad received several oversized engines. Driving wheels measure 84 1/4 inches, with 26 and 16 inch cylinders and 24 inch stroke. Total length 68 ft 11 in. Boiler steam capacity 200 pounds, tender coal 18,000 pounds and water 7,000 gallons. General Passenger Agent Miller predicts they will boost schedules, hauling fourteen to fifteen heavy coaches at sixty mph on Chicago Milwaukee and Chicago Omaha routes.
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Chicago, Mulwaukee
St. Paul Road
Tima
Advertising as Trade Tactics in Newspaper Pages
A vintage discussion on effective advertising. It urges speaking honestly to customers, listing goods clearly, and using repeated impressions to build interest. The piece notes that including a merchant’s name and address boosts trade and recommends sharing facts about the establishment to persuade readers.
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Cornhill
Misleading Gum Industry and a Fatal Idaho Slaying
A fragmentary notice references ants chewing bark to exude gum and a doomed Christmas dinner. a dubious patent remedy named Garield Toa is advertised. The text also reports that Thomas Fleming of Lathdrom Idaho was found guilty of manslaughter for fatally stabbing John Keeler during a drunken spree.
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Garield
Borneld Tesla
Thomas Pleming
Lathdrom
Idaho
John Keeler
Fleming
Keeler
Handsomest Calendar of the Season Reproductions
The Handsomest Calendar of the season in ten colors features beautiful heads on elz sheets sized sixth inches with Moran paintings. Issued by General Pas Department Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway, available on receipt of twenty two cents. Addian F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago.
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Moran
General Pas
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Addian F. A. Miller
Chisongo
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O'Toya-San
Ida Mansfield Wilson
Daily Story Pub
O’foya
O Kami
Bund
Toyasan
D'Toyn San
Hotal
O'Toyasin
Hatobuabe
Asnarica
Toyagan
Inalda
O'Toyn-Son
Wilcox
Congress
Hawaii
Honolulu
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