Noted Cities and the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway
Noted cities Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul form America’s greatest railway. The line is praised for superior management, elegant equipment, safety, and electric lighted trains. L L Downing commercial agent endorses travel between Omaha and Chicago via the Salt Lake City route.
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Chicago
United States
Milwaukee
St. Paul
America
Omaha
L. L. Downing
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Salt Lak City
Utah
Despotic Austrian Law and Odd Ephemera
A fragmentary clipping notes Fraulein Frisch fined for using archduke on stage in Vienna. The page also mentions patent tonics, a Chinese mock money trade for offerings to the dead, letters from U.S. residents praising Piso’s Cure, and a Virginia judge teased about baldness with a rural joke.
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Vienna
Fraulein Frisch
China
Flall's Catarrh Core Constitutional Cure Price Te
A historic brief notes a constitutional cure for catarrh from Flall's product line. The item lists price, possibly in currency Te, suggesting a regional or era-specific pricing note. No further context or details available.
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Flall
Fame Yet to Lift Festus Author Bailey Arouses
Philip James Bailey, author of Festus, remains alive at a mature age, having gained early fame at twenty three when he published Festus. The enduring success of the book overshadowed his later writings, which failed to achieve similar recognition.
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Philip James Bailey
Festus
Diaz as hard working Mexican president
The article notes Diaz to be a tireless worker with a strict routine. He starts at 8:30 am in the office, works till 1:30 pm, then returns at 4:30 pm and often works until midnight. It claims a grand journey abroad would disrupt his habits, and he avoids intoxicants and heavy meals at banquets.
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President Diaz
Diaz
Gen. Diaz
Johnny Reb
Union
Largest elephant tusk on exhibit at South Kensington museum
The South Kensington museum houses the largest elephant tusk known, while a 216 pound second tusk, ten feet long with a girth of twenty three and three fourths inches, was bought in Antwerp by a Sheffield firm for £325.
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South Kensington Museum
Antwerp
Sheffield
Love and Division Melted by Love Divine
On a dawn by a woodland road a couple, Rachel and Dick, argue over loyalties to Union and Democrat families as Rachel fears her father's feelings. At Decoration Day services the old rivalries soften when an old Confederate and a copperhead veteran clasp hands. Dick and Rachel reconcile, choosing love and forgiveness.
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Union
Grand Army
Rachel
Copperhead Pendleton
Barker
Pendleton
Jared Roberts
Virginia Cavalry
Copperhead
Hachel
Burglary Alarm Idea Stirs Capitalist Debate
A eager inventor pitches a tea patent scheme to a capitalist, proposing a single unlockable window wired to an alarm to deter burglars. The capitalist asks why not secure that lone window too, prompting the inventor to admit the oversight with a rueful laugh.
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Patent Office
Education for Hangmen in London School Ad Wins Support
An article describes a London based school named Education for Hangmen England offering instruction in hangman duties. It notes students practice by role playing the condemned, and details troubleshooting steps from pinioning to scaffold transfer and rapid execution, emphasizing rope strength considerations and efficient death to minimize agony.
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England
Great Britain
London
Italian Voters Hear Politician In English Rally
A political orator addressed a club of Italian voters in English and received sharp attention and applause. The crowd shouted Hurrah and Bravo, and the chairman boasted he could signal the audience with a gesture to evoke a grand call and response.
The YOUNE Man Finds Joy in a Waltz
The average YOUNE man demonstrates a knack for extracting pleasure from a waltz, showing how simple dance steps bring evident cheer and lively rhythm to daily social gatherings.
Man’s Failure Sees Wife Stand By With Excuses
A distressed account notes a man’s repeated failures and how his patient wife protects him with excuses, reflecting on loyalty and strain within a troubled marriage.
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