Fast Mail Train to Omaha Is Among World’s Best
Chief Clerk P M Coates praises the Chicago to Omaha fast mail with refurbished cars and Pintsch gas lighting. Engine 590 leads Nos 7 and 8, service covers 500 miles from 3am to 2 30pm, Omaha arrival in 11 1 2 hours, with near flawless on time record.
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Union Station
United States
P. M. Coates
Railway Mail Service
Chicago and Omaha
Fast Mail
Burlington Company
Uncle Sam
Chicago
Omaha
Coates
Union Pacific
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Cure Claims
A jumble of patent medicine pitches and assorted notes. Includes Hall's Catarrh Cure claims a constitutional cure with price T50, along with other ad lines for nerve tonics and remedies. Mentions, though garbled, Nurse Dr. Kline and Bunn address in Philadelphia and various testimonials and miscellaneous facts. The piece references commodities, a Georgia oak diameter, and humorous dialogue from a Philadelphia Bulletin.
Thirteen A Hoodoo and the Fear of Room 13
A Chicago Journal theory claims the number 13 curses hotels and offices, prompting clerks to reassign rooms. Moore Bros. faced a doomed fate when their suite bore 13, while a Kentucky delegate refused a bath-room with 13 and preferred a non menace room. Accounts cite 513 in Cincinnati and other 13 anecdotes, revealing superstition's grip on lodging.
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Chicago Journal
Moore Bros
Great Northern
Robert L. Grant
Palmer House
Kentucky
Grant
Kentuky
Cincinnati
Mr. Grant
Taken for a Shoplifter Aionado older man tricks show
A well dressed fifty year old man is accused of shoplifting after a private office search reveals fifty yards of ribbon, confectionery, cards, toys, animals and eggs hidden in pockets. A magician’s assistant asserts the man is innocent and claims he is essential to the act. The detective notes the mistake and cautions the assistant.
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St. Louis
Mr. Ribbons
Wholesome Lima Bean Puree Recipe Shared by Matron
A matron extols a puree made from Lima or other shelled beans. Cook beans, puree, and simmer with milk or cream to desired consistency. Add butter and flour as white sauce, season, and serve with wafers. Useful for large batches and as quick nourishment after exertion.
The Moralogoed Evening Gun Worth A Meager Military Establishment
The United States maintains a small military establishment for the vast territory and few fixed posts. The government spends about 20,000 dollars yearly on ammunition for the morning and evening gun. This allocates roughly 54.79 dollars per day across the year.
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United States
Too Late to Mend and the Stomach Litter Claim
A terse medical note promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a harbor against rheumatism and related ailments including dyspepsia liver complaints fever and ague debility and nervousness. It also mentions the sacred bo tree of Ceylon’s lore tied to Budda's birth.
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Ceylon
Budda
Four Yale graduates defy fear at commencement
Eight women earned Yale degrees but only four joined the procession. The four received marked attention as male peers mocked yet they kept their mortarboards and were honored, while the Yale tradition of bow to President Dwight led to a gendered courtesy without removing caps.
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Yale
Guying
Dwight
Unclear transcription hints at Luxembourg garden as French Wentminster Abbey
Fragmentary text describes Parla transforming Luxembourg garden into a French Wentminster Abbey with a latent bust for Painte Beuvo and mentions palace and observatory room. Odd phrasing obscures concrete facts.
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Wettminster
Parla
Luxemburg
Wentminster Abbey
Prante
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Ladies' Home Journal
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Holland
Belgium
Wixelow
Buda-Pesth
John Wanamawer
Philadelphia
Felix Haroncourt
Hall
Price
Garfield
Hegeman
C. C.G. Clark Co
New Haven
Philadelphia Dulletin
California Fig Syrup Co
Moore Brothers
Eed
Pilgarlic
Ayer
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