Life an Uncertain Game in a Drunken Century Tale
A garbled 19th century-esque note riffs on John W Gates, Wall Street bets, and Edwardian figures. It mentions Edison escaping a London Carlton house fire, his 64 now, and a claim he aims for a 150 year patriarchal life. A Minnesota man neared a century, a drinker to blame for not reaching it. The piece mocks risk, longevity, and the gambler’s creed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Gates
Wall Street
Attywix
Thomas A. Edison
Carlton
London
Minnesota
Mear
Edison
Swizard
Handicaps Out of Fashion at Golf Club
A new member of three weeks proves eager to impress at the golf club but lacks skill with unfamiliar clubs. She peppers conversations with golf terms yet struggles on the course. When asked about handicaps she quips that caps are out of fashion and prefers to play bare headed.
Baseball With a Diver at Manhattan Slough Field
Oddball baseball tale from a vacant lot near Broadway and 225th Street where left field drops into a slough. Players mash balls toward Tibbet’s Brook as a diver retrieves them, while on Sundays a boy dives for stray hits earning praise for his splashy saves. Also a household anecdote about Emily Gordon Baird and a mischievous child in Elyria.
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Manhattan Island
Broadway
225Th Street
Reider Ad
Tibbet’s Brook
Boyte
Yveward
Devoted Constituent Reflects on Longterm Vote
A farmer recalls voting for the same congressman for 16 years and explains his confidence stems from the legislator spending much time in Washington. He notes past horse trades 15 years ago and says he feels safer with his spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Farmer Corntousel
Washington
Royal Vine at Windsor Bears Hundreds of Mack Hamburg Grapes
The famous royal vine near Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park is producing 300 to 600 bunches of Mack Hamburg grapes this year. Bunches average four to five pounds with some reaching about six pounds, drawing keen interest from the king, queen, and other royal family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Cumberland Lodge
Windsor Great Park
Blunders and moral tales from Crerar Library
A clipping from a Pittsburgh Christian Advocate letter urges Times readers to share a moral tidbit titled A Word in Season. It lists common life missteps such as reading worthless books not sticking to trades or duties and wasting time at school, urging youths to avoid these errors and seek better conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
Joseph Brown
Crerar
Christ
Satan
Pittsburgh Christian Advocate
Austrian physician heralds tonic for debility in modern life
An Austrian physician Dr. L. J. Schat argues that civilization weakens nations and a rapid acting tonic called Tona Vita improves run-down health. European doctors endorse it, with demonstrations in Cleveland and claims of swift relief from symptoms like irregular appetite, digestion issues, headaches, and nervousness. Lee's Rhubarb Laxative and MarshGeld products are marketed by D. L. Potter Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Schat
Europe
United States
Cleveland
James Speyer
London
England
Lee
D. L. Potter Drug Co
Hall's Catarrh Cure Adverts Ohio Firm Oath 1886
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notarization dated December 6 1886. Cure taken internally and stated to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Sold by all druggists 75 cents. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
Fim
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Cheney
A. W. Gleason
Cheney & CO
Chiropractor offers spinal adjustments for health claims
E F Hoff, a chiropractor in Grand Rapids Wise, promotes spinal adjustments as a drugless cure for infantile paralysis, epilepsy, rheumatism, and other ailments with free consultation and spinal analysis. He also advertises Chamberlains Cough Remedy for children available from All Dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Hoff
Daly's Drug Store
Grand Rapids
Wise
Estate of William Bartels Probate Hearing Planned
Wood County Court in Probate ordered that the administrator One Cartels be allowed to settle the estate of William Bartels deceased. The court fixed a time for examining and allowing the administrator's account and for assigning the residue of the estate. Notices will be given to all interested parties of the time and place of the hearing at Grand Rapids.
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Willam Barelels
William Bartels
Grand Rapide
Panined
Sid
Open lands for settlement on Pine Ridge and Rosebud
Open to settlement October 2 21 1911 the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Indian Reservations in South Dakota. Registration points at Landing and Rapid City SD with a drawing at Gregory Oct 24. Approx 466 562 acres in Bennett and Mellette counties allocated per acre prices 25 to 56 cents with five year installments. Climate water and land suited to cereals grasses alfalfa stock raising proximity to major markets.
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Pine Ridge
Rosebud Indian Reservations
Rosebud
South Dakota
Chicago & North Western Railway
Ing
Rapid City
Gregory
Winner
Rosebud Reservation
Dallas
Bennett and
Mellette Counties
D. D
Beteen
Cal
Omaha
Council Bliff
Sioux City
Chicago
St Pal
Minneapolis
Chicago & North Western
Aloe
Culhane's Comedians at Adler Opera House This Week
Culhane's Comedians perform all week at the Adler Opera House presenting a new line of plays and vaudeville. Tonight's production Cast Adrift is described as a play of unusual merit with popular prices at 10 20 and 30 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culhane
New Adler Opera House
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Emily Gordon Baird
Mdgeville
Elyria
Me Laughlin
Blue Shield
IND
E.S. Co. Burnham
Sjellycom
Ancus Watson
Sabires
Kaiser
New York City
U.C
Cuan
Oe Breteler
Wood County Court
Comwit
Coeity Jodge
Rick
Brad Mithe Reservation
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