Bridge rising at Chamberlain signals westward railroad push
In Chamberlain South Dakota workers raise a colossal river bridge for the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line heading toward Rapid City and the Black Hills. A 566 foot floating draw will permit steamers to pass, with hundreds of men laboring seven days a week as a new grade runs toward the hills.
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Milwaukee, and
St. Paul
Missouri
Chamberlain, S. D
Sioux City Tribune
Chamberlain
S. D
Black Hills
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
Rapid City
Pacific Coast
J. A’ Haglin
Josephine
Captain Eaglin
Eaglin
Pearl Street
Sioux City
Riverside Park
H. R. Drum
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
Chamberlain, JD
Chamberlain Frontiersmen and Pontoon Bridge Tale
A village on the Missouri frontier features an eleven year old pontoon bridge built by Chamberlain citizens to ship cattle beyond the grass country. The structure rises with the river and requires pedestrians to step onto a pontoon when carts meet. Cowboys, Indians, and bartenders fill the streets as salvors roam, while frontier life persists despite a new railroad bridge nearby.
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Chamberlain
Missouri
Prairie Town
Aundry
Supreme Court
Chamberlain Bridge Project Sparks Westward Rail Expansion
The Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway advances a wooden bridge plan at Chamberlain to link American Island and the river, with two bridges and island tracks. Work begins April 1 with 150 men. by April 18 piles start, aiming to finish by June 25, a ten to twelve year structure. Locals debate wooden durability against ice and floods while workers handle pile driving chaos and a river pilot’s quarrel. The town pushes growth as old residents depart, replaced by newcomers, while a New York entrepreneur opens a soda shop, preserving Chamberlain’s character.
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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company
J. F. Pinson
Kansas City
Chamberlain
Misgout
Excursion Crowd at Sioux City Cham berlain Feeds Local Vendors
Last Sunday a Sioux City excursion to Chamberlain drew a large crowd of travelers and local businesspeople except saloonkeepers, with a east side youth selling ice cream and a salty steamboat captain demanding water for 15 cents. A brawlish scene ensued as a cowboy warned the vendor to hurry, while the old man paid nothing after finishing a drink.
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Sioux City
Chamberlain
Outcast Osage Indian Sheltered From Cold Night
The Osage man John Stink, nearly fifty, long shunned as cursed, spent a bitter winter night in the Capital hotel office after white men urged him indoors. Exiled from his tribe since surviving a burial, he wanders Pawhuska with wealth unseen and no relatives, living in isolation with stoic endurance.
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Arkansas City
John Stink
Capital Hotel
John
Pawhuska
Berlin approves height limits not to exceed twenty two meters
The German government rejects American proposals to relax building laws for taller steel framed structures. Consul Frank H. Mason reports ministries oppose high rises citing health, fire safety, water supply, and urban beauty concerns.
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Central Association of German Industrials
Frank H. Mason
United States
Berlin
Germany
State Department
Mason
Mr. Mason
Baltimore
A Justified Burglar Forgives and Pays Back
Arnold Todd wakes to a burglar in his room and discovers the thief is his wife Mary who explains she stole or begged money to survive while he never gave her an allowance. He admits he has robbed her and promises to open a bank account in her name and stop asking what she does with the money.
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Harry Haines
W. R. Hearst
Arnold Todd
Mrs. Todd
Bee
Mr. Todd
Todd
Mary
Arnold
Heating soup without fire becomes a new kitchen aid
An American inventor showcases a tin tomato soup method at food exhibitions that heats with cold water. The process starts with four holes punched in the can end, then five minutes of fizzing, five more after inversion, yielding ready to pour soup. It promises variety, emergency use, and travel convenience for motorists, soldiers, explorers, and households.
Pleasanter Expression Noted In Hanks Photo Session
Chicago Tribune captures a brief moment as Mrs. Hanks tries to calm her husband during a photo session. Hanks displays a focused look while the photographer requests a pleasanter expression, contrasting with the first impression.
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Chicago Tribune
Hanks
Lead Pencils and Cedar Wood Supply in the United States
The article notes six lead pencil factories in the United States, two in New York, two in New Jersey, one in Illinois, and one in Massachusetts. Together they employ over 2,000 people, pay nearly seven million dollars in wages annually, and produce an output worth more than two million dollars yearly. It discusses cedar wood from Virginia cedar mills, source markets for graphite, and the manufacturing processes from clay and graphite mixing to rod forming and curing.
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Pearson's Magazine
Europe
United States
New York
New Jersey
Illinois
Massachusetts
Virginia
South
Alabama
Florida
Germany
Siberia
Mexico
Bohemia
Ceylon
Woodecarvers
Switzerland
Nuremberg
Justice of the Peace in Kentucky Forges Slapstick Ruling
Collier's Weekly recounts John G Carlisle recalling a Kentucky mountain case before a fiddling justice of the peace who wore a leather apron and tried to imitate grand dignity. The suit involved feed furnished for horses. the judge paused to consult, then reserved opinion for three days before ruling for the plaintiff.
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Collier's Weekly
John G. Carisle
Kentucky
Eace
Paid Extra For It In Chicago Food Scene
A young man asks a waitress if flirting is allowed. She confirms yes, then explains she is paid extra to flirt with older customers and prevent complaints about the meals.
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Chicago News
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