Prairie schooner styled 12 cylinder car to tour west coast
A 12 cylinder car built to resemble prairie schooners to be driven by an 85 year old pioneer on a fifth trip to the west coast via the Oregon Trail route from Missouri to Olympia Washington. The vehicle includes a cook stove, shelves and bedding. Also noted are student smocks defied at Bradley Polytechnic Institute and gypsy wagon styled motors in July Popular Mechanics. The piece ends with a moral about self-reliance and hustling rather than waiting for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Far Orders Hit Home Industry
Farm implement and machinery makers plead with steel fabricators to supply material for normal operation as war orders crowd mills. Implement trade journal notes steel focus on munition demand harms domestic producers, delaying farm equipment and risking farmers’ livelihoods into 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Implement & Tractor Trade Journal
Jenn
Farm Implement and Machinery Manufacturing Industry
United States
Clergy Retreat Planned in Conception Mo at Benedictine College
Father Ryan and Father Devone traveled by train Sunday afternoon to Conception Missouri where a diocesan retreat for St. Joseph clergy will be held at Benedictine College until Friday June 30 conducted by a Jesuit Father.
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Father Ryan
Father Devone
Conception Mo
Diocese of St. Joseph
Benedictine College
Freedom from bondage to saloons manifesto draft
A sober living plan for married men suggests bizarre steps to “freedom” from drink by living at home as the only customer, giving wives money to buy whiskey, then using profits for banking and family needs. It rails at continuing alcohol use and ends with a grim vision of domestic ruin. It also describes a naval mine deployment concept from Popular Mechanics, outlining mine components, launching, and sinking mechanism with a diagram reference.
Firet Step Toward Progress Seote Hope to Make Abs
Fragmentary text discusses progress and a vision of reform. It mentions effort to remove fear and improve work, aiming for clearer focus and better outcomes. Names and specifics are unclear but imply a reform or policy context with pressing tasks.
Journey Through Yellowstone and Nearby National Parks
Glide through Yellowstone Geyserland from Old Faithful to Mammoth Springs and the Grand Canyon. See Glacier Park and return via Rocky Mountain Estes Park and Colorado. Three National Parks and Colorado on one trip with one Burlington ticket. S. B. Thiehoff, Ticket Agent.
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National Parks
Colorado
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Bradley
Oy Sen
Leven
Livia
Teers
Monroe City Laundry
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Monroe City, Mo
Barbors
Popular Mechanics
Teen Vateell
Cnprapetery Sae
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Tuindo
Tay Eline Titin
Woah
Rel Duwn
Qtere Arbi
Journey of
Yellowstone
America
Mammoth Islet
Springs
The
Grand Canyon
New
Cody Road
tain-Estes Park
Ington
S. B. Thiehoff
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