Grand Trunk Adds New Dining Cars
Grand Trunk Railway adds two dining cars to its fleet on the middle and western divisions between Suspension Bridge and Chicago. The cars feature plate glass windows double dust proof, a large dining room seating thirty, oak leather upholstered chairs, ornate drapery portieres, Wilton carpet, rubber tiling, sideboards, linen closets, wardrobes, white metal washstands, hot water coils from steam, Acme lighting and solid bronze trimmings. They are praised as superb and greatly admired.
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Grand Trunk
Grand Trunk Railway
America
Suspension Bridge
Chicago
Acme
Miller Bets Hoover on Law in Remote Texas Case
In a far Panhandle county a judge presiding over a juryless case, who also ran a gambling house, proposed a bet of 310 with Hoover on the ruling. When Hoover failed to stake, the judge declared for the plaintiff, stating the wager showed Miller’s point.
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Panhandle
Texas
Miller
Hoover
Flame Seekers Excursions via Big Four Route
Travel offer announces nonstop excursions to numerous states and regions via the Big Four Route with dates August 15 September 5 and October 3 17 1899 at one fare 2.00 to authorized points. Contacts include W P Deppe A G P T Agt and Warren J Lynch Gen Pass Tkt Agt Cincinnati Ohio for rates routes tickets limits and stopovers.
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Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
British Columbia
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Iowa
Indiana Territory
Idaho
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Manitoba
New Mexico
Nebraska
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oregon
Oklahoma
South Carolina
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Washington
Big Four
W. P. Deppe
T. Agt
Warren J. Lynch
Gen. Pass
Names in stone mark ancient contractors on museum site
Two park laborers by a New York museum read large stone letters above winches. They decipher the engravings as names of ancient contractors: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Pericles, Herodotus, Socrates, Thucydides, and Demosthenes.
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Museum of Art and Science
Patrick
Aeschylus
Sophocles
Pericles
Herodotus
Socrates
Thucydides
Demosthenes
San Francisco Ave
Through Tourist Car to San Francisco From Chicago
Every Friday night at 1035 p m a through Tourist Car for San Francisco departs from the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Union Passenger Station Chicago via Omaha Colorado Springs and Salt Lake City with stop over privileges at Salt Lake City for all points in Colorado Utah Nevada and California The Tourist Car berth rate from Chicago to San Francisco is 600 sleeping car berths should be reserved in advance of departure Through tickets and sleeping car accommodations can be secured from any agent in the east or at the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Depot or City Ticket Offices in Chicago Send for free illustrated California folders Address Geo H Heafford General Passenger Agent Chicago III
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California
Midland
San Francisco
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Pau
Union
Chicago
Omaha
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake City
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
East
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
H. Heafford
III
Festival honors Dewey with grand Manila battle display
Chicago stages a lavish festival parade and exhibition on Wabash Avenue and Hub Bard Court celebrating Dewey's victory. The event features stunning electric effects and a dramatic reenactment of the Battle of Manila, open daily from 9 am to 10 pm, drawing crowds and patriotic fervor.
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Chicago
Manila
Wabash Ave
Hubbard Ct
Dewey
Auditorium
Klong Kong
Bay of Manila
Old Manila
Cavite
Do Girls Lack Honor
An old editorial arguing that many today lack honesty in borrowing among women. It cites a well off man who loans to young women with little hope of repayment and observes how even close friends may fail to reimburse promptly. It stresses duty to meet obligations regardless of income.
Taffeta Petticoat Design With Turquoise Stripes
A fashion sketch describes a turquoise blue striped taffeta petticoat with lace trim and black velvet ribbon. The skirt features a close-fitting top, a pointed black satin yoke, and a front panel of heavy insertion outlined by narrow black cords.
Turquoise Silk Petticoat Describes Elegant Lingerie
A turquoise silk petticoat is praised for its beauty when worn with matching boudoir garments. It features six accordion plaited ruffles with lace trim and velvet ribbon lovers knots scattered across the skirt for a refined, delicate effect.
Comforts for the Sick Room and Bed Comfort
A trained nurse asserts a double bed is essential for invalid comfort providing position changes and better rest. She advises two sets of bed clothes for airing, prefers wool blankets over down or cotton, and lists pillows soft springs and a hair mattress as necessities.
Towels Should Be Personal Property For Children
The article urges separating towels for children and not sharing. Each child should own a distinct towel, possibly with initials for identification. It warns that eye and skin diseases spread easily through shared towels and suggests teaching careful personal hygiene from childhood to prevent suffering.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Miss Leonora Jackson Crowned With Royal Jewel Honor
Miss Leonora Jackson, a young American violinist, played before the queen at Windsor with Sir Walter Parratt conducting the royal private band. She has since received a jeweled star bearing the royal monogram in rubies and sapphires and has performed across London and the provinces with major orchestras.
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Leonora Jackson
Windsor
Miss Jackson
Mendelssohn
Saint-Saens
Walter Parratt
London
Queen's Hall
Provinces
Halle
Paris
Sweden
Infanta
Crumbs of Bread For Cooking And Preservation
Tips for making and preserving bread crumbs for frying, puddings and garnishes. Dry crumbs thoroughly in a warm oven, roll and sift to fine pieces, then use for sauces, puddings, stuffing, and soups. Store dried crumbs in boxes and brown in butter or fat before use. N Y Tribune.
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Tribune
Practical Housekeeping Tips and Florist News Notes
A cloth broom cover aids dust pick up and floor shine on dark floors. Palm care suggests washing leaves with milk and water and adding cold coffee at roots as fertilizer. Glass for shirt fronts uses gum arabic and starch to create a gloss. About fifty kinds of bark used in paper production.
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Palma
New York City
Welcome Home Admiral Dewey as Washington Hails Return
Washington October 3 The homecoming of Admiral George Dewey is celebrated with a grand welcome in the capital. He is escorted from Deanwood to the White House by officials and naval officers and greeted by President McKinley and Mrs McKinley. The civic parade lights and fireworks add to the pageant as Dewey receives a hearty homecoming.
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Washington
George Dewey
National
New York
District of Columbia
Deanwood
Wight
W. H. Moses
Theodore Noyes
Evening Star
Commissioner Ross
Archibald Greenlees
Secretary Long
Treasury
White House
Tanyette Square
Navy Department
Executive Mansion
Col. Bingham
Allen
Naval
Navy
Admiral Dewey
Mr. Allen
Long
Mr. McKinley
McKinley
Red Cross starch offer boosts household laundering aid
A housewives notice touts the new Red Cross laundry starch from J. C. Hubinger. It promises glossy linens and flexible wear with a coupon book giving away two free starch packages and two children’s Shakespeare pictures, plus a calendar.
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Red Cross
J. C. Hubinger
Wealthy Toy Inventions Boost Profits Across Items
A survey notes toys as highly profitable inventions with makers earning substantial sums. The rower skate netted about 1 million dollars, gimlet-pointed screws brought fabulous wealth, needle threaders around 10 thousand yearly, Dancing Jim Crow valued at 75 thousand yearly, Wheel of Life totaling 500 thousand, and the chameleon top likely the best performer.
Lipton Teases Irish Bargemen Over Shamrock Name
Sir Thomas Lipton recalls aboard the Shamrock at Southampton a quip about the yacht's name. A bargeman jeers asking what the craft is, Lipton replies politely that the vessel is the Shamrock, prompting a bantering volley about Irish pride.
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Thomas Lipton
Southampton
Thomas
Shamrock
Bill
Ireland
N. Y
Dewey Celebrations Highlight Trosteter Stomach Bitters
The article extols Trosteter's Stomach Bitters as a meritorious remedy for digestion issues including indigestion constipation and dyspepsia. It urges readers with weak stomachs to try the tonic, praising its efficacy and broad health claims.
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Trostetter
The trusts and science clash in a heated quip
An excited speaker declares trusts must be frozen out while a mock audience member in the crowd jokes about microbes laughing at the idea of resisting extreme cold. The exchange frames a satirical bite at scientific progress and capitalist power.
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Chicago ‘Tribune
John M Smyth Co Catalogue by Mail to Western Readers
Shopping by Mail John M Smyth Co of Chicago urges readers in the West and South to request their mammoth catalogue with illustrated descriptions and prices for home and farm needs. A ten cent postage fee applies on first purchases of $1.00 or more, plus a monthly grocery price list free.
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John M. Smyth Co
Chicago
W. Madison St
Mystery Boxes Revealed In Pacific Conat Message
A new boarder recalls finding U S Army boxes packed with sap sapparilla on a Pacific coast route. They speculate whether the crates were for a large mercantile concern. The man in black answers that they were likely shipped to Hawaii amid eruption talk.
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Pacific Conat
United States Army
Hawaii
Chicago Evening News
Grain-O Brings Coffee Flavor From Pure Grains
Ask your grocer today to show you a package of GRAIN-O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it like it GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java but it is made from pure grains and the most delicate stomachs receive it without distress. 14 the price of coffee 15 etc and 25 cts per package Sold by all grocers.
Pa Politician’s Prediction Provokes Party Plea
In a Baltimore Times comic aside two children debate their father a politician. The first child says his father predicts booming business while the second says it will be dull. The joke hinges on the father’s failed nomination and a playful misspelling of politician.
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Baltimore Times
Worm powder advertised for worms and scours
An advertisement offers CHLLIOR WORM POWDER for worms and scours with prices: 7 lbs for $1, 50-lb cases, 5-lb boxes at $6.50, and 100-lb sacks for $11. Agents sought by Blake Bros. Mfrs. Box B, Galesburg, Mich. Also includes a stray story line about a cough medicine in school and a boy who traded for an apple.
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Blake Bros. Mfrs
Galesburg
Mich
Johnny
Tommy Budds
Allen's Foot-Knee Powder for sore and sweating feet
Do your feet ache and burn when putting on shoes Allen's Foot-Knee powder relieves tightness and irritation. It eases corns bunions swollen smarting hot and calloused skin and stops foot sweating. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores 25 cents sample sent free Allen Olmsted LeRoy N Y
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Allen
Allen, Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Bright Electric Lights Spark Cora Conversation
A Puck dialogue notes how harsh electric lighting affects the complexion. Cora responds that one can see clearly by the lights. The exchange reveals a practical, humorous take on new technology.
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Cora
Puck
Vintage Patent Medicine Claims and Quack Remedies
An assortment of old patent medicine pitches and quotes from 19th century papers tout cures and remedies. Advertisements praise Lane's Family Medicine and various tonics while urging quick fixes for colds, coughs, headaches, and digestive issues. The text features mock dialogue and product claims with prices and endorsements from periodicals.
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Uy de PP
Birt
Hood
Pat
Little Willie
Philadelphia
Ayer
Davawars
R. P. Hatt & Co
NasHua
N. Hy
Taffeta Petticoat
Queen Victoria
Eulalie
Spain
Vanderbilts
Pullmans
Berlin
Joachim
Watertown
Pierrpont Manor
Lucina Clark
Newport
John O’brien
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
William and
Danville
Little Rock
Ark
Dequeen
Kansas City, Dittsburg
Sarah J. Graham
Sheridanville
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs
Naratorh
Madison
Europe
Demorest
Art Department
Fifth Avenue
Lane
Vesnehs
Ohio State Journal
Atchison Globe
Chicago Daily News
Jennie Prickard
Springfield, I
Hale
Pilze
Wall
Price
Boston
State and Madison Streets
Chicago, Il
W. L. Douglas
W. Lb. Dowglan
Captain Catniogue
W. L. Douglas Shoe CO
Brockton
Mase
Housakeeapere
Mimgour
Lampo& Mfg. Do
Louis, Ma
Mile BR. Stevens &Co
Washington, D.C
Cleveland
Detroit
Kilne
Trenton
R.H Kline
Arch BL
Phila
N. K—A
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