Women Stop Milwaukee to Chicago Train for Candy Box
A crowd at Milwaukee station halted an outgoing Milwaukee to Chicago train as two women chased the car with a small parcel. The conductor pulled the emergency rope stopping the train, they delivered the box of candy, and passengers exchanged farewells before the train continued. Kilgriff, the caller, remains astonished by the event.
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Portance
Milwaukee
Chicago
Joe Kilgriff
Kilgriff
Comicts
Goodby
Bodies of Dead Used to Influence Local Vote
Seattle area reports two men who died of alcoholism displayed in an Auburn undertaker window to sway voters in the drys vs wets contest. Deputy coroner Connell defended the act as a grim but practical appeal, noting the dead had no friends and could serve a public purpose.
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Seattle
Washa
Auburn
Connell
Jack
Insurgent cucumber and road oil study at state fair
A fragment from Good Honda Magazine outlines a road oiling method tested on sandy ballast to improve durability under heavy traffic. It notes oiling costs per mile, seasonal reapplication, and the method’s potential to keep roads dry and durable in freezing and hot seasons. Also includes a humor column snippet on cucumbers and politics at the North Dakota State fair.
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Thay
Hhe
Importance of Good Roads
It argues rural road maintenance harms farmers most, while merchants also benefit from good roads. It urges ongoing effort to monitor road conditions and support better highways continuously.
Letter touts Lydia Pinkham remedy and suffrage creed
A Minneapolis reader endorses Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as improving her health. The piece includes a public testimonial request and quotes Edith Harmon Brown on women’s equality and suffrage, ending with a stray dramatic line.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Lydia K. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Joun Ti
Moldan
Os Second St
North
Minneapolia
Lydia Eam
Auction Sale at White Plains on December 10
On Saturday December 10 a sale will offer corn fodder and shucks, one pair of heavy mules and one horse, all farming tools, and a collection of household and kitchen furniture at White Plains.
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White
Kentucky Rank Etiquette According to Lippincott Magazine
A Kentucky quip explains rank by posture near a stove. If feet rest on the stove top the person is a general, on the rail mid height a colonel, and on the floor a major. The dialogue ends with the note that captains and lieutenants are not distinguished in Kentucky.
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Kentucky
Lippincott’s
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B. W. L. Hall
Waverly
Chamberlain
New York
Harris
Lundy’s
Boys Union
Mt. Airy
RAITF
Bill
Raiff
Schafer
North Main Street
Mountairy
N. C
Good Honda Magazine
Giling Boad
North Dakota
Louisville Courier-Journal
Coppright
Lundy Clothing Store
First National Bank
Tutt’s
Edith Harmon Brown
J. O. Puli
Wood
Parri
Yinia
T. W
Sore
Seedsmen
Richmond, Va
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