Beautiful free book issued for Queen & Crescent Route prospectors
A seventy page illustrated directory of winter resorts in the South listing Florida, Alabama, the Carolinas, Louisiana, Georgia, Cuba and the Bahamas with hotel rates and climate notes. Free copies are available by postal card to W A Beckler in Cincinnati, Ohio for prospective travelers this winter.
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South
Queen & Crescent
Florida
Alabama
Carolinas
Louisiana
Georgia
Cuba
Bahama Islands
High Bridge
Lookout Mountain
Battery Park Hotel
Biltmore
W. A. Beckler
Cincinnati
Ohio
Kentucky Foreman Arrested After Honduran Beating Incident
A Picayune dispatch from Puerto Cortez Honduras reports William Barber of Kentucky and two other American men were seized by Honduran police and soldiers, whipped and beaten before being driven to Guatemalan territory. Barber later returned to Honduras and was jailed 25 days before release. other two Americans are unnamed.
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Picayune
Puerto Cortez
Honduras
William Barber
Kentucky
Tatumbla
Oy Barber
Barber
Burdock Blood Bitters Promoted as System Tonic
An old advertisement touts Burdock Blood Bitters as a great system tonic and builder to improve strength, appetite, digestion, and sleep while promoting enjoyment of life.
International Commission Proposed to Regulate U S Canada Rail Rates
Judge Martin A. Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission and Hon J P Mable head of Canada's Railway Commission agree to recommend forming an International Commission to oversee railroad rates between the United States and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin A. Knapp
T the Interstate Commerce Commission
J. P. Mable
Railway Commission of Canada
International Commission
United States
Canada
Confiscation of 800 Gallons of Apache Tiswin at Fort Apache
Indian Agents at Fort Apache Arizona seized about 800 gallons of tiswin or talapal also called corn beer. A sample will be analyzed by a chemist. The beverage is cited as Apache exclusive and highly intoxicating, linked to weight gain and severe odor. It is made mainly from corn with whiskey roots and loco weed sometimes added.
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Fort Apache
Arizona
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Indian Bureau
Blood for kidney trouble sender requests Bloodine Liver Pills
A letter from Benjamin Frank of Route No 1 Rome New York dated January 17 1906 praises Blood for kidney trouble as the best remedy and asks for a box of Bloodine Liver Pills to be sent. Sold by W S Lloyd.
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Littletown
N. H
Bloodine Corporation
Boston
Mass
Charles Nourse
W.S. Lieyd
Rome
N. Y
the Bloodine Corporation
Benjamin Frank
Irishman’s haunted house tale told by a speed‑measured traveler
Walker Hines recounts a legend of an Irishman seeking lodging in a western town. He ignores a preacher’s warning about a haunted house and ends up repeatedly returning to the same place over three days, illustrating a relentless, humorous speed of life.
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Walker Hines
Popular Magazine
Deacons Urgently Call for Unity in Macon
Representative Dudley M. Hughes, a Georgia farmer and statesman, visits a Macon police station where his penitent laborer, a deacon in the colored Baptist church, urges them to “stick together.” The exchange highlights interracial church ties and community labor issues.
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Hughes
Georgia
Dudley M. Hughes
Queer Happenings At Sea On Apparent Wreck Risk
The steamship Effective carrying 27 000 tons of iron ore nearly foundered after six days of eastward rolling off the Bahamas. No storm appeared yet the vessel tilted violently, with the starboard side five feet lower than the port due to ore shifting. It is believed a cyclone’s wake caused the dangerous seas. This case is deemed highly singular in maritime records.
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Cuba
Philadelphia
Bahamas
Mighty Hard Lines
A kind lady offers a generous wedge of apple pie to a husky hobo who describes his hardships. He explains winter as a time when farmers eat apples and drink hard cider, while in summer people offer work but his roaming persists.
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H. H
When I order poultry again I want no aeroplane chickens
A customer voices a complaint to his grocer about poultry deliveries. He rejects birds described as all wings and machinery with little meat, urging a different kind for future orders.
Loneliness Averted at City Farm Boarders Return
Farmer Corntessel debates loneliness as summer boarders arrive. He notes his son Josh and two hired men join the meals and behave as if they paid regular board, implying steady company during seasonal changes.
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Farmer Corntessel
Josh
Jes
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Hoffman Insurance Agency
Traders National Bank Building
The
Ironton
Westminster
Herschede Hall
Whittington
Herschede Hall Clock Co
Frank Herachede Co
Herechede
Fourth Street
East
Queen & Crescent Route
Naubeenaledan
Clay's Meat Market
Post Office
Mollie Mirse
Carrsville, Ky
Hattie Cain
Re Gardu
Cardui
Mrs. Mirse
W. S. Lloyd
Maria Thomson
Sewell
Wades Mill Pike
Farrow
Deering
Studebaker
Plymouth Rock
Walter L. Thomson
R. D
Mt, Sterling, KY
Squire S. L. Boone
Hacden & Evans
Court St
Antwerp Ave
MT. Sterling
Aundry
Uivers
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