Maple Leaf Through Car Promises Comfort on Summer Tours
Advertises the Maple Leaf-Santa Fe Through Car from Minneapolis to Los Angeles and return, with sleeping cars, bedding, linen, two toilet rooms, a cooking range, porter service, and fastest route. Departure Tuesdays via Chicago Great Western Ry and Santa Fe Route, arrival in Los Angeles Saturday morning. Also notes Sunday travel not required and lists agents for inquiries.
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Des Moines
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F’. H. Hunter
C. J. Brooks
St. Paul
F. H. Lord
Longest of tunnels under Pike's Peak to cost over twenty million
Two gangs of workers in Colorado have begun the longest tunnel project yet, with a main bore of twenty miles and thirty miles of subsidiary tunnels. The venture, under Pike's Peak, aims to pass beneath Victor and Cripple Creek districts at depths around 2,800 feet, reducing Colorado Springs to Cripple Creek distance from fifty four miles to sixteen. The contract price estimates total about 20.52 million dollars, to be paid from ore yields and nuggets from below the earth.
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San Francisco Examiner
Pike's Beak
Pike’s Peak
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Manitou
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Fremont County
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Sunol
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Gillette
Grinnell Rail Schedule Extract 1899
North and southbound train times listed with numbered services and stops at Valeria Baxter and similar stations. The Record Law Book notes subscribers at January 1899 status or with old receipts entitling them to it.
The Needs of the Negro Voice in American Ideals
W E B Du Bois asserts the ballot as essential for black Americans and defends freedom, work, culture, and liberty. He envisions unity of these ideals with the republic, urging gentler, humane conversion of American society toward racial uplift and human opportunity.
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W. E. B. du Bois
Harvard
America
Annie Rooney
Titan Crane Rebuilding Peterhead Sea Wall In Scotland
A colossal crane nicknamed the Titan, weighing 700 tons, rises on Scotland's north coast to place fifty ton granite blocks for the Peterhead sea wall. Capable of lifting 100 tons, it can handle locomotives and 100 carloads of cubic content, with a 100 foot long arm and a 70 foot reach over the masonry as it advances into the sea.
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Scotland
Los Angeles Times
Peterhead
Man who marries heiress often lacks math skill
A wry observation notes that a man who plans to wed an heiress may struggle with numbers. The remark suggests practical priorities over arithmetic prowess in high-stakes romance and social climbing.
Four Lovers Find Joyful Ending in Fourway Wedding
In a county tale from the Detroit Free Press, two couples become unexpectedly intertwined as Ned Nettie and Jim marry their heart’s choice after a comedy of mistaken engagements. Harry, the jokester, endures the shock with grace, while Nettie’s cousin wins Jim’s heart, leading to a double ceremony and a verdict that the quartet are the wisest lovers.
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Nettie
Jim
Detroit Free Press
Oklahoma Brushing Up on Statehood for a Rapidly Growing Territory
The Atlanta Journal reports that Oklahoma and the Indian Territory may soon enter the union as one state. With an estimated 650000 residents, it would rank among the larger states upon admission, driven by rapid population growth. About 550000 are white, with 60000 farm owners and 40000 in other occupations, fueling strong demand for statehood as Congress has granted similar status to less populous territories.
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Norway
Maine
California
Canada
Cascapedia
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Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Congress
Atlanta
Trust in a Friend Becomes Hardup Message Voice
A brief quotation from Hardup in Columbus Ohio underscores the value of loyalty and mutual trust among friends, noting the ease and comfort a reliable companion provides in daily life and social dealings.
Glacial man real in America finds ancient ax
An Akron geologist argues a green slate ax found near New London Ohio proves glacial man in North America over 10 000 years ago. The grooved tool, embedded deep in blue clay, shows weathering and deposition from late glacial strata, supporting the era's reality over myth.
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New London
E. W. Claypole
Akron
Doomsday
Claypole
Prof
Ohio
Surely Insane Attorney Quips At Trial
A Boston Traveller item recalls a courtroom quip where an attorney questions a witness about a deceased man. The witness replies the man was unsound because he abhorred bicycles, highlighting the era’s legal humor and odd reasoning in a courtroom exchange.
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Boston
Noiseless Paper Flooring in Use in Germany
Paper flooring is described as a noiseless surface laid in a pasty mass, smoothed and pressed. The method implies quiet footsteps and a curious early 20th century innovation note.
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Germany
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