The Open Top Chililitli Observation Dining Car
The article recounts the Chililitli, an open top observation and dining car built by Pullman for the American Tourist Association. Invented by Beau Campbell during travels in Mexico, it evolved from a work car to a topless railcar with seating for 68, later serving as a pavilion and sea roof garden with electric lighting and Chinese lanterns. It seats 68, with 56 at dining tables when set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman Company
American Tourist Association
Chicago
Mexico
Beau Campbell
Campbell
Las Canoas
Tropics
Grain-O replaces coffee in stores
A new grain beverage Grain-O is sold as a coffee substitute in groceries. It suits delicate stomachs and costs about a quarter as much as coffee. Children may drink it for 15 or 25 cents per package. In a separate note, Lagartijo the famed bullfighter dies in Cordova, ending a brilliant toreador career.
Red Pheasant nickname at Cramp yards in Philadelphia
Workers at the Cramp shipyards in Philadelphia cannot pronounce the Russian warship Retvisan and refer to it as the Red Pheasant. The nickname reflects local humor about the massive vessel under construction.
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Cramp Shipyards
Philadelphia
Witty quotes on heat, curiosity, and fashion from life notes
The excerpt contrasts heat prostration with Allen's Foot-Ease as playful wordplay. It also jokes that while Eve invented curiosity, she was the only woman recorded who did not turn to see another’s attire.
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Mother Eve
Woes of workers and the call for Nervara remedy
The piece discusses the busy lives of American workers across classes and emphasizes health as vital to sustain labor. It promotes Dr. Greene's Nervara blood and nerve remedy as a means to strengthen constitutional power, support vitality, and combat the effects of strain on mind and body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Greene
Nervara
Potter urges 25000-man vigilance committee to cleanse city
Bishop Henry C. Potter declares in New York that a 25 000 member vigilance committee should be organized to purge vice, proposing a central three to five member board and urging sustained action after citing a local abduction and assault as a warning.
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Newark
Henry C. Potter
St. Paul's Chapel
New York
Vice
San Francisco
H. A. Potter
Appointment of Captain Meredith to Engraving and Printing
Captain William M. Meredith of Chicago is named director of the bureau of engraving and printing by Secretary Gage amid opposition from ex Senator Quay and Governor Stone. The veteran wartime officer previously held the post and earned strong backing. salary is 4500 dollars yearly. The same page reports on E H Sothern's serious leg injury from a sword duel scene and Edouard Strauss criticizing American music before predicting a future national art form.
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William M. Meredith
Chicago
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Gage
Quay
Stone
Pennsylvania
McKinley
Meredith
Harrison
Cleveland
Edouard Strauss
Johann Strauss
Court Hall
Austria
America
Italy
Ways and Means to Cut Government Revenues by 30 Million
The Ways and Means Committee plans a bill to reduce yearly government revenue by about 30 million by abolishing stamp taxes on telegrams receipts and real estate transfers. If receipts exceed expenditures next year and a 130 million surplus remains to cover bond refinancing and Nicaraguan canal costs. Also notes social pages: Countess of Tankerville arrives with husband linked to Salvation Army and story of their Tacoma courtship and marriage. Also Governor Javal honored in France with Legion of Honor and Black Eagle for ophthalmology work.
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Committee On Ways and Means
Congress
Countess of Tankerville
William Booth
Salvation Army
Tacoma
Wash
Earl of Tankerville
Lenora van Marter
Austria Grants First Female Doctor of Philosophy
Frau Marie Ebner Eschenbach receives the first honorary doctorate of philosophy for a woman in Austria. A deputation from the University of Vienna presents the diploma at her brother’s residence on her seventieth birthday. The rector praises her early stories and pays homage.
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Austria
Frau
Marie Ebner-Eschenbach
University of Vienna
Free Allen's Foot-Ease Sample Offer Ad
You can obtain a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease by writing to Allen S. Olmsted in Le Roy New York The product cures chilblains sweating damp swollen aching feet and makes new or tight shoes comfortable It is a remedy for corns and bunions Available at all druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents.
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John D. Smith
Thomson-Houston Electric Co
Lynn
Mass
Regan
Greene
West 14Th Street
New York City
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Diminutive Watch Screws Pique Collector Interest
Tiny watch screws defy ordinary sight as the trade seeks microscopic threads. A pound of these minuscule parts costs as much as six pounds of gold, driving fascination among horologists and collectors.
Garfield Tea Promises Digestive Aid and Gentle Liver Action
A short advertisement extols Garfield Tea as a gentle remedy improving digestion by cleansing the system and aiding liver function. It notes prices of 25 and 50 cents. The piece also references a remote anecdote about a child’s remark and mentions a Berlin strangers register with twelve months of traveler records showing over a million visitors.
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Berlin
Untitled Vintage Ad Snippets Mixed With Quotes
A collage of early 1900s advertisements and aphorisms mentioning Putnam Dyes Piso's Cure and Parke's Hair Balsam alongside literary lines and prompts about coaching, hair care, and mining companies. The text blends product claims with brief moral reflections and consumer tips from the era.
A Grateful Woman Praises Peruna Remedy
Mrs. F. J. Lynch of 324 South Division Street Grand Rapids Michigan writes a testimonial praising Peruna Medicine Company Columbus Ohio saying a persistent cough was cured in two bottles and within a couple of weeks she was in excellent health and remains so.
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F. J. Lynch
South Division Street
Grand Rapids
Mich
Peruna Medicine Company
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna touted as cure for chronic catarrh and winter illnesses
An advertisement extols Pertina and Peruna as remedies for chronic catarrh alarm bells about catarrh’s toll on health and society. It claims medical endorsement and promises a free complete guide from The Peruna Medicine Co of Columbus Ohio.
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Peruna
Catarré
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
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Lagartijo
Frascuelo
Angel Pastor
Guerrito
Cordova
Sothern
E. H. Sothern
Hamlet
Garden Theater
BE. H. Sothern
Booth
Takerville
England
Javal
Paris Academy of Medicine
Sorbonne Ophthalmological Laboratory
Legion of Honor
Margie
Addison
E. W. Grove
J. W. O'Brien
Third Ave. N
Minneapolis, Minn
Batt
Dee
PaRkEn
Lota
C.H. Crabtree
Des Moines
Iowa
The
Gladiator Gold Mining Company
White
Yucatan
Castoria
Bete
Samuel Pitcher
Senna
Anise Seeel
Fac Simile Signature of
AlOs
Grand Rapids, Mich
Ste
Bears
Lead
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Missouri
Arkansas
Texas
Kansas
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Southwest
Ozarks
Ozark
West 13Th St. New Yor
K Ropp
Bex
Ailants
Moore Eyeeracey Thompson’s Eye
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