Cincinnati Flyer Train Speeds Chicago to Cincinnati
Monon Route and C H D announce the Cincinnati Flyer linking Chicago Dearborn Station to Indianapolis and Cincinnati. Departs 11:60 A M from Chicago reaches Indianapolis 4:37 PM and Cincinnati 7:45 PM, fastest Chicago Indianapolis and Cincinnati times. Features include day coaches high backed seats parlor and dining car. City ticket office 232 Clark Street Chicago Illinois.
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Monon
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Dearborn
Humble Witness Defends Frugal Living Before Court
In a bankruptcy hearing the opposing counsel asked how a bankrupt could live in luxury on $200 a year. The witness replied that he had studied social economy and the results were now before the court.
Santa Fe Route-California Limited Service Details
The Santa Fe Line offers a luxury Chicago to Los Angeles and San Diego route with 72 hour arrival to LA and 76% hours to San Diego. Features include vestibuled Pullman palace sleepers buffet smoking and dining cars. An additional express train runs daily to LA San Diego and San Francisco. Inquiries directed to G T Nicholson in Chicago.
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Santa Fe
California Limited
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Diego
California
San Francisco
G. T. Nicholson
Great Northern
No Sin Shall Remain Unforgiven Sermon Excerpt
A dated devotional passage states that no sin is unforgiven if individuals show true contrition and humility before God. It emphasizes resisting untoward thoughts and opening minds to benevolent influence.
Catarrh Cure Claim Draws $100 Reward Guarantee
Readers learn Hall's Catarrh Cure is promoted as a universal cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. Wall's Catarrh Cures are advertised as acting on blood and mucous surfaces to tackle the disease and strengthen the patient. Proponents offer One Hundred Dollars for any failure to cure and urge sending for testimonials to F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
Wall
Speed of Electricity in Modern News
A report notes electricity travels faster than 200000 miles per second, capable of circling the world eight times per second. At that rate it would cover 600 times in a minute and 10000 times in twenty minutes, highlighting rapid communication from an American exposition.
Cheap Excursions to the West and Northwest
On December 1 and 15, 1896 the North Western Line will sell excursion tickets to many west, north and northwest points. For full information contact connecting line agents or W B Kniskern general passenger and ticket agent Chicago Ill.
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Northwest
North- Western Line
Chicago & North-Western Railway
North
W. B. Kniskern
Chicago
Too Late. Clerk-Anyone waiting on you miss
Miss Hayseed answers yes thanking, St Cloverdale has waited two years, as the judge notes the delay.
Missouri Kansas Texas Railway Low Fares South Excursion
Very low rates will be offered December 1 and 15 by the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway for southbound travel. For details contact the nearest local agent or write H. A. Cherrier N P A 316 Marquette Building Chicago IL.
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Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
H. A. Cherrier
Marquette Bldg
Chicago
Do what you can do well and improve steadily
Motivational lines emphasize steady effort and gradual improvement. It cites casearers stimulating organs and avoiding sickness as guiding traits. The message links gladness to character and encourages persistence.
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Hauser
Lydia B. Pinkham
Mrs. W. U Ennorr
Liscomb
Iowa
Recovery of a Bicycle in Bermuda Harbor Mystery
A Bermuda cyclist who vanished before a race had his bicycle sink in St George's harbor after a confrontation with a neighbor known for barking dogs. Fourteen months later a fisherman hauled up the bike with the line and fish, and it surfaced intact. Investigations linked the theft to the dog-owning neighbor who had previously clashed with the rider, prompting arrest and likely charges.
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Bermuda
Boston Transcript
St. George’s Harbor
Rescued by Courageous Man In Undertow Rescue
A Boston Transcript account recalls three strong swimmers caught in a dangerous undertow at shore. A male rescuer signaled distress and swam in, inspiring the two women to follow as they reached safety. The moment sparked reflection on the power and virtue of the “eternal womanly” care in danger.
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Stere
Boston Transcript
Hoth
Nita
Tandems and near accident in tree-lined avenue
A recounted ride on a tandem last evening ends with a fright as one rider suddenly turns and kisses the other while passing through an avenue. The passenger fears a possible crash if the bicycle had swerved.
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Harry
Thrifty Landlady Teaches Oranges Etiquette
A new boarder jokes about table manners while the landlady advises to eat oranges sparingly, noting the season and thrift. The exchange captures a domestic vignette with humor and practical frugality.
Beasley’s Unumbrella Splurge Noted by Critics
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip mocks Beasley for reckless spending after buying an umbrella. It highlights the social joke about frugality and extravagance in a light, humorous tone.
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Beasley
Claveland Plain Dealer
Mrs Gaswell Quips on Husband’s Smoking Habit
In a light exchange from the Chicago Tribune a reader notes Mrs Gaswell remarking on her husband taking to smoking. The witty line hints at his growing habit and local social humor.
Bloodhounds Guard Texas Convicts
Texas relies on bloodhounds at two penitentiaries and convict farms to prevent escapes and recapture fugitives. About 1,590 convicts are hired under the contract system, with many leased to railroads or put to farm work, forming partnerships with farmers to keep the system self supporting.
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Austin
Tex
New York World
Union
Texas
Wantsville
Rusk
Fat women and the fashion of thinness in history
The article cites the New York Tribune arguing that pursuit of extreme thinness harms health and appearance. It notes famous historical figures like Cleopatra, Marie Antoinette, Queen Victoria, Queen Margherita, and Queen Isabella as examples of generous proportions and enduring charisma. It highlights that many celebrated singers and leaders were stout or full-figured.
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New York Tribune
Cleopatra
Marie Antoinette
Victoria, Vonvereinn
Margherita
Italy
Isabella
Spain
Pink Pills Claim Curing Lifelong Rheumatism For 86-Year-Old Man
A Jackson Michigan resident, William Levi, aged eighty six, recounts severe muscular rheumatism and long disability before using Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He reports dramatic recovery, regaining walking ability with a cane, and renewed health. The ad promotes pills as restoring blood and nerves, with pricing options and mail order.
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Newra
William Levi
Jackson
Michigan
Sidraosta
Dr. Williams
Queen Victoria Ancestress of Europe’s Rulers
The article notes Queen Victoria as ancestress to European sovereigns across nations. Her grandson holds the German iron crown, a granddaughter rules Russia, another leads Roumania, and her descendants govern Saxe-Co burg and Saxe Meiningen. One descendant is heir to Greece as grand duke of Hesse.
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Germany
Victorian
Russia
Roumania
Saxe-Coburg
Saxe-Meiningen
Greece
Hesse
Hurape
Chrysanthemums and a World of Color Across Asia
A garbled note on subscriptions and free offerings precedes information about chrysanthemum varieties. The piece notes origins in Japan China and Korea, with about 2000 varieties named separately and mentions the cultural significance in China and Japan.
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Japan
Corey
China
Sian
Convict Farms Use Guarded Runs and Bloodhound Teams
The article describes convict farms with eight men per guard, dogs trained as trackers under a dog sergeant, and frequent escapes mainly by negro prisoners. It details nightly guard houses, barred buildings, and the systematic pursuit of runaways using multiple bloodhounds and trained keepers.
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State Prison Board
Better Said Ditherenny and the Yellow Dog Challenge
A fragmentary Indianapolis Journal report recalls a rally where Better Said Ditherenny declares allies will mobilize to elect a yellow dog candidate to prove rivals cannot outdo them. The crowd roars in support as the speech ends.
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Cretor
Indianapolis Journal
Lombardy Iron Crown Linked to Napoleon and Drama
The iron crown of Lombardy contains a strip of iron said to be from Jesus cross, tied to the coronation of Napoleon as King of Italy. The public remains captivated by the Addicks drama despite political shifts.
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Lombardy
Napoleon
Italy
Fashion’s slender ideal and dieting guidance excerpt
The text discusses fatness in writers like George Sand and De Stael and presents a dieting regimen. It prescribes waking with hot water, early tepid baths, vigorous brushing, avoiding meals, and a strict daily plan of dry toast, fish, fruit, vegetables, and limited wine or water with lemon juice for supper.
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George Sand
de Stael
Park Policeman Greeting Morning Worried Citizen
A brief Chicago Tribune item notes a park policeman greeting a passerby with a casual morning hello as a sign of routine duty in a city scene. The excerpt hints at a chilly morning ambiance with a shivering citizen observed by the officer.
Glass and Glass Making Through the Ages
The passage traces glass making history from Persia in 161 to late 18th century developments in America and Europe. It notes Strass glass, revival efforts in Venice, cast plate glass by Phevart, early New York experiments, a Sauerwickh factory event in 1725, and later advances in colored and window glass, with Boston and Essex Street works and a note on corn subscription from Okeway go Republican.
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Phevart
Pittsiire
New York
Sauerwickh
Maes
Fhomie Darling
Mike Giges
Counny
Duke of Boekinegluan
London
Hove
France
Vie Inventos
Iscass
United States
Germany
England
Couch
Sir Robert Mansell
Robert Hewes
Boston
Mass
Essex Street
Mrs Dannah Shepard Praises Dr Kay’s Lung Balm
Mrs Dannah Shepard of 4 North Street Omaha Nebraska writes that after four years of a stubborn cough from La Grippe she tried several doctors and medicines with no relief. One dose of Dr Kay’s Lung Balm cured her cough and she fully recovered.
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Dannah Shepard
Omaha
Neb
la Grippe
Nellie Penoyer
Tenth St
Kay
Dr. May
B. Dical
Ancient Egyptian Wooden Soldiers Unearthed in Assan Necropolis
A remarkable discovery in the Assan necropolis of Egypt revealed an entire company of wooden soldiers about fifteen inches tall. The figures show the equipment of regular Pharaohs era troops with lances resembling those used in the Sudan today.
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Assan Necropolis
Egypt
Stay Home-Seekers' Excursions From Chicago In December
Rail firms unveil 1898 December sale of round trip excursion tickets from Chicago to numerous western and southwestern points at reduced rates. Booths at coupon agents and Geo H Heafford, Chicago, provide routes, rates, and details for the January through December travel window. Public notices warn about promotional fares and travel privileges.
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Missouri Pacific Railway
Iron Mountain
Bisselal Wilson
T. AL
Lily Adams
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee O& St. Paul Railway
Geo. H. Heafford
Reappearance of Sirius Companion Delights Astronomers
Astronomers welcome the return of the elusive companion to Sirius. The star’s path showed slight deviations from a straight line, with calculations by Proteters and My. Safford suggesting an unseen neighboring body influencing the motion.
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Dee Steer
Sivins
Proteters
My. Safford
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Cincinnati Flyer
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo, C
California Fig Syrup Co
Ain
Theodosius
Athens
Didon
Samara
Mra. Ward
Mra Ward
David Grieve
Paris
Wisa
George W. Leta
Fahncher
Megeman
Clark & Co
N. Haver
Bloodhounds
Earth
Victoria
Seaka
Prospectis der Diar Fieu
Colitibigs Avenue
Musa
Ftleirs
Tina
Baron Pierre de Coubertin
Belboa
Tas Summit
Caer
Addicks
Boston Globe
Chicago Tribune
Persia
Strass
Okewaygo
Mich
Poys
Von
Ayer
W. de Elliott
Town
W.N.Y. Chicago
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