Great Salt Lake Route Rio Grande West specifics
Information for travelers promotes the Rio Grande Western railway as the only transcontinental line passing through Salt Lake City with views of Temple Square and the Great Salt Lake. Highlights include three mountain routes, winter and summer popularity, Pacific Coast stop overs, and through Pullman cars between Denver and California.
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Rio Grande Western Railway
Great Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Temple City
Salt Lake
Utah Valley
Denver
Colorado Springs
Manitou
Leadville
Glenwood Springs
Ogden
San Francisco
Los Angeles
I. Copeland
Owings
Wedding of Lady Elizabeth Bruce and Babington Smith in Simla
The Simla ceremony featured a 700 pound nine foot tall wedding cake by M. Tancredi the viceroy's chef. Gifts included a pearl and diamond bracelet from 57 Simla women and a turquoise and pearl necklace from 100 Simla children.
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London Daily News
Indian Mail
Elizabeth Bruce
Babington Smith
Simla
M. Tancredi
Free Government Lands in Washington and Oregon Offer
A letter invites buyers to acquire government lands in Washington and Oregon, including prairie and timber lands near railroads or water routes, at $5 per acre or more. It promises favorable climates with no severe weather and suggests choosing grain or cattle opportunities. Written by R. E. Werkman at 199 East 3rd St., St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Washington
Oregon
East 3Rd St
St. Paul
Minn
R. E. Werkman
Florida travel inquiry prompts Washington contact
A reader asks about visiting Florida and requests rates maps routes and full information. They advise contacting H. W. Sparks at 254 Clark Street Chicago for details.
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Florida
H. W. Sparks
Clark Street
Chicago
Georgia Faces Untaxed Intangible Property Loss
The Georgia state controller estimates about 300 million dollars of intangible property escapes taxation annually in the state.
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Georgia
Lane's Family Medicine Claims Daily Bowel Movement Benefit
An old advertisement promoting Lane's Family Medicine asserts daily bowel movements and gentle action on the liver and kidneys as essential for health. It also claims to cure sick headache and lists prices 25 and 50e while advising Moslems not to drink wine or spirits.
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E.J- Kay
The Poor Deluded Man Woman to Manage Him
A group of friends discuss marriage and control as Polly enters seeking a book. Her husband Tom admits he enjoys her seeming lack of management, while Polly quietly hints she may be guiding him more than he realizes. The tale plays on marital roles and playful self deception.
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Lord of Creation
Polly
Tom
Lenox Fame and a Soldier's Kiss Tale
Lenox high school freshman Jennie Griffin is amid a bazar fundraiser when Chauncey Depew recounts a kiss scene. Miss Griffin, daughter of William Griffin, is described as vivacious and sweet 16 as Depew recalls the auction moment at a Kings Daughters event supporting soldiers.
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Chauncey Depew
Dr. Depew
Lenox
Elm Court Farm
Lenox High School
Mr. Repew
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Argentine champi insect may curb locust outbreak
An Argentine report says a small insect called champi is likely to extinguish locusts by eating their eggs and limiting their rapid multiplication. Both artificial and natural locust destroyers have been noted, though nature often provides a way to check pest surges.
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Argentine
A Necessary Precaution Against Expansion Debate
A Washington Star excerpt presents anti-expansionists questioning why to seek new seas and costs. A mild-mannered counterpoints that comfort suggests prudence yet proposes guarding against adipose tissue. The dialogue blends humor with policy implication on expansion and energy use.
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Washington Star
The Difference and Hobson Ship Sinkings Rivalry
A humorous exchange features Googan claiming Hobson sinks a ship and gets cursed, while Googan sinks two schooners and earns the devil’s due scrutiny. The dialogue mirrors nautical bravado and clever roguery as two figures debate sea fates.
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Googan
Hobson
McAdoo
Fox Hunting in England Notable Fox Pack Numbers
England hosts about 150 packs of fox hounds and keeps roughly 15 000 horses dedicated to fox hunting reflecting its long tradition in rural sport and social life.
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Enland
England
Kansas
Helen Keller Today a Remarkable Deaf Blind Teenager
Helen Keller now an 18 year old with extraordinary mental powers, learning Greek and preparing for college with teacher Miss Sullivan. Noted educators like Phillips Brooks and Oliver Wendell Holmes showed interest, Keller’s kindness and gratitude evident as she overcomes obstacles and aids others. Also included is a short note on anchor fishing profits and market prices.
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Elen Keller
Helen Keller
Miss Sullivan
Phillips Brooks
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Portrait Mystery Reveals War Years Strain in Connecticut
A Connecticut family head recalls his wife’s summer trip with their three children to escape city heat. She felt isolated away from the war news, and a wall portrait prompts a surprising realization about a familiar face, highlighting women’s burdens during the season.
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Star
Connecticut
Helen Keller helps fund education for deaf blind boy Tommy Stringer
The Washington Star notes Helen Keller funds for 11 year old Tommy Stringer in Boston. It compares Stringer and Keller’s voices, mentions his preference for sign language, and recalls Laura Bridgman as a prior notable deaf blind figure. The item is a critical aside about recognition and education challenges.
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Tommy Stringer
Boston
Helen Keller
Tommy
Helen Weller
Laura Bridgemen
Letters
Queer Occupations In Veneering And Anchors Dragging
Veneering is a skilled trade with hand and machine cutting. Leaves are one-sixteenth inch thick, backed with paper, and can yield thirty-two veneers per inch. Best wood comes from slow growing trees. used for piano cases and walls. Also described is the odd occupation of dragging for lost anchors in bays, rivers, and seas with several sloops engaged.
Record of Axel Newman and family in New York crime saga
A Brooklyn Children’s Society file on Axel Newman and siblings portrays a degenerating Swedish-American family living in squalor. Axel, 15, steals a bicycle and is jailed, while Edward Celia and others face multiple arrests amid neglect and hunger. The piece laments cycles of crime and reform institutions.
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New York
House of Refuge
Elmira Reformatory
John Axel Newman
Axel Newman
Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn
Newmans
Albert II, Hallahan
Livingston Street
Brady
Adams Street
Axel
Children’s Society
Raymond Street
Children's Society
Edward
Celia
William
Lombreco
Osman Digna Photographed in Suakin for Miss Gordon
The sole image of the Dervish emir Osman Digna shows him as a Sudanese leader linked to slave trade profits. The photograph was taken in Suakin for Miss Gordon, daughter of a famed British general.
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Osman Digna
Ingland
Suakin
Gordon
Variety In the Spice of Uice
A culinary note describes making one gallon of soup by finely dicing onions peppers and celery with garlic, cooking in butter to a golden color, then mixing with finely chopped fresh tomatoes stock and seasonings. Rice is added after sautéing, finishing 25 minutes before done.
Spirit impostor unmasked at Birmingham seance
In Birmingham a group investigating a spiritualist seance found the apparent spirit to be a young woman who had led the proceedings. Guests accused the spirit of trickery and a teary woman cried upon learning a missing will's whereabouts.
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Birmingham
Leeds Mercury
Dust Explosive Power Boosts New Boiler Firing
A report explains how combustible dust in air forms an explosive agent used in a new boiler firing process. Finely ground fuel is fed into a constantly burning furnace. dust entering fires with a flash prevents smoke and cuts fuel use. Potentially unlocks vast coal slack in mining districts.
Grain-O Promoted as Coffee Substitute in Stores
A new grain based drink named GRAIN-O is marketed as a coffee substitute. It suits delicate stomachs, costs about a quarter of coffee, and is advised for children. Packages are priced at 15 and 25 cents. The text also notes Bavaria welfare numbers rising from 1892 to 1894 with 187,002 assisted in 1894.
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Bavaria
Quack Remedies and Odd Bits Across an Unsteady Page
A fragmented clipping lists various patent medicines and tonics such as Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and Piso’s Cure for Consumption, with ad-like claims and refunds. Scattered lines mention Doctor Sennett’s products, Dr. Arnold’s Cough Killer, and Children’s soothing syrups, alongside stray notes about fashion, blindness statistics, and French politics.
Virginia farms for sale and excursion rates offered
Descriptive book notes Virginia climate and lands for sale near transportation and educational advantages. J C Tucker G N A Chicago advertises excursions to Virginia via Big Four Route and Chesapeake and Ohio Railway with dates and time-cards. The piece closes with a religious quote from St Chrysostom.
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Homegegherg
Virginia
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
J. C. Tucker
Clark Street
Chicago
Treating Women Privately with Lydia E. Pinkham's Remedy
A meditation on the anxiety of women facing male doctors. Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts offers confidential advice to sick women free of charge and cites Mrs Joan Foreman of Baltimore Maryland who claims cure after seven bottles of the Vegetable Compound. The letter is presented as one of thousands.
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Pinkham
Lydia KF. Pinkhan
Joan Foreman
N. Woodberry Ave
Baltimore Md
Editor on Pike's Peak Paper Draws High Praise
The dialogue praises an editor who runs a newspaper atop Pike's Peak for lofty aspirations and exceptional standards across subjects, noting many editors share the same fix while this one stands out.
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Pike's Peak
I-x
Pop fur songs stir mixed views among youths
A young woman asks for opinions on the pop fur songs of today. Wil lie Wishington replies that he enjoys them but hides his preference among his musical friends.
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Willie Wishington
Cleveland
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