Precipe Seeks 100000 From Chicago Record Herald
Wm Lorimer files a precipe to extract 100000 from the Chicago Record Herald and hints at sharing information about the Battle Creek Sanitarium next week. The sanitarium’s hydro-therapy and dietetics are praised for curing. The piece notes local political contests and street paving changes on Lake Street with the elevated railroad.
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Wm. Lorimer
Chicago Record-Herald
Battle Creek Sanitarium
Lake Street
South Boulevard
Austin
Orange County Peanuts Yield 400000 Pounds Value $20000
Orange county California reports a harvest of 400000 pounds of peanuts this season. The crop is valued at about $20000, with production totaling 300 geres.
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Orange County
California
Patent for artificial wood from pulp imitates mahogany rosewood
A new patent describes producing artificial wood from pulp to mimic costly woods like mahogany and rosewood. The process aims to offer cheaper substitutes with similar appearance and uses in furniture and cabinetry.
Bristol tree bears mixed apples and four pear varieties
A fruit tree in Bristol Pennsylvania yields two kinds of apples and four pear varieties the Bartlett Duchess Catherine and Seckel.
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Bristol
Penn
Leather burning protected shoemakers from disease in Vienna
During the cholera outbreak in Vienna years ago the odor of burning leather was believed to protect workers. Shoemakers avoided attacks by burning scraps of leather in their homes, a practice said to deter disease and provide a sense of safety.
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Vienna
Tuberose Gift and Civic Transitions Across Cities
A Boston schoolboy gifts his teacher a tuberose and explains he got it from a dead lady. Congressman Belden donates his Syracuse residence worth 60,000 dollars to First Presbyterian for a new church on site valued at 250,000 dollars. Birmingham plans mass producing medals for the coronation, possibly over 10 million in six months. An Ohio man built his own coffin five years ago and, after death, two men helped close him in for the grave per his wish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Belden
Syracuse
First Presbyterian Church
Birmingham
Ohio
New York School Trials Basement Shower Baths for Boys
A large New York public school tests basement bath facilities allowing each boy a bath once every two weeks during recess, aiming to improve hygiene and student appeal. In Covington Georgia, nine year old Metz Joiner has drawn a huge crowd as a youthful preacher, asking followers not to worship him but the message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Covington
Metz Joiner
Century Magazine Plans 1902 Humor Year Features Many Writers
The Century Magazine aims to make 1902 a year of humor with prominent contributors including Mark Twain, P F Dunne, Joel Chandler Harris, Ed Ward Townsend, George Ade, Ruth McEnery Stuart, James Whitcomb Riley, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Gelett Burgess, Frank Stockton, Tudor Jenks, Ellis Parker Butler, Carolyn Wells, Chester Bailey Fernald, Oliver Herford, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
P. F. Dunne
Joel Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus
Edward W. Townsend
Chimmie Fadden
George Adh
Ruth M’enery Stuart
Jas. Whitcomb Rishy
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Gelett Burgess
Frank R. Stockton
Tudor Jenks
Ellis Parker Butler
Carolyn Wells
Harry Edwards
Chester Bailey Fernald
Charles Battell Loomis
Oliver Herford
Elliott Flower
Albert Bigelow Paine
Beatrice Herford
Reminiscences and Portraits of Noted American Writers Panel
A feature collecting brief reminiscences and portraits of famous writers and humorists from 19th to early 20th century. Included figures are Petroleum V. Nasby Josh Billings Mark Twain John G Saxe Mrs Partington Miles O Reilly Hans Breitmann Artemus Ward Orpheus C Kerr Bill Nye Frank Stockton Donald Mitchell H C Bunner Sam Slick Eugene Field Richard Grant White Captain George H Derby Olivers Wendell Holmes Mortimer Thomson Q K Philander Doesticks Bret Harte.
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Petroleum
V. Nasby
Josh Billings
Mark Twain
John G. Saxe
Mrs. Partington
Miles O'Reilly
Hans Breitmann
Artemus Ward
Orpheus C. Kerr
Bill Nye
Frank R. Stockton
Donald G. Mitchell
H. C.,bunner
Sam Slick
Eugene Field
Richard Grant White
George H. Derby
John Phoenix
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Mortimer
The Century begins new volume November 1901
THY WEST ILLUSTRATED BY REMINGTON Interesting Papers on Social Life in New York Personal Articles on Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt A great year of the greatest of American magazines beging in November 1901 first issue of the new volume Booklet in six colors shows full plans of The Century in 1902 by addressing THE CENTURY CO UNION SQUARE NEW YORK.
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Remington
New York
M’kinley
Roosevelt
St Nicholas for Young Folks promotes education for children
The Century Co offers St Nicholas for Young Folks at $3 per year with new features like complete long stories in single numbers and serials. It includes a Nature and Science department and the St Nicholas League with prizes. November December issues free to new subscribers starting January.
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St. Nicholas
Youth's Companion 1902 subscription offer announced in Boston
A notice details The Youth's Companion for 1902 with contributions from eminent figures including three Cabinet members. It highlights naval and military articles by Secretary of the Navy and Winston Churchill, notes free issues for 1901 remainder with a 1.76 dollar subscription, and promises the 1902 calendar and 52 issues. The address is 195 Columbus Avenue, Boston.
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Secretary of the Navy
Jack
Julian Ralph
Winston Churchill
Companion
THE
Columbus Avenue
Boston
Masa
Mourner's Son Dies at Oak Park After Illness
Morris Cimock, 16, son of Lieutenant Cimock, died Wednesday November 27 at his parents' Oak Park home after a ten day illness from pneumonia. Funeral was held Thursday at Father Dunne's church in River Forest with interment at Calvary.
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Morris Cimock
C Zmock
Oak Park
Father Dunne
River Forest
Calvary
Women as Philanthropists Support Education and Charity
A survey lists gifts from prominent women to education and charitable causes. Notable totals include Mrs. Joseph L. Newcombe's 3 million to Tulane, Mrs. P. D. Armour's 1.25 million to Armour Institute, and multiple gifts to Yale, Chicago and various charities totaling near 500 thousand in additional sums.
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United States
Sdma
Joseph L. Newcombe
New York
Tulane, University
P. D. Armour
Chicago
Armour Institute
Edna J. McPherson
Newark
N. J
Yale College
H. R. Schley
R. P. Flower
Watertown
N. Y
Helen Gould
Vaughan
Marquis
Ashland
Wis
J. F. Ryan
Eugene Kelly
Buffalo
Emmons Blaine
Cyrus McCormick
University of Chicago
A. 8. Greenspan
Topeka
Kan
Louise Sebor
Middleton
Newton
Mass
G. 8. Burbank
Fitchburg
F.,h. Alms
Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Servant Girls Rooms and the Call for Comfort
A historical plea argues for decent sleeping rooms and better living conditions for servant girls. The piece notes the contrast with charitable institutions that have modern amenities and suggests workers desire similar cleanliness, privacy, and self respect, including proper closets and occasional baths.
The Dentist Proved Wrong With a Painful Misadventure
A dentist adherent to a theory of no pain in two places at once attempts to pull a stubborn tooth while injecting the patient in the leg. The patient jokes that the roots went far down, while rubbing the leg with a mix of awe and pride at surviving the procedure.
Old War Blazed Trail Marks Hull Army Trek to Fort Meigs
In Hancock and Wood counties Ohio a six mile stretch of trees bears a marked blaze from the 1812 march of Gen Hull to Fort Meigs. Nearby layins reveal corduroy roads of felled logs preserved two to five feet underground. Col Findlay later camped by Blanchard’s fork and built Fort Findlay on the Auglaize.
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Hancock
Wood Counties
Ohio
Hull
Fort Meigs
Winedlay
Col. Findlay
Blanchard
Auglaize
Burial Reform In A California Town
A burial reform society forms in a small California town with members serving as undertaker and grave digger. Coffins will be made by the undertaker, a wagon replaces the hearse, mourners walk to the cemetery, and the total funeral cost runs about 20 dollars. Members assist families at deaths and attend services to push reform against fashion and pride.
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Burial Reform
Regina
California
Contentment as a Path to Happiness in Tough Times
Mrs. W. H. Crandall of Stanton Alabama, writing in Pennsylvania Grit, extols contentment as a mental strength. She argues that covetousness worsens nerves and unhappiness, urging strong effort when possible but acceptance when not, and to spread sunshine to others.
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W. H. Crandall
Stanton, Ala
Pennsylvania
Court Favors Amusement In Latin Footnote Tale
Judge Gatea of Kansas City retells a Supreme Court anecdote about a tall lawyer from the southeast who tried to cite Blackstone with a Latin footnote by Lord Granville. The moment ends with the lawyer admitting the note is in Latin and choosing to skip it.
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Gatea
Kansas City
Supreme Court
Niagara
Blackstone
Lord Granville
Valued Animals in Zoos Highlight High Market Prices
European interest rises as Ernest Pinckert notes common seals fetch only dollars while rare species command from 300 to 460 dollars. Hon apes 130 to 600, Siberian tiger 1 000, Bengal 600, Java 300, zebra 600, bison 500 to 800, African elephant 1 200, giraffe 3 000 to 5 000, with high competition among zoos and circuses driving costs.
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Herr Ernest Pinckert
Leipsic
Europe
Herry
Zoological Garden
Sof Zoglogical Bardens
Not That Kind of Animal in West Virginia Cabin Tale
A West Virginia cabin tale recounts a Presbyterian minister meeting a hunter husband who always takes his gun. The woman, answering simply, points to skins hanging in the cabin as evidence of the man’s character and possible Presbyterians in the area.
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West Virginia
Baltimore
San
Crashing Witnesses Theater of Slander Trial
Lawyer De Wolfe Hopper testified in a slander suit, being pressed by opposing counsel who asked if he was an actor. Hopper affirmed and asked if acting a low calling, noting his father was a lawyer. The exchange highlighted Hopper’s pride in his craft.
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de Wolfe Hopper
J. Balieve
Hopper
Soraie' and ip-top iatrelsy at iegeland's Theater
The text reports excellent attendance at a theater event in Chicago with praising remarks on the talent and lineup. It notes the manager Cleveland aims to avoid objectionable features and to present top acts, keeping audiences well satisfied with the performances.
Elm Trees Shipped to Oak Park At Fair Oaks Nursery
Fair Oaks Nursery Co announces delivery of two carloads of the finest elm trees to Oak Park Ave. Homeowners seeking attractive shade and ornament should contact the nursery for immediate orders and planting advice.
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Fair Oaks Nursery Co
Oak Park
Are
Oak Park Ave
Nurseryman Job Ad Seeks Steady Fall and Winter Work
Salesmen to sell a line of nursery stock with steady work and extra inducements. All stock guaranteed. Write for terms and secure a good situation. Address The Mee NURSERY COMPANY Ilwaukerh Wisconsin. Sep Mi
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Mee Nursery Company
Ilwaukerh
Wis
First-Class Tailor Roberts Offers Cleaning at 186 N Park Ave
The Pantorium advertises gentlemen suits cleaned and pressed for 75c and pants for 25c. Ladies skirts cleaned and pressed for 50c. Roberts at 186 N Park Avenue, Austin, invites customers to bring work for reasonable prices.
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Roberts
N. Park Avenue
Austin
Money to Loan on Real Estate in Chicago
Money to loan on real estate offered without commission by the Cicero school trustees. Geo A Philbrick treasurer room 916 Stock Exchange Building 168 LaSalle Street Chicago renewals and terms available through Illinois real estate lender listing.
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Cicero
Geo. A. Philbrick
la‘ Salle’ Street
Chicago
Competent Girls Sought for Steady Jobs at Mrs Waughs
Advertises available positions at Mrs Waughs 229 North Park Ave Austin with wages from $1.00 to $7.00 weekly. Also promotes Miller's Celebrated Cold Capsules claiming a cure in twenty four hours at 25 cents.
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Miller's
Dressmaker Seeks Engagements in Local Homes
Helen A. Hunt offers water color landscapes and dither cards to order at 329 Pleasant Street with reasonable prices. Mise Bublitz, a dressmaker at 5725 Ontario Street, Austin, seeks more daily sewing engagements in families.
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Helen A. Hunt
Pleasant Street
Mise Bublitz
Ontario Street
Austin
Nickel Plate announces revamped night express routes to New York
The Nickel Plate railway publishes new schedules from Chicago. Train No 6 offers an overnight service to Fort Wayne Findlay Cleveland Erie Dunkirk Buffalo and points East departing Chicago at 11 20 p m arriving New York at 6 50 a m Boston at 10 07 a m. Additional daily services depart 10 36 a m and 2 30 p m reaching New York in the afternoon and evening respectively with through vestibuled sleeping cars and meals in dining cars. No excess fares. Map and agent contact provided.
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Chicago
Nickel Plate Road
Ft. Wayne
Findlay
Cleveland
Erie
Dunkirk
Buffalo
New York City
Beston
Boston
New York
van Buren Street
Pacific Avenue
John Y. Calahan
Adames Street
Ladies' Tailoring and Lost Item Notice
Miss J Perry advertises up stairs tailoring at 103 North Park. A pocketbook was lost Wednesday November 27 near Fifty second Avenue station with keys and theater tickets. reward offered at 411 Alma Street. A St Bernard dog about a year old was found. inquire with Leo Masterer at 302 South Franklin Avenue. An exchange offer lists top carriage and two bicycles for an upright piano. Cascarents ad promotes bowel health with a 10 cent box.
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Ffty
Second Avenue
Alma Street
Leo Masterer
South
Franklin Avenue
Austin
Taffy varieties offered at Oak Park shop
Scharf and Oetgen advertise fresh daily taffy flavors including Molasses, Phanut, Almond, Cocoanut, and Butter Scotch at 140 Lake Street in Oak Park. The line promotes a wide assortment of confections "fresh every day."
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Scharf & Oetgen
Lake Street
Manure Wanted by Fair Oaks Nursery Co
The Fair Oaks Nursery Co requests a quantity of manure. Delivery at 928 N. Oak Park Ave. is preferred or manure may be called for. Well rotted manure is preferred. Those with stock for sale should contact at once.
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Fair Oaks Nursery CO
Oak Park Ave
Reduced Holiday Rates on Nickel Plate Trains
Reduced Christmas and New Year fares in Nickel Plate service to all locations within Central Passenger Association territory. Valid Dec 24, 25, 31 and Jan 1 with return by Jan 2, 1902. Pullman and dining car services offered. meals priced 35 cents to $1.00. Tickets available via Ada Y.tsert agent at the depot on Van Buren Street.
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Central Passenger Association
Pullman
Ada Y Tsert
Cnet
van Buren Street
Mlevaiea
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Century Magazine
THY
the Century CO
Union Square
Fortable Sleeping Apartments
L Nesselroth
N. Park Ave
Adeatoumees Peesha
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Rena
Tuthill
North Central Avenue
Elec. Light and Gas
Call
Lake St
Peterson
Onstario St
North Park Avenue
L”’ Station
Studebaker
South Central Avenue
B. F. Dare
Central Ave
F. L Newell
Fine Arts Building
P. O
P.O
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Wickel Plate Road
F. Sammons
Grand Avenue
Walter W. Mayhe
Marion
McIntyre & Ruxton
COAL
W. Lake Street
Telephone West 607
Austin Yard
Kinsie Street
Grocer
Schmitz
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Chicago Avenue
Telephone
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