War ends, homes offered in Marinette County lands
The notice urges immediate action for home seekers, citing affordable farming land in Marinette County Wisconsin near the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway. It promises good home markets and strong prices for crops, with full information available from C. E. Rollins immigration agent in Chicago.
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Marinette County
Wisconsin
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
C. E. Rollins
la Salle Street
Chicago
Ontek Return Watkins Wife Returns
A Chicago Record item notes Watkins' wife has returned, asking what prompted her return. It mentions he wrote to her about organizing trolley parties for all the widows he knew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Record
Immgration Agent Seeks Land Information in Tennessee
For information in regard to lands in Tennessee and North Alabama write to Mr. J. B. Killebrew, Immigration Agent, Chamber of Commerce, Nashville, Tenn.
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Tennessee
North Alabama
J. B. Killebrew
Chamber of Commerce
Nashville, Tenn
Global gold circulation estimated at 865 tons
Bank of England officials estimate the amount of gold coin in actual circulation worldwide at about 865 tons. A cosmetic soap ad touts COSMO BUTTERMILK SOAP as soothing and fragrant. The pest moth is noted to have up to 4061 muscles. Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a family remedy since 1865 from J R Madison Chicago. A joke asks why a poor barber does not offer cut-rate chatter.
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Bank of England
J. R Madison
Ave
Chicago
Ill
Moviile Art Plaques Offered Free With Elastic Starch
Moviile’s four porcelain game plaques in American wild duck pheasant quail and English snipe designs are offered free to buyers of three ten cent Elastic Starch packages. J C Hubinger Bros Co has purchased the plaques costing 50000 and will distribute them through grocers until October 1.
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Moviile
J. C.iubinger Bros. Co
Messrs
J. C. Hubinger Bros. Co
J. ©. Hubinger Bros. Co
Texas Colonization and Odd Advertisements From a Fragment
A fragmented text bundle features a Texas colonization pitch by Southern Texas Colonization Company with manager John Linderholm, mixed with assorted product ads and quips. It cites Dr Rhine nerve restorer, Sennett enamel cream, Cascarets, Cosmo Buttermilk Soap, and misc questions about habits and education, all in a cluttered early 20th century layout.
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United States
Texas
Southern
Texas Colonization Company
John Linderholm
Rialto Bldy
Chicago
Forges
War Hero Schiffeneder Recalls Civil War Service and Cure
A. Schiffeneder of 161 Sedgwick Street Chicago recalls Civil War heroism with the Twenty-sixth Wisconsin Volunteers and Army of the Potomac. He describes wounds at Gettysburg, prisoner exchanges, and later hospitalization. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing stomach catarrh and restoring appetite.
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Chicago Times-Herald
A. Schiffeneder
Sedgwick Street
Chicago
America
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Volunteers
Shenandoah Valley
Gettysburg
Schiffeneder
Bell Island
Andersonville
Sherman
Georgia
Mr. Schiffeneder
The Role of Parental Judgment in School Pressure
The piece debates balancing school pressure for children, arguing teachers assess workload, while parents know their child best. It contends parents should worry when a child shows signs like lost sleep or reduced appetite, and cautions against excessive urging on scholars needing challenge.
Great Western Improves Granger Lines Reducing Grades
The annual report shows Great Western plans to cut grades from one percent to half and widen curves increasing engine loads from 700 to 1000 tons. From 1895 to 1898 expenditures on permanent way total $1,620,289.75 with major bridge projects and ballast upgrades underway. Freight earnings rise as miles run increase, keeping Great Western ahead of rivals in per mile earnings. The piece notes overall high life expectancy of nine days per year.
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Great Western
Stickney
Granger Lines
Chicago Great Western
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis & Oman
Chicago & Northwestern
Rock Island & Pacific
Margretta Stewart a Folk Hero in Need of Fate
Margretta Stewart and her sisters Essie and Frances, granddaughters of Admiral Stewart of the Constitution, born at Ironsides Bardentown New Jersey, face poverty after their father's illness. Margretta pursues drama while also an amateur carpenter. Bessie and Frances begin literary careers. John T Howard Parnell, British MP, inherits Ironsides and may safeguard the estate for Admiral Stewart's descendants.
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Essie
Margretta
Frances Stewart
Admiral Stewart
Constitution
Ironsides
Bardentown
N. Jd
Charles Stewart
Alice I. J. Parnell
The
New York Tribune
Bessie
Frances
Bordentown
John T Howard Parnell
Alice P. J. Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell
Reland
Jefferson's Love Affair Sketch Recalls Jefferson's Youth
Col William Lamb recounts Jefferson's early infatuation with Rebecca Burwell at the University of Virginia. The future president hung on her smiles, cried over a lost watch picture, and lamented a college jilting as he wrote to Gov. Page about rats, rain, and a leaky roof.
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University of Virginia
William Lamb
Jefferson
Rebecca Burwell
Old Dominion
Page
Virginia
Seven Old Ladies in the United States and Their Revolutionary Pension
The article recounts a genealogy of notable figures tied to Washington era service, noting three women with soldierlike resolve and a tradition of pensions. It mentions Stewart and Bainbridge delaying a clash with Britain, Jefferson’s marriage to a widow, and a Bay State recruit who earned a pension for himself and his wife long after hostilities ended.
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Stewart
Bainbridge
United States Navy
United States
Washington
Wing George
Bay State
Where the husband Gets Nothing in Philippine Marriage Law
A Fortnightly Review excerpt argues that under Philippine marriage custom the wife holds property rights and her children inherit from her, while the husband gains no shared ownership. It notes wives retain maiden names with a de prefix and children bear both parents’ names, challenging views on universal female subjection.
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Philippines
Miss Garnett
Mill
Ten Cent Century Promises and Ponderous Prices
A historic snippet from the Indianapolis Journal features banter about selling goods at a loss and a stiff retort from a privileged buyer. The exchange humorously notes that popular prices for the next century would be ten cents and mocks the idea of a “Ten century.”
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Indianapolis Journal
Browne
Towne
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Soper
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Washington St
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Susquehanna Ave
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Montreal
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New York Avenue
Washington, D. C
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