Bold drummer sparks protest on Illinois Central journey
A Chicago to Sioux Falls passenger, T M McNeil, forced a train reversal when denied a sleeper, insisting on continuing to Sioux Falls. Conductor offered lodging or alternatives as orders via headquarters eventually allowed the car to proceed with McNeil aboard.
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Hans
T. McNeil
Fort Way
Sious Falls
D. Meis
Chicago
Illiinois Central
Sioux Falls
Fort Dodge
Chi
Oil Central
Teome
McNeil
Kansas City Star
Saloon Price List Targets Alcohol Education in Missouri
An unrestored handbill from Missouri saloon-keeper features a skull and cross bones and a gaggle of prices for various beverages and tonics. The list includes Hobocarn Whisky 70 cents per gallon and Moonshine 50 cents, with other items priced between 10 and 99 cents. A note claims the dealer is sufficiently drunk and aware that alcohol education is taught across the river in St Louis.
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Missouri
Wight
Mii
Kentucky Lightning
Oregon County
Gonsellerry
Perly
St Louis Post-Dispatch
War talk and quips from papers on the Maine tragedy
A collage of editorials and satirical lines from major papers, touching on privateering, Spanish hostilities, naval power, and public sentiment after the Maine incident. It cites Gen Lee, Captain General Blanco, Comanche raids, and figures like Lillian Russell, Hoar, and Sagasta, reflecting a tense, humorous press mood.
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Lee
Blanco
Philadelphia Ledger
Washington Star
Banque
Salt Lake Herald
Tee
Havana
Marene
Cincinnati Tribune
Spain
New York World
Haruna Harbor
Congress
Milwaukee
Cuba
St. Paul Dispatch
Senate Oratory
Ikanses City Journal
New Orleans
Chicago Dispatch
Sentinal
Perliamentary
Piladelphia Times
Lillian Russell
Lillian
Washington Post
John Bull
Senator Hoar
Maine
Boston Herald
Robert Emimet
Omaha
Songs of the Hour and the Maine Voice of War
A wartime ballad unfolds linking veterans from North and South under one refrain Remember the Maine as the chorus calls Americans to Cuba The piece traces Old Hickory Jackson and Chickamauga to a united march toward Havana amid flags drums and bugles
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Shere
Elena
Guy
Cuba Libre
Southland
Shiloh
Ciba Libre
Maine
Beatae
Che Bugle
Indius
St. Louis
Chickamauga Field
Chickamauga
Tennessee
Old Hickory
Jackson
Cuba
Old Hickory Jackson
Florida
Antericins
Cube
Old Vickory Jackson
Ghiekamausa
Glen
Ecr
Havana
Hickory Jackson
Cubs
Republi
Wheat prospects improve across the belt with widespread growth
Weather in the Olio valley brought generally adequate rainfall and temperatures near normal. Wheat growth advanced across the region with April progress steady, seeding of spring wheat starting early in northern belts, and notable shifts in acreage in Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.
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Olio
Califa
San Joaquin Valley
Rocky Mountains
Texas
Ohio
Minnesota
South Dakota
Mintezor
Tuwsa
Nebraska
Ontssevalla
Ohio Valley
Okbikoma
Kansas
New California Discoveries and Diverse Declared Wealth
A fragmented regional notice discusses California mining hopes in the Sierra and Klondike myth settings, noting new placers in remote mountain sites and the role of syndicates, while warning that many claims may be myths. It blends product ads and general European divorce statistics with health and footwear promotions and ends noting the historical dating of Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deva Worsey
West
5Th St
Cincinnati
Ohio
California
Sierra
Bay Country
Catarrh Cure Adverts and Miscellany
A mixed hoard of 1890s-era notices and anecdotes including an ad boasting Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for cures, sales pitches for Pico's Cure for Consumption, and brief quips on social chatter and brain function. The fragmentary text references remedies, toasts, teething syrup, and a dialogue about health and science. The overall tone mimics a late 19th century newspaper miscellany.
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Hall
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