Spend the Summer Along Milwaukee Line Resorts Reach
Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota offer beautiful summer spots near Omaha with lower round trip rail rates this season. F a Nash Western Agent lists details at 1504 Farnam St Omaha. Also ads for Defiance Starch Red Cross Ball Blue and Dr Kline nerve restorer fill page with product offers and prices.
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Best Results in Starching with Defiance Starch
Advertisement-style note offering top starching results using Defiance Starch with no cooking required and implying additional money savings for bulk purchases.
Slaughter-sale Prices Fail to Hit Meat Market
Market watchers report that slaughter sale prices have yet to impact the meat market, with traders indicating demand and supply remain steady as buyers await clearer signals.
Oregonian Man’s Tepid Take on New York City Life
An elderly Portlander returning from the East finds New York City too rapid and recalls a sequence of vivid incidents. He describes a rude man assaulted by a hatpin wielded by a woman on a train, a streetcar misstep, and a subway trench accident before ending with mixed impressions of the metropolis.
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Were Rough on Oats Story From Frontier Life
A Colorado senator touts Rocky Mountain vigor as a Philadelphia Post recounts a tale of a frontier farming village. Farmers read of oats scarcity in Denver at two dollars a bushel and a grocer jokes about emigrants, mocking the confusion and frontier wit.
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Henry M. Teller
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Rocky Mountain States
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Family ties loom large in a far west court dispute
A Boston lawyer recalls a winter trip to a small western town where a horse theft trial ended with a jury deadlock. He believed the prisoner guilty after reviewing the evidence, while the defense lawyer joked about two brothers in law on the jury. The jury disagreed the next day.
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Boston
Norwegian Seeks Ten Cent Iodoform Demand
In Frankfort Kansas a Norwegian customer, speaking limited English, demanded ten cents worth of iodoform from Mrs. Taylor at the drug store. He paid no coin and left after a brief exchange, later clarified by a second Norwegian speaker as a request for ten cents worth of medicine.
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Taylor
Frankfort
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Little mice gnaw at big cheese and small vices bite
A pithy proverb frames the idea that small troubles erode grand virtues. The saying contrasts diminutive mice and minor faults with the indulgent lure of large rewards, suggesting vigilance against gradual corruption.
Ranch for Sale Near Gering Nebraska Five Deeded Quarters
Five deeded quarters near Gering Nebraska offered with three school quarters and two leased quarters. One claim three room log house and log stable on 380 by 120 feet with board roof and two wire fence surrounding tract. Abundant water. Contact Dr. F A Graham Lincoln Neb for details. Also a crude ad notes social ambition and Refianse Starch availability.
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F. A. Graham
Lincoln
Neb
Million Frogs A Night Riddle Draws Varied Answers
Kansas paper challenges a pond drought problem asking how a dry pond could yield a million frogs overnight. Russell Record cites frogs burrowing and waking with rain. Delphos Republican offers a cautionary tale of overestimation and missing stock, echoed by Kansas City Star.
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Episcopal Clergyman Surprises Irish Couple on Train
A prominent Episcopalian clergyman recounts riding to the city when a young Irish couple and their child sit nearby. After friendly chatter, the mother calls him father and he reveals he has six children at home, provoking shocked glances from the parents.
Wolf Keeper Teaches Swan Swift Escape at Lake
John the keeper of the wolves stood by the lake at the zoo with pie in hand and called to the swan. A white swan at the far end of the island turned and swam rapidly toward the open water.
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Oldest Birds In The Gardens By The River
The article recounts Lover noting a very old pelican or bird that steals a pie then vanishes behind an island. He estimates the bird at least 114 years old, comparing it with a 125 year old bald eagle and swans said to live up to 300 years.
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The Hindu Editor Explains Maiden Issue Shortfall
The editor explains that the first Hindu newspaper issue appeared with many empty columns due to miscalculation. The note promises no repeat of this and asserts future content quality will compensate for the lack of quantity.
Servants Strike at Mrs Berwind’s Newport Villa
A strike of fifty or sixty house servants employed by Mrs. Berwind at her luxury Newport villa disrupted a swell travelers’ visit. The workers demanded higher wages and quit en masse after Mrs. Berwind refused to meet their terms.
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A Royal Joshua Toast at Holland Ambassadorial Banquet
Lord Stair hosted ministers in Holland with grand entertainments. Abbe de Ville toasted Louis XV with "The Rising Sun, My Master." Baron de Reinbach proposed the moon for the empress-queen. Earl of Stair honored King William in Joshua’s name, and the sun and Tycon stood still.
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William
Joshua
Nun
Tycon
Astor Plans Outdoor Sport Palace at Rhinebeck Estate
Col John Jacob Astor reportedly will build a large, low palace for outdoor sports on his Rhinebeck on the Hudson estate. The complex will include squash and tennis courts, billiard rooms, a riding ring, swimming pool, many dressing and lounging rooms, a reading room, and sleeping apartments for male guests on the second floor. A dining room and kitchen will serve the court area, located a walk from the main house.
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John Jacob Astor
Rhine -beck-on-the-Hudson
Georgian Court
George Jay Gould
Clark Not a Great Entertainer in Washington
A New York insurance firm sent a special agent to Washington to push for a life policy on Senator Clark. The Montana copper magnate, earning about 2,000,000 dollars monthly, declined the offer saying he does not need the money and doubt about acceptance as a risk. He has disappointed Washington society by living quietly, though rumors say he plans a grand capital mansion to regain social standing.
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New York
Montana
Hich
Monte Cristo
Coal Deposits Formed From Ancient Forests, Says Press
The New York press cites Granville stating coal deposits trace to more than 250 million years ago when earth’s climate fostered vast vegetation. That dense forest life, decayed over eons, became the coal that underlies our soil.
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