W J Black Promoted to Passenger Trade Manager for Santa Fe
Willem J Hivek has been promoted by the Santa Fe railroad to passenger trade manager for the entire system with headquarters in Chicago. He began in rail service in 1879 in St. Louis, climbing from office boy to various clerical roles before becoming general passenger agent at Topeka in 1897.
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Willem J. Hivek
Santa Fe
Paivenmer
Chicago
Wan Tern
St. Louis
Tod
Olce Boy
Vandalia
Missouri Pacific
Topeka
Kan
Misfortune in the Sneere Across Oriental Lands
Across Oriental countries the Sneere has long been seen as a sign of misfortune and tied to evil. The passage notes that no matter the religion, the Sneere is regarded as indicating bad outcomes.
Unknown Quality Hopefuls Gather in Public Debate
Citizens weigh potential outcomes as a group of observers considers the range of possible futures. Some express optimism about reforms while others fear unintended consequences, urging caution and further study before any decisions.
Canned Fruit Stored Ten Years In London Warehouses
A London court trial revealed imported canned fruit often sits in city warehouses for ten years. Officials noted prolonged storage could affect quality and value while trade records show extensive stockpiling ahead of distribution.
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London
Joy in a Graft Case Reveals Cold Victory
A tired woman smiles over tea while the Washington Post notes a rare moment of joy as a graft suspect is caught. The piece highlights the opportunistic thrill when rivals are thwarted, reflecting on participation barriers and relief in public corruption cases.
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Tun
Washington Post
Never tried Schilling's Best Tea Ten Years Bought
A promotional note urges readers to try Schilling's Best tea, claiming a decade of prior purchases have diluted the effect of tea and implying a missed opportunity in flavor and quality. The quote attributed to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu adds a literary touch about misjudging taste.
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Schilling
Tuberculosis Deaths in England and Hospital Shortage
An excerpt notes 60,000 annual TB deaths in England while only seventy sanatoria exist, with capacity for 2,760 patients. The piece discusses tremors of illness and suggests more tea and time as a remedy, reflecting health guidance of the era.
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England
Portable luggage carrier invention gains ease of transport
A novel device for porters and traveling men displays a lightweight harness system. It suspends luggage from the shoulder with a hip brace and chest strap to keep the weight off the body, allowing a grip or luggage to hang from a handle without hindering movement.
Odorous Substances Lose Weight Over Time
A French scientist reports that a grain of lodoform loses one millionth of its weight in an hour as it emits odor. At this rate a milligram would be consumed in over 114 years by odorous emanations, a musk scent requiring about 100000 years for a milligram.
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Paris Academie Des Sciences
Auto Bank Incar shouldered by burglar proof car bank
A motor bank with electric drive and chilled steel double walls is described. Patented features include a burglar proof safe, clerks’ working space, and a 50 mile touring radius. Priced at over 5100 dollars, the vehicle is intended to collect deposits from shopkeepers at night across the city, claimed to be absolutely burglar proof.
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Auto Bank
Canada Ward
Pasteur Institute Devises Field Mouse Remedy
The Pasteur Institute of Paris develops a remedy for field mice in Charentes. The Danysa virus, if properly distributed, kills about 8 percent of the mice in two weeks. It causes a contagious disease resembling typhoid, harmless to humans and other animals.
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Pasteur Institute of Paris
Charentes
GREAT SONG WRITER PAUL DRESSER ENDORSES DEAN'S KIDNEY PILLS
Paul Dresser of New York author of Banks of the Wabash endorses Dean's Kidney Pills. He describes kidney malady relief and urges sufferers to use the remedy sold by Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo. Also notes a separate ad about longings and a Salt Lake Route electric heated train service between Los Angeles and Chicago with trains costing $190,000 each.
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Paul Dresser
New York
Dean
Donn
Paul, Dresser
Foster-Milurn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Salt Lake
Los Angeles
Chicago
Milford
Lynn
Tintle
Sanpete Vali
Provo and
Nephine
The Mystery of Three Nines and Plato's Challenge
A London Tit-Bits piece recounts aPuzzle about the number nine. It tells of a cranky Athens thinker seeking a solution that Plato entertains by arranging three nines to represent twenty. The solution rests on simple arithmetic showing 18 divided by nine yields twenty when scaled by ten.
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Athens
Academia
Plato
Chappie
London
Demand for Change of Diet and Victor Hugo Comment
The piece notes how extreme repetition of a single food can cause repugnance among workers like Alaska salmon curers and Arcachon oyster women and cocoa factory staff. It also tells a Kansas suburb club anecdote about a woman citing Victor Hugo with the quip that good English is the only agreeable constant.
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Alaska
Arcachon
France
Newfoundland
Victor Hugo
Pennsylvania
Carnegie
The Secret Of Youth And The Grape Nuts Cure
A 94 year old man credits Grape Nuts with restoring digestion and normal bowel action after chronic indigestion. He reports renewed comfort and strength, noting he eats Grape Nuts for breakfast and sometimes nothing else, praising the product as a blessing. He believes right food preserves health and youth.
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de Soto
New World
Teel Magnate Sues Liquor Sellers for Damages
Mrs. Margaret Carty of Winooski Vermont sues two local saloonkeepers for $5,000 each under a state liquor law novel to recover damages after her husband, her sole support, was arrested for intoxication and died when bedclothes in police custody caught fire.
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Margaret Carty
Winooski
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W. J. Black
Santa Fe Road
Mary Wortley Montagu
Little Willie
Teel Magnate
Montreal Herald
Philadelphia
Pillsbury
Atkins
Bes Atkins
C. ATKINS @ CO, Inc
Memphis
Atlanta
Toronto
Canada
Free
Alabastine CO
Grand Rapids
Mich
Water St
N. Yo
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DE Ar Laval
Rank Srv
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