Giant locomotives debut on St Paul line in new fleet
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul road received purportedly the largest engines yet built with 84.25 inch driving wheels and 68 foot 11 inch total length. Officials claim they can haul fourteen to fifteen heavy coaches at sixty miles per hour and will serve the Chicago Milwaukee and Omaha routes.
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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Road
St. Paul Road
Miller
St. Paul
Chicago
Milwaukee
Omaha
Garden of Eden claim lures readers to Western Canada
A Winnipeg to Reed City letter from Jas G Armstrong of Meltford Saskatchewan extols Western Canada as a garden of eden with wild fruits flowers and abundant crops. He notes hay crops cattle grazing timber lakes rivers and a thriving ranching scene while urging readers to visit and learn more from government agents.
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Reed City
Michigan
Clarion
Jas. G. Armstrong
Meltford
Saskatchewan
the West
Canada
Government of Canada
Nicaragua Canal Bill Sets 190 Million Cost Framework
Senator Morgan introduces a bill authorizing the Nicaragua Canal project with a total cost of 190 million dollars. A eight member U.S. board plus the secretary of war would govern the canal belt, with military guard provisions and construction divisions led by a chief engineer and two assistants per division. Senator Lodge supports Hay-Pauncefote treaty revisions and notes the abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty as key to canal construction.
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Washington
Morgan
Congress
Canal Belt
United States
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Senate
Lodge
Suez Canal
Gallinger
Defiance Starch Availability and Storage Notes
Some grocers say they do not stock Defiance Starch due to existing 12 oz brands. They argue 16 oz costs the same, so customers may prefer Defiance. The note adds that pickles in vinegar spoil in jars previously greased.
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Defiance
Counsel Moves to Dismiss Government Appeal in Santiago Prize Case
The defense for Admiral Sampson and his men filed in the district court of appeals a motion to dismiss the government's appeal from a district court decision. The motion alleges lack of jurisdiction. A decision was reserved.
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Ampion
Sampson
Santiago
District Court of Appeals
District Supreme Court
Bomb Thrown Into Corder School Hallway
An unknown person threw a bomb into the hallway of the Corder public school as pupils were practicing for Christmas exercises on the second story. No injuries are reported and authorities investigated the incident.
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Corder
Treasury Deficiency Funds Sought for Several Agencies
The secretary of the treasury sent to the house a deficiency appropriation list totaling 1,334,006 dollars for several government branches.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
House
Congress Grants Holiday Recess Through January 6
The House approved a resolution for a holiday adjournment from December 19 to January 6, pausing proceedings during the recess.
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Washington
House
Respect for Our War Ships
James St. C. Hunt, returned from Panama, argues it pays a nation to own gunboats. He says Panama’s revolution will not harm American property, noting rebels have avoided it to date and learned consequences from recent events.
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James St. C. Hunt
Panama
Harvard Dress Code Discipline Through Early History
The article notes Harvard students faced a strict dress code with fines ranging from 30 cents to 1.60 dollars per offense. It describes this rigid discipline as a longstanding feature of Harvard’s code from its colonial foundation into the later 19th century.
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Harvard
Hravard
Rare Hand Decorated Bible Verse Book Sells in London
London reports a special edition copy of Songs of Innocence and Experience dating 1789 to 1794 sold for 3500 dollars. The author decorated the book by hand for his friend Edward Calvert, a copy long cherished by Calvert’s family.
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London
Cau
Edward Calvert
Mrs Ellenor Guardhouse Cured Of Chronic Sciatic Rheumatism
In Hester Missouri Ellenor Guardhouse endured over forty years of chronic sciatic rheumatism with constant pain. After trying Dodd's Kidney Pills she took eight boxes and reports permanent relief. Doctors once skeptical now astonished as she remains in good health without pills. The article notes the pride of earning a first thousand dollars.
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Hester, Mo
Ellenor Guardhouse
Dodd
Mother Gray’s Sweetlanders Ad in New York Home Notice
An old advertisement touts Mother Gray the nurse at a New York Children’s Home promoting cures for feverishness bad stomach teething disorders and worm destruction. It claims over 30 000 testimonials and lists 25 cents at druggists with a sample tree address Alien S Olmsted LeRoy NY.
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Gray
New York
S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Dolls and colorful paintings offered by rail line ads
An assortment of Moran reproductions on six sheets 10x12 inches in ten colors is advertised by General Passenger Department Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway for twenty five cents postage. Also urged is Red Cross Ball Blue for whitening clothes and Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets for colds.
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Moran
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
F. A. Miller
Chicago
Christmas Greetings and Quack Claims from Vintage Ad Fragments
A collage of vintage promotional lines extols a Garf ield Tea cure for indigestion and health issues, praises Ball Blue and Defiance Starch, touts Piso’s Cure for throat ailments, and offers trite proverbs and gendered quips. The text mixes Christmas wishes with product boasts, slogans, and social maxims from an old era.
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Beets Advice Ad
One hundred dollars reward offered for an incurable catarrh. Endorsements from F J Cheney & Co Toledo agents and wholesalers assert Cheney's honesty and solvency. Hall's Catarrh Cure claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Beet cooking tip warns not to trim tops too short. Proverb notes virtue and boasting.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Weat & Truax
Walding, Kianan & Marvin
Ohio
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Allen Bros. Co
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Mother Gray
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Red Cross
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