Conductor Barney Cavanaugh Remains Faithful on Northwestern Line
Forty years a Chicago Milwaukee Northwestern conductor, Barney Cavanaugh endures in service with steady calm and personal care for travelers. Now 73, he recalls early days when the line was built and has seen hundreds of passengers and favors, while resisting schemes to swindle riders or exploit his role. His Milwaukee home anchors a lifetime of steady trains and trusted work, with a family to support.
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Mischievous boys feed onions to monkeys at city zoo
Two youths threw small onions into a big monkey cage at Jet Island zoo. Monkeys tore them open, cried from the sting, and staggered about in agony as keepers tried to calm them. Police arrested the two boys after the prank at Central Park zoo.
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Central Park Zoo
Buying land his mania haunts a Dane in Cleveland
Carl Ludwig Peterson of Cleveland testified in Cleveland common pleas court that he owns thousands of acres in scattered parcels near Boston, yet he claimed he does not know how much land he has or where it is. He kept properties in others names to keep them from his wife, sometimes using a friend or trustee. He now faces the folly of his plan as it may backfire on him.
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Carl Peterson
Cleveland
Farina
Boston
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Peterson
Promoter's Paper Basis Town Brought to Life in Indian Territory
A Hobart postmaster recalls a sharp promoter who bought land east of Hobart near the Chicago Rock Island line before the town boom era. He laid out boulevards parks and residence plots promising government buildings and future growth, crafting a vision that energized settlers and investors despite the uncertain times.
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Tablets for Ancia mark missionary houses in India
The British government plans tablets on historic Indian buildings, four of which honor early Christian missionaries. The act officially acknowledges missionaries as torchbearers lighting the path for explorers, soldiers, and governors.
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Ancia
India
Farm Hands Wear White in Yucatan Fields
Farm hands in Yucatan wear linen garments of spotless white and quickly change them when they are slightly soiled. Work is plentiful there, and laborers are well paid, allowing them to maintain cleanliness and tidy appearance.
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Yucatan
Chicago Health Resort Claim Draws Skepticism
A physician asserts breathing coal dust cures consumption prompting Chicago Journal to call the city a grand esultarium. The sultan of Morocco enquires about the trembling northward needle and doubts the clockwork explanation while an English visitor notes Belgium as Europe’s leading arms supplier to Morocco.
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