Electric Trains On Great Railway Link Chicago to Minneapolis
The Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway runs electric lighted trains of compartment cars standard sleeping cars dining cars buffet library smoking cars and coaches between Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Minneapolis Buffet observation parlor cars on day trains between Chicago St Paul and Minneapolis Electric lighted trains of sleeping cars buffet library smoking cars dining cars and coaches between Chicago and Des Moines Omaha and Sioux City Gal id trains between Chicago and
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Ry.fis
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Chico
Des Moines
Omaha
Sioux City
Rain Prayers and Long Journeys Mark Chinese Beliefs
The article describes peculiar Chinese rain making practices with borrowed gods, tablets from wells, and petition journeys. Messengers travel by foot, eat bran, and return with hopes of rain, while umbrellas are banned during prayer periods and foreigners face mob action in some provinces.
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Hhis
Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul Railway Dining Cars Ad
Solid trains link Chicago to Iowa Minnesota Southern and Central Dakota. Dining and Sleeping Cars offered. Electric reading lamps in berths. 6 600 miles of road across Illinois Wisconsin Michigan Upper Peninsula Iowa Minnesota Missouri South Dakota North Dakota. Ticket agents sell tickets or write John Oliver traveling passenger agent 95 Adams St Chicago.
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Chicago
Iowa
Minnesota
Southern
Central Dakota
Illinois
Wisconsin
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Missouri
South Dakota
North Dakota
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
John Oliver
Adams St
Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Short Line Railways Promises Quick East West Travel
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway promotes its Short Line between the East and West as a direct east west route from Chicago to Omaha under 500 miles. It advertises two through trains daily in each direction with sleeping and dining car service. John Oliver traveling passenger agent offers timetables maps and information at 95 Adams St Chicago.
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West
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Omaha
Milwaukee St. Paul
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
John Oliver
Adams St
Mardi Gras Carnivals Set in New Orleans Mobile Pensacola
Mardi Gras celebrations will be held in New Orleans Mobile and Pensacola this year. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad offers round trip tickets at a single fare with sale from February to 10 and limited to February 28. An illustrated booklet on Mardi Gras history is available by writing L. Strong, Gar Pass. Agt. Louisville & Nashville R.R., Louisville KY.
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Louisville & Washville
R. A
New Orleans
Mobile
Pensacola
L. Strong
Gar
Louisville & Nashville
R. R
Louisville
Notice To Farmers Seeks Tribune Farm Paper Readers
Our farmer friends and others interested in farming may obtain the New York Tribune Farmer by paying 30 cents in addition to the price of the Union until further notice. We consider it the best farm paper we know.
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New York Tribune Farmer
Township Examinations Held for Graduation in March May
Hamilton township common schools hold graduation examinations on the third Saturdays of March April and May at the McKee school house. C A Freeman, Princeton.
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Hamilton Township
McKee
C. A. Freeman, Pritvipai
Interesting to Farmers and Ajl Wage Harners
Announcement compares prices for steel ranges with and without a boat reservoir at 19 cents and 24 cents, offered by H. Schmiot & Co. located opposite Davis Hotel. A request directs inquiring parties to write to J C Miruspaven, Traveling Passenger Agent, Terre Haute Indiana, for rate and schedule information.
Yokohama by Night Lanterns and Rickshaws Shine
A New York Mail and Express description paints Yokohama at night as lanterns hang above rickshaws along the wharf. The moving glow creates a vivid, tropical scene with soft colored lights crossing the native city rooftops and streets, while gas lamps are scarce.
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Yokohama
Tropics
New York Mall
Express
Clerical Customer Sleeps Through Barber's Nap
In a humorous exchange the clerical customer wakes from a long nap in the barber chair and thanks the barber for the refreshing sleep. The barber notes the kindness as a fair return after the customer says he attended church service the previous Sunday.
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Boston Courier
Get Your Neighbor to Subscribe for the Union
A short plea urges readers to recruit neighbors to subscribe to the Union newspaper. It highlights community support and shared access to local news.
Death by arsenic described with severe torture
A historical medical description outlines arsenic poisoning symptoms from intake to death. It details intense esophageal burning, stomach distress, vomiting, diarrhea, thirst, groaning, and collapse. The progression includes cyanosis, cramps, convulsions, and probable death within hours, with possible remission then relapse.
Bank methods in France show cash loans and daily collectors
A Scribner's Magazine excerpt describes the Bank of France. Collectors visit borrowers and repay loans in currency rather than checks. Two hundred uniformed staff, leather pouches, and daily cash settlements illustrate continental banking practices unfamiliar to American small traders and casual check use.
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Italy
Paris
Bank of France
Europe
Birds Like Humans in Canary Country
Chambers' Journal notes that canaries resemble humans in temperament with varied cock behavior from idle to attentive and courteous, and hens ranging from quiet and caring to chatty and quarrelsome, reflecting domestic quarrels among birds.
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Canaries
Chambers’ Journal
Whisper Speech Therapy Proposed for Stammerers
The article states stammerers rarely show impediment when whispering. A treatment plan is proposed: ten days of no speech, ten days of whispering, then fifteen days to gradually resume normal conversation.
Silver wedding couples debate feast over pig
The fragment notes a couple marking their silver wedding and debating killing a pig for a feast. A remark questions blaming the animal for past events, reflecting a light old time chat in London Tit-Bits.
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London
Fashionable Doctor Out for a Day's Shooting
A witty exchange shows a stylish physician sidelined from hunting by luckless birds. The host jokes about prescribing a remedy, highlighting the lighthearted mood of a social gathering.
Age Gap Influences Gender Outlook in Offspring Claim
A historical claim suggests that when the husband is eight years younger than the wife, offspring are more likely to be girls than boys. The assertion reflects period-era beliefs on birth sex ratios without robust modern evidence.
Flower and Tree Care and Planting Guidelines
Moist soil is ideal for setting plants while avoiding waterlogging. Palms and ferns should not stand in drafts and moss on fruit trees signals thrift issues. Dust harms window plants in dry heat. keep air moist. Tea plants in India stay small with pruning. Dry soil requires well rooted stock. Vines flower after reaching top support. Peonies belong in October and should not be disturbed to form strong clumps for larger blooms.
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India
Brain weights by nation and race across continents
The article notes average brain weights by nationality and race: Scotchmen sixty ounces, English forty nine, French forty five, Dutch Frisians and others near English values, Germans often heavier, Polish forty seven, Indians of Elindco and others forty one to forty four, Alussalmans higher, Khonds under thirty eight, travels toward Ching show rising weights, Africa forty three to forty eight, America Indians forty seven, Australia forty to forty two.
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Elindco
India
Alussalmans
Gringos Origin Story From Mexican War Speech
The article explains how the term gringo originated in the Mexican War. American soldiers called captured Mexicans greens for ignorance, and Mexicans retaliated by calling Americans gringos, which evolved into eringos.
Heartless laughter sparks accusation of fear and guilt
In a measured, dull voice a man declares his certainty about a claim of heartlessness. A woman turns pale in terror, reacting to the implication with shocked disbelief and a cry about opening her mouth too wide.
Do you mean you have not read all of Shakespeare
Miss Cayenne admits she did not intend to say she had read every Shakespeare play. The confession slipped out by accident, as with many people.
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Miss Cayenne
Washurston
Iron pen of Job described as steel gravers for stone
The text notes that the iron pen cited by Job is believed to be a steel graver used to cut inscriptions on stone. This interpretation links ancient writing tools to metal points capable of engraving durable records.
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Job
Excursion Rates for Mardi Gras and Winter Joy Ride
Excursion tickets to New Orleans Mobile Al Pensacola and Terre Haute at one fare round trip sold Feb 3–9 and returning by Feb 15 with extension to Feb 28 if deposited by Feb 15. Lincoln League meeting in Terre Haute Feb 11–12. Winter tourist rates to the South apply with May 15 1902 Charleston South Carolina tickets on sale. Home Seekers Excursions via K and T R R offer one fare plus 2 dollars round trip with sale dates Jan 7 21 Feb 4 18 1902 and return within 21 days to many states.
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Illinois Central
Cairo
Central
New Orleans
Southern
Omaha
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Chicago
A. H. Hanson
Mobile
Als
Pensacola
Fla
Terre’ Haute
Ind
Lincoln League of Indiana
Charleston
S.C
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