Electric Trains Run Bright on the Chicago Milwaukee Line
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway markets electric lighted trains with compartment, sleeping, dining, buffet library smoking, and coach cars on routes from Chicago to Milwaukee St. Paul Minneapolis and Des Moines Omaha Sioux City. Solid trains link Chicago with Northern Wisconsin and Michigan's upper peninsula, while travel extends to Iowa Minnesota and the Dakota territories. Ticket agents nationwide and traveling agent John Oliver at 95 Adams St Chicago sell tickets.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Iowa
Minnesota
Southern
Central Dakota
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Missouri
South Dakota
North Dakota
John Oliver
Adams St
Chicago
Short Line Rail Service Between Chicago and Omaha
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway promotes its Short Line as a direct east west route between Chicago and Omaha less than 500 miles apart. It runs two through trains daily with sleeping and dining car service. Maps and timetable information are available from John Oliver St., Chicago.
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West
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Omaha
Milwaukee St. Paul
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
John Oliver
Adams St
Escape of Colonel Colter From Indian Attack
The piece recounts John Colter's famed escape from 660 warriors after his companion was killed. He was stripped, pressed across a prickly plain, then used a daring ruse to seize a spear, fend a pursuer, and slip into trees and a river. He hid under driftwood for hours, evaded searchers, and fled for seven days before reaching a Bighorn trading post.
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John Colter
Colter
Bighorn River
Unreadable Charity Check Stumps Bank Officials
A downtown bank received a check intended for a city charity but the signature could not be read. The treasurer sought help from bank staff who confirmed the check was genuine but could not identify the signer. Bank clerks consulted the card catalog, noting no resemblance to the real name.
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New York Post
Noted Advice to Engage “Bad” Boys with Constructive Work
The author argues that boys labeled as troublesome crave activity and ideas. Provide them with tools and projects such as sleds carts boats and playthings. Avoid confinement to books or dull tasks and offer meaningful tasks rather than giving up on them.
Vanished Interest
A Washington Star exchange quotes Mrs. Torkins asking Charley about women voting rights. He endorses equal suffrage and assures he would not hinder her from voting, questioning the purpose of the vote.
From Bad to Worse in the Next World
A Chicago News quip contrasts earthly plumbing with a hypothetical afterlife. It features dialogue where Gyer dismisses a plumber’s skills, joking about water pipes not freezing in a different realm and prompting a sharp retort about water scarcity.
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Myer
Earth
Gyer
Chicago News
Judge grins as jurors considered in stale poker talk
In a light moment from Judge Way’s court the attorney asks if the jury is still out. The judge jokes some jurors have been playing poker for hours, signaling a delay or uncertainty in deliberations.
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Wayback
Ohio State Journal
Lucky Girl and the Fox Hunt Exchange at Mr Cropper
In Philadelphia the dialogue shows Miss Annie Seed reacting to Mr Cropper after a fox hunt asking if he was present at the death. She replies she was in at the death but mentions her grandfather left her a quarter of a million.
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Mr. Cropper
Annie Seed
Philadelphia
Press
The Bhils Robber Class of India in Folklore and Flight
An account from the London Express highlights the Bhils as the most cunning robbers among Indian tribes ruled by the British, detailing their pilfering prowess and deceptive night tactics. It notes their near-naked concealment under shields, oil rubbed bodies, and lifelike tree-like camouflage that fools pursuing troops.
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Oficer
London Express
Overcoming the Writer's Start in Article Creation
A National Magazine excerpt discusses writer’s timidity and the getting started process. It compares beginning a piece to a letter and a piston, noting flow then brake, and suggests the dominant idea guides writing more than rigid rules.
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Thackeray
National Magazine
Cheap at the Price Contempt Payment Provokes Judge
In a western town a pompous judge fines a young lawyer ten dollars for contempt. An elderly attorney then pays ten dollars in gold to settle the matter, claiming sustained contempt for the court. The judge insists there was no contempt. The old man confirms his long held disdain and willingness to pay for it.
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Chicago News
Mardi Gras Ball Masked Encounter Sparks Caution
At a Hopkins Institute Mardi Gras ball a masked man asked a masked woman for a dance. She replied she did not know him, prompting his quip that they both were taking similar risks.
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Hopkins Institute of Art
Interloper Explains Female Suffrage Question
A deep voiced woman asks what made female suffrage possible and a rude man claims male sufferance as the cause. The Philadelphia Press presents the brief clash as a topical remark on voting rights.
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Philadelphia Press
Wealth does not make a home says Home Journal
A reflective note from Ladies' Home Journal asserts wealth alone cannot create a home, and that thoughtful sympathetic comrades are essential to forming a caring household.
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Home Journal
Distilled Water Declared Safest for Drinking and Cooking
An article from the Sanitarian argues that boiling city water concentrates impurities and that only distillation yields truly pure water. It warns boiled water loses taste and quality, while distilled water remains clean after long aging, recommending distillation as the safest, healthiest option.
Writers and their drafting habits across eras
The article recounts anecdotes about authors and their approaches. Locke spent over six years preparing his essay on human understanding. Lamartine was happily married and aided by his wife. Dante married to a scold but avoided her in exile. Wolfe allegedly wrote The Burial of Sir John Moore in one evening after news of Coruna. Besant’s friend notes a desk list of novel characters. Andersen shaped style by storytelling to children. Dickens spent two years on David Copperfield, others often finished quicker.
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Locke
Lamartine
Dante
Wolfe
John Moore
Coruna
Walter Besant
Wangs Christian Andersen
Dickens
David Copperfield
Salt and its varying effects on domestic animals
London Mail notes that small salt quantities aid digestion in cats but salt pork broth harms dogs and other animals. Horses cattle and sheep may benefit from salt per veterinary guidance, while pies show high sensitivity to salt's poisonous effects with fatal results in experiments. All animals habitually consume some salt in food.
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London Mail
Tilden's Dog At A Early Dog Show
At an early dog show Samuel J. Tilden bought a large Great Dane. When asked the dog's name he pointed to the dog and said Ask him. The dog performed only when fed, and the owner quipped he would make a good politician as he gave him a bone.
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Samuel J. Tilden
Mr. Tilden
Askim
New York World
Parting of the Ways Over a Question of Marriage
A Chicago Tribune snippet shows a woman torn by vows and money as a justice of the peace asks if she will wed. She hesitates, saying he has her money for the license, fearing to marry a man of that kind yet dreading wasted dollars.
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Justice of the Peace
Squire
Chicago Tribune
Dog Teeth Pulled by Impatient Dentist in Telegram Report
In New York Telegram account De Style recalls a violent incident where Gunbusta, not a dentist, forcibly pried open a dog's mouth and pulled out fifteen teeth. The exchange notes the extreme and unlawful nature of the act.
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New York
Telegram
Profitable Sheep Raising in Kendallville
In Kendallville Indiana on March 1 two of Aaron Browand's sheep bore five lambs each and a third produced three lambs making a total of thirteen from three ewes. F J Green of Lancaster New Hampshire reports Electric Bitters cured his chronic indigestion and nervous debility and his wife’s female troubles, calling it a grand tonic. Sample offered at 50 cents with satisfaction guaranteed by Joe K Smock.
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Kendallville
Ind
Aaron Browand
F. J. Green
Lancaster
N. H
Joe K. Smock
Reduced railroad fares to Montana and Pacific Northwest in 1902
From March 1 to April 30 1902 the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offered low price tickets to Montana Idaho and North Pacific coast points. Chicago to Butte Helena Anaconda price 30 Spokane 30.50 Portland Tacoma Seattle Victoria Vancouver 33 via Omaha or St Paul. Inquiries to coupon agent John Oliver traveling passenger agent 95 Adams Street Chicago.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Montana
Idaho
North Pacific Coast
Chicago
Butte
Helena
Anaconda
Spokane
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Victoria
Vancouver
Omaha
St. Paul
Oregon
Washington
United States
Canada
John Oliver
Adams Street
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Central
New Orleans
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A. H. Hanson
Florida
VIA
Louisville & Nashville
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
C. L. Stone
Louisville, Ky
Chas. Mankedick
Sullivan
Hattie Harper Merom
P. H. Blue
L. A. Stewart
P. Poynter
Harry Kirkham
Suullivan
T. B. Shaffer. & Co
Bargain Bulletin
Ile
Leach Business School
A. D. Leach
Tilden
Sol T. Walfe
Insurance
Southeaster
Public Square
Sullivan, Ind
W .H. Hill, JR
Union
Fon
Charleston
S.C
P. Jeffries
G. P
State of
Indiana
Maron H. Bonham
Sullivan County
Buff & Stratton, Attorneys
Marky E. Bonhah
Adminstratrix
Bullivan
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