Largest locomotives built for St Paul road loom large
Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad unveiled what officials claim are the largest engines yet, boasting eighty four and a quarter inch driving wheels, 95 and 75 inch compound cylinders, a 68 foot 11 inch total length, 200 pound boiler, and a 3 215 square foot heating surface. Milner, the general passenger agent, predicts speeds up to sixty miles an hour with heavy trains, though they will mainly serve limited runs between Chicago and Milwaukee and between Chicago and Oshawa.
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Chicago
Milwauka
St Paul
St. Pa
Rtender
Thipke
Vineral
Milier
Ther
Gredes
Iltasa
Milwaukee
Advertising Talk Confuses Readers With Silent Sales Pitch
A fragmentary article discusses advertising aims and methods, arguing ads must reveal what customers want and provide fair pricing. It cites examples from English advertising history and ends with a quip about Lord Kitchener and social detachment.
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Fiat
Amd Oselb
Bes Ness
Nis
Cornhill Maga
French Telephone Methods and Other Oddities
Fragments describe state ownership of French telephone lines with 41 towns outside Paris and 6 million population, only 18,900 subscribers. The notes cover unrelated ads and misspelled items about clothing fashions, medicines, and colonial Nicaragua, with various testimonials and mock health claims.
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France
Paris
St Jacobs Oil praised for sprains in Welsh testimonial
In the Cardiff Times, Mrs G Thomas of 4 Alexandra Road Gelligaer near Pontypridd recounts how St Jacobs Oil eased two sprained ankles after months of inability to stand. She praises the remedy as wonderful and urges others to use it, noting doctors recognize its long history and twelve gold medals awarded by international exhibitions.
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St Jacobs Oi
Cardiff Times
Sr. Jacob
G. Thomas
Alezandra Road
Gell
Yebrod
Pontypridd
South Wales
St. Jacobs
Tan
Thomas
St. Jacobs Gil
Aksumatiam
Hester
Elenor Guardhovee
Dodd
Folklore Experiments and Gigantic Trees Highlight Curious Notes
A quirk column describes tuning fork spider experiments and a spider web demonstration. It notes the Chestnut Tree of a Hundred Horses near Mascali with a 204 foot trunk circumference and cites two colossal trees in California and Nevada, stressing remarkable natural measurements.
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Spider
Mascali
Mount
Acina
Jane of Aragon
United States
Bear Creek
Tale River
California
Nevada
Garden of Eden: Western Canada described by reader
A Dublin-like travel sketch extols Saskatchewan as the Garden of Eden with wild fruit varieties such as wild currants strawberries and cranberries. The piece notes abundant prairies flowers lakes and timber while mentioning cattle branding and wool prices amid Western Canadian expansion. It includes an aside on Canadian government information and industry ads.
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Prande
Eten
Ted
Michigan
Canada
Government of Canadas
Geysers Said to Dwarf Yellowstone Near Mount Wrangel
Capt Abercrombie reports gigantic geysers near Mount Wrangel above the Copper River Alaska. From afar he witnessed eruptions and believes rumors of an active crater are erroneous. The terrain is savage with chasms glaciers and ridges making exploration nearly impossible.
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Aleski
Copper River
Alaska
Mount Wrangel
Abercrombie
United States Army
Yellowstone
Mount Wran- Gell
Fragmented 19th century ad and note collection
A garbled OCR fragment compiles assorted items including an infant care claim for Winslow's soothing burn, a Lithuania bridal custom about ear-boxing, a starch marketing pitch, banana evaporating plant note, and various patent medicine and locomotive factoids from older newspapers. The text mixes product ads, bridal lore, and technical curiosities with unrelated notes.
When Pest Is Neewe and Odd Habits Discussed
A quirky dialogue discusses potential remedies for harmful diets and habits. The exchange mentions a person marrying someone with a honored name, and a bank’s regard as a social measure. It ends with a joke about a new addition to a family, clarifying the speakers’ misunderstandings.
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ST. Paul Rogan
Tage
de Wes
Syer of
Russia
Clarifien
Wwedener
Lord Kitchener
London
Kitchener
Pring. Hall & Rugkel
New Youn
Re Lietae Sim
Mamie Keene
Oklahoma
Ee Sertarn
Hanetey d
Starch
Omaha
Heeler
Wigard Gil
Miarkcup’s
Nicaragua
Hal
Ecbeney
Tole
Lanier
West & Jeraes
Toledo
Wat
Mother
Popula
Rene
Cid Ang
Bern
Nak
Eccles Hall
Stafford
England
Jerusalem
Saskatchewan
Kealdeat Reed City
Tam of
Cigare
Tie Compania General
Winslor
Lithuania
Nérplea
Jamaica
Wyoming
Lehigh Valley Railway
Boston
Fairview
Vanburen
Ind
Britain
Nome
Tommy Atkinsee
Deptance Starch
Opdl
Allen
Central Africa
Grocere
Mada
Magnetic Starch Co
Neb
Marguerite St. Omer Briggs
Mount Calm Street
Detroit
Lydia E. Pinkham
Tada
Derrigan
Chicago & Alton
Alton
St Louis, Moy
Efiancr
Dragziste
MTN
John
Tam
Ife
Pierson
Alto
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