Debate on Army Canteen Policy at Forts Spelling and Sheridan
Col Ray of Fort Spelling argues abolishing the canteen may harm discipline while others note a decline in army drinking as enlistment screens improve. He says moderates support decent surroundings but hard drinkers persist under either system. Advocates on both sides have valid points, though anti-canteen voices cry foul.
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Chicago Tribune
Col. Ray
Fort Spelling
Minn
Fort Snelling
Australia’s stark forests described by Frank G Carpenter
The Ohio traveler notes Australia as a land of starkly different climate and flora. He describes rolling lands and trees shedding bark, leaving a skeleton landscape where fallen trunks lie white and desolate, a dead forest in nature in his recent railroad journey account.
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Australia
Frank G. Carpenter
Busy ringing again in a graphophone age
A Denver News note describes a graphophone telling callers busy ring again. The device, used to handle overloads when town lines are busy, prompts a steady stream of "Busy, ring again" messages to waiting customers. It highlights exchanges and the public reaction to the new talking machines. It also mentions mirror innovations and immigration ads, plus Toledo excursion sales by Ohio Central Lines for a coal dealers meeting.
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Denver News
Capitol Hill
Main Exchange
York
York Exchange
Exchange
Columbia Phonograph Co
Broadway
New York
Hawarden Castle
Thebrary
Sr. Gladstone
Old Statesman
National Education Association Meeting Special Detroit Service
Ohio Central lines announce July 7 to 12 NA Tional Education Association dates with a fare of one fare plus 2.00 for round trip. Special service will accommodate passengers. Tickets valid return until September 1 with 50 cent extra payment. W M Secar, Agent.
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Coal Dealers’ Association
Toledo
Ohio Central Lines
Ohio Central
Detroit
Mich
National Educational Association
W. M. Secar
Special Train to San Francisco From Chicago Route
Special train to San Francisco via Chicago and Northwestern Bay leaves Chicago Tuesday July 9 at 11 59 p.m. Stops at Denver Colorado Springs Glenwood Springs and Salt Lake with famed scenery through the Rockies and Sierra Nevada Mountains. Limited party under Tourist Department direction 850 round trip with return route choice. Send stamp for itinerary and map to D W Aldridge 24 Superior Street Cleveland Ohio.
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Chicago
Northwestern Bay
Denver
Colorado Springs
Glenwood Springs
Salt Lake
Rocky
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Chicago & Northwestern R'y
San Francisco
D. W. Aldridge
Superior Street
Cleveland
Ohio
Pocket Map of China Map for current crisis with enlarged region
Latest indexed map of Chinese Empire with enlarged section showing area of difficulty. Includes valuable information related to the present crisis. Copy mailed on receipt of two cents postage by W. B. Emis Kern, 22 Fifth Ave., Chicago, Ills.
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W. B. Kars- Kern
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
China
W. B. Exis- Kern
Fifth Ave
Ills
Taking Comfort in a Lewlnton Journal Poem
A fragment from the Lewlnton Journal describes a homebound speaker seeking rest after work. The speaker, a family including Jimmy, his mother, and a gray cat, longs for comfort and quiet shelter from a thunderstorm.
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Lelio
Jie
Anil
Lewlnton
Mettin Sturebed
Dr Balcoe's Patient A Romance of Mystery
A Brooklyn doctor recounts a six month yacht cruise linked to a mysterious Russian noblewoman. A dramatic sequence begins with a midnight summons, a blindfolded abduction, a rich attic of foreigners, a guarded romance, a gold watch, and later sightings in London and abroad, hinting at fate and guarded aristocratic secrets.
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Harry Blake
Sea Breeze
Harry
Doctor
Northrop
Anthony Hope
Barry
Brooklyn
Henary Street
Henry Street
Fulton
Main Street
Sue
Tin
Fulton Ferry
Green Lane
Front Street
Balcoe
Tim
Dinetor
Tir
Halcoe
London
Europe
Goml
Crebek
Pollenhan
Balcvo
High Seas
Bosporus
Constantinople
Gibraltar
Gold Watch
Thawed the Donkey in a Winter Ditch Incident
A Hampton-in-Aden neighborhood woman strolling with two children found a frozen donkey in a ditch on a cold morning. The donkey could not move when whipped, was thawed with hot water, and removed to a stable. A countryman suggested the discovery spared locals from witnessing a rare sight.
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Brie
Nedly
Birmingham
England
Dundee
Gonr
Liberty
Cincinnati
Wagutrer
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