Corner Lots and Shares of Stock in a Grim Tale
A terse voice recalls missed chances to prosper through corner lots and stock shares, lamenting how a life of wealth might have changed fortunes. The speaker notes how history’s tales portray each enterprise as always turning out right, and notes the world’s rougher path in contrast to imagined prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raisin’ Cain
Washington Sra
Academy of Music
Edison
Proougren
Lord
Jesus Christ
Oberammeng
Bevaria
Germany
Hagerstown
Trilby the Dog and the Daisy in Chicago Street Comedy
A chaotic downtown scene unfolds as Trilby the dog is chased through a flat and alleyways, the old daisy frantic over the missing pet. A staged rescue and a two dollar reward lead to a reconciliation, with the scheming narrator clinching a payoff and the drama ending in a comic bake shop miscue over a better half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avelk
Lake Shore
Offis
Trilby
Omaha
Daisy
Callax
Chicago
Putin
Styen
Nike
Chicago Daily News
South American Notes on Resources and Trade
The text notes 20000 Spaniards migrate yearly to South America and describes Argentine gauchos living on roast beef. It highlights Atacama’s vast saltpeter beds valued at £300 million, Peru’s 2500 mines with 70900 workers, and a Lima machinery exposition opening September 1. It mentions Brazil’s thousand million coffee trees and a Brazilian rubber tree gatherer yielding 16 pounds of latex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Atacama
Chili
Peru
Lima
Brazil
Sparks and flashes reveal era of new tech and travel
The article notes five gold beds found in western United States via an electrical divining rod, and 40 European wireless telegraph stations with five in America. About 60 vessels equipped, and December interurban lines to Dayton, Ohio carried 193,605 passengers with roads ranging 16,853 to 59,376. Alpine ropeways act as lightning conductors, shocking tourists but causing no deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Europe
Dayton
Alps
Woman Leads Crusade Against Unemployed Men
An Alton woman campaigns for an ordinance to arrest men who fail to work and support their families. She envisions them being put to work on the rack pile with wages directed to family support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Tee
Golden Medical Discovery Aids Digestive Health
Advertisement claims Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery remedies stomach and digestion related issues and thereby supports liver lungs heart and other organs. It emphasizes lack of alcohol and narcotics and promotes temperance, urging readers to accept the product as a universal cure from digestive origin diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
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Job’s
Permi
Saul
Ce Pratt
Towser
Kidder
Skinner
Katherine
Bright
Helmbold
Helmbold's
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Helmbold Mfg. Co
Spring Garden ST. Philadele
Sante
U. S. Kahn
Franklin Street
Julia Young
Ben Hur
Baltimore
Antietam Fire Co
Ben Bur
W. M. Railroad
Ts Turning
Desbecker-Block Tailoring Co
ALL America
Buffalo, N
J. D. Swartz
E. Washington ST
Bagerstown, MD
Rom the Tailor
Halsid Drag Co
Cleveland
F. Schindel
McCardell Bros
Howard Ullrich
Scheator
Aynya
Ladics Ark
Chinkester
Reba Moe
Nera Paper
Gabentar Ober
Puilar Napa
Foley
Larrabee
Carrelston Chemical Co
Rglstis
Price Snc
T. B. Ringer
Pick Southast Corner Public Square
Old Gould
Gall AT
Polack
Jewelry Store
W. Waste
Snyder
Oley
J. “A. Hohenberger
Jos. G. Emerson
Wishard
Court House
B. C. Depot
Jonathan
P. Vv
Waslington ST
WR & RK
EAVEE
Potomac St
Hazarstoven
Nest Pastoffice
James William Leiter
M Eige
North Potomac Street
Alvy
Charles Alva
Alvey & Alvey
Eeapeey
Bagerstown
Mion Realty
peise"Morory
Sulla Ramilton
Hamilton Row
Graer
Clty
J. -O. Leister
Cor
Balt
Potomac Sts
Zeigler Bros.’ —Cafe
City Hotel
J. W. Seaman & CO
Nog Court Place
John Gassman
Fokenie
N. Poter
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