Suburban Salt Lake City rail and electric franchise opening
A suburb of Salt Lake City with three steam railroads and Harriman Electric Franchise plans. Garfold Smelter expansion promises thousands of jobs. land values rise as prices for 26x21 foot lots with 36 foot corners range from $40 to $250 each. Cash discounts, monthly payments offered. map and details available at Arena.
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Salt Lake City
Harriman Electric
T Center
Garfold Smelter
Garheld
Raw Eggs as a Tonic and Train Rope at Glasgow
Raw eggs are touted as a tonic with the fresher the better and served in sherry. advice covers timing and digestion, noting raw eggs digest easier than cooked. Separately, an English journal reports steel rope hauling trains near Glasgow with a three mile wire rope costing $3,000, renewed yearly, and used with a chain to pull trains up a steep gradient.
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London
Glasgow
Queer Street
Cowlairs
Moton
Cow Jair
Father’s Mistake Carries Midst Child’s Summer Tale
A narrator recalls childhood summers in a woods cabin where mosquitoes and heat caused discomfort. His mother’s remedy was a soda solution bath, but a mix up led her to fetch laundry starch instead, creating a humorous memory tied to parental error and rustic summers.
New England Cakes From Old Whigs Recipe
Whigs. These old New England cakes are either hot or cold. Stir to a cream half a pound sugar and six ounces butter. Add two well beaten eggs, a teaspoonful each cinnamon and salt, two pounds flour, and a compressed yeast cake dissolved in a little lukewarm milk. Then add enough more milk to make a stiff batter. Beat well, cover and set in a warm place to rise. When light bake in small cups well buttered.
Fagettes Melt and Shape Choco Butter Mixture
Recipe note describes melting one square chocolate with two tablespoons butter, add two cups sugar and one cup milk. Roll into balls in cold water, stir to near hard. Cool on buttered plates, then cut into marked squares once nearly cold.
Poor Cotton Production in German Africa Drops to 865 Bales
Article notes extremely low cotton yield for 19056 in German Africa, describing area nearly as large as the U.S. cotton belt and stressing harsh production conditions. Includes side remarks on cleaning gilt frames and mirror care, warning against water on lacquered surfaces and roaches harming mirror backs.
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Africa
The Tree El Arbol Maldito and the Ghostly Deaths
A folklore tale from Mexico recounts El Arbol Maldito, a cursed tree on the Haciendita ranch. A notorious man called hombre mug male vanished into the earth amid flames after desecrating a crucifix. Since then, the tree has killed or cursed many, with lightning, snakes, and misfortune befalling passersby and shelter seekers. Local workers avoid the area, while attempts to dynamite the tree have failed due to fear of its haunted life.
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Tula
Mexico
Mother Earth
Haciendita Ranch
el Arbol Maldito
Melquiades Arevalo
Prospero Garcia
Mind Drill and Chess Through History’s Doorways
A ponderous meditation traces chess from East light to Western vigor, linking religion and intellect. It praises chess as humanity’s finest mind trainer, surpassing Greek dialectics and ranking as a warlike mental drillmaster guiding minds from cradle to grave.
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Janus
Eden
Christendom
Chesaa
Marriage Contract and the Notion of Possessive Wives
A New York newspaper essay argues that treating a wife as property under the marriage contract fosters the so called un written law. It contrasts possessive language like my wife with the idea of duty and obligation, urging respect for a wife as an adult moral agent rather than property.
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Ransian
Pennsylvania
N. Y. Mall
Dinner Dilemma Causes Minister to Confess Mixup
A minister faced a dining dilemma when he accepted an invitation to dinner but could not recall the hostess. He guessed Mrs A-, visited her home, and enjoyed the meal, only to learn the next day he had mistaken Mrs B- for the hostess and dined with Mrs A-. He confessed and apologized, vowing to record future invitations.
The Old Belief That Babies Smile in Sleep
The piece discusses maternal delusion over infant smiles in sleep. It notes that true smiles appear between a fortnight and a month, while a so called sleeping smile is linked to gas, not genuine joy. It cites Augustine and Thackeray to illustrate the long standing misbelief about infant smiles.
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Saint Monica
Saint Augustine
Infantine Emiles
Thackeray
Monnica
Amelia
Careful Bookkeeping at Mont Vernon Church Observed
A Boston man recalls a Sunday incident at the Mont Vernon church on Beacon street where a worshiper, after placing a coin in the collection, quietly opened a notebook and pencil to record the amount. The observer notes the precision of the person’s cash accounting and doubts any error will occur.
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Boston
Mont Vernon
Beacon Street
Ancient Egyptian Papyrus Codex Reveals Menander's Style
M Lefevre, a deputy in the Egyptian department of antiquities, reports the discovery of a papyrus codex by Menander containing over 1200 lines. The find promises to let scholars form an independent judgment on the dramatist's style and genius.
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Egypt
M. Lefevre
Department of Antiquites
Menader
The White Plague Warns Against Intemperance and Colds
A national effort warns that intemperance increases susceptibility to consumption and that spitting in public places spreads disease via dried sputum. Do not neglect colds, as they prime lungs for tuberculosis. A 24 hour cold cure uses Virgin Oil of Pine with glycerine and whisky, but only pure Pine oil yields safe results.
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United States
Mountain guides ruin Miss Peck's Andean ascent
Miss Annie Peck returns from Peru defeated in an attempt to reach the Andes summit. She blames the failure on unreliable guides and their fear, noting a 18 000 foot rise before abandonment as alcohol fueled cooks and desertion plagued the party. Swiss mountain men will join for another try.
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Annie Peck
New York
Peru
Andes
Fearful burning sores cured by Cuticura trio
Michael Steinman of Brooklyn recalls a twelve year struggle with a severe skin condition on his son. After doctors failed and a newspaper advertisement for Cuticura offered hope, use of Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent led to a complete cure, leaving the child's skin smooth and healthy by April 1905.
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Thad
Michael Steinman
Sumner Avenue
Brooklyn
Canadian Homesteaders Grow in Northwest Colony
Government data show 41 689 new homesteaders in the Canadian northwest last fiscal year. They include 12 485 Americans 12 370 Canadians 5 897 English 2 193 Austrians 1 657 Scots 1 024 Germans and 643 Irish. Immigrants from the United States in the first four months of the current fiscal year total 17 907, up from 12 664 in the same period of 1905. Also quoted is a Marcus Aurelius quote about folly and fault.
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Canadian Department of the Interior
Canadian Northwest
United States
Jews in Senate Chamber and early Jewish senators
A historic note lists Simon Guggenheim as the sixth Jew in the U S Senate, naming earlier Jewish senators including David Levy Yule, Judah P Benjamin, Jonas, Joseph Simon, and Isidor Rayner with years and states they served, amid scattered ad text and unrelated lines about German birth rates and ads.
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Senate
Simon Guggenheim
United States Senate
David Yules
Florida
West Indies
David Levy
House of Representatives
Judah P. Benjamin
Louisiana
Jonas
Kentucky
Joseph Simon
Oregon
Isidor Rayner
Maryland
Williams Pink Pills Cited As Cure For Nervous Headaches
Mrs. Addie Merrill reports repeated severe headaches affecting her right eye and lasting days. After trying medicines without relief, she credits Williams Pink Pills for restoring appetite, color, strength, and reducing headache episodes.
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Williams
Willams
Addie Merrill
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