Ran away, boy meets brother in Chicago banquet tale
Charlie Raymond, 15, fled his Muskegon guardian's home and traced a long-lost brother in Trenton, Ont. He earned one dollar and saw 59 cents left on arrival, found work on Clark Street, and moved to the Palmer House after David Raymond, a traveling salesman, located him. A night parade gathering followed as plans formed for his future.
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Chicago
Charles Raymond
Palmer Howe
William Wright
Muskegon
Mich
Ind
Mr. Wright
Charlie
Clark Street
David
Trenton
Ont
Hilgin
David Raymond
Michigan
Charley
Palmer House
Young Brownie Engineer Captivates Rail Fans
A four year old known as the Brownie Engineer, Hume Gibson Richards, tours the Union Pacific lines as a famed child locomotive expert. He wears oversized overalls and an oil can, commands speeds of fifty to sixty miles per hour, and sleeps beside a moving engine. His grandfather notes he already names generals, admirals, nations, states, rivers, and lakes, all learned without tears or force.
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Hume Gibson Richards
Henry A. Richards
Laramie
Wyo
Buster
Union Pacific
Wdo
America
Brownie
Mirals
United States Army
Mr. Richards
Rockies
Rinehart's Indians in Colorful Reproduction Display
Rinehart's Indians headed by Chiefs Wolf Robe Louison and Hollow Horn Hear and Hattie Tom are shown in vibrant colores at great expense, reproducing the group as part of a grand exhibition.
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Wolf Robe
Louison
Hollow Horn
Hattie Tom
Chicago Great Western Railway
H. Lord
Adame St
Chicago
Chicago Great Western Ry Art Calendar Piece Preview
Chicago Great Western Ry publishes an art calendar for 1900 showing four sheets each 181 inches tied with cord. Each sheet features a 6 by 4 inch portrait by an artist identified as woandiaa, combining transportation heritage with visual calendars.
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Woandiaa
Very fetching framed holiday augit and framed keepsake
Very fetching framed item described as striking and handsome for holiday gift use. Mentions covering royalty and sorrow, with references to persons and a 25 cent price. Includes names WM. LORD, G. P. & T. A. Chicago Great Weeter Hy and address 113 Adams St Obtorgo, Th.
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WM. Lord
Chicago
Adams St
Obtorgo
Spanish Girls at Bordeaux Bullfight Endure Harsh Stakes
Six Spanish girls performed in a Bordeaux bullfight showing grit in banderillas and sword work though several bulls caused severe suffering. The audience shouted for intervention as nerves faltered and the president finally stepped in to end the spectacle with a fatal stroke.
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Bordeaux
Svading
No Tragedy Cas Care That Mr Popper
Theatre talk quotes from Stray Stories feature Mrs Popper noting stage fatigue as the curtain falls on the third act while Mr Popper remarks a different kind of dryness in the audience. The snippet reflects light backstage banter and performance culture typical of the era.
Coddling Men and the Sickness Myth in Domestic Life
A Philadelphia Inquirer piece mocks the idea of chronic male illness and coddling wives. It argues men often feign ailments while women bear the burden, noting that real illness earns patient care, and that sturdy men provoke less fuss than nurturing siblings in family life.
What Eyes Tell From Hazel to Black and Deep Insight
The passage describes eye color and shape as indicators of character and intellect. Hazel eyes signal steadiness and affection but can mislead, green eyes imply deceit, black eyes denote strong intellect and passions, and varied eye tones hint at genius. Wide-set eyes suggest generosity or extravagance, while close-set indicate meanness. the proper distance equals one eye's length.
Cosimo de Medici A Glimpse of Florence Leader
A newly published account portrays Cosimo de Medici as a man of few words who kept his pledges, inspired trust, and remained cool under pressure. His caustic advice was valued, and he faced rumors of Verrante’s invasion with calm indifference as he prepared for death with a quiet, strategic mind.
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Inva de Mentol
Cosimo de Medel
Florence
Disoplaion
Verrante
Heneine
Panto
Cosimo
Thunder and Loin and the eel mystery near Sandwich
London Telegraph notes a Shakespearean line about thunder and beds of eels. It mentions thousands of dead eels found floating in the Delf stream near Sandwich after recent storms, pondering if electric eels or storms explain the odd event.
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London Telegraph
Shakespeare
Bohemia
Els
Sandwich
Delf
The Cable Wires Battled by Forest and Sea Enemies
A letter discusses telegraph wires as unappealing but vital, facing many foes. Bears gnaw poles while mistaken for food, woodpeckers drill holes to reach insects, and sawfish probe mud for cables. Fishes also bite at submarine lines. a Persian Gulf incident yielded a dead animal.
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Foresta Nf
Aristock
Maine
Black Bears
Norway
California
Para
Cayenne
Persian Gulf
What the Critics Would Say in Victorian Snippet Form
A fragmentary reminiscence surveys Byron Rumford and other figures in arched wit. It mentions Miss Millbank, La Voisaier’s widow, Lord Chancellor Eldon, Guinot, and a nameless explorer surveying Africa, hinting at publicized quirks and controversies of their eras.
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Lord Byron
Eldon
Hs Cook
Bering
Guinot
Africa
Telegraph Woes and Curious World Telemetry Tales
A kaleidoscopic travel through telegraph vulnerabilities and wildlife antics. It notes bears uprooting poles, ants and termites chewing wood, a Japan spider causing cross-wire leaks, and submarine lines facing pests like the Mannoria worm. Also touches on a French duchess and political letters in a sweeping, period voice.
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Japan
Life in Greece as Told by a Picayune Reader
A New Orleans Picayune excerpt describes Greek maidens as betrothed young, with dowries of household goods, forced to beauty and manners, mastering French, dance, and cuisine. It notes aging beauty in Greece and the stern view on marriage, ending with the remark that wives who marry their ideal man may later regret it.
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Greece
Mars Viager
Ella
New Orleans Picayune
Elephants regaining abundance in British Central Africa
A reading from the British Central Africa Gazette notes a decline in elephant numbers halted in the Protectorate, alarming locals who suffer crop damage and petition authorities. The piece shifts to humorous notes on a boxing anecdote, then to a Chicago Great Western Railway calendar offer and recent freight car orders by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and related firms.
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Mephunie
Bealle
British Central Africa Protectorate
Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road
South Baltimore
American Car and Foundry Company
Wood-destroyer birds named by Agriculture Department
The Department of Agriculture lists foldfinches grobbeaks and na- Myo sparrows as the country's main wood destroyers. It notes destruction comes from seed eating and excludes the English sparrow as a less useful bird due to its pilfering.
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Department of Agriculture
Magnificent Woman Clara Makemer Writes Letter
A Chicago housekeeper at 802 Chestnut Street praises Peruna for general debility liver complaints and dyspepsia and claims it aids female regularities and weak nerves. She asserts pelvic catarrh affects many women from adolescence to childbearing and credits Pertina Medicine Co. for health and beauty advice. The clipping also notes Hawaii wireless telegraphy developments.
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Clara Makemer
Florence Crittenden Anchorage Mission
Chicago
Chestnut Street
Shicago
Peruna
Pertina Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Wirrlows
Hawaii
Hawaiian
Overland Limited Train to Debut on Cetobay 1
Union Pacific introduces a new first class limited train, the Overland Limited, to run Salt Lake City daily at 11:48 p m London 1:35 p m with Denver Omaha Chicago arrival times and no coach changes to Denver Omaha and Chicago. Further details available at the company office Old Main 901 Main Street Salt Lake City.
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Ryzet
Union Pacific
Dovyamond
Sill
Cetobay
Entiraly
Overland Limited
Salt Lake Chy Dally
Oxdon
Denver
Omaha
Chicago
New York
Boston
Washington
Company
Old Maar
Main Street
Salt Lane City
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Thom
Allen
Sampe
Allen & Minatad
LeRoy
Hoar
Masschisette
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Dunver
Cole
Rooi
Adir
Hooper
South Street
Salt Late City
Rio Grande
Sihenti
Utah
Havelng
Rinehart’s Indians
Great
Philadelphia
Kim
Deara
Charicter
Gentoa
Prairies
Robert Hall
Betty
Happe
Mmo
Tullyrand
Philip Frangla
Junius
France
Talleyrand
G1 Life In
Mike
Hattimore
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