Texas girl rides to escape from death with pet steer
Gertrude Castle, a Tejas girl, rides Comanche the steer along a road parallel to a new railroad toward Brownwood. A locomotive and heavy train chase them as the steer leaps a cattle guard and outruns the engine. Crowds cheer as Comanche reaches the depôt, while the rider praises her faithful mount.
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Gertrude Castle
Tejas
Brownwood
Brady
Mr. Castles
Miss Gertrude
Jose
Moon
Light on Human Nature From a Selfmade Merchant Letter
Excerpt from Letters From a Selfmade Merchant to His Son by George Horace Lorimer discusses why boys do not always turn out as expected. It compares boys to pups and stresses letting individuals follow their own bent, whether toward poetry or the board of trade, with a practical view on merit.
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Board of Trade
George Horace Lorimer
Small, Maynard & Co., Publishers
Boston
Masa
Proposals to Regulate U S Timber Use
Move to Preserve Forests outlines proposals before the Department of Agriculture to regulate and systematize timber consumption in the United States. Prof Fernow of Cornell University warns world forests could be exhausted within thirty years based on current statistics.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Fernow
State College of Forestry
Cornell University
Western art notes reflect fading cowboy life
Frederic Remington reports health recovery in the south west and gathering material for new works. He laments that the typical westerner from twenty years ago is hardly observable, noting the cowboy is almost extinct as the old frontier life wanes.
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Frederic Remington
Southwest
Emigration Trends From Ireland in 1902 and Beyond
The record notes that in 1902 about 40 401 persons emigrated from Ireland, all of whom were travelers to distant destinations. Since 1961 roughly 4000100 individuals left Ireland seeking homes in colonies or the United Kingdom in the colonies.
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Ireland
Binina
Devotion Exhibit Piece Echoes Martyrdom in Painter’s Tragedy
A striking exhibit work titled Devotion draws viewers into a stark tragedy. A young woman lies lifeless on a bare room floor as an artist, driven by poverty and fever, battles jealousy and desperation to finish a portrait of his child and dying partner. The scene mirrors a real life tale of self sacrifice and neglect, with a hidden note revealing a surgeon’s life‑saving blood transfusion offer.
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British Royal Academy
Elizabeth
Charles 1
Sands of
Dee
Hazelle
Tam
Harlow
Estelle
Harlan
M. Ly Kayne
Chimney Record-Herald
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Effective for Back and Urinary Pain
A testimonial proclaims Doan's Kidney Pills relieved back pains and sleeplessness after two boxes. The writer notes prior remedies failed and credits the product with restoring ability to work, writing, and normal sleep, while claiming lasting benefit and urging others to try the pills.
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Dean
Fy Doan
Bat Marc
Mank Doan
de W. Laks Street
Americans Honored In London
Brander Matthews became the first non resident American named to the Athenaeum club of London. Henry White of the American embassy followed as the fourth.
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London
Brander Matthews
Athenaeum Club
Henry White
Sterilized meat and political wiles in a New York Sun note
An American newspaper note covers sterilization of meat in Belgium and a dubious Cold cure claim. It recounts Judge Fuller of Sioux Falls and a politician’s warning about raising judge salaries to avoid electing better lawyers, concluding with a pointed moral about political influence from Pierre and the crowd in New York Sun.
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Belgium
Sioux Falls
Judge Fuller
Supreme Court
Fuller
Pierre
Onte
New York Sun
Hours of Dining Shift Across Centuries in Europe
A historical note explains English eating patterns five centuries ago with four meals daily at seven, ten, four, and eight o'clock. It traces the dinner hour in England and France advancing from ten in the morning to nearly ten in the evening.
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England
France
Postum Coffee Helps Davenport Teacher Break Coffee Tie
A Davenport Iowa teacher recounts swapping coffee for Postum Cereal Coffee, noting relief from heart palpitations and stomach trouble. She stopped headaches and dizziness, felt healthier, and could attend evening socials again. Her 78 year old father also credits Postum for health gains. The account, provided by Postum Co. in Michigan.
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Davenport
Lowe
Postum Co
Marte Creok
Italian critic contests Santa Cecilia origin claim
Art critic Giulio Bonola says his investigation finds the true Santa Cecilia origin in Padua, challenging the British Museum’s widely cited copy. He promises publication of results, arguing the Padua piece is the authentic original.
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Stire
Giulio Bonola
Santa Ceeilia
Dunatella
Bonola
British Museum
Santa Cecilia
Padua
Cheap Passenger Rates From Ogilen to Denver Area Trains Daily
Ads list cheap return fares for travel via Banta Fe and other routes to Missouri river and Chicago, with specific round trip prices and an early September 1903 return limit. It invites inquiries to F Warren, General Agent, Lak e City Utah. The second item recounts Milburn the blind chaplain, praised for steadfast faith and lifelong work, noting his death at eighty and his habit of reading newspapers daily.
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Ogilen
Salt Lake
Missouri River
Chicago
St. Louis
F. Warren
Dooly Block
Lake City
Utah
Milburn
William HL. Milburn
House
Senate
William R. Morrison
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Pastoral News Collage
An old newspaper fragment mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally with price 7Sc and notes Rev. William Armhold's long tenure at Congregation Keneseth in Philadelphia. It also cites remarks on automobiles, butter coloring, and U S internal commerce growth to 20 billion dollars while manufacturing outpaces Britain.
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Hall
Price
William Armhold
Keneseth [Annel
Philadelphia
Armhold
Tis ‘Vth
The One Thing Lacking in Canada Cheese Critique
British tourists in the Montreal express lament lack of good cheese in Canada. They praise the country, people, clubs, and Niagara Falls but quip that the Wholy Usoming place lacks cheese, as they discuss impressions of Canada on their journey home.
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Dex
Canada
Montreal Express
New York
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