Milwaukee and St Paul Rail Directory Arrivals and Schedules
Train listings show Warner and Rudolph routes with freight and passenger times. Northwestern and Minneapolis and Manitoba lines report arrivals and freight trains with morning and afternoon slots.
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Milwaukee & ST. Paul
A Warner
Mae
Rudolph
Routh
Igam Freight
GilGacos Northwestern
Minneapolis
Manitoba
JT Subroken
Sparsnr
Tidam
Winter notes from Warner and Dakota area
Local notes report Dr Gook returning after illness and Pred Fisher's coal supply for winter. Warner lumber yard sold 14 000 dollars of lumber last year while wheat markets show 72 cents for No 1 northern. Weather warming promised in three weeks, and Warner pays top wheat prices within twenty miles. School boards met and business transacted. The Phenix Insurance Co exits farm insurance in Dakota and informs agents. A hard homer pulpit gift from the American Bible Association to the M and Church is noted. Postmaster Gubert updates box numbers. political talk hints at Cleveland re election and Yale outfit. Snow blocks mail and streetcars on Mail street. Proposals to issue a daily edition and station name changes cause confusion.
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Dr. Gook
Pred Fisher
H. DR. Wells
Newhbope
St. Croix Lumber Co
Warner Gold
Dakota
Warner Hias
Warner
Siventy
Phenix Insurance Co
Brookdypt
Shay
Postoffice
Brigit
Bet
Birthday party and school notes from Rudolph
The Rudolph column reports a birthday party at Theodora Boardman’s and notes school terms for Miss Maggie Lyon and Miss Mary Mathieu. It describes a dance at the Morrow House, blizzard adventures to be told later, and visits by Mrs. Lavigne and Mrs. Wrigley. It also mentions storm casualties, mail disruption, and local editor humor amid storm coverage.
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Theodora Boardman
Maggie Lyon
Lion
Mary Mathieu
Verdon
Curiosities of Chess and Its Ancient War Game Origins
A long survey traces chess origins to India and China with notes on Hindu and Chinese rules. It recounts historical anecdotes from Pope Alexander II to William the Conqueror and cites a Madrid Rome correspondence game spanning generations.
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Orient
Alexander II
John
Henry
Fulco
William the Conqueror
Chesse
France
Falco
Madrid
Rome
Fashion Hampered by War Era Blockade Tales
An excerpt recalls smuggling fashion items across Civil War lines to glimpse the outer world. It notes a four year old sister owning a Leghorn hat trimmed with blue and gray velvet that cost $50 after running the blockade. The narrator, the elder sibling, details attempts to craft a similar hat for herself with their mother's help.
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Fe Listance
Becaué
Penalty Rules for Medical Practice in Ancient China
The text outlines penalties in a Chinese penal code for physicians who administer medicines or use acupuncture contrary to established forms, requiring magistrates to appoint other doctors to inspect medicines or wounds. If injuries are unintentional, the practitioner faces accidental homicide penalties, and may be barred from practicing.
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China
Slapping Lady's Pace in Brooklyn Crime Report
A young woman in Brooklyn was slapped by a well dressed man on a street near the bridge at night. He fled after claiming it was a misstrike, and she later learned the assailant had stolen her valuable earring from her car. The incident left her frightened and reluctant to report to police.
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Brooklyn
Utah
Ulton Street
New York
Sands Street
Indy
Wery Garls
Brooklyn Eagle
Distances to Alpha Centauri and Donati's Comet Reach Vast Scales
An 19th century explanation compares the vast distances in space, noting Alpha Centauri at twenty million million miles and Donati's Comet’s aphelion being about 30 billion miles, with a thought experiment of a train traveling endlessly at fifty miles per hour to illustrate scale. The article also briefly describes Jewish Highlander customs in the Caucasus, including traditional seating and foods.
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Earth
Neptune
Donati
Morning Walk in the City Observation
A fragmentary column notes people walking to their morning routines in the city. It mentions questions from others and odd disruptions such as water being thrown on pedestrians by a headless demon, along with references to sidewalk washing and encounters with gentlemen. The piece reads as a satirical blur of urban life.
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Jeamon
Genen
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Sunbeams
J. L. Lavigne
Thomas
Wrigley
Mellette
Waterbury
A.R. Ballard
Dennis & Haute
Tus Sun
Northwest
Minnesota
Tantman
Warner House
Albert Cate
Godda
Warner, Dakota
Foster
Warner, Dak
Med
Jeune Foster
August E. Borg
Brown Brothers
Cuba
Alsila
du Acme Ee & Sear
Caucasus
Tetok
R . Rt
T Cc. Reed
Gilbert
Warner Cheap Cash Store
F. H. Willis
Cott
Jay Jennings
ET. Taubman
la Sowett-Hicks, Trank Wook
Aserpeks, Daw
Janie Eng
Weiled
Enna
Ind
Industrial Progress
Pnb
Avery
Uae
York
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