Home Merchants Versus Catalogue Houses Debate
A reader argues for shopping with local home merchants over Chicago catalogue houses. He highlights payment terms, freight costs, and repairs, noting neighbors’ generosity during a neighbor’s loss and praising local merchants for matching catalogue prices while offering credit and service. He concedes catalogue lines may be cheap but insists local businesses support the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy
Clive
Retson
Tlave
Wny
Courbe
The Balanced Path Between Extremes in Life
A discussion on avoiding extreme wealth or poverty and pursuing a “happy medium.” The piece argues liberty for individuals to live as they choose as long as they do not harm others, warning against overreaching reformers and the dangers of excessive spending or frugality. It cites Rockefeller as an example of wealth and misery, exploring the idea of personal liberty and social responsibility.
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Lake Rockefeller
Vie
Solmon
Ioaniig
Rockefeller
White
Evyaryone
Ehough
Persanat Mberti
Berty
Can
Neighborhood Trade Tips Urge Local Hardware Stores
A reader argues that local hardware dealers can beat mail order on stove weight and price. The writer cites a neighbor’s bad deal and says shop at home first to avoid overpay. He urges others to compare and use sound judgment before ordering away.
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Bam Nnb
Simpson
A Hypocrite vs the Pure Man in a Home Tale
The speaker extols a man who treats his wife and children with kindness despite flaws in faith and habit. He praises a home free of the sham of public virtue, contrasting it with a hypocrite who hides cruelty behind servility. The piece lauds integrity over outward piety.
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Jove
Lle
Hell
Noted Correspondent and Traveler Walter Wellman
A biographical sketch honors Walter Wellman born in Mentor Ohio on November 3 1858. It traces his career from early printing in Sutton Neb to leading roles with the Chicago Record Herald Washington correspondence and Arctic explorations yielding data for the American Geographic Society.
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United States
Chicago Record Herald
Mr. Wellman
Mentor
Ohio
Sutton
Neb
Chelanatd Evening Post
Washington
Chicago Twerald
Central America
West Indies
Linding Place
Columbus
American Geographical Society
Wellman
Record-Herald
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Peat Wen Cages The Second Me To Eche Letore
The fragmentary text presents no clear event or identifiable entities. No coherent people, organizations, places, dates, or outcomes are readable to summarize into a factual card.
Landmark Rent lien ruling tested in high court
State v Oy Ashpule review details a district court crop lien case from a Thompson area farm. The man faced conviction under a new law granting landlords a lien on a tenant’s crops until rent is paid. The supreme court’s decision is awaited with keen interest as Morest City v Summit is noted in the record.
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Sion
Yesterdy
Ashpule
Tts
Supreme Court
Ashkpole
Thompson
Wmorest City
Summit
Peat Plant Proposed to Produce Fuel from Marsh Material
Prof L Anderson of Chicago studied Stacy’s marsh and praised peat quality. McCoy and Anderson surveyed Union slough where vast peat deposits were found, aiming to form a company to build a plant costing about 200,000 dollars to make fuel from peat at one dollar per ton, claiming equal heat value to coal.
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Uel
L. , Anderson
Chicago
Stacy's
M. McCoy
Union Slough
Son Sys
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