Special Excursions to Southwest by K C S Ry in 1905
Special excursions to the Southwest on February 21 and March 21, 1905 via the Kansas City Southern Railway offer round trips to Port Arthur Beaumont Lake Charles Galveston Houston San Antonio and other points with a 21 day limit and stopover privilege. Literature on The Land of Feldhment ps country along the K C Ry or further information can be obtained from G C Warner GP and T A K C S Ry Kansas City MO.
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Southwest
Kanene City
Port Arthur
Beaumont
Tex
Lake Charles
Galveston
Houston
San Antonio
K. C. Ry
Warner
Kansas City
Insuranta Man and the Editor Who Proved Too Much
A humor piece recalls an agent proposing to simplify a policy explanation for an editor who promised to publish it. The editor pledged $100 if the prose were plain enough for a lay reader. After weeks, the agent failed to deliver, confessing the task impossible, revealing the editor’s lofty request was harder than expected.
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Insuranta Man
Thes
Jinglish
Peaceful Household Quarrel Quips Quip Folklore
The crude fragment records a dispute line between a husband and wife with minimal readable names. The message echoes a gossip tone from a Chicago Newa clipping, noting no quarrel in the last three weeks and a playful exchange about “Taw's thats.”
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Beyer
Waggs
Chicago
Newa
Resolution condemns cuckoo clock line in club debate
In a brisk Audubon club exchange Mr Wise asks about today’s activity and Mrs Wine reports passing a resolution denouncing the cuckoo. The piece notes a 40 percent rise in women taking on “men’s world” work over ten years, implying many women prepare for practical matrimonial duties.
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Wise
Wine
San Francisco
Atlanta Constitution
A FELLOW FEELING About Coffee and Postum’s Punch
A temperance advocate revises harsh views after suffering asthma and insomnia. She credits Postum with restoring health and sleep, reversing coffee dependence, aiding weight gain, and even impressing a physician who switches to Postum. Battle Creek firm promotes The Road to Wellville book.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Wellville
New Print Cheese Aims to Boost Salability and Prices
The article explains a one-pound print cheese concept inspired by print butter. Wisconsin dairy school devised a mold pressing UW letters into cheese, producing 15 prints per 15–16 pound block. Each print measures about 2% by 4 inches, enabling branded, attractive packaging to attract consumers and raise value.
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Wisconsin Dairy School
University of Wisconsin
Bulletin 66
United States Department of Agriculture
Took No Chances with the Doctor Visitor
A young woman sobs to her mother that her fiancé John does not trust her after she cooked his first dinner. She learns he invited a friend to dine, a doctor, prompting her tears and concern. The Cleveland Leader reports the domestic scene with a wary tone.
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Cleveland
Matchbox furniture built from empty boxes by craftsmen
A Taandan hotel site features Matchbox Furniture created from thousands of empty match boxes. Five skilled cabinet makers turned them into a writing table with a smoking apparatus, fire screen, cabinet, chair, and smaller articles, using many thousands of boxes in the construction.
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Taandan Hotel
True Greatness and the Heartfelt March of Action
Roswell D. Hitchcock defines true greatness as a living force of heart and sympathy. It stays aligned with its era yet leads it forward in steady motion. It cannot slumber. activity is essential, and greatness is a fountain, not a reservoir.
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Roswell D. Hitchcock
Lost and Found Money Lends Heartfelt Charity
In Detroit, Mr Wise receives a humorous exchange over a ten dollar bill found in a waistcoat pocket during a clothes repair. Mrs Wise admits generosity, noting she felt compelled to lend when funds ran short, revealing a lighthearted domestic moment.
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Mr. Wise
Mrs. Wise
Detroit
Congress to Send Seeds to Constituents Nationwide
The Boston Transcript notes Congress will certainly perform one duty this year by dispatching its annual shipment of flower and vegetable seeds to anxious constituents across every state, while tariff revision or railroad rate regulation remain uncertain.
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Congress
Thy
Boston Transcript
Gambling for Apparel in a Young Lawyer's Letter
A Cleveland Leader excerpt quotes a young lawyer writing to his father after winning his first suit in a large city. He jokes that luck with the cards let him afford white clothes, pondering how differently it might have gone without the win. The piece blends humor about fortune, attire, and the start of a legal career.
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Cleveland
Apple Water Ice Marmalade From Apples and Syrup
Pate and core fine apples cut in pieces in a preserving pan with enough water to float. Boil until reduced to a marmalade, strain. To one pint apple water add half pint syrup juice of a lemon and a little water. When cold freeze.
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People’s Home Journal
Real Cause of War Cited by Gen Stoessel Statement
The N Y Tribune reports Gen Stoessel attributed the war’s real cause to Russian ignorance of Japanese fighting qualities. He notes an “embarrassment of riches” in the knowledge Russia has gained since.
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Stoessel
Russia
N. Y. Tribune
Did His Best The Woman George Anniversary Promises
A Cleveland Leader quotation recalls a tense exchange where a woman asks about an anniversary and a promised devotion. The man pleads forgiveness, and she grants it, revealing themes of memory, blame, and reconciliation in a personal dispute.
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George
Cleveland
Earliest Green Onions Offer Promises For Farmers
A fragment from a 1910s style page notes Earliest Green Onions as a new money making vegetable. It urges farmers and gardeners to try the variety, claiming it is a winner and promising profitable results. Mentions playful quotes from contemporary papers and a reference to pyrography and inventors in passing.
Big plant and seed catalog offer for 10000 plants
An old notice promises 10 000 vegetable seeds including cabbages turnips celery lettuce onions and radishes plus flowers and a later offer of Salter's July Sweet Corn in exchange for 126 cents postage. The ad urges return of the notice and postage highlighting test seed value and postpaid package.
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Salter
Cory
L.J
Quality Cigar Firm Showcases Hand Made Production
In St Louis a representative toured the F R Rice Mercantile Cigar Co factory noting hand crafted cigars, scrupulous cleanliness, and Havana tobacco imported directly from Cuba. The firm emphasizes quality over advertising, selling on a uniform price, with brands like 305 and Agents producing over twenty five million units last year.
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St. Louis
F. R. Rice Mercantile Cigar Co
Havana
Cuba
W.C. Schutz
Old Man's Tribute to Kidney Pills Cure
Sidney Justus, a Ohio fruit dealer from Mentor Osio, credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing an eight to ten year kidney trouble. He suffered backache, rheumatic pains, dropsical swelling, painful urinination, and nightly urination, but reports relief after half a box and permanent cure after three. Trial free address Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. price 50 cents.
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Ohio
Sidney Justus
Mentor
Osio
Dean
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo, N
Thousand s Kidney Trouble Warns Read Allen Ads
Thousands have kidney trouble and dont know it. Weak kidneys cause widespread sickness and neglect leads to fatal results. Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root is promoted as a remedy for kidney liver and bladder. Testimonial letter from I Richardson claims cure after use. Product marketed with dosage and store availability.
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CorTace St
McLnose
Mass
Richardson
Swamp-Root
Hamton
N. Y
Swamp Root Free Sample Offer Promoted
Editorial note touts a free sample bottle and a booklet from Dr Kilmer Co for Swamp Root kidney remedy. It urges readers to mail their address, mention the paper, and copies of testimonials from cured users are cited as proof of effectiveness. The ad emphasizes genuineness and requests city and state details.
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Darmers
Advance Fence CO
Peoria
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