Railway Timetables Local Triks Wes to Chicago
Cluttered timetable lists departures for Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul trains with east and west freight and passenger services. It names agents J H Morgan and BMA Winkel and notes Sunday only, no passenger service, plus assorted numbers and destinations for north south routes.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Des Moines
Freigh
Atock
Way
St Paul
Minnesota
Wort
Nobh
BMA
Winkel
Llipm
Railroad War in Alabama Ended Victory for State
Montgomery August 9 1907 a compromise ends the Alabama railroad dispute. Southern railroad license restored and measures cutting freight and passenger rates to begin September 1 1907 subject to final constitutional review by the courts. Judge Jones injunctions keep other railroad laws in effect. Southern agrees to operate under the two acts pending court decision.
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Montgomery
Ala
Gor Comer
Southern Railroad
Alabama
Huey
Thomas G. Jones
Gov. Comer
Southern
Tornado Hits La Crosse Wis in Severe Morning Storm
A violent tornado struck La Crosse at eight o'clock Sunday morning, doing extensive damage across factories homes churches and electric plants. In 16 minutes it caused tens of thousands of dollars in damage within the city. Trees were uprooted streets blocked and boats were swamped as people swam to shore. The day had been fair but became chaotic as the wind turned watercraft into danger.
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la Crosse
Wis
Passenger train wreck near Mountain Grove Missouri
Passenger train No. 108 on the St. Louis and San Francisco line was wrecked near Mountain Grove Missouri seventy miles from Springfield with Engineer James McKenna killed and Fireman James Overland fatally injured both from Springfield. R Budd dies a coal magnate in Pittsburgh cancer claimed life aged sixty with family in Cincinnati Memphis and Louisville. Also riot disturbance by Twenty fifth Infantry colored soldiers on San Francisco Barbary coast leads to eighteen arrests.
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Springfield
Memphis
Kansas City
St. Louis
San Francisco
Mountain Grove
James McKenna
James Overland
R. Budd
Pittsburg
P. R. Budd
Budd Coal Company
Cincinnati
A. R. Budd Coal Company
Monongahela House
A. R. Budd
B. C. Budd
This City
M. Budd
Memphis, Tenn
G. B. Roach
Louisville, Ky
Frisco
Cal
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Silence of Wounded: Mukden Battle Shocked by Low Caliber Bullets
During the Mukden clash a 90 man Japanese unit driving Russian defenders found wounds unseen amid the frenzy as the river bank offensive collapsed. Only after the Russians retreated did they realize 40 had been struck, including the commander whose blood reddened the water.
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Mukden
Many Uses of Honey in Diet and Beauty
A cooking expert extols honey as nutritious and versatile. It should be eaten more, especially in comb form to stay pure, and may aid throat health. Honey sweetens cakes, replaces butter on toast, and is used by some Indians as a cosmetic for smoother skin and a glowing complexion.
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Twlin
Orang Ten Wie
Nell
Gurnaam
Aeat End
Burnham
I. Burnhan
G. Burnham
E. Burnham
State St
Nammatay's
A Too Hasty Interruption Causes Lesson in Speech
A New Jersey Sunday school superintendent, druggist, and editor refused to drink as a virtue yet admitted occasional beverages in his editor role. A New Yorker visiting his drug store encountered him in a hotel barroom and learned the humor of interrupting speakers. The anecdote, shared by the visitor, underscores the sin of interrupting others mid‑speech.
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New Jersey
New Yorker
The
Waste of Wood In America
The article argues Americans use six times more wood than Europeans and consume three to four times the wood produced by U S forests yearly. It notes forests store about ten cubic feet per acre annually, urging at least twenty. Since 1896 over 700 billion feet of timber cut for timber and 90 billion feet of coniferous timber exceeded 1880 stumpage estimates.
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America
United States
Europe
Humber
Help the Little Fellow in Maine Woods Fight Turns Sour
Two men timber sawing in Maine woods clash while an able Irishman, Pat, rebukes the bigger man. After a scolding, Pat thrashes the aggressor and tells the big fellow to let the small fellow have his turn. Judge's Library.
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Maine
Fire scare in two story wooden building shocks crowd
A passerby reports smoke from a first floor window of a two story wooden building and alarms Yang as fire engines arrive. The smoke is later found to be caused by a detective stovepipe. An Italian native appears on the top door and shouts at the crowd, urging action.
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Tony
Yang
Sind
Stovepipe
Italy
Passoz Freman
Puta
Ang 7
Returning soldier finds relief in simple wash in Philippines
A garbled wartime reminiscence describes a bronzed young trooper in a salty water wash ritual. He expresses relief at returning home and washing, noting the rough, improvised method and the everyday detail of clothes and buttons.
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Philippines
Ancient Rome skin care secrets praised and lost
A writer in the Vormishity Review accuses beauty doctors of plagiarizing ancient Roman techniques. She highlights massage oiling and the so called Roman mask that supposedly erased wrinkles, arguing many valuable secrets are now unavailable.
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Rome
Mrs. Nevinson
Vormishity Review
Easley Adjusted Rail Tale Sparks ICC Comment
Chairman Knapp of the interstate commerce commission told in New York a French railway story about a manager lamenting public complaints that old dark blue cars bump badly compared with new light blue ones. The president orders the old cars repainted light blue to fix the issue.
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Easley
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Traile
Unsolicited testimonial for remedies and cures
A reader praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after a severe measles illness aggravated by rain. The note credits the remedy with saving the writer’s life and notes other products by E. Cooner & Co. Dr Shoop Mazle Ointment claims to quickly relieve piles with visible results.
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Chamberlain
Sam EH Gwin
Concord, Ga
E. Cooner & Co
Remedy for Diarrhoea Never Known to Fail
A local reader praises a diarrhoea remedy, claiming five years of use with reliable cures in York county. The testimonial from Jemison of Spring Grove, Pa, endorses the product as the best of its kind and notes KE Conner & Co. as the seller.
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Chamberlain
York County
Jemison
Spring Grove
KE Conner & Co
Warning on Poley's Kidney Cure for kidney and bladder disease
An advertisement warns readers with kidney and bladder trouble against using Poley's Kidney Cure claiming it harms sufferers. It asserts the remedy lures all forms of kidney and bladder disease and misstates its efficacy, mentioning KE, B, Conner DA.
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Poley
Conner
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Swerflag
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Fred Mille
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Dodd & Stroth Lightning Rods
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Chicago & North Western
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Washington
District Court of the State of Law
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Samuel ¥. Eggert
Byerrt Wagner
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Henry Wagner
Theatje Elman
Cornelia Wischmann
Anna Harken
Klaas Hayenga
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Diderichus Hayenga
Katie Macklin
George Hayenga
Addis Roach
Anna Leahy
Peter Hoyanga
Hentrea Walker
Harry Walker
Vern Walker
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Kossuth County
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Kagauth
Towa
Samuel Y. Egauny
Daniel Eilhh
Evert Hayenga
Samuel ¥. Megert
Cornelia Wiechmann
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Diderlchua Hayenga
Katia Macklin
George Hnyenga
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Plaineit's
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Sexton, Iowa
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Wisconsin
Tally
Chamberslain
DEVOE
R. H. Miller
Jewoter
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Standard Oil Company
U.S. A
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Commercial Club
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Commerical
Chute Minto
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