Central Passenger Excursions From Chicago to Mexico and California
Chicago offers Select clientele exclusive Pullman Vestibule trains for Mexico and California tours under Raymond Whitcomb and Central lines. Departures include Friday Jan 20 Feb 10 and March with Mardi Gras stop in New Orleans, plus weekly runs Cincinnati to Los Angeles and routes via New Orleans and Omaha. Details from Illinois Central agents A H Hanson and H P Murry.
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Mexico
Yle
Central
R. Tt
Ren Campbell
Amercan Tourist Association
Quingge Danding
Adams 86
Chicago
California
New Orleans
Raymond & Whitcomb
New Quieans
Mardi Gras
Pullians
Tinels Central
Aalifornia
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Omaha
Illinois Central
A.H. Hanson
P. A
P. Murry
G. P. A. Dobuque
Lake
Ladies Wanted A Brigur ENENGHTIO Wouas
Help wanted advertisement for a permanent position in an old established Chicago business. Salaries range 12 to 18 weekly with expenses paid each Monday from headquarters and advanced. Company provides everything. Address the Secretary 620 Monon block Chicago Ill.
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Enenghtio Wouas
Woran
Monon Block
Chicago
Ill
Sales Representative Wanted in Chicago and Areas
Wanted special representative in this and adjoining territories for a wholesale department old established webad business house of Goldman outstanding standing. Salary 21 weekly with expanse paid each Monday by check direct from headquarters. Reimbursement advanced, permanent position. We furnish everything. Address THE COLUMBIA 630 Monon Building Chicago.
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Thea Wholesale Department
Old Estabwebad
Goll Inwadal
Saheee
Aress
Columblia
Monon Building
Chicago
Oil Settles Desert Dust Across Mojave Run
Crude California oil bathed the Mojave Desert rail bed from Needles to Barstow, binding sand into a compact layer that stops dust clouds and cinders from trains. Heat remains a nuisance in summer, but night travel offers relief. The oil treated right of way prevents settled dust and reduces sand storms for faster, smoother passage.
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California
Mojave
Needles
Barstow
Pacific
Mourning customs and strange cosmetic beliefs from Mr. Touris
A tourist claims Sandwich Islanders mourn by painting faces black and losing teeth while others in the tale burn themselves in famine like Ethiopians and Turks use violet or yellow signs. The companion questions the accuracy of these sensational claims.
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Touris
Accident Insurance Views From a Selling Agent
A Chicago insurance man quips about accident policies. He notes two of six clients filed claims despite long safety records and jokes that buyers treat policies as protection from risk. He contemplates returning to selling washing powder.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Croupier not so bad as painted says Sullivan
The New York Tribune quotes John L. Sullivan praising Monte Carlo croupiers saying they are not so bad as mocked and show sympathy toward losing gamblers. He recalls a young Englishman who bet heavily at rouge et noir, losing nearly $2000 and finally asking where to place his last gold piece before the croupier replies to keep it in his pocket.
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John L. Sullivan
Monte Carlo
The
New York Tribune
Turkish grape juice treats offered for American taste
The Harput consul notes three Turkish grape juice preparations may be made here: basdulk a leatherlike sheet dried from molasses and flour on cotton. regime cakes half an inch thick made with coarse wheat grits. sujuk walnut strings coated in grape flour mixture and dried on strings.
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Turkey
Harput
Tobacco Poultice Credited For Sprain Relief
George Maxwell recounts a country accident where tobacco leaf poultice applied by a farmer reduced ankle pain and swelling overnight. He endorses the simple remedy for sprains and minor injuries, noting others have found relief and some rheumatism benefit.
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George Maxwell
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Aru
Hares and Rabbits Differ in The Wild
The Detroit News-Tribune notes hares shelter openly and move by day while rabbits retreat to burrows. Hares appear home less, feed at night, and possess long hind legs for swift leaping. Rabbits enter water when pressed, but hares swim well.
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Detroit News-Tribune
Licorice Grows Wild and Tobacco Adulteration Tale
A sailor notes licorice roots growing along distant riverbanks in the Tigris and Euphrates region. He describes the sweet, heavy scent and explains how straight sticks are shipped to England and America for use in flavoring tobacco and snuff. The tale warns of adulteration and improper use of imperfect sticks.
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Tigris
Euphrates
England
America
Lady doctors for crazed in mental asylums
Famous German physician Prof Ludwig urges female doctors in lunatic asylums. He cites, after long study, that women influence both sexes, easing treatment. He notes a successful admission of a woman physician to a women’s asylum in southern Germany with remarkable results and predicts wider use soon. Dr Krapella supports this view.
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Ludwig
Germany
Temale
Krapella
Life-Saving War Dogs Demonstrated At Wimbledon
The event showcased dogs trained in ambulance work aiding wounded soldiers. Two mixed-breed dogs wore Red Cross harnesses and carried bandages and spirits as they sniffed out mock casualties on the heath. Ambulance staff then completed first aid with the dogs assisting in locating and signaling injured men for care.
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Wimbledon
England
Red Cross
Ambulance Corps
Verreroland
West Africa
Manchuria
Feeding the wild animals in urban parks and backyard
The piece notes gray squirrels in central park seek daily food and rarely store provisions, red squirrels are wary and blamed for eggs and nest predation, chipmunks hibernate and are unreliable winter visitors, and cotton tails visit mainly at night for greens, with varying winter behaviors.
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Central Park
New York
The Colonel's Waterloo and Bleetrie Bitters Cure Claim
Colonel John M Fuller of Boney Grove Texas reports in a letter that after failing to improve with his family doctor he used a 50 cent bottle of Bleetrie Bitters and was cured. The seller R F H Miller, Dragagist, guarantees relief from dyspepsia biliousness and kidney disease.
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John M. Fuller
Boney Grove
Texas
R. F H. Miller
Women Kidney Health and Wisconsin Timber Outlook
Women suffer more kidney issues than men with misattributed symptoms. Soley’s Kidney Cure is claimed to restore health and balance urinary organs. The piece then discusses Wisconsin pine and hardwood timber wealth, noting logs camps and mills prosper for few while farmers grow wealth, urging settlers to Price county Wisconsin and offering land via Hughes & Donaldson Webster City for home and farm opportunities.
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Soley
I. 15
Conner & Co
Wisconsin
Iowa
Price County
Hughes & Donaldson
Webster City
Own
Indigestion Linked to Heart Trouble Says Dr Kauble
A health claim attributes most non organic heart disease to indigestion. A Nevada Ohio man credits Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with curing his heart trouble after four months. The ad promotes Kodol as a digestant and stomach relief, noting bottle sizes and prices.
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D. Kauble
Nevada
E. D. Dewitt & CO
Chicago
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for kidney troubles
A promotional feature extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the sole herbal remedy aimed at women's kidney problems. It cites testimonials from Mrs Samuel Brake and Mrs I W Lang praising relief from backache bearing down pain and urinary symptoms, and invites women to seek free advice from Lydia Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Pinkham
Lydia KK
Linkham
Lydia
Samuel Brake
Prospect
Lydia Fr. Pinkham
Tito
Wonton
I. W. Lang
Third Avenue
New York
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Jacksonville
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Tohn L. Sullivan
Lydia E. Pinkhem
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Silberman Brothers
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