Chicago Will Have Plenty to Eat This Summer
Special Correspondence from Chicago notes no famine fear during the World's Fair. Chicago's supply network from the Northwest and Southwest, plus bulk purchases of frozen birds, fish, and game, promise abundant provisions and near normal prices through May to November. Local merchants, traders, and growers project strong harvests and steady supplies, with only possible minor price bumps for fancy stock.
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Chicago
Southwest
Produce Commission
Denver
New Orleans
Boston
Philadelphia
Iowa
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Henry M. Host
Gas Tronomic Possibilities On Your Table
A learned man asks the landlady for the board's gas tronomic possibilities for sustenance. She rises and answers in a commercial voice, Vittles, summing up the meal offering in a single bold term.
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Detroit Free Press
William and the Carpeted Heart of a Poor Suitor
A lighthearted tale from Exchange recounts William declaring his love to Trene. She accepts his affection but rejects a marriage proposal quoting the eight dollar per yard carpet rule to match the carpet’s color and ensure budget harmony. William persists, and the scene ends with him continuing to woo.
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William
Unnerved by Hoop Skirts and Slips of Speech
A man returns rattled claiming he saw a woman in a hoop skirt causing repeated mishearing of clothing terms. His wife suggests soaking his wits at the hydrant as he recovers. The fragmentary humor mirrors chaotic dialogue from a Detroit Free Press item and brief exchanges in Chicago Tribune and Boston Transcript.
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J_T
Henry
Mrs. Henry
Detroit Free Press
Swell-Cholly Loses Diamond Stud to Laundry Theft
In a humorous column, a Great Loss note reports that his diamond stud disappeared after sending it to the laundry with his shirt. A second Swell laments that a shirt valued at two dollars was also taken, noting the thief is a Chinaman who decamped with both items.
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Cholly
A Mistaken Idea in Harper's Bazar Quote
A playful witticism from Harper's Bazar where Jingleberry groans at a mistaken notion about cold contrasting with recent weather. He claims the belief is a deception and notes seven days of expected cold have passed without results.
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Jingleberry
Harper’s Bazar
Not Finished. Shirts of Wigsbys Await Necktape T
A laundryman asks his assistant about shirts for Wigsby’s, noting they have not yet had time to tear off the neckbands. The Buffalo Express quotes the exchange as a fragment of local life.
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Wigsby
Buffalo Express
Punishment. Boumer writes a crinc e poem in life
A terse note reflects on punishment and a poem titled on crime and life. The fragmentary text hints at a moral judgment with a cryptic phrasing, mentioning Boumer and a concept of deserving punishment.
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Boumer
Baby name idea from playful exchange ends with pun
Mrs Bingo Oh and Bingo discuss naming a baby. Charles jokes about Atlantic Jeean due to a pun about not biting up. The exchange blends humor and wordplay in a light domestic vignette.
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Bingo
Charles
Baby
Atlantic
Remarkable Illinois Pioneer Samuel Rose of Basco
Special correspondence from Quincy Illinois March 16 describes Samuel Rose living near Basco at eighty four and still spry. Born 1808 in Lexington Kentucky he traveled to Illinois in 1829 and walked 75 miles from Jacksonville to Quincy in under two days. Rose worked for John Wood the future Illinois governor and claims he never sold more than 12 feet of land now a major street. He hunted wolves for decades and joined Black Hawk war in 1832, later seeing Black Hawk in New Orleans. He spent 1849 in California and Arizona before returning to Illinois around 1852 and living near Basco ever since. He recently applied for a pension and is noted for long life and odd wealth.
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Muel Rose
Illinois
Quincy
Ill
Samuel Rose
Basco
Rose
Lexington
Jacksonville
Morgan County
John Wood
Wood
Mr. Rose
Keokuk
Mississippi
Des Moines
Sammy
Olinois
Gay Davidson
Mammoth Walnut Log to Go to World’s Fair From Kansas
A colossal walnut log from Reno Valley in Leavenworth county is headed for Chicago’s World’s Fair. Weighing over 30,000 pounds and yielding 8,000 feet of lumber, the 572 year old tree required 12 teams to haul to a railway and months of care to prevent breakage. Congressman W A Harris backed the find, and German veneer offers were considered but declined until after the exposition.
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Abilene
Kansas
Reno
Leavenworth County
Chicago
Prairie
M. Hanecrr
Moissan Claims Lab-Created Diamonds From Carbon
French scientist Moissan reports producing genuine diamonds from ordinary carbon using his selfmade electric furnace reaching 3000 degrees. The crystals are tiny, about a thousandth of a carat, yet show all the qualities of real diamonds.
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Moissan
M. Moissan
Man Who Gesticulated Describes World’s Fair Site
Harper’s recounts a Chicago observer who gesticulates while narrating the World’s Fair buildings. The dialogue paints the vast halls, the roof, fountains, the tower foundation, and pig iron used to settle the grounds, hinting at a larger crowd’s storytelling.
The Ups and Downs of Fashion Dinner Tale
A hungry patron enters a midrange restaurant and orders mutton chops but learns they are all gone. He switches to a beefsteak that proves too tough, breaking a tooth, as the amused waiter jokes about superstition and a long line of failed tasters.
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Detroit Free Press
In Present Mind She Rejects Best Man Offer
A dialogue from Pick Me Up shows one party dismissing the idea of accepting a proposed best man, stating in a cool tone that even if offered, the other must accept the knowledge of his self-offer and the speaker’s current state of mind.
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Mr. de Tone
Signs of Coming Trouble Heard in Gossip Newsroom
In the Chicago Tribune dialogue Johnny predicts his father will face trouble after the company departs as he recalls past confrontations with a woman who mistook his warnings. The Truth reports a jab at Ethel Pierce over a hideous birthday vase gift sent last year as Georgie mocks the present.
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Johnny
Tommy
Chicago Tribune
Georgie
Ethel Pierce
Nellie
Similar Traits Mentioned In Street Encounter
Jackson recalls a man on the street resembling you. Jenkins asks how. Jackson notes the man also owes him £10 for over a month, as recorded in B. K. & Co.'s Monthly.
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Jackson
Jenkins
Music Talk Sparks Card Game Query in Chicago Inter Ocean
The Chicago Inter Ocean quotes a quip about choosing songs for a gathering and jokes about playing euchre or cribbage. The remark combines a playful challenge with a suggestion to decide entertainment and games for the event.
Paderewski Matinee Sparks Young Admiration in New York
A narrator recalls a Paderewski matinee where a young, strikingly pretty woman with bronze brown hair captivates him. Her smile and soft lips tempt him as the pianist performs, and she whispers a playful wish for the encore, Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay.
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Maurice E. McLoughlin
New York World
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Soug
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Hoffman Block
Samuels Bros. Dry Goods
Liberty and
Second Streets
N. Yates
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BAH & Thompson, Attorneys AT Law
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D. I. Ball
Notary Public
D. J. Ball
G. C. Thompson
Attorneys AT Law
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Chas. Diasmoor
Chas, A. Peterson
Norman Davies, MD
Liberty Street
W W. Freeman
Dentipt
Hazelttone
Perry
Justice Or the Peace
Warren
Water Street
Geo. Ball
Calpin
R. W. Stuart
D. D.S
Third St. Warren, Pa
Frank W. Whitcomb
Third Street
Postoffice
W A. Greaves
Hall Block
Episcopal Church
Amenti
Warren, Mee
Warren Lodge Hall
G Smith
First National Bank
Second Street
Golden Horse Shoe
H. Meacham
Esquire
Cornelius
Airstow
Kodak
Geo. Ball's
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American Tobacco
Pany’s
Marbury Bros
Richmond
Oxford
LA Perigne
Princess Royal
Monte Cristo
Birds Eye
Pehlman
Geo. S. Davis
Pate
Give
USA
Mullen
Morris & Mullen
C.&e.bartsch
Diamond
Warre
FOU Weil
Kopf & Henry
Water St
Wyman
Jewelers
Wyman & Davis
Natiral Bank
AL. Waters
HB. T. Hazeltine
L. Gerould
Cashier
L. D. Dennison
3L Waters
E. T. Hazeltine
P. Ill
John M. Siegfried
O.F. Hottman
P. J. Bayer
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