Artful Dodgers Use Hidden Mailroom Funds For Escape
A Cassell's Saturday Journal analysis details how clever criminals avoid direct contact by using self constructed post offices and coded wires. It recounts a turf fraud fugitive sheltered near the Bank of England and a Midland master mind named Smith who runs a coiners network via an innocent milkman and a cook as covert couriers.
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Cassell
Saturday Journal
Bank of England
Edinburgh
London
Smith
The Place To Worship In Every Moment
A sermon argues that worship is not confined to a temple but resides in the worshiper and in any place. Christ, greater than the temple, challenged ceremonial orders when they hindered faith. The speaker urges worship wherever one is, in desert, city, mountain, or valley, not in shrine visits.
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Christ
New Panama Hat Substitute Emerges From Formosa Fibers
Tokyo papers report Formosan leaf fibers as a rapid growing alternative to Panama straw. Each leaf yields six fibers from a four inch by four foot leaf, with ten thousand fibers costing about six yen. A Yokohama firm has placed a large order, and hats may debut this summer, expanding headgear options for the rich and fashionable.
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Japan
Osaka
Formosa
Yokohama
Japan Weekly Times
Divorce Quarrel Cited Incompatibility of Temper
A witty exchange quotes a couple about their failed marriage. The husband supplies the incompatibility and the wife the temper, illustrating a humorous take on divorce difficulties.
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Simkins
Chicago Daily News
Placing the Blame Miss Oldtimer and Her Niece
A brief quotation from a Woman's Home Companion piece notes reluctance to marry despite opportunities. The speaker contends men fail to seize chances, while the niece questions the premise. The snippet reflects social attitudes toward marriage and agency.
Constructing a Dairy Refrigerator For Butter Rooms
A 600 pound butter room built in 1892 South Dakota creamery uses a 42 degree cooler with a 400 pound prints chest and ice racks. Builder Buff Jersey details an inexpensive, durable method using thick flooring, layered paper insulation, and removable drip boards to maintain steady temp.
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South Dakota
Buff Jersey
Hoard’s Dairyman
Steady Production Counts in Milking Cows
Testing shows best milkers are those that yield steadily across a year. Cows with huge short term yields score poorly when totals are tallied for 12 months. Moderate producers over nine to eleven months are best for breeding, and milk quality should be tested periodically.
Corn milling industry size and use in food supply
The corn milling industry yields 241 million bushels ground into flour and meat in the census year, about half the wheat consumption. Much of the corn goes to stock feed, yet a notable portion supports table food. The author notes Europe’s lack of appreciation for corn bread and rye and injun.
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Europe
Orange Judd
Easy for the Druggist Joke Letter Deciphered
A job seeker unable to read a recommendation letter seeks help from printers and chemists. The chemist, famed for deciphering prescriptions, improvises a solution by mixing fluids into an apparent cough mixture and charges two shillings. The owner of the letter accepts the odd remedy.
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London
Anathes
Carried a Menagerie on the Suburban Train
A thin man brings a basket on a suburban train that meows and clucks, prompting a child to ask about cats and chickens. The man finally reveals the contents as a mockingbird. The scene unfolds with puzzled onlookers and a humorous exchange reported by the New York Post.
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New York Post
Rock Island and Southern Pacific Launch New Cali Train
The Daily Limited on the Rock Island System and Southern Pacific via the El Paso Short Line is set to begin service November 1, 1902. The competition is open to the public with no fees required. Address inquiries to Sebastian, Passenger Traffic Manager, Rock Island System, Chicago.
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California
Rock Island System
Southern Pacific Company
el Paso
Tno
Sebastian
Chicago
Marriage and merger cited in nod to current events
The New York Sun quotes a woman noting she is up to date and referring to her marriage and merger as part of contemporary affairs. The brief remark highlights social change and personal milestones in a modern context.
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N. Y. Sun
Foot Ease and Cold Cure Ads and Quotes
A collage of advertisements and quotes including Allen's Foot-Ease powder promising foot relief and easy shoe fit, Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claimed to cure a cold in one day, and multiple testimonial lines from newspapers praising various remedies and sayings. The snippet also includes a paternal memory quip from the Indianapolis News.
Markets Report From New York and Other Cities
Market notes from New York Cleveland Toledo East Liberty and East Buffalo with price ranges for flour wheat corn oats hay cattle veal sheep lambs hogs and eggs cheese butter potatoes and cloverseed. Highlights include firmer sheep and lamb markets in Cleveland and steady hogs in several centers, with varied grain prices across locations.
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New York
Cleveland
York State
East Liberty
East Buffalo
Congressman Aldrich Endorses Peruna Tonic
Hon W F Aldrich Alabama congressman writes from Washington praising Peruna as a safe vegetable tonic that renews strength and aids digestion. H S Emory Vice Chancellor and Master of Arms at Omaha also commends Peruna citing cures of catarrh kidney weakness and pelvic problems and its sleep aiding effects. The ad notes 50 000 testimonials and offers a catarrhal disease book from The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio.
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Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus, D
W. F. Aldrich
H. S. Emory
Omaha
Neb
North Sixteenth Street
Peruna
Columbus
Ohio
Nervous Debility and Heat Stress in Summer
A brief note describes how heat in June through August worsens nervousness sleeplessness exhaustion and mental fatigue for anyone prone to nervous debility, warning that hot weather may be dangerous for such individuals.
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Panama
Thin Man
Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy, N. Y
Indianapolis
Ens
Eben
Washington Star
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Indianapolis News
Toledo
Aldrich
Alabama
Washington, D. C
Cae
Tiana
F. Newsery & Sons
Charterhouse
E.C. Porrar Druc and Chemical Corrostation
Boston
U.S.A
A. d. Tower CO
Mass
McCormick Ptical College
Adams Street
Nait
J.P. Allen
St. Paul
Minn
Infante
Bears
RB Company
TY Cat
RAY Gta
University OF Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Indiana
St. Edward’s Hall
A. Morrissey
Hanson Truss CO
Sixth Ave
N.Y
Mothers of
Henry C. Blaith
Philadelphia
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