General Advertising Department Established by New York Central Lines
George H. Daniels, veteran New York Central Railroad advertiser, heads a new General Advertising Department that covers all line railways. The move links the New York Central as including multiple railroads and leased lines, extending across America and to foreign markets. It signals the elevated role of railroad advertising in commerce and publication advertising nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Centra Lines
Veteran Railroad
George H. Daniels
New York Central Railroad
America
New York Central
Boston and Albany
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Michigan Central
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Rutland
Lake Erie
Western Railways
New York
Boston
Montreal
Daniels
New Lot
Central Lines
New York State Press Association
Railroad
Empire State Express
Twentieth Century Limited
Polling Place Mixup Shows A P A Marker
A lower East Side district used American Pleasure Association rooms as a polling site on registration day. An Irish citizen argued with election inspectors until the wall revealed the clubs emblem A P A in bright yellow, exposing the trap claim. An Atchison Globe note recalls a six dollar gift for a three dollar a week worker as love.
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New York
American Pleasure Association
Lower East Side
Erin
Atchison
Atchison Globe
Russian Grand Dukes at Cannes Urge Humble Home Away
Five Russian grand dukes and one grand duchess attend Cannes this winter. They share a common stance that any place but home is preferable, reflecting a cautious or ironic sentiment about domestic life.
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Cannes
Puck
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Quote attributed to Chicago Daily News notes that boasting of ancestors signals limited descent rather than actual achievement.
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Chicago Daily News
There Are Few Ladders in the Well Where Truth Lies
A brief line notes scarcity of ladders in the well described as the place where truth hides. The line implies difficulty in reaching truth, using a metaphor of limited access to hidden knowledge.
Postum Turns Duluth Man From Coffee Harm to Health
A Duluth man recounts how coffee caused headaches dyspepsia and nervousness. He switched to Postum, noting rapid improvements in digestion sleep energy and strength and credits Postum with all the benefits. He urges others to read The Road to Wellville by the Postum Company in Battle Creek Michigan.
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Duluth
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Pattern No 5521 Girls Shirred Dress for Pattern Dept
The dainty shirred dress uses Alice blue China silk with a black velvet shoulder strap. The waist blouse gathers all around and attaches to a full short skirt. Materials that shir easily include cashmere albatross pongee cimity and lawn. Size range 6 to 12 years requires three yards of 36 inch material for medium size. Pattern 5521 sent on receipt of 10 cents with order form and size.
Pretty sleeping gown pattern for little girls
Pattern No. 5059 shows a simple nightgown with front and back tucks for fullness. It offers a high rolling collar or a low neck, long or elbow sleeves, and sizing for 4 to 12 years using 36 inch material.
Henry James notes curious phrases during U S visit
While in the United States the author Henry James collects phrases. A philanthropic society woman asks a parlor maid if there is anything serious with the grocer's delivery man. The maid replies they are keeping company and have only reached waist ing.
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United States
Henry James
Jane
Engineer Driven Mad In Cab Chaos Near Janesville Wis
Engineer Charles M Warren of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railroad ran his engine through eight stations at 60 miles an hour with no stop. Railroad officials removed him at Janesville Wis and he was found insane. He was sent to the Mendota asylum. He sent the train down grades and around curves throwing passengers from their seats and stopping only where there were no stations.
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Janesville
Wis
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Charles M. Warren
Mendota Asylum
Warren
Germans Build Real War Car For Front Use
The article describes a German armored motor car with a conning tower and rapid fire gun. It carries two gunners and a driver, uses half inch steel armor, and can traverse rough terrain at up to 25 miles per hour. The machine climbs steep grades, crosses ditches, and remains reliable under heavy testing with a 40 horsepower engine.
Food enthusiast described by Mrs Naybur and Mrs Crossway
The Chicago Tribune quotes Mrs Naybur and Mrs Crossway praising a husband known as a pure food enthusiast. They claim he can eat more than two men.
Fee of Cupid Punished
A Johannesburg bank clerk dismissed over marriage won three months' salary and 160 for libel in his dismissal letter. The court held restraints on marriage void and against public policy.
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Cupid
Johannesburg
Real One Bride-to-Be Ties Knot in Trackside Court
Social chatter says a singer known as A Real One plans marriage to a bookmaker at the racing track. The remark surfaces amid talk that she has long favored outdoor sports and the Yonkers Statesman notes the alley of a high profile wager tale.
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Reda
Greene
Markets report from multiple cities on January 17, 1906
New York prices show steady flour and hay with beef veals and sheep around five to six dollars. Cleveland notes Minnesota spring patent flour and corn and oats values while Toledo and East Buffalo list cash grain and cattle and hog prices in mid-January trading. Pittsburgh records cattle and sheep ranges with prime hog values closing around 5.65.
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New York
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
Toledo
East Buffalo
Pittsburg
Call of the Canadian West Promises Rich Prairie Outlook
The Western Canada wheat crop nears 100 million bushels with more land opened by railways. Rye barley and other cereals advance as dairying grows in new provinces. Americans rush to Saskatchewan and Alberta seeking free homesteads, aided by Dominion Government Agents. A Toronto Star poem celebrates Western progress and the open prairies under a free, equal system.
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Western
Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dominion
Canadian Prairies
Toronto ‘Star
Educational notes highlight academic and athletic reforms
The report notes Dr William A Packards retirement from Princeton after 35 years as Kennedy professor of Latin and language studies. Granta calls for reform in English higher education. Prof BE Clark of Ripon College will travel to Rome yearly to collect lectures material. A girls athletic training branch forms in New York with Grace Dodge urging different methods for girls. Mrs Henry Siegel offers 50 dollars for best method combining moral and athletic discipline.
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William A. Packard
Kennedy
Princeton
Granta
Cambridge
Oxford
BE. W. Clark
Ripon College
Wisconsin
Bureau of University Travel
Rome
Public Schools’ Athletic League
New York City
Grace Dodge
Henry Siegel
Fate as a Fat Old Woman Mocking Mortal Belief
A folkloric image portrays Fate as a corpulent old woman who laughs at humans who trust in her. The saying presents Fate as whimsical and indifferent to human plans and futures.
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Fate
Not on the Bill at the New Hotel Dining Room
A stout guest confronts hotel staff over extra charges during breakfast at a new hotel. The man complains about prices and insinuates a lack of conscience as the waiter, an imported shirted attendant, responds that certain items are not on the bill and incur extra charges.
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Pittsburg
Guaranteed Cure for Piles Promises Refund if Fails
A stock notice touts Pazo OrnTMENT as a cure for piles with a 60 day refund if ineffective. It contrasts blue blood with crimson branding and claims quick relief for lameness rheumatism lumbago and backache via Dr Bayer's Penetrating Oil at 25 cents a bottle.
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Dr. Bayer
Transcribing a dictation style letter from Bingville misfires
A stenographer records a boss's casual dictation for a new customer letter. The draft lampoons formality with comic misspellings and muddled dates, referencing Bingville and John B Skidmore while noting inflated car lot prices.
Two Sides in Argument Over Life and Style
The exchange notes two sides to every question with Mrs Braggs arguing for optimism and Mr Braggs countering with doubt. The quip ends by saying it is vain to expect to live both long and fast.
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Mrs. Braggs
Mr. Braggs
Paris Embraces Scottish Tartans and Comic Feats
Paris women adopt Scottish clam tartans provoking Glasgow mills to struggle with demand. Cyclist Forestier wins a Paris Wiffel tower race in 3 minutes 12 and 4 5 seconds, with rival just under four seconds behind. Nataly von Eschtruth, Berlin born, keeps her maiden name after marriage. Public memorial for South African war annuled as funds return. Rothschild scion Anthony de Rothschild leads at Harrow as first Jewish pupil. Hilda ship loss prompts rockets seen from St Malo area. Norwegian postal clerks condemned for pilfering thousands of American letters.
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Paris
Glasgow
Wiffel Tower
Forestier
Nataly von Eschtruth
Anthony de Rothschild
Leopold de Rothschild
Harrow School
England
St. Malo
France
Hilda
They Will Scatter In Courtroom Banter
A judge teases a shy singer as a crowd watches, noting once she starts the room will thin. The lighthearted exchange reflects a lively, informal moment in a courtroom or public gathering.
Lost through coffee drinking linked to incurable eye damage
A Rockford Register-Gazette report details O A Leach of Beach County who lost forward sight while retaining side vision after years of heavy coffee use. Doctors consider the nerve damaged beyond help and warn quitting coffee or total nerve ruin follows. The piece promotes Postum as a coffee substitute with nerve restoration claims.
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Rockford, Ill
Register-Gazette
William Langhurst
Aurora
O. A. Leach
Beach County
Leach
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