Carton's First Fare Sets Stage for City Romance
Hugh Carton, a chauffeur, takes a socialite on a trial drive and meets Fred Howell's cousin Mabel Norton. A joke at his expense ends with a genuine romance as Carton and Mabel plan marriage after shared city trips and a wedding present announced by Howell.
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RK. A. Whitehead
Carton
Pred Howell
Hugh Carton
Tonneau
Fred Howell
Howell
Hugh
Howells
Jong
Mr. Carton
Mabel Norton
Fred
James Anderson
Kansas Wheat Dominates World Market Says Hamburg Merchant
John M. Turner and 8. Gruner, flour traders from Hamburg and London, attended the National Millers Federation convention in Kansas City. Turner asserts Kansas wheat surpasses all others in gluten and strength, dominating European markets despite fluctuating freight rates and rail competition.
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Kansas
John M. Turner
Hamburg
London
Gruner
Kansas City
National Millers’ Federation
Kansas City Star
Europe
Great Britain
Russia
Denmark
Holland
Belgium
Germany
Berlin
Kansans City
Portland The Beautiful and Exposition Tribute
J. Be. Defebaugh editor of the American Lumberman and poet of the trip read a Portland tribute praising the city as a welcoming host. The poem extols Portland’s beauty and future prosperity, noting the lasting impact of its harbor, forests, and ships beyond the Lewis and Clark exposition. Defebaugh was impressed by Portland’s grandeur.
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Chicago
Commercial Association
Portland
Ore
J. BE. Defebaugh
American Lumberman
Chicago Post
A& Waits
Mr. Defebaugh
Denim and Calico Dress Code Shocks Des Moines Parish
Clifton Heights Presbyterian church in Des Moines announced a policy urging attendees to wear inexpensive clothing so no one is embarrassed. Rev Dr A W McConnell said the poor shun the church due to dress and expressed openness to denim for men and calico for women to boost attendance.
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Clifton Heights Presbyterian Church
Des Moines
A. W. McConnell
Miles of Riding to Get Educated
Frederick Morse, son of Park Morse, a farmer, recently graduated from the College of Emporia Kan. Over four years he rode horseback more than eight miles daily to attend and return from college, never missing a day. Morse is twenty years old and estimates he rode ten thousand miles.
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Frederick Morse
Park Morse
College of Emporia
Kan
Emporia
Morse
Britain Moves to Nationalize Telephone Service
Great Britain plans to take state control of the telephone network in conjunction with the postal department. The government monopoly will start about seven years from now.
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Pugland
Great Britain
Postal Department
Ballington Booth seeks 2000 donors for convict rescue work
Mrs. Ballington Booth urges 2,000 men to pledge one dollar a month for a year to fund her rescue efforts among convicts and ex-convicts.
State Inebriate Institution approved for NSW
The government of New South Wales sanctions building two state institutions to treat inebriates without means. This move aims to provide state funded care for alcohol dependency and related social issues.
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New South Wales
Iown Central Ry Offers Seasonal Round Trip Tickets
The Iown Central Ry will sell daily summer round trip tickets at one fare plus two dollars to select Northern Minnesota and Dakota points with a return limit of October 31. Low round trip fares to St. Paul and Minneapolis start after June 1. For details contact agents or A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minn 83 July.
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Tris
Iown Central Ry
Minnesota
Dakota
St. Paul
Minneapolis
A. B. Cutts
G. P
T. A
Minneapois
Minn
Nickel Plate Road Round Trip Fare Sale from Chicago
Tickets offered at one fare for a round trip plus twenty five cents to any Nickel Plate Road destination from Chicago with limited return by July 5. City ticket offices at LaSalle Van Buren streets 111 Adams Street and Auditorium Annex. Sale effective July 3.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Nickel Plate Road
Chicago
Cautauqua Lake
Fort Wayne
Cleveland
E Te
Steary
Chicago Depot
LaSalle and
van Buren
S Sts. City
Adams St
Auditorium Annex
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the Beautiful
Oregon
Ea Post
Them OK
National Biscuit Company
Uneeda Biscuit
Graham Crackers
Aroma Gigar
Washington
Want
South Dakota
Lyman County
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway
F. A. Miller
Generals
Jamaica
J. Riley Bennett
Brown's Town
West India Islands
Chamberlain
Stewart's Priimacy, Cooks& Sherman
Everine Remedy CO
Chicago, Ill
Nature
Columbia Pharmagy
Wilbert Shallenberger
Hotel Colenso
Iowa
Shaltienberrer
Bright
DOR
W. E. Shallenberger
Oakwood Blvd
Chicago, Il
Orexel State Bank
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