Chicago Carries Heavy Load as Middle West Hope Fades
Chicago holds the heaviest burden among great U S cities, seen by a Washington Herald correspondent as the financial hub of the central states. The city awaits higher farm prices and a good harvest to rise, else risk a regional crash that would reverberate through the middle west. Chicago remains a big village dependent on outside business and tributary rates for its prosperity.
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Chicago
United States
Washington Herald
Middle West
Middle States
Middle West Clearing House
Montana
Custer
Little Bighorn River
Sitting Bull
Canada
Francois Finlay
Ell Gate River
John Siiverthorn
Nebraska Territory
Idaho Territory
Virginia City
Montana Post
Helena
Union
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Open Season for Sweeney In Chicago Family Trouble
In Chicago Mrs William Sweeney was taken to the detective bureau and questioned about shooting her husband. She resisted, asking what business detectives had in meddling with her family affairs. The husband supported the claim that family trouble is nobody's business, hindering the investigation.
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Chicago
William Sweeney
Detective Bureau
Rippling Rhymes By Walt Mason Reconsiders Want
The piece notes that desire drives invention and progress, arguing man’s endless wants sustain life and advance society. It contrasts humble aims with greed and suggests a world without desire would stagnate, lacking innovations and pleasures like phonographs or electricity.
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Luna
Detectives Exit After Questioning Sweeney Couple
The interview leaves no detectives on the case as Mr and Mrs Sweeney refuse outside interference. Mrs Sweeney asserts she may act with her husband as she sees fit and questions who has a finer right than she to shoot him.
Diet for the School Child Milk in Food
A Norfolk era advisory on hiding milk in a child’s diet. It suggests serving milk in cereals puddings cocoa soups custards milk toast or bread and milk. Milk soups can be made from white sauce as base using vegetable cooking water and leftover vegetables.
Simple Milk Based Custards And Variations
Recipe notes describe vegetable pulp custard with white sauce and milk, plus a two cup milk unsweetened custard seasoned with salt. It offers cheese custard and bread and cheese custard variations. Also notes cereals cooked with milk add value and flavor.
Borrowed Smiles and Homesickness in Brighton Tale
Bridget endures longing for home while working for a kind mistress who urges patience. The scene centers on emotional strain from being away and the comfort found in steady wages and care.
Rebus Reading Sparks Family Dinner Room Laughs
A narrative describes a child Bridg et learning rebus style reading with pictures such as three dogs and four chickens. Ronald correctly identifies three hens and a rooster, prompting a playful correction from his mother and a later note about items found by a servant on sweeping the dining room floor.
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Ronald
Woman Buys Meat Bone Deal At Local Market
A dignified woman buys several meat pieces at a meat market. She asks for shin bone for soup stock. The clerk offers a large knuckle for 50 cents or 40 cents for the cut shin bone. She selects the 10 cent knuckle and leaves laughing softly as he wraps it up.
Mrs Jobson Missing Brooch Postcard Clue to Servant
Mrs Jobson left home leaving Mr Jobson lamenting and on arrival at her destination she found her gold brooch missing and sent a postcard to her servant asking the whereabouts of the item.
Kind of hard to please women in marriage tale
Blinks and Jinks banter about pleasing wives after marriage. Jinks recalls sending roses and candy to his wife, who reacts with ongoing expectations. The exchange highlights lingering contrasts between courting gestures and married life.
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Blinks
Jinks
Fireworks Traditions of Florence and Siena
The Florentines and Sienese began their feast at St. John the Baptist and the Assumption with wooden structures adorned with painted statues. From their mouths and eyes issued beautiful fire, with large scale dragons swans and eagles carrying many people and emitting amusing fireworks.
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St. John the Baptist
The
Assumpton
Highest New York peak Mount Marcy details
The United States Geological Survey identifies Mount Marcy in the Adirondacks as New York's highest mountain at 5,344 feet above sea level. The survey also estimates the state average elevation at about 600 feet.
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New York
United States Geological Survey
Mount Marcy
Adirondacks
Geological Survey
Local Train Details Fragment Reveals Car Numbers
Fragmentary OCR shows car and passenger numbers including No 25, No 3, No 91 and freight car references, with partial mentions of Saturday timetable. The readable data suggests a railcar listing or train allocation note rather than complete schedule.
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Ike Lark
Walt Mason
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Wit Orta Battery
Postum
Postum Cereal Company, Inc
Battle Creek
Michigan
Physicians and Surgeons
A. John Droz
J.B. Edgington
M. D
F. & M. Bank
Brookhart Bros. Law
Opera House
Mutual Phone
J. Wilson
C, Wilson
Wilson & Wilson
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Irvin BE
Huston
Southwest Corner
Farmers’ Union
Washington, IA
Richer, Livingston & Eicher
LAW
Abstract Department
Washington, Iowa
Rea
S. N. Bateman
M.D. Blair
J. D. Dayton
Westchester, Iowa
Janhbington County
T. A. Michels
Chiropractors
M. I. Sartor Mra
M. H. Sartor Sartor & Sartor Chiropractors
Square
Klein Klothing Ko
Red
S. B. Watson
Washington i
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Morrison & Morrison
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Golden State Limited
Washington Bra
Nigel
Wtl
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EFAS
Ceesee
Anarmocy
I. W. Calvert
Washington Lodge
A. F P
A. M
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W. M
Arthur Goodin
Cyrus
W. C. Bell
H. P
Ethlehem Commandery
K. T
G. 8. Kerr
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Myrtle Speer
Damascus Shrine
Moose Hall
Louise Harwood
W. H
Lena M. Marble
Washington Lodge No
Loyal Order of Moose
Mitchell
D. C. Russell
1. O. O. F.—Covenant Lodge No. 101
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Iowa Ave
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Noble Grand
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