Chicago Passes Two Million Mark in Census Count
Chicago reaches 2,185,283 people per the 1910 census, up 486,708 since 1900 and 1,085,433 since 1890, with growth driven by suburbs and commerce. City statisticians argue many residents may still be uncounted, comparing gains to other major cities and noting Chicago’s area unchanged while population surged.
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Engineer Cooked Alive in Hartford City Boiler Incident
Hartford City Indiana Sept 19 Engineer Albert Roush of the Hartford City Lighting plant was severely burned after a fireman John Werner forgot him inside the boiler and turned on 150 pound steam pressure. Roush remains alive but his prognosis is fatal.
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Hartford City Lighting Company
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Werner
Walking as Exercise Better Than Driving Says Milwaukee Sentinel
The Milwaukee Sentinel notes that walking is a superior form of exercise compared with riding in an automobile, though many people do not seek exercise.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Forecast Letter Debate on the Woman Question
Jones asks about the end of the woman question and Brown replies that there will be no end. The exchange suggests ongoing social questions on gender roles and suffrage in the era.
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Jones
Brown
Praise undeserved is satire in dis guise
A witty remark attributed to Broadhurst asserts that praise given without merit becomes satire in disguise, highlighting the surface value of flattery and the deeper mockery it invites.
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Broadhurst
Turkish Red Tape and a Ten Foot Christmas Tree
In a Turkish customs tale from Captain A. B. Townshend’s book a foreigner in Adrianople orders a Christmas tree from Sofia. The plant is forbidden as an import but the tree travels via Orient Express to Stamboul and back, finally satisfying officials and reaching the recipient in Constantinople.
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A. B. Townshend
Turkey
Adrianple
Sofia
Adrianople
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Custom House
Stamboul
Constantinople
Strange Guest at the Table Sparks Dinner Talk
In a Baltimore American line a guest points out a striking stranger described as cross eyed and red headed. The exchange reveals whispers about a woman being married while another guest deflects with a shy confession about the speaker being the target of the joke.
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Him
Baltimore
Talked Too Much Breaths Of Love And Silence
A Boston Trav script scene shows a wife reproachfully recalling a past promise of constant love. The husband quips that he should have followed the hygienic rule of keeping his mouth shut while breathing.
Billiards Conundrum Quips About Red Ball and Whites
A playful quip about billiards jokes that the red ball blushes when it sees two white balls kiss in the corner. The remark uses a classic setup to riff on billiard ball behavior.
Engagements Bindings Questioned in Illustrated Bits
Millicent says engagements are binding and Consistency notes that breaking them would lack fun. The exchange appears in Illustrated Bits.
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Marilla
Millicent
Youth's Hopefulness in a Game Won by Faith
The passage reflects a buoyant youth mindset, stating that hopeful temperament keeps faith in victory until success is achieved. It frames optimism as the driving force in sports and life, suggesting perseverance over doubt.
Man shoots wife to end her agony in Canadian wilds
James McDowell, a New York prospector, told how his wife, injured on a remote mountain trail, begged him to shoot her. With no nearby help or medical care for hundreds of miles, he shot her and later buried the body with rocks. An inquest exonerated him.
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New York
James McDowell
Bronx
Canadian Northwest
McDowell
Calgary
Hamilton
Delicate Rebuke at Adams Apple Incident
A Riverton Wyoming note says Jenkins faced a sharp rebuke after his unlicensed intrusion into a conversation among several gentlemen on Tuesday night. The account describes a counterpoked moment described as a taste of cider.
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Dog rescues companion from river in Yarmouth
Police were called by a loud dog to a river rescue in Yarmouth England. A second dog had fallen in and was saved by bystanders and officers. The first dog refused to leave the police and spent the night at the station with its savior.
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Yarmouth
England
Steches Jewelry Store Encourages Buying Table Silver
The ad promotes selling a pattern of table silver with a starter set of knives and forks and promises future purchases of spoons butter spreaders and other pieces. It argues customers will form a habit of trading at this store as their pattern is carried and prices are unusually tempting.
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Steche
Then to the by products of the match industry
The article states that matches are not by products and that wood rejected by the match machine goes to by product establishments. It notes doors and sashes as examples of by products and mentions they can form an industry as important as the match industry itself.
Antidote fad prompts extreme seasickness cure
A retired naval surgeon promotes a drastic seasickness prevention method in France, recommending eight hours of abstinence before sailing and a tight bandage of webbing wrapped around the torso to prevent any queasiness. The prescription demands no food, heavy sweating, and multiple twists of the bandage to secure the body.
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France
Teach Obedience to Children Using Consequences
Guidance on disciplining children by linking obedience to punishment. Warns that a child learns quickly not to touch hot objects and to obey without questioning. Emphasizes never allowing a child to ask why to enforce compliance.
Public Sale to Dissolve Partnership at Wells Farm
Auction announced to dissolve partnership as owner quits farming with sale on September 28 1910 at 10 a m. at W Wells farm eight miles west of Washington near New Haven curen on Sigourney road one mile east of Dublin. Sale includes 38 cattle 216 hogs 30 tons hay and assorted farm machinery with cash or 6 percent note terms and Baptist Ladies Aid lunch. Auctioneer W I Jackson Macon and Clerk Sam White.
Public sale of horses cattle hogs and farm implements
A public sale at the seller's residence four miles north of Brighton and one mile west of Verdi on September 23 1910 begins at o'clock a m. Auctioned items include seven head of horses with weights ages and colors, forty cattle mainly two good milk cows and 38 steers, thirty one hogs including six Jersey brood sows and 25 shoats, five or six dozen chickens, twenty acres of corn, good bluegrass and meadow pastures, a hay loader clover leaf manure spreader two stirring plows harrow and wagons, harnesses a buggy harness a stove coal heater and other articles. Terms credit 12 months on sums over 10 with bankable note at 6 percent interest. under 10 cash. Lunch by Christian church ladies. Sellers L. J. Austin Sutherland Pioneer A B Endicott Clerk.
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Sigourney Road
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Ladies Aid Society of Baptist Church
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Verdi
Ladies of Christian Church
Sage and Sulphur Hair Tonic Now Sold by Druggists
An old time blend of sage and sulphur for darkening hair and promoting growth has moved from fireplace brews to modern ready made tonics. Today druggists offer a prepared Sage and Sulphur product in polished factories at a price around 500 and brittle.
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Isnot
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