American Home at Radford Editorial on Building Plans
William A. Radford offers home building advice for readers describing the backward-front stair design, rear chimney placement, and layout advantages. The piece discusses large fifty-foot frontage houses, window sash options, construction details, and the need for skilled labor to ensure an attractive result.
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Willam A. Redford
William A. Radford
Eskeen Boulevard
Chicago
Lake Hore
Dresa
Age of Societies and the Call to End Useless Ones
A curio essay lampoons the era of societies and organized life. It enumerates countless clubs and imagined groups then pivots to propose a satire of forming one more society to prevent useless societies. The piece ends with a mock battle cry to abolish needless associations.
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Selah
Mercenary Husband in a Society Theatrical Affair
A society affair features private theatricals with Mia Van Clews, a stage-struck young society woman, anxious about performing. She asks her husband Wilfred what people will say and he replies that they will say he married her for her money in a sharp exchange.
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Mia. van Clews
Wilfred
Trans African railway plan aims to unite Africa by rail
Professor Andre Berthelot proposes a vast two branch line from Algiers or Oran toward Katanga joining the Cape to Cairo and linking the Sahara with Nigeria. He suggests a second route to connect the western Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean via the Uganda railway, claiming Paris to London and Lagos to Paris times would shrink dramatically.
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Africa
Yast
Union Pacific
America
Andre Berthelot
le Matin
Algiers
Oran
Katanga
Cape
Cafrone
Algieria
Egypt
Sahara
Nigeria
West Africa
Algeria
Mediterranean
Indian Ocean
M. Bethelot
London
Johannesburg
Paris
Lake Chad
Catroine
Moscow
Vladivostok
Portable train phones speed dispatch and reduce delay
A three part jointed pole and a folding crotch arm plus a telephone set allow conductors to contact the dispatcher from a train stop. The system informs when a train will resume or be delayed, cutting wait times to about two minutes after a stop and under a minute for proceed orders. Weighing a little over six pounds, the compact outfit is highlighted in Popular Electricity.
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Joint&i
Armored Trains Planned for Russian Rail Lines
Bandits raid trains daily prompting Russia to build armored passenger cars for state bank use. Iron wagons will run between St. Petersburg and major towns with a strong guard ready to fire on threats. Guards will operate as a fort under a sergeant with full powers. Private banks may hire armored train cars. mails and money will move on ordinary trains. Trials to start in a couple of months.
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Plusela
St. Petersburg
Russia
Esch
Snaff Cer
A Dignified Function in Japanese Parade
George Ade walked with a guide in Kloto Japan and watched a grand procession. People wore bright clothes and carried banners with inscriptions while mournful chants rose to tomtoms cymbals and drums. Ade joked about the dead as the guide explained it was advertising for tooth powder.
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George Ade
Kloto
Japan
Ade
Ada
Federal court session to open September ninth
The next session of the federal court in this city will open Tuesday September ninth. Announcement this morning noted the morning's proceedings centered on the Maytag-Mason case brought by American Ball Bearing to recover an alleged unpaid bill. Judge B. Ranaler opened for the plaintiff with exhibits later offered by the plaintiff’s counsel. The Maytag-Mason defense was led by Newton attorney C McClain. Court reconvened at 2 PM.
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Hes
Mayteg-Mason Motor Company
American Ball Bearing Company
B. Ranaler
Maytag-Mason Company
C. McClain
Newton
John Orth Purchases Waddey Home at Public Sale
John Orth of Jesup bought the Waddey residence at 1622 Fourth Street East for 3125 after a public sale by William B. Holland. The modern home will be used for residential purposes. Also note a Salvation Army special meeting tonight at 8 in rooms at 222 1 2 Fifth Street East with Adjutant Jeanette Kirkwood of Waverly speaking.
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Fourth Street East
EB. J. Waddey
Wiliam B. Holland
John Orth
Jesup
Orth
Salvation Army
Army
Fifth Street
Jeanette Kirkwood
Waverly
Adjutant Kirkwood
Harvard officer Edger Wall resigns for Rockefeller staff
Ceybridge Mass May 15 Edger B Wall resigns as curator of modern English literature and general secretary of the Harvard Alumni Association to join John D Rockefeller staff aiding his philanthropic efforts. Wall a Harvard 1897 graduate will begin new duties next September after declining a graduate manager post with the Harvard Athletic Association.
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Ceybridge
Mass
Edger
Wall
Harvard Alumni Association
John D. Rockrefeller
Rockefeller
Dean Well
Harvard
Harvard Athletic Association
Market Summary from Chicago Board of Trade May 15
Fresh weakness in wheat due to Russian crop reports. July wheat opened lower, then slid further after brief rally hopes. Corn firmed as wheat weakness eased, oats rose on short-covering, hogs and pork prices climbed. Kansas City cattle and hog receipts showed strong openings with price ranges noted for native and western cattle and stockers.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Nativyes .C.eeees Veees
Market Report From South Omaha and Chicago Livestock and Grain
South Omaha stock market shows cattle and hog receipts with steady to firm openings and later price shifts. Cattle receipts 2,800. hog receipts 9,000. sheep 3,500. Chicago hog market opens steady, cattle opens strong, lambs and sheep activity mixed. corn oats and wheat prices noted across markets and cash figures for local grains.
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South Omaha
Omaha
Neb
Mattyes
Texas
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Chicago Board OF Trade
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Smart Shop
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