Large grain cargo ships from Chicago and New Orleans plans
Chicago shipped the largest single cargo of grain 235000 bushels of corn and 58000 bushels of barley. The Tin Can Trust plans a major New Orleans plant. Col John Jacob Astor owns two autos worth at least 100000, costing 15000 a year to maintain. The London court ordered debt payment extending to 209 years.
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Chicago
American Tin Can Company
The
Tin Can Trust
New Orleans
United States
John Jacob Astor
City of London
Rentoul
K. C
Kongo River
Rockefeller
Croesuses
The Nose Holders Prank On Saints Of Blowhorn Camp
A clerk in Duffy House tests spring loaded nose holders on 31 followers of Elder Blowhorn during a late night tent sleep, causing chaos as sleepers awaken to pins on noses ears and lips. The escape ends with the clerk fleeing toward the Duffy house as the saints subdue the devices.
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Hirty
Bugs
Duffy House
Baga
Blowhorn
Nora
Dim
Egypt
Satan
Song of Baldheaded Mam
A verse lists historical and legendary figures with varied headwear and hair, contrasting rulers and thinkers with the idea that true greatness comes from thought and virtue rather than hair. The piece ends with a nod to Monroe Guy Carleton in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotn
Reading woman fends off gutter crews with flags and gun
Marie Wagenhorst of Longswamp, Pa confronts Supervisor Fegiey when he seeks to install a gutter in front of her home. She plants seven American flags, retrieves a shotgun, and posts herself on her porch signaling defiance until workers retreat.
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Reading
Marie Wagonhorst
Longswamp
Berlia County
Barbara Frietchie
Brace
The Popular Class President Speaks to Girls
A guide to selecting a class president from the popular girl with tact charm and initiative. The piece argues leadership blends charm with force and public service, urging girls to be fair decisive and willing to work, even when extra effort is required.
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Margaret EB Sangster
Joseph B. Bowles
Amy
Claus
Ruth
Edith
Florence
Phebe
Theodora
Sue
Rachel
Katharine
Elinor
Hothgiria
Clay
Thia
Improving the Figure Through Self Study and Exercise
The article advises women to identify individual habits causing crooked hips or shoulders such as uneven standing or carrying items on one side. It recommends changing posture, avoiding constant one side lifting, and using standing exercises with one hand on the hip and the other at the neck to straighten the spine and balance the body.
Useful Case For Letters Carded Rocket Suspension
A simple project to hold letters and cards using two cardboard pieces nine inches long with depths of six and four inches. Edged with galloon or embroidery. two pointed forms sewn on top create the suspension loop.
Among the Literati and Writers of Note
A survey of Dickens works and editor rules, plus profiles of Gabrielle d Annun aio and Rapaguetta. It notes William Dean Howells visiting the Ashtabula Sentinel to type, John Kendrick Bangs plans farm editions, and Miss Alice French adopting the pen name Octave Thanet with origins and pronunciation.
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Charles Dickens
Oxford
Cambridge
A. M
M. A
Gabrielle d'Annunaio
Rapaguetta
Duc de Gallese
William Dean Howells
Ashtabula
O.) Sentinel
Howells
Sentinel
John Kendrick Bangs
Yonkers
New York
New England
Alice French
Octave Thanet
Octave
Thanet
Dinocheerus brol land and other science notes
Segmentary science reports a Radium alpha ray speed at one eleventh of light, a fossil plant Dinocheerus brol land from Nebraska, new coke fuel absorber using lyme soot, artificial zinc sulfide luminescence, and smoke as sign of imperfect combustion.
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Rutherford
Nebraska
William Cookes
Diverse Definitions Shaped By Oblique Comparisons
A collection of witty definitions contrasts a shob as a shallow figure, a half sheet as position without weight, and a legal joke as length without point. It notes a speech wandering from its subject and a sermon stretched between its start and end. Emperor William bans chauffeurs from drinking alcohol.
Grape Nuts Credited With Clarity and Stamina
A Battle Creek writer extols Grape Nut food for mental sharpness and steady energy. He claims breakfast cereal digestion aids brain function and notes increased output after adopting the product. He cites The Road to Wellville as further reading and identifies his hometown.
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Fostum
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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the Williston Graphic Co
Goreian
Williston
DAK
Guenther
Frankfort
Germany
Eastern Capital
Portland
Roseburg
Ore
Salem
Eugene
Derwin
Paris
Raphael
France
Oklahoma
Athens
Greece
Andreas
Russia
Mary Hamilton
Duke of Hamilton
United Kingdom
Mary
Aran
Baffolk
Prince Charles
Denmark
Storthing
Norway
Maud
England
Edward VI
Heakon ‘Vil
Great Caesar
Bocrates
Peter
Paul
Shakespeare
Earth
Townson
Pope
Gibbon
Adam
Incariot
Ananias
Chary
Herod
Danton
Robespierre
Marat
Jeffries
Glencoe Starr
Nero
Flags Guard Property
Dhara
William
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