The Second Corn Palace Preserved in Sioux City
The piece details the Sioux City corn palace built last year with 300000 feet of lumber 15000 bushels yellow corn 500 pounds carpet tacks and 3000 pounds nails. It notes its 175 foot main tower 200 foot flagstaffs and Moorish pavilions as well as interior decorations by local ladies using corn ears grasses and straw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Pierce and
Sixth Streets
Court House
Lowa
Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota
Pierce
Sixth Street
English railways praised by American freight official
L Cole assistant general freight agent of the Pennsylvania Company returns from Europe with remarks on efficiency and safety. He notes English trains and depots show advanced practice, underground passages aid passenger flow, and American railways compare well in freight handling and speed, despite smaller English car capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
1. L. Cole
Pennsylvania Company
Europe
Baggage Department
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jackpot Poker Trick At Board Of Trade Meet
A Chicago Tribune report recalls a poker night among Board of Trade members. A player opens a jackpot by proving a jack can fill a flush, then repeats the feat with a single jack. A dramatic run of aces and four queens culminates in a baffling question about the initial jack and the draw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
Chicago Tribune
Opinions on Canadian customs line and smuggling risk
Goldwin Smith argues the St Lawrence frontier will become untenable as northwest settlement grows and duty collection becomes impractical. L Greenaway notes strong immigration prospects and rising cross border activity. Both warn only a rigid customs frontier can fail to deter smuggling as population and trade rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldwin Smith
St. Lawrence
Northwest
L. Greenaway
Canada
United States
Great Britain
The Modern Art Rebus and Shifting Standards
A critical view of modern art argues that much of contemporary work aims to provoke laughter, puzzle, or sensationalism rather than convey enduring beauty. The piece contrasts modern subjects with old masters and notes a historical move away from faith poetry and manners toward new cultural norms.
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France
Boswell
Johnson
Macaulay
England
Coventry Patmore
Ouida
Shelley
Swinburne
Titian
Holbein
Europe
A Scene in Java Describes Hotels and Local Dress
Mrs. Forbes notes Java hotels with a square plan and verandaed front desk. Rooms open to a courtyard with verandas and lounge furniture while guests relax by cottage doors in scenes of tropical life. She describes sarong and kabia as native dress worn by European women for comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes
Allcock's Porous Plasters Promoted as Genuine Cure-All
Allcock's are advertised as the only genuine porous plasters that act quickly and can be worn for weeks without pain. They are claimed to aid spinal weakness kidney and pulmonary difficulties malaria ague liver dyspepsia strains rheumatism lumbago sciatica heart spleen and stomach troubles and other local pains. Beware of imitations and do not accept substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allcock
Fond Mother Praises First Born in Teras Siftings
A playful exchange shows a fond mother presenting her child to a spiteful old maid who comments on the infant’s large feet, capturing a moment of teasing and sentiment in Teras Siftings.
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Teras
The Common Lot and Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery
An old ad plattributes a sobering reflection on fate and health, then promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a restorative that purifies blood and strengthens the system. It claims improved strength and life, urging purchase from druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Absurd Hat Draws Remarks In Life Cartoon
In a panel from Life magazine, Foges remarks on a hat described as absurd and towerlike while Boggs quips about a belle beneath it, capturing a playful exchange on fashion and attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foges
Boggs
Famous Women and Health Aids Promote Favorite Prescription
An article argues that successful women in art literature and public life owe vigor to strong health. It endorses Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for nervous debility and female weakness restoring essential functional harmonies for women’s chronic ailments.
Margare t Marie Wasumerox Dies in Pennsylvania at 99
Margaret Marie Wasumerox died in Pennsylvania at age 99. The obituary notes she never claimed to have seen the Father of His Country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Marie Wasumerox
Pennsylvania
The Curious Manistee Fish Novelty at Chicago restaurant
A leading restaurant served Manistee beef the first time in Chicago, though the dish used actual fish flesh. The Manistee, a sightless river fish the size of a sturgeon, is found only in the Manistee River in Florida and is hunted by negroes for food. Scientists speculate it may originate from a subterranean source and spread within the river system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Manistee River
Florida
New Orleans
Mobile
Manistee
Chicago Journal
Pleasant Purgative Pellets Promote Gentle Liver Tone
The text extols Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as highly effective for liver stomach and bowel derangements. It notes their small size and ease of swallowing versus old fashioned pills and asserts they are gentle and do not cause constipation.
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Dr. Pierce
W L Douglas Shoe Founder Noted for Value and Growth
W L Douglas, born Plymouth Massachusetts August 22 1845, started shoe making at seven, began Brockton plant July 11 1876, first ad May 1883 offering The $3 Shoe. His factory spans 423 by 30 feet with three stories and a weekly payroll of 4900 dollars, selling about 1900 pairs daily and projected sales over a million this year. He is praised for high wages and value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.jl. Douglas
Plymouth
Mass
Brockton
W. L. Douglas
W. L. Dongiasa
Missouri Woman May Wear Trousers In Any Setting, Davenport Declares
Jepe E Davenport of Kansas City asserts that Missouri allows a woman to wear trousers anywhere. He cites Dr Mary Walker and notes her influence on dress reform as proof of the stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jepee Davenport
Kansas City
Missouri
Mary Walker
Local Public Notice on Saline Trade and Remedies
A fragmented notice from May 3 mentions Saline druggists recommending a cough remedy and a publican J. J. Rass endorsing a product. It notes price at $1 and availability through druggists. The text cites Republican Hennes McRavin of New York as the contact point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennes McRavin
N.Y
Rass Publican
Siam Government Tests English Training for Young Women
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a Siam government program testing personal training in English for a group of women, about forty in number, among a batch of fifteen students.
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Government of
Siam
Englang
Chronic Coughs and Diseases Promoted by Emulsion Cure
An old advertisement touts Scare Emulsion containing virine and hypophosphites as a cure for chronic coughs and various Th diseases. It claims rapid relief from colds and bronchitis, with testimonials mentioning Piso's Cure for Consumption and other remedies. The text reads like a faded medical ad full of product names and dubious claims.
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Canada Customs Line
Java
Scorr, Thackeray
George Eliot
General Harrison
Sors
Drugeete Ae
S Jacobs
Mery
Pogy
St. Jacobs
Preevure
Che
Charles A. Vogeler Co
Balto
Charles A. Vogeler
Baltimore
Vincent Salts
Klein
Cortlandist
C.F. Marshall
Lockport
Auguste Bem
Gow Holly
Lawsiter
Willington, D.C
Cinemat
Bryant
Plur Son & CO
Main St
Richman, ‘A
T Et
Secret Service
Renert
Graanaan Detective Bureau
Coos Acer
Frazer Aes
Page, Hyde
Pat
Pise
DowrLl
Enquirer
Detton
N. C
Prso
Mssted
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