Waiters Rarh Luck Miceaes Whines of 1. Ht. Moftad
Colorado man D B Moffat arrives in Queenstown aboard the Campania with a long time waiter from the Fifth Avenue hotel as a traveling companion. He praises the waiter Thomas Gay for his conduct and plans to extend the cruise to London Scotland Paris, then return to New York.
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D. B. Moffat
Queenstown
Campania
Walter
Fifth Avenue
Atlantic
Thomas Gay
Walker
Liverpool
London
Scotland
Paris
New York
Lew Tey Bie
Millionaire Benedict Threatens Greenwich Brush Factory
Eliis Henedlot, famed for gas ventures and ties to Grover Cleveland, clashes with Greenwich townsfolk over a sulphur smelling brush factory owned by Watson Higgins and Samuel Brooks. Benedict pressures closure, leveraging influence at the Hartford Blind Home. locals rally to resist. A heated dispute ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliis Henedlot
Andyyon
Grover Cleveland
Greenwich
Conn
Watson Higgins
Bemuel Brooks
Benedict
Commercial Home For the Blind
Hartford
Wtake
Higgins
Brooks
Second Hand Watches and a Floating American Exhibit
A Philadelphia Commercial Museum correspondent proposes a US cultural and commercial strategy in India and other Oriental regions. They suggest a floating vessel carrying complete American goods, visiting Chinese ports to display them, and include a limited sale of second hand watches. The note cites watch repairs by skilled jewelers and snippets from various periodicals about diamonds and trade, ending with street humor and a wartime edit.
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Philadelphia
Ramercial Museum
India
Oriental
United States
Mauseum
Caton
Myra
Heghborn
Highborn
Ewelera
Burdock lore and hair care in Ladies' World
An item discusses burdock as a vegetable used in China and Japan, with notes on bair care tips. It covers burdock stems and roots, culinary uses, and the plant’s cultivation. It also provides hair care advice including avoiding fashion trends, using bandoline, quince seed crimping, and borax based cleansing and bay rum treatments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Japan
Warns of fraudulent gold field transport schemes in Vancouver
A state department report from Consul Dudley in Vancouver warns travelers about criminal transportation contracts selling transport to the northern gold fields. Several cases show men paying large sums, then being stranded at Vancouver or ports with outfits and expenses unpaid, sometimes en route to Wrangel or the Stickine area. The consul urges caution and notes at least 30 men from Old Bay state affected by such schemes.
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State Department
Dudley
Vancouver
B. C
Ceram
Fort Wrangel
Alaska
Wrangel
Old Bay
Fukon
Fragmented Cervers Commemorate Smart Courtroom Quotations
A mosaic of quotes and satirical snippets appears from multiple papers. It notes reflections on law, war debt, and social mores with humorous asides and a mock court atmosphere. Notable lines reference Punch and various city papers.
Miscellaneous items from a dated page mix facts and figures
A string of terse statistics and notices covers topics from military and industry to travel and public affairs. It cites Afghanistan’s army size, ship tonnage, river traffic on the Thames, structural rust removal on a bridge, world trade values, card production history, female labor in England, firemen in Berlin, military drums and fifes, advances in lifeboat air systems, provisions for a long ocean voyage, a farewell banquet for Viceroy Curzon, and scattered misdiagnoses and rumors about deaths and explorers. It also notes marble finds near Puerto Cabello, a plant investment, and evolving broommaking industries among natives.
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Lordoh
Afghanistan
Thames
Menai
England
Berlin
Duke of Cumberland
Guards
Admiralty
Greyhound
Bombay
London
Lang Curzon
Kedleston
India
Lady Curzon
Berford
Congo
Brussels
Baron Dichanix
Grant C. Gillett
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Peavers
Europe
Silver King
Miceaes
Jeweley
Joe
Chicago
Rosoyd
Chiktes
Tome
Tigeniensie
Thinkitout
Finaoce
Kera Statesman
Jack the Chipper
Nya
Mr. Peels
Evening Journal
Pather
Yellow Book
Clarence I. White
Repub
Wyoming
Ferdinand the
Ferdinand Thiemann
Wauwatown
Milwaukee
Denis Howard
Courtfel Complimont
Jove
Miss Grown
Chicago Daily News
Brooklyn
Phen
North American
Harlem
Quizzer
Trayiem
Wn. Y. Evening Journal
Wento
Vemexuela
Puerto Cabello
Venezuela
Waterloo
van Polss
Wicome
Hl. M. Andrews & Co
J. J
Case Goods
Seeadars
Drage
West Main ST
Ackley
Apple
Sureque Malts Co
Pauiue,iokd
Dy Goods
Uaé
Andrew Rath Ackley
ITO Sew CO
O. H
Simmerling,Agt
Simmerling
Mar
Hardin Country
Mitchell Street
Aokly, Hus
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