London Land Values Reach Extreme Heights in City of Gold
The article details land prices in London with examples from Bank of England ground and a large acre near the London Wall. It discusses vast land value, 2 percent yields now versus four or five years ago, and the Duke of Westminster as a major landholder amid rapid suburban expansion.
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London
Hich
J. Pierpontean
Lombard Street
Wall Street
Baker & Sons
Bank of England
Broad and Wall Reefs
New York
Drexel
Transacions
Lombard Bet
Threadneedle Street
London Wall
Broad
Broadway
Duke of Westminster
Astors
England
Rockefeller
Duke
Curtis Brown
Missouri War Governor Fletcher Endorses Peruna
Former Missouri governor Thomas C. Fletcher praises Dr. Hartman’s Peruna for chronic catarrh and throat issues. He credits one bottle with relief and urges others suffering from catarrh to try the remedy. The piece frames catarrh as a national problem and touts Peruna as a lasting cure proven over forty years.
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Thomas C. Fletcher
Missouri
M’f'g Co
Columbus
Ohio
Hartman
Woman Keeps A City Garden Menagerie In Brookdale
Mrs Foy of Brookdale Chicago maintains a compact city plot 25 by 125 feet housing a diverse menagerie including one horse 246 chickens a rooster two rabbits one goat one kid twenty five ducklings three goslings one dog three turkeys one canary bird one cat one kitten two doves and three meat chicks. The animals are described as healthy and the garden as neat reflecting careful stewardship amid urban surroundings.
Question of Washing Across the Channel
The piece notes a shift in fashion for laundering elite households linen from the south of France to Britain. It hints that English washerwomen are preferred for delicate fabrics, a reversal of the past custom.
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British Isles
France
The
Republic
England
Stationery Fashion Lets Crest and Color Lead Style
Fashion allows embellishment on modern stationery with crests or coats of arms or chosen devices. Place in the upper left corner or center of the sheet about two inches from the top. Envelopes may carry a similar decoration unless sealing wax is used. Cream and blue shades are favored.
Hole in the Window Mystery Baffles Young Tom
A mother questions her 4 year old Tommy about a hole in the window. He insists he does not know the source, claiming he threw a ball earlier and saw the hole but cannot explain how it happened. The exchange highlights the boy's innocence and confusion.
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Tommy
Deadly Trolley in Cairo Causes High Casualties
In the first four weeks after Cairo’s electric road opened, at least eighty people were killed with a weekly average of seven or eight. Experts attribute deaths to native eye diseases and unfamiliarity with fast moving streetcars.
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Egypt
Cairo
Winter Fur Coat and Haircloth Sewing Tips
Instructions describe a fur winter coat with scalloped high collar and ermine lining, left side fastening, passementerie trimming, and a white felt hat with plumes. It also gives detailed methods for haircloth lining in garments, handling drops skirts, and sewing seams with bias linings, plus a bread recipe step for rising dough and baking rolls with sugar glaze.
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Passementerie
Interlining a skirt with silk lining and haircloth guidance
Instructions describe choosing between a unified lining or two separate skirts mounted on one waistband. It covers cutting gores, binding or bias finishing, and details for interlining with haircloth sized by skirt length to prevent breakage at the ankles.
Tried Receipts from Mrs Tayloe and Others
A column of old recipe notes lists Mrs O Tayloe’s white cream dessert with sherry, Mrs Dabney Maury’s cucumber catsup, Mrs Roy Mason’s whortleberry cake, and Mrs C S Higgs Charlotte Russe instructions with milk yolks gelatine and cream.
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Roy Mason
C. S. Higgs
Vicksburg
Miss
Charlotte Russe
Chelsea buns recipe notes mixed dough with currants and eggs
A historical recipe outlines blending one pound dough with three ounces butter four ounces currants four ounces castor sugar and two eggs, with additional pieces of a missing ingredient to complete the mix. The fragment suggests forming buns from the enriched dough for later baking.
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Chelsea
Bread Dumplings With Fried Bread Bits
Slice stale bread into small chunks and fry in butter until brown. Prepare boiling water and make a stiff batter with flour baking powder egg and salt. Drop spoonfuls into the water boil until done then serve over the fried bread pieces.
Chestnut Sandwich Spread With Nutmeg and Lemon
Simmer chestnuts until tender then mash to a smooth paste. Season with lemon juice and nutmeg, moisten with whipped cream, and spread between thin slices of buttered bread. A simple, nutty sandwich filling from a vintage recipe.
Mrs Mason's Receipt for Black Bean Soup
Recipe outlines steps and ingredients for black bean soup with meat options including chicken beef or bacon. It describes boiling meat, forming balls, and serving with walnut and tomato ketchup, sherry, lemon slices, and hard boiled eggs.
The Man Who Praises the Baby Wins Mother's Smile
A proverb-like note asserts that praising the baby consistently earns the mother's favor. It emphasizes the social value of gentle, positive remarks toward a infant.
Parson Wolti’s Plain Statement on Hat Collection
The speaker chides parishioners for delaying church hat collection on Sundays. He sternly urges immediate charitable giving to fund church needs, warning excuses are useless. He concludes by demanding funds be pledged promptly.
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Bruddren
Sistahs
Woltiman
Bradder
Senator Caffery Reads Constitution in Argument
Six senators listened as Senator Caffery spoke on a constitutional argument. Mr. Spooner of Wisconsin asked what he was reading, and Caffery answered with a firm note that he was reading from the Constitution of the United States.
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Senator Caffery
Mr. Spooner
Wisconsin
Mr. Caffery
Louisana
United States
Diamond C Soap Promotes Clean Clothes Appeal
Manila hemp export fuels U S trade as nearly half of ten years production is sent abroad. Sailcloth and cordage made from Manila hemp resist sea water decay, underscoring durability and value for ship components.
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Manila
United States
Travel to California by Minneapolis and St Louis tourist trains
Minneapolis and St Louis R A offers through tourist cars with upholstered seats and guided service leaving every Tuesday on the Southern Route and every Thursday via Omaha Denver and Salt Lake. The Scenic Line crosses the Rockies and Cascades with berths at 6.00 and reduced rate tickets. Address A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minn for full information.
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California
Minneapolis & St. Louis R. A
Omaha
Denver
Salt Lake
Rocky
Cascade Mountain Ranges
A. B. Cutts
Minneapolis
Minn
Texas witness recalls living in Texas
The exchange features an attorney and a witness debating identity and residence. The witness asserts he is alive and resides in Texas, countering the suggestion of being a ghost.
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Texas
Baltimore Denies B and O Rate Cut Rumor
Chicago dispatch claimed General Passenger Agent Austin reported rate cutting by rival lines to receivers. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad headquarters deny the report, and Austin calls it a fake in a letter denying any such cases.
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Baltimore
Chicago
Austin
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Mrs Julia Dent Grant Faces Declining Health at Washi Home
Mrs Julia Dent Grant widow of General Grant is over seventy and grows feeble, seldom leaving her Washi home as her sight rapidly declines.
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Julia Dent Grant
General Grant
Minnesota Farm Lands Offered Along a Rail Line
Advertises prime farm lands in Minnesota along the Minneapolis St. Louis Railway line. Promotes buying tickets to Madison or Dawson selecting lands with cereal crops claimed to yield well and wheat per acre stated as not less than 30 bushels amid crop failures cited as unknown.
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Minnesota
Minneagelis & St. Louis R. R
Madison
Dawson Hitang
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Lomstreet
Flousewilves
Polly
Fancy
Missouris
T. C. Fletcher
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