Sleeper and dining services on Birmingham to New York train
A historical timetable notes a solid vestibule service from Washington and Southwestern line with Pullman sleeping cars Birmingham to New York and routing via Atlanta and Charlotte. Dining car serves meals en route and an observation car operates between Atlanta and New York. Daily service with some exceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sieia
serett yan _ Colambiana
Qiry
Childersburg
Talladega
Anniston
Jacksonvalle
Piedmont
Cave Springs
Santa Ly
Pam
Birm
Hietlin
Foree
Wardsville
I. It
Pratthurst
Tallapoosa
Bremen
Douglasville
Las Lithia Springs
Allunts
Lyirmingham
Lac
Allianta
Macon
Jesun
Jacksonville
Brunswick
Ind
Pullman
Birmingham
Atlanta
Inswick
Ingham
Rome
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Hot Springs
Asheville
Salisbury
Greetpuure
New York
Eeewer
Chattanoors
Cinenati
Louisville
Cincinnati
Cincinnnati
Noah
Cy Wirmingham
Charlotte
Danville
Lynchburg
Liam
Charlottesville
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Siceus
Sicca's
Ethics of the Kitchen Showcasing Military Chef Discipline
A New York Mail and Express report describes the chef’s absolute rule in big kitchens. Cooks from elite restaurants form a clannish group, trained in Europe, who live under strict hierarchy with beer as the common drink and meals provided. The chef presides at table with a starched uniform, while the son of the house also wears starch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Mail and Express
Marope Root Sticks Bent and Straightened for Use
The article explains how Marope roots are cultivated to yield straight walking and umbrella sticks. Sticks are heated in sand on a stove and bent in a notched board to become straight as they cool, with heat carefully regulated to suit each wood type. It also notes similar bending methods for bamboo canes and other curved sticks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marope
Johnston
Holds Up A Congressman Campaign Memoir
A Missouri congressman recalls overwork and nervous strain ending in collapse before recounting a recovery aided by three bottles of Electric Bitters. The advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a universal restorative for overworked men and ailing women, priced at five cents per bottle and guaranteed by Blam Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champ Glark
Missouri
Blam Drag Co
Mortgage Sale of Church Lot in Anniston Alabama
Trustees of St Paul Methodist Episcopal Church of Anniston Ala authorize a mortgage sale on May 4 1901 at the city court room door in Anniston to the highest cash bidder. The property is a parallelogram lot bounded by Leighton avenue and 14th street measuring 140 by 190 feet in Calhoun County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church
Anniston
Ala
Calhoun County
Leighton Avenue
Fourteenth Street
14Th Street
Maresi
Board of Church Extension
The
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Philadelphia
State of
Pennsylvania
Evarts Fee Exchange In A Legal Retainer Tale
A New York lawyer describes a case where Evarts suggested a $1,000 retainer for a woman’s suit with Prats, then later billed $5,000 for services not arduous. Gillender recalls asking for a reduction, but Evarts says he has spent the first amount, ending the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Gillender
New York
Prats
Evarts
Napkin Customs and a Detroit Bon Mot Cited by Omaha Mercury
A Detroit observer mocks Americans who tuck napkins at dinners, calling it an English fad seen in London’s Hotel Cecil. A tale from Douglas Street recalls Bill Webster drinking aqua fortis by mistake, burning his handkercher with every nose blow, as recounted in the Omaha Mercury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cecil
Ceeil
Detroit
Douglas Street
Bill Webster
Bill
Peison
Omaha Mercury
Curious customer recalls overpaying breakfast in hotel tale
A New York restaurant keeper recalls an absentminded regular who dined at noon at a nearby hotel. On a later visit he paid 15 cents yet offered the cashier a dollar, dreaming of a table d hote dinner. The man later learns his napkin is carried home by mail by his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mutual Life Psiance Company OF
Love and I in the fields of Maying
The poem fragment recalls Love and I walking through purple heather and long grasses hand in hand with birdsong, branches overhead, and a tone of rustic, romantic festivity. It names Maying and a lilting scene, with floral imagery and distant echoes of a bygone era.
Also Mentioned on This Page
VIA
M. 1. & K. Railway
Shreveport
Memphis
JNO
P. Daily
Julius Levy
Columbian Building
Noble Street
Anniston Steam Laundry
Housewives
New Boston Magazine
Oliver Street
Boston
Mass
Anniston Electric & Gas Company
Speer
Raidur
Fialf Farr
Wood Yard
Railroad and
15Th Street
B. McEclurkin
Anniston Banking & Loan CO
M. B. Wellborn
Prox
Dtale
Perna Scheol
Jacksonville, Ala
Ioma
Cataogue
C. W. Daugette
Mopile
Selma
Dria
Bristol
York
Marioneli
Svations
Lodsem
Ars Berming
Bisom
Uniout'n
Marion Jet
Artat
Seima
Montevallo
Saab
Love and
Wes Ever
Rover
Johnston’s
Byron, Mich
Ane
Nish For Furniture and Chain
Thomas’ Drug Store
West Tenth Street
Alabama
Ley
Alabama General Agency
the Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Richard A [leCurdy
Columbus Smith
New England House
C. H. Hall
Anniston, Alabams
13Th Street
Union Depot
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!