Grown-up Toy Lovers Spend Fortunes on Elaborate Models
The article notes wealthy individuals in Baltimore Berlin Russia and England amass elaborate mechanical toys. A Baltimore collector owns a moving landscape with villages churches and a lake. An ex- Prussian officer hosts a costly battlefield scene while a Russian prince showcases a mechanical theatre. Others invest in warship mimicries and precision engines. Total outlay reaches about £20 000 with individual purchases up to £30 000.
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Nidd
Baltimore
Ifiizer
Berlin
Meine
Colorel Stahl-Schmidt
Haa
Weildy Railway
British Army stamp fetches half sovereign at sale
Stamp collectors were told by the Dunedin Evening Star that an envelope bearing the note No stamps available on active service and the British Army stamp sold for half a sovereign. The envelope contained a letter from an officer in South Africa.
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Dunedin Evening Star
South Africa
Smart dhals in horses and remount profits
The Daily Mail reports high remount profits for South Africa, noting War Office costs of 50 per horse, initial sale around 100 florins, and a chain of middlemen. Hungarian horses fetched about 106 florins each with £ 20 paid to an Vienna agent, £ 50 to a German firm, and £ 400 to another, with the English firm finally selling at about £ 60 per horse to the War Office.
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Daily Mail
South Africa
War Office
Vienna
Midiemen
Mersis Hausner
Leading Tailor Promises Up to Date Styles in Ashburton
An English advertisement urges readers to visit Messrs Craiguap and BerryMan for the latest tailoring goods including rain proof Beavers and Meltons. It promotes appearance as key to fitting in and notes the firm recently imported a fine stock for the season. Also mentions a Deaf Institute donation supporting artificial drum devices for the deaf.
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Ornor
Solent
Messza Craiguuap
Berryman Apeaker
Ashburton
Melbourne
Tonis
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