Rat Driver Confesses Clever War on New York Rats
A Scandinavian rat catcher in warehouses along Riverside Drive details methods from tar to luminous paint to bell carriers, hoping to clear buildings and evade the city’s cruelty laws. He says he earns up to twenty dollars a month and plans to restart his business in New York after setbacks.
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Haibtees
Riverside Drive
Seventy-ffth
Lightieth
Stockholm
Terrier
Society
Prevention of Cruelty To
New York Sun
Modesty and courts and a turban tale
A reader notes a phrase from the Cleveland Plain Dealer about modest wedding manners and private divorce hearings. An inspector at Southwark court recalls a mother who lied to protect her husband, calling such mothers “liars like gas meters.” The text mentions a Turkish turban containing 20 yards of the finest woolen.
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Chicago
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Southwark
The Siamese Girl and Her Customary Attire
A Gentleman's Magazine passage surveys early life and dress of Siamese girls. It notes scant garments for girls, sarong and scarf, occasional vest, and common jewelry. it mentions cigarette use and betel chewing as early habits, then outlines paths to marriage or palace life with courtship managed by an elder woman and astrologic checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gentleman’s Magazine
Starters of Restaurants A Hustle or Scam Exposed
A lawyer warns that some entrepreneurs profit by opening cheap restaurants, attracting patrons with low upfront costs and high food value, then selling at a loss while feigning success. The ruse nets quick cash for the seller who relocates and repeats the scheme.
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Seale
Sharter
The Apartment Mouse In Breaking Up American Hor IT
An essay argues that women are natural homemakers while noting urban housing pressures. It cites scientific heredity as a factor and observes investment in apartment living eroding private family homes, highlighting the conflict between home privacy and urban development. Sidon Watters Moody is referenced in Scribner’s.
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Joe
Tse
Carefree Viennese Life Seen Through Satirical Lens
A collection of quotes from The Woman's Home Companion and others portrays Vienna as lively yet morally lax. It cites crowded theaters, Prater amusements, and busy cafés where citizens mix joy with decadence, noting police concern over rifts and passions.
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Viennese
Howard A. Steiner
Austria
Prater
Europe
Clores
Daily News Print Output Volumes in U S Industry
The piece notes daily production scales for newspapers and books in the United States. It cites news print at roughly 1200 to 1500 tons daily, with book and writing papers near 1000 and 940 tons respectively, alongside fragmented remarks about a person from Los Angeles.
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Baily
United States
Drinks of Our Forbearers and Bottled Beverages Compared
The piece traces ancient drink pleasures with mad dog and dragson milk, noting ale as main ingredient. It cites a twelfth century wine ideal and laments modern beverages, claiming old wines surpass later flavors and that liquors fade in quality. The tone recalls a Chicago Gines-Thyral note on vanished drinks.
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Mad Dog
Dragson
Dugland
Fastidians
Miuseum
School of
Paris
Lewis
Triune
Chicago
Ancient Geverly Church Marks Two Centuries of History
The North Beverly Maine church parish traces its origins to 1718 with a bell tower and later a meeting house funded by the society. A succession of gifts and renovations followed, including a pew for a benefactor and costly plasterwork, reflecting long community ties.
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Siass
Donvers
Collings
Salen
Lipstoun Herald
Itv
Bible Word and Letter Counts Cited by Oxford Press
A Periodical notes the authorized Bible contains 778 746 words and 8 400 482 letters, with 40s figures in chapter headings. It estimates total metal type pieces for the Oxford University Press edition at about 6 660 482, including margins and notes.
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Lhe
Journal of Announcements
Clarendon Press
Rogether
Oxford
Chocolate preparation tips improve cocoa drinks
The New York Post suggests pre blending chocolate for several hours before use. Break lumps of unsweetened chocolate into an earthen bowl, add coliwster and cover closely the night before to enhance flavor and clarity of the drink.
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New York Post
Velvet the Style Predicts Fashion Reform in Paris
Paris fashion writer Velvet the Style says 2 will dominate the stylish world with Velvet in every style shape and color black cornflower blue sapphire silver gold tones. A South Sea Islander greets a friend by splashing water over his head. In Russia gentlemen kiss a lady’s forehead for familiarity and in Germany men kissing is common in some circles.
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Violet Greville
Paris
Sigot
Russia
Germany
Don’t Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away
Promises quick health gains and heartiness from anti tobacco products. Claims free trials and guarantees, names Stertine Remedy Co. and Kendrick & Co. and promotes a cure for tobacco related illnesses with exaggerated results. Unknown authorship and dubious medical credibility highlighted by sensational language.
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Mikes
Sterling Remedy CO
Chicago
Montreal
Can
New York
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Pegan
Cone
New York Commercial Advertiser
Great American Desert
Henry Lincoln Clapp
Popular Science Monthly
Pew
New York Ledger
Ireland
Tadade
Hospital Gazette
Robert Morris“Bank of North America
Philadelphia
The
Bruih Museum
Wangho
London
K Raleigh Pinger
Walter Taleigh
Jula Pope
Hemussy
Cork
Tigia
Raleigh
Laven
Youghal
Four Continents
Elvers
Qian
Losny
Chicago News
Pial
Exterprise
Marre
Acents
Klondike Country
Alaska
Wetfnl
Klondike
Father Withagena’ Outfit
W. LB. Donkey Company
Dearborn Street
Hawaii
Australia
Fiji Islands
India
South Africa
Dan Beard
A. B. Frost
B. W. Clinehinst
American Publishing CO
Hantford Conn
Hat
America
Scott
Ives Gil
Reavy & Bowne
Eye 13
ANC
United States Mall
Glasgow
Londonderry
New Ty juWline Green
S. Gamba
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Bass, D. D
Wanulas
Washington
Loris
Denver
Colorula
Pittlaryy
Toronto
Jeans
Lea
UNION
Siltslinins
Keven
Dom
Shiloh
Croup
Kendrick & Co
Castoria
Pitcher
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Massachusetts
Exrc
Centaur Company
Chas. H. Fletcher
Presidenaies
Acerp
the Centaur Company
Murray Street
New York City
Bester
Young Tuek Ca
MN Nay Mational Business College
Wnh
SF Boye
Lever Ross Atales
New Yorks
Rmiark
Vircohlyny & Hod
Esinids
New Jerle
Cligy Hong
Staten Tetitnias
Pieres
Boston
Ford
White Cave Road
Titor
Chin
Winie
Bach Moweh
Mpligene Af
Lever Brothers
Ttd
Weit Familion
Lever Brthers, Ltd
Lever. Bilos., Ltd
Gathaatic
Pruaders
Hin-Arins
the. G. Chase
Mallen
Mass
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