Floating docks insured by Lloyds face Atlantic voyage reinsurance
At Lloyds a surge of dock insurance emerges for two 32 000 ton docks from Birkenhead and Wallsend now at Portsmouth and Sheerness. Policies total 2 500 000 pounds with multiple reinsurances at high rates. A 25 000 ton Barrow dock is prepared for Atlantic shipment to Montreal with Dutch tugs. Some underwriters offer six guineas extra on the original figure amid weather fears. Consular reports note market anxiety as voyage progress cannot be tracked daily.
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Lloyd's Es
Birkenhead
Wallsend
Portsmouth
Sheerness
Barrow
Atlantic
Montreal
The Objection of Fritz in a Wholesales Lunch
A veteran retailer recalls a 40 year old men’s wear house scene. Fritz the buyer buys once then studies every piece with a worsening scowl. He questions the lunch price added to each item, revealing a buyer’s wary mood toward sales tactics.
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Fritz
Iiz
Labor and Value Across Roles and Capitals
A Fragment notes how value appears in different forms from rockefeller’s penned worth to stamped gold coins. It contrasts capital wealth with earned value through labor skill and choice, citing examples like a sheet of paper worth 50000, gold eagle money, watch springs made from cheap material, and a $30 hat versus a $3 hat. The piece frames labor, capital, and taste as distinct drivers of value.
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Rockefeller
United States
Porcelain Enamel Sanitary Ware Risks Across Regions
The article contrasts the United States with Great Britain and Germany noting that porcelain enameled sanitary ware uses enamels seen as less durable and riskier in the U S due to hazardous materials and lack of worker protections. It highlights Europe as safer and more advanced in enamel durability.
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United States
Europe
Great Britain
Germany
Sensitive Plant Life Delves Deep for Water
The article notes plants’ thirst driven extremes such as a poplar burrowing under a wall and a turnip’s root extending six feet into a field drain. It cites Darwin on the plant root tip’s sensitivity to water, suggesting a drain in the root.
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Darwin
Butler's Quick Witty Elopement Ad Demand
Humorous exchange shows a bachelor asking the newspaper to insert an advertisement for a new chauffeur after his wife attempts to elope with their driver. The gag highlights domestic meddling and a cheeky solution.
No Man Does Addresses Like A List Of Stories
A Washington Star quip doubts a man can memorize many business addresses as easily as a string of entertaining stories. The remark highlights the value of memory aids in handling practical tasks.
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Washington Star
Aix les Bains The Cleanest City in the World
The article praises Aix les Bains in southern France as a premier health resort famed for its warm radioactivity rich springs. It notes two mountain springs yielding about 1 million gallons daily, the baths external use, and a unique combination of douche and massage attracting prominent American visitors since ancient times.
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United States
Aix-les-Bains
Aix
John A. Sleicher
Leslie
France
Uty
The Ragpicker Bird of Guiana
The trumpeter ragpicker bird of Guiana feeds on snakes frogs scorpions and lizards and is described as a remarkable yet tame creature. It guards ducks turkeys aids the young and defends its domain, trumpet like, while guiding its flocks through murky swamps.
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Guiana
Four Thugs Around the Corner Beat Robber in New York
A New Yorker reports four men assaulting and robbing a citizen. The officer replies with humor, saying four men should handle him without extra help and that loots be divided five ways.
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New York
The Wisdom of Johnny
A mother tempts her son with a promise to go free for one outing. Johnny senses tempting smells from the kitchen and, despite his vow, bluntly questions why the pie and cake in the house should bind him.
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Johnny
Woman Collects Souvenir Cards From Summer Travels
A brief item notes a woman appears very happy. She has visited numerous places this summer and is collecting souvenir postal cards from each location, suggesting a light social update on her travels and mood.
Tit for Tat. Women haunt bargains seeking almost free stuff
A humorous exchange plays on gender stereotypes as a man accuses women of haunting bargain counters and a woman retorts that men chase poker clubs for similar deals. The bit uses witty reversals to spark light satire about greed and social norms.
Sexes Change Attire Across Regions and Eras
A survey of cross dressing from Alpine dairy maids to Persian interiors notes women in masculine dress while working and in cold north climes. It mentions law, police tolerance, and historical female warriors wearing trousers, plus brigands in Greece Spain Albania appearing as opera ballet girls in vivid skirts.
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Paris
Persia
Greece
Spain
Albania
Grand Opera Ballet
Peroxide of Hydrogen Use and Labeling Concerns
Rising use of peroxide of hydrogen as a gargle toilet antiseptic and in surgery prompts calls for tighter supervision. The New York Pharmaceutical Era urges labeling with intended use and manufacture date as the product ages. It notes acet-anilide preservative common in many brands is dangerous and unnecessary.
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New York
His Hope And A Letter From The Minister
Rastus quips he has not been writing other women but jokes about receiving a letter from the minister who married them after reading about “con science funds” in the papers. Mandy presses about regular post office visits and correspondence.
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Mandy
Rastus
God Seen by Youth and Age in Religious Vision
H D Sedgwick argues in Atlantic that youth experience of God stems from emotional fire and is transient while old age grounds belief in a calmer, reasoned image. The young may witness a real God through passion, though its vision fades to smoke. Old age finds God in familiar, commonplace things.
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H. D. Sedgwick
God
Mothers and Suffragettes Enter Gate to Heaven
A humorous New York Times tale has St Peter weighing deeds of two women, a suffragette speaker and a devoted mother. The mother lists seven sons, each contributing to society, totaling two thousand and eleven. The punchline: the mother’s list surpasses the suffragette’s impact by virtue of family legacy.
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St. Peter
Mary Smith
Jane Jones
Jane
Mary
New York Times
Ancient Dentists Prove Early Bridge Work Existed
A medical authority notes historic evidence that modern dentistry is not entirely new. Finds from ancient Egypt and Rome show early bridge work using gold wires and riveted metal bands, including a Sidon tomb with transplanted teeth held by gold wire and an Etruscan museum display of riveted dental bands.
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Egypt
Rome
Sidon
Corneto
When Wisdom Lingers in Life Account
In a Life magazine reminiscence a physician consoles a widow after a patient dies following long illness. The doctor notes the man endured years of disease and suffering and marvels at his survival through the operation that was perhaps too late. The widow responds that they had tried to proceed earlier.
Let Well Enough The Innkeeper Sketch
A comic snippet where the innkeeper complains about changing a guest bill from 13 to 17 shillings and challenges to settle the amount. His Better Half jokes that it should stay at 13 again, prompting a light exchange about pricing. The exchange mocks inflation and arithmetic in a Punch style sketch.
Decay of Glass Reveals Hidden Prism of Color
A passage notes that the iridescence of ancient glassware comes from its decay. As glass disintegrates, it forms ultra thin laminae that refract sunlight into vivid colors. The article compares the process to forest leaves signaling dissolution by beauty.
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Harper’s Weekly
Above the Average Judge Library Exchange
The joke pits Mrs Wayupp asking about sleep needs and a doctor replying seven hours. She retorts she will take fourteen, claiming to be that much above the average in a humorous courtroom library aside.
Negotiation of Wages Cited as Inevitable Clash
A terse exchange frames a wage dispute with demands for a living wage. Becker asserts a need for more than offered, while Knicker questions affordability, highlighting a broader labor tension over fair pay and cost of living.
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Becker
What Is Coryza What Is Coryza
Coryza is chronic nasal catarrh starting with repeated colds and ending with continuous nasal blockage and fetid breath. Treat with Veruna by holding a spoonful in the mouth to drain. Peruna is claimed to cure many cases and improve sleep digestion and appetite. Regular nasal cleaning with warm salt water may help.
Chinese Memorial Arches and Symbolism Praised
Frederick McCormick notes in National Geographic Magazine that p ai lous rival pagodas in grace beauty and numbers. Many arches honor virtuous widows who refuse remarriage while the phoenix motif underscores fidelity in the decorative program.
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China
Frederick McCormick
National Geographic Magazine
Method of Bleaching Ivory Ornaments and Keys
Bleaching ivory ornaments or piano keys can be done by soaking in a bath of unslaked lime with bran and water to form a pasty solution. After soaking, rub the paste off with a cloth, dry the ivory in magnesia powder, then buff with a cloth for a brilliant polish.
Asbestos Described as Fibrous Mineral Found in Corsica
The account notes asbestos as a fine fibrous mineral with elastic flexible whitish gray fibers composed mainly of silica lime and iron oxide. It highlights its fire resistant cloth used in funeral rites and claims Corsica holds the richest deposits of asbestos.
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Corsica
Interstate Travelers Birds Federal Protection Debate
A Boston Herald note argues birds are interstate travelers deserving federal protection, highlighting a view that wildlife law should safeguard migratory species across state lines.
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Boston Herald
Dearest Baby Boosts Lydia Pinkham Remedy Claim
Plattsburg Miss residents tout Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in a testimonial claiming it cured nervous problems and indigestion enabling childbirth. The letter from Verna Wilkes describes previous infertility and urges women to seek advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co confidentially in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Plattsburg, Miss
Lydia E. Pinkham
Verna Wilkes
Plattsburg
Miss
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