Modern railway promoter methods exposed in Toronto Globe
The Toronto Globe analysis describes get rich quick railway magnates using land grants, government subsidies, and intertwined subsidiary companies to siphon funds from railways, leaving them insolvent while magnates gain wealth. It compares them to conjurers and warns of public subventions and receiverships across car building, locomotive, coal and oil ventures.
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Toronto Globe
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A Forced Lesson in Economics
The piece argues that during downturns people save more by choosing cheaper yet satisfying items. It cites mush and milk over pricey breakfast foods and seasonal produce over out of season varieties. It notes frugal clothing can still yield happiness and critiques flashy spending during hard times, invoking biblical imagery.
Battleford Ironworks Springs Featured for Auto and Wagons
Advertisement notes Battleford Ironworks Ltd makes springs for autos bags carts and wagons. The text also advertises Dingle and Go sanitary meat markets promising all in the meat line at right prices.
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Battleford Ironworks, Ltd
Dingle & Go’s. Sanitary Meat Markets
Hashish Room Report Sparks City Authorities Attention
A Parisian woman runs a hidden hashish den in a central narrow street with a multi story building. Guests describe smoking, mood changes, and a scene with porcelain statues as the room fills with laughter and artichoke cravings. Authorities plan immediate action.
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Mdlle
Forbidden Pleasure Room
Sis
London Daily Telegraph
Moille
Mademoiselle
Adrianople
Paris
Clever French Doctor Tricks Town with Lost Dog Ruse
A French physician, unknown in a town, feigned a lost dog and paid a 25 louis reward via public crier with drum. The crier advertised the doctor’s titles and home, stirring talk. Though the dog was never found, the doctor gained many patients.
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France
Louis
The Cicada Fable Harp Tale
A curious fable notes cicadas as masters of song with male singers and mute females. Ancient Greeks linked cicadas to music with a cicada on a harp as a symbol, and a tale recounts a contest between two cithara players where a singing cicada helps the player after a string breaks.
Costly Peanut Paste From China Draws Diner Interest
A diner sample of a peanut paste from China blends ginger jelly with a tiny peanut component. The dish, offered in a small cup, carries a high price, around ten dollars.
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Gage
India Faces Missionary Ratio In Population Record
A single nee of India has 23 000 000 of tants, for whom there are 1 missionaries, or one missionary for each 100000 of population.
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India
When Saddles Were First Used Invented mid fourth century tale
The article discusses the origin of saddles around the middle of the fourth century with some doubt about the exact proof. It cites Zonaras and Constantine the Younger and mentions references to the saddle tree by Apertinario.
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Zonaras
Constantine the Younger
Tes Cidenius Apertinario
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