Great Names In Directory Of London Authors And Shops
A study of the New London Directory notes scattered literary surnames in London. Shakespeare is seen as a grocer on Green Lanes while Blake appears as a beer retailer on Edgware Road. Chaucer is scarce and Keats appears only in few forms. Milton is common and Defoe appears, Bronte limited to a woman who makes clothes.
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New London Directory
London
William Shakespeare
Green Lanes
Henry Shakespeare
John Bunyan
Defoe
Bronte
Mall and Passenger Trains Run Daily as Freight Quiet
Mall and passenger trains run daily with freight trains daily except Sunday. Mall at post office is one minute before train.
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Trale
Excursions Frisco Round Trips to Western and Midwest Cities
Summer travel rates listed for Frisco excursions include round trips to San Francisco or Los Angeles from various northern cities with sale dates June 8–15 and final return by August 31. Colorado and Utah trips start at Denver areas at 19.55, with higher fares to Glenwood Springs and Ogden or Salt Lake City. sale June 2 to Sept 30, return by Oct 31. Also rates to St Louis Chicago Milwaukee and Richmond VA for United Confederate Veterans Reunion with specified sale dates and return limits.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Cal
Eclectric Medical Assn
Colorado
Utah
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Glenwood Springs
Ogden
Salt Lake City
St. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
United Confederate Veterans
Richmond
C. S. Roberts
Stars on coins and flag differ in star points
The article notes the great seal and presidential seal use five and six pointed stars respectively, while the House seal uses six points. It observes the half and quarter dollar coins show five pointed stars and a bannered reverse copy of the great seal without clouds. It concludes heraldry influences are unclear and colonial coinage inspired most stars.
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United States
House of Representatives
Washington
Building Stone For Sale And Local Property Ads
Local notices offer building stone for sale and cheap six room house with barn and 50 foot lot, plus inquiries about desirable lots. Daniels and Plumb promote home building loans and local property sales while the News printery markets large stocks of printers materials and services. The column urges shopping locally for printing needs and emphasizes prompt, quality work.
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Cherokee County
Height of the Clouds and a Vienna Light Beam
The London Post reports a high pressure fountain at Schwarzebergplats Vienna produced a cone of light like a searchlight. Observers used the bright spot on clouds to calculate cloud heights from 1,550 to 10,070 meters, noting sometimes clear weather but a visible vapor stratum.
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Schwarzeenbergplats
Vienna
London Post
Rhaden
Vienna Observatory
Amundsen Mistakes Dog for Child in Greenland Language
Captain Amundsen, after losing many dogs, offered to buy one from the Netchillic tribe. The tribe refused, prompting questions. The next day a jovial boy was carried in, and the hunter learned that the Greenlandic word for dog also meant child in the Netchilile language.
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Amundsen
Arctic
Penny counterfeiting profits lure criminals
The New York World reports counterfeit pennies offer high profit as 100 coins cost 18 cents to produce, leaving 82 cents per dollar, but getting them into circulation is hard. Skilled forgers focus more on quarters and higher denominations, with silver at 60 cents an ounce allowing five convincing quarters per ounce.
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New York World
Quaker visitors greeted by baggage man in Illinois tale
Former Representative Charles T. Cherry recounts a Springfield anecdote about a baggage man trying to curry favor with incoming influential Quakers by asking if they had their checks for luggage. The delegation arrives and the leader is met with smiles, puzzling the baggage man.
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Charles T. Cherry
Springfield
Illinois
Bavarian winemaker produced 66 000 gallons from chemicals
A Bavarian winemaker reportedly created 66 000 gallons of wine in one year without grape juice using chemicals. He is among others accused of similar fraud and faces punishment. In seven years about 309 tons of glycerin and acids were used to make wine, contributing to risky intoxication.
Tragedy and Oddities in a Fragmented Notebook
A fragmented OCR text fragment mentions a trio of phrases including Onto Him No and H Tragedy I never take a sigeper when I travel I don’t think the berths are sanitary and besides, preserving a glimpse of a damaged page with quirky musings.
Prodigal Heir Debates Spending Wealth on Luxuries
A heir plans a mansion car and luxury buys, arguing to live on a reduced personal expenditure. An elder adviser recalls his uncle proving a person could live on less than $1,000 yearly, asking why continue the experiment after the demonstration.
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Harry
Laughter as tonic for girls and women in daily life
A writer extols humor as healthy training for girls and women, arguing it strengthens mind and body, aids dignity, and helps handle life’s burdens from child rearing to social duties, while preserving charm and modesty. Humor is a valuable mental equipment for women facing small and large worries alike.
The Change In Surgeons From Brute to Delicate Healer
A commentary contrasts past surgeons as coarse and brutal with present practitioners who, aided by anaesthetics, are portrayed as gentler, more empathetic professionals entering surgery. The excerpt discusses evolving standards and skills shaping ongoing surgical progress and the shift to a humane approach.
Gipsy Smith and a Yorkshire farmer tale ends with a joke
The tale from England centers on a Yorkshire farmer who rides into Leeds on a mare and, after instructing a passing job seeker to return in half an hour to help start the mare, delivers a practical punchline about the animal standing firm. The anecdote was shared by Gipsy Smith at a banquet.
A Real Distinction In Who's Who Family Remark
A young New York matron, the sole family member not in Who's Who, is consoled by her literary sister. The father, a renowned clergyman, and the mother, troubled by the omission, are told that Belje may not be in Who's Who but is the only member with the telephone hook, costing real money.
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New York
Ter
Belje
Fragmentary courtly banter in old local page
In garbled dialogue a Mrs Knicker and Mrs Bock converse amid remarks about fearing a ball and a pew dress, with references to Henry, suggesting a social scene or humorous note from an old newspaper page.
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Mra Bock
Henry
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