Post Offices and Postal Labor Compared with London
A New York postmaster cites New York City figures for 1614 clerks 4 superintendents and 1225 carriers with 889 more clerks than carriers. London shows 10,896 staff for 4,231,431 people and a post office for every 5,286 residents.
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Dayton
New York Post-Office
North American Review
New York
New York City
New York Post Office
Registry and Money Order Department
London
Europe
America
Eng
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Keneleden
England
Pleasant Visitor Offers Book Donation at Desk
A well-dressed man visits a desk and, instead of asking for help, offers the host a chance to label his name for a premier publishing project. The host welcomes the gift as a relief and hints at the high quality of the work. The source notes limitations that prevented the man from finishing his offer.
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Detroit Free Press
Student Rivalry Sparks Career Snub at The Daily Flarer
A lawless exchange reveals a graduate snubbing the editor of the Daily Flarer after claiming college education suffices for success. The graduate says the editor sent him to interview Chauncy Dépew on the topic, provoking the colleague to mock his move to poetry editing.
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Chauncy Dépew
New York Press
New England Weather Crop Bulletin Week Ending August 27 1894
Moderate showers across most of New England revived crops but drought grows worse in central and western Massachusetts Vermont and New Hampshire. Frost on the 22nd damaged lowland crops. a 27th frost hit Vermont and New Hampshire valleys. Crops maturing fast in Massachusetts with dry areas hurting corn potatoes and pastures. grapes ripening early and fruit promising, onions and tobacco yielding well.
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N. E
New England
Boston
New Hampshire
Maine
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Vermont
Weather Bureau
Northfield
Highland
Midak County
Oulons
Rhode Island
Providence County
Washington County
Pain Balm Endorsed by Des Moines Y M C A Director
Irving W. Larimore praises Chamberlain's Pain Balm for bruises sprains and dislocations in athletes and sports professionals. Applied early before swelling it speeds healing by about half the usual time and is sold by all druggists and dealers everywhere.
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Irving W. Larimore
Des Moines
Iowa
Chamberlain
Remedy Brings Prompt Relief for Chronic Diarrhoea
A. M. Bailey of Eugene Oregon reports his wife suffered chronic diarrhoea for years and tried many remedies before Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured her. He urges others to try it for swift relief and notes 25 and 60 cent bottles are sold by druggists and dealers everywhere.
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A. M. Bailey
Eugene
Oregon
Chamberlain
First woman on Illinois political ticket named physician trustee
Dr. Julia Holmes Smith of Chicago has been nominated by the Democratic state convention for trustee of the University of Illinois. Born in New Orleans, educated in New York, she married historian John S.S. Abbott, then Sabin Smith of Chicago. A prominent clubwoman, she led the Chicago Woman's Club and the Fortnightly, helped organize the Federation of Women's Clubs, and maintained a large medical practice.
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Illinois
Julia Holmes Smith
Chicago
University of Illinois
Smith
New Orleans
New York
John S.S. C. Abbott
Sabin Smith
Homeopathic College
How to Cook Trout in Butter and Paper Envelopes
A New York Tribune writer advises simple trout cooking. Choose quarter pound fish, wipe clean, lay on plate with melted butter and pepper, broil five minutes one side and two the other, served immediately. For wrapped trout, lard under the fish, wrap in buttered paper, tie loosely, bake twenty five minutes, and serve in the envelopes.
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Anton Bot
New York Tribune
French reform push gains early momentum for women
Mme Henri Schmohl, founder of The Avant Courriere, scored a notable early victory for feminine reform in France. Deputy M. Goirand introduced a bill advocating two key changes: allowing Frenchwomen to act as witnesses and establishing a married women's property act. The bill may fail, yet its mere presentation signals progress.
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Mme Henri Schmohl
France
Avant Courriere
M. Goirand
Uniform dress order prompts resignations at Pacific Hotel
The Pacific Hotel requires lunch counter and dining room girls to wear a blue serge dress and blue cap. Miss Mamie Kelly and Miss Lou Koogle at the Omaha Union depot resigned rather than comply, calling the uniform neither becoming nor modest. Union Pacific staff reportedly plan to quit rather than wear it, describing the dress as perfectly horrid.
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The
Pacific Hotel Company
Mamie Kelly
Lou Koogle
Omaha Union Depot
Union Pacific
Omaha Dispatch
Ascent of Woman Highlighted by Professor Drummond
Professor Drummond at Haddo House argues that women have endured a long historical discipline to cultivate unselfishness and compassion so they can become the world’s teachers. He asserts every science and tradition support that the future evolution of society rests on the ascent of woman.
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Drummond
Haddo House
Lord Aberdeen
Westminster Gazette
Gift to Art Institute of Chicago Features Hosmer Browning Cast
Harriet Hosmer donated her 1853 cast of the clasped hands of Robert Browning and his wife to the Art Institute of Chicago. Hawthorne’s The Marble Faun inspired the piece, symbolizing the union of two renowned poets. The wrists bear inscriptions including Elizabeth Barrett Browning Rome May 1853 and Robert Browning Rome. Hosmer declined a $5,000 purchase offer in England.
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Art Institute of Chicago
Harriet Hosmer
Robert Browning
Hawthorne
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Rome
The Soda Fountain as a General Prescription Counter
Dr Egbert Dixon of Buffalo warns that modern soda fountains risk turning into general prescription counters. He argues nervousness is fashionable and fountains push bromides nervines and dangerous drugs, luring customers to self cure URLs. He suggests physical activity baths and rest instead to avoid fads and overuse of tonics.
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Egbert Dixon
Buffalo
Bimbu
Mutromér
Dracnse
Washington Star
Mysterious B Mark Appears on Oats Across County
In Pernu Indiana residents report fields showing the letter B pressed on oat blades. Acres show the mark across the county, sparking fear of disaster. Authorities note similar letters appeared before past wars, with rumors the B stands for blood shed, though no specific danger is stated.
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Pernu
Ind
A Warm Weather Drink Recipe from Washington Star
A recipe for soda water powders to quench thirst in warm weather. Blue paper contains 30 grains of carbonate of soda and white paper 26 grains of tartaric acid. Dissolve the soda in water, add the acid, and drink while effervescing. If desired, make a sugar syrup and flavor as you like. Dissolve the soda in the syrup.
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Washington Star
History of Lettuce in Ancient Diets and Myths
The article recounts ancient beliefs linking lettuce to the dead and healing potions. It notes Adonis laid on lettuce for soothing juices, salads as antidotes to wine, and historical uses by Jews and Irish with oilless dressings, plus Cambyses’ death linked to lettuce lore.
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Adonis
Venus
Cambyses
Persia
Media
Veptarian
Women Run Sugar Bounty Firms Outperform Men in Louisiana
A Louisiana list shows at least 100 women among sugar producers and bounty receivers. Firms like Ware & Baker and Wheadon & Weems record strong earnings with female principals Mary E. Ware and Elizabeth E. Baker leading the former, and Flo retta Wheadon with R. B. Weems guiding the latter.
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Louisiana
Ware & Baker
Mary £. Ware
Elizabeth E. Baker
Wheadon & Weems
Floretta Wheadon
R. B. Weems
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