Cigarette Pride and Travel Tales in Japan
Florence M. Wilson recalls a journey from Tokyo to Nagaoka via Usui mountains, noting Japan’s scenery, cedar forests, rice terraces, and temple tours. She observes cigarette culture amid train travel, dining lunches, and a comical meeting with a family retainer, capturing impressions of Tokyo’s streets and rural life.
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Nagaoka
Echigo
Tokyo
Japan
Komoro
Daimio
Mme. Sugimoto
Nagano
Naoétsu
Bowser Trades Dreams for One Last Bike Spin
Mr Bowser, famed for crashes and a vow to ride again, borrows a bike to settle an old score with fate. He wheels out to face danger as Mrs Bowser frets and spectators whisper, but Bowser rides upright, winning a personal victory over fear and public spectacle.
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Bowser
Niagara Falls
Wyatt
Cicero
Mr. Bowser
Mr. Bowyer
Ral Gay
Disgruntled Patron Questions Value of Prima Donnas
A dissatisfied man questions the benefit of prima donnas as a youth replies that they “tell him what kind of soap to use” when he balks at paying $3 for a seat.
Honest Decline Brings $400 Loss, Philadelphia Clerk Says
A Philadelphia bookkeeper recalls an anonymous tip that led to a books overhaul and a $400 overpayment. The boss praised honesty yet warned future honesty could cost him his job and cause dismissal without recommendation.
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Philadelphia
Beans
William
Iver
Mail Deposits and the Bank’s Vanishing Promptness
In New York business schools old maxims urged early deposits and one trusted agent for bank work. The piece laments practices shifting away as firms now invite deposits by mail and even cash checks remotely, risking lost business from slow responses.
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Banke
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Do Tep. It Climbs Half Way Up the Usuiuntains
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Sugimoto
Yoshita
New York. Press
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