Costly Hotels In Canton Offer Hollow Prestige And Poor Lodging
The piece critiques Canton hotels that flaunt grand names like The Fortunate Star and The Happiness to attract guests. Rooms are cramped and thin-walled, with smoke from pipes and noise from neighbors undermining sleep. Tea houses employ singers and elocutionists while trays carry assorted cakes and preserves. A Chinese dining oddity is dog and cat stew, priced as a luxury despite pop culture beliefs about cat or dog meat’s value.
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Say's Lippincott
Canton
China
Yeast of Long Descent Brought From Ireland
Barbara Curran of East Orrington Maine preserves a two quart hand made earthen crock of yeast that she says has survived since before Cromwell. She traces the yeast from Ireland to Boston Medford and finally East Orrington through multiple generations ending with a tale of bread for King Charles I troops and an ancestral hanging.
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Ireland
Lts
Cromwuch
Barbara Curran
East
Orrington
New York Sun
America
Boston
Loston
Medford
East Orrington
India Shawls: Real Cashmere vs Imitations and Origins
The Chautauquan notes that genuine India cashmere shawls remain distinguishable by a denser even weave and brighter colors. Real borders are sewn from small pieces, with borders and centers often produced separately in France or elsewhere and assembled to fit orders. Authentic shawls are softer due to thread spinning and Tibet goat conditions.
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Tibet
France
India
Chinese Preventive of Rabies by Eating Dog Liver
A French missionary in China heard of a folk method to prevent hydrophobia after a dog bite. Chinese claim raw dog liver eaten within a time prevents rabies, with cooked broth as alternative. Historical note mentions Pliny and early isopathic ideas, plus a side tale about keeping a garden spider as a pet.
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China
Plinfus
Panteur
Roch
Classified Advertising Rates From Historical Newspaper
Rates are listed for weekly daily and local ads by inch word and duration. Terms include one cent a word for first insertion and half cent for additional insertions, with discounts for long contracts and black letter locals. Special rates apply to contracts of 500 lines or more.
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Iime
Notice on Windstorm Policy Recommendation in Columbus
A local advisory suggests residents consider a Kinney and Kinney tornado and windstorm policy. It notes wind risks in Columbus are likely higher than recent events and frames the policy as affordable protection.
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Columbus
Kinney & Kinney
Carter's Cascara Pill promises cure for sick headache
M C Dunnington, a druggist, offers a money back guarantee if Carter's Cascara Pill fails to cure sick headache. The sale price is two cents, or 149 cents for a larger quantity.
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Carter
M. C. Dunnington
Refuse Inferior Article in Store to Get What You Want
A shopper declares they will reject poor offerings and insist on the item they need, asserting personal knowledge exceeds the storekeeper's. The stance emphasizes clarity of demand and control over purchases.
Star Jos Print Co Offers Quality Work at Fair Prices
The Star Jos Print Co advertises fixed pricing for all jobs, using the best materials and guaranteeing customer satisfaction. They offer solicited work and claim to provide high quality, reliable printing services.
Special clubbing offer for subscriptions in Columbus
The Twice-a-Week Courier Journal and the Weekly Star join with the Columbus Morning Star to offer one year of both papers for 1.25 dollars. Renew or new subscribers paying in advance get the deal, with free sample copies on request. Subscriptions must be sent to Columbus Morning Star in Columbus Indiana.
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Courier-Journal
Weekly
Star
ouher-Journal
Columbus Morning Spar
Columbus
Ind
Great Southern Exposition Promises Wide Train Access to City
Notice describes the Great Southern Exposition drawing national interest. It lists through train routes to Cincinnati from New York Boston Buffalo Cleveland Columbus Detroit Toledo Sandusky and Chicago Benton Harbor to Cincinnati and Louisville with direct connections to the C&CC route and IL&N Ry. Full info available on request. J A Newton promotes cheap goods including Leadus Genuine Dongolian cat but ton shoe at $1 per pair.
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Sazhville Tenn
Cincinnati
New York
Boston
Buffalo
Cleveland
Columbus
Detroit
Toledo
Sandusky
Chicago Benton Harbor
Louisville
J. A. Newton
Barkeep Tries to Push Life Policy on Rival
Wes sits in a saloon as a friend explains a bartender arranged a $10,000 life policy for his victim. The plan unfolds gradually with a threat to bully the man, who plans to confront the barkeep and then the widow. Dick urges caution, warning the move could be dangerous.
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Wes
Ealls
Detroit Free Press
Widder
Colman Defends Revisions While Regretting Swearing
Dramatist Colman tells the House of Commons committee he always expunges oaths from revised plays though he admits many oaths appear in his own works He says removing them would have improved humor and disfigured scenes while laughing at the idea of regretting his work as long as it yielded a good pudding despite bad plums.
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Colman
House of Commons
New York Adertiser
Law
John Bull
London Signs Stand Out in American Visitor Eyes
A New York paper recalls a summer reporter’s stroll through London noting peculiar signs. A brass plate reads Do Not Ring the Bell Unless an Answer Is Required while letter slots invite non oral replies. A blue sign proclaims Yankie Cider Is Sold Here. A hairdresser advertises Hair Neatly Trimmed While You Wait. London signs are peculiar and striking.
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London
New York Mail
Strand
Bank of England
Ancient Advertisements on Wall Albums
Ancient ads were scratched onto house walls in albums by Greek and Roman merchants as early forms of public promotion. These crude signs foreshadowed vast pictorial advertising that would evolve alongside art, becoming a notable concern for collectors and connoisseurs.
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Lippincott
Unclear Work Delivery Claims Post at Place
Fragmentary note asserts that delivery is fulfilled at work and that wages or work guarantees are offered. No verifiable details on persons, organizations, or locations are provided.
Passenger Outwits Ill-mannered Cable Car Conductor
Crowded cable car passengers mock and thwart a rude conductor after he gives a woman five pennies in change. The episode, noted by the New York Commercial Advertiser, shows quick wit turning a brick wall of discourtesy into a lighthearted rebuke.
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New York Commercial Advertiser
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StarJos Print Co
Corner Journal
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Columbus Handle and Tool Company
BIG Four
R. BR
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Greensburg
Ewington
Burney's
Hartaville Croes
Goon
Nienaber
Ia Noa As
RR Sega Ae
Fey
Central—169
WM Anderson
Boot and Shoe Maker
Ton and
Franklin
Harrison
Fiegenbaum
Jas
FE. Cox
Attorney-At-Law
Crump
East Court House
Rogers & Bro
Seth Thomas
H. L. Rost
Washingon St
Funkhouser
6Th and
Washington Street
Over Winans Grocery Store
W. G. Roland M.D
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Griffith
Fifth St
Western Union Telegraph Office
Citizens
Eighth and
Chestnut Streets
Messinger
Veeder
Morgan & Wright Tires
Reeves Seward Cycle Co
BIC Bargain
Silverman’s
saAmMpeLe
Drake
Columbis
Fifth and
Jackson Streets
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