Germany's automatic quick lunch a new Berlin idea
The Quisicana company in Berlin perfects an automatic quick lunch system with coin slots, glass stands for sandwiches, and revolving shelves. Customers supervise cup washing and select drinks or meals without waiters. Critics warn of machine breakage and coin issues. some say it suits travel hubs, not New York dining rooms.
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Germany
Quisicana Company
Berlin
Copenhagen
Warnemunde
Denmark
Pellmell
New York
Europe
New York Tribune
Uncle Sam's Auction Sale of Dead Letter Office Treasures
The Indianapolis Journal reports the annual disposal sale of misaddressed and un stamped mail by the Dead Letter Office. Bundles fetch 10 cents to a dollar. buyers hope for a diamond ring or silver teapot. The lot includes photographs, hair, funds, and useless items. The event reveals millions in drafts and cash sent to the wrong address each year.
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Uncle Sam
United States
Indianapolis Journal
Cost of a Train in Whitehall Tit Bits Style
A London Tit-Bits item explains rail costs per mile and passenger revenue. It notes average running costs of 2s 7d per mile in England and fares at 1d per mile, outlining how trains with fewer than 81 passengers per mile lose money while many services yield large profits. It cites Pennon to Edinburgh earning about £50 in cost with ~£100 in fares, and a midnight London to Edinburgh yield near £20,000 yearly. Longest UK journey Pennon to Edinburgh could cost £138 in a year’s wage.
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London
Eadinburgh
England
Pennon
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Penzance
Cornwall
Thurso
Scotland
Moscow Dentist Opens Way to Growable False Teeth
The Moscow dentist Dr Zamensky reports success in using gutta percha porcelain or metal teeth anchored by root cavities. Holes are drilled in the tooth and jaw then a soft granular growth from the jaw fills the tooth and hardens to hold it in place. The method works whether the cavity is fresh or long healed.
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Moscow
Zamensky
What to me are worlds of splendor
Poem excerpt reflecting longing and love as essential to life. The speaker declares that without the beloved presence, joy, beauty, and music lose meaning. The piece ends with a meditation on the necessity of the beloved for existence. Emily Selinger in Boston Transcript.
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Emily Selinger
Boston Transcript
Spreading Myths of Spoons Through Ages
A St. Louis Republic excerpt surveys spoon origins and evolution from ancient times to Georgian forms. It notes early knobbed handles, two to four part spoons, apostles spoons around 1500, and a coronation spoon in the Tower of London valued near £250,000.
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Creighton
Sarre
Thanet
George I
Tower ‘of London
St. Louis Republic
Manchuria's development linked to Russian rail and ports
The article notes Manchuria will open its coal fields, aided by a Russian railroad and Port Arthur, transforming its history and inviting a larger, progressive population. It cites New Zealand census figures of religious affiliations, listing Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Methodists, Catholics, and other faiths among 703,360 respondents with many denominations represented.
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Manchuria
Port Arthur
Kublai Khan
New York Tribune
New Zealand Gazette
Our Father’s Church
Salvation Catholic
Sudden Change in Mind Leads to Bold Bet
A light exchange reveals a dramatic wager of 100000 that a marriage would occur after a sudden change of mind. The tale alternates between insistence and jest as a proposal unfolds. Separately noted are Bulbgarian fortresses at Rustchuk Silistria Widden on the Danube Varna and Shumla and a travel distance statement from Washington to Edinburgh.
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Bulgaria
Rustchuk
Silistria
Widden
Danube
Varna
Black Sea
Shumla
Spruce Frames and Cedar Shingles Offered for Inspection
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Biglin
China
New Zealand
Boston Traveller
Washington
Chicago
Bowker’s Stockbridge
Swift & Co.’s
Essex
Canada
Michigan
Watertown
W. A. Haynes & CO
Maynard, Mass
Victor
J. W. Henderson
South
Acton, Mass
T. F. Sheehan
Barrett's Mill Road
Concord Junction
Mass
Teremiah Sheehan
Josef Kulcsar
J. Kulcsar
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex
Patrick O' Kerrigan
Concord
Michael ,O’ Kerrigan
Cambridge
Concord Enterprise
Charles J. McIntire
Esquire
H. Folsom
Register
Frederic H. Chase
Court House
Pemberton Sq
Boston
Ryan
Boynton
Keith
Excelsior
Lancaster
Crockery
Ladies’ and Cent
Tuttles, Jones & Wethergee
South Acton, MI
Marlboro Steam Laundry
West Main Streets
J. B. Deane
Maynard
C. J. Waite
Jct
J. Cole
South Acton
Augustus Fletcher
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