Gotham's Big Vans Move Goods by Road and Rail
A New York Sun article outlines van moving firms that transfer household goods and store contents within 50 miles, to Louisville or Baltimore, with trips often spanning multiple days. Vans travel 30–50 mile hops, with costs around 45 dollars per van plus expenses in busy season.
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Louisville
Baltimore
Washington
New York
Bridgeport
Onn
Tarrytown
Morristown
N. J
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When Talker Dominates Conversation in Daily Life
A Boston Traveller observation notes the dullness when one person does all the talking and contrasts it with writing. The piece hints at social imbalance in communication styles and the desire for balanced dialogue.
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Boston Traveller
Panorama of America Great Picture Portfolio
Imagining rising high enough to view all of North America through a telescope, the observer would witness a superb sight. Yet the real wonder lies in the grand pictographic portfolio offering a richer, more satisfying panorama.
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North America
Our Own Country Pictorial Stirs Reader in Realism
The Enterprise distributes Our Own Country to subscribers a grand procession of scenic wonderlands presented in a realism that charms. The reader is carried in his rocking chair through an exquisite work of art.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex
Cyrus Barker
Acton
Lucy G.barker
Edwin M. White
Lowell
Acton Enterprise
Charles J. McIntire
Esquir
H. Folsom
All the Picturesq Regions of our Country
An evocative tour across sunny lands orange blossoms and frosted peaks. The narrator travels through the Rockies Yosemite Northwest Alaska and Yellow stone Park then returns over mountains to Minnehaha Superior Niagara and distant forests rivers and gorges.
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Ithurial
Yellowstone Park
Minnehaha
Superior
Niagara
Entrancing serial promises beauty and adventure in travel pictures
Vivid prose describes smoky Blue Ridge paths, battlefields, Natural Bridge, and Dismal Swamp. The serial blends history legends and comical incidents with striking pictures, offering a rich history school and picture gallery. The Enterprise reports demand as No. 8 becomes the latest edition.
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Smoky
Blue Ridge Ranges
Enterprise
Coupon Offer for The Enterprise Back Issues
Bring or send one coupon clipped from The Enterprise and recent issues to receive No 8 either over the counter or by mail. Back numbers available on the same conditions.
Beggars and their guilds in London and Paris
The piece notes London beggars meeting several times a year to divide walks and earn up to five shillings daily. It contrasts with Paris where the Beggars’ guilds have weekly meetings, a dedicated Journal des Mendicants, and hotels employing beggars at seaside resorts, sharing half of receipts with owners.
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Ing
London
Paris
Journal Des Mendicants
North American Review
Orange Theft Sparks Street Confrontation
A Detroit businessman chased a street urchin who snatched an orange from a Woodward Avenue fruit stand. The boy denied stealing while admitting possession, offering half the fruit, then suggesting the man share peanuts as payment. The incident was observed by the pursuer who confronted the thief.
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Detroit
Woodward Tvenue
Presa
Milk Vanishes From World in Satirical Rant at Manhattan Club
An old gourmet laments in a New York Sun quote that milk has vanished from polite society, replaced by cream in menus and parlance. He notes terms like cream, funeral director, and gown replace traditional words, claiming milk is now taboo and often pale blue or thin when served.
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Manhattan
Texas
California
Chicago
New York Sun
Ha waii's Dana Lake a lava sea of boiling fire
J. J. Williams of Honolulu, a leading expert on volcanic activity, describes Lake Dana as a vast lava lake ten miles around. He notes the surface looks like red hot water crashing against surrounding cliffs and that the lake never remains still for an instant.
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Hawaii
Dana
J. J. Williams
Honolulu
St. Louis Republic
Celery Availability Cited In Detroit Sales Gripe
A Detroit Free Press snippet notes limited celery offerings with a green huckster charging three dollars a week. The brief item reflects urban grocery shortages and price talk in a street vignette.
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Detroit Free Press
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Concord, Mass
Hubbard Street
C. W. Bisbee
W.H. Lawrence
Thomas Fr. Parker
Parker & Morse
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Cord
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Boxboro
Littleton
Hartford Cycle Co
Eagle Bicycle Mfg. Co
League Chainless Safeties
Smith Finney
Tuttles,Jones & Wetherbee
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Nashantie Farm
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