Tipping in England and America Explains Hotel Civility
The article compares hotel customs in England and the United States, arguing civility in English hotels declines with higher charges and that gratuities enforce service. It notes London clubs ban tips, while American hotels offer broad services at fixed prices, with tips shaping attentive service for travelers.
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London
United States
Chicago
Paris
Cape Cod
Gulf of Mexico
Epxyton
London Daily Telegraph
Aiman and Sam at Odds Over a Quarter Loan
Aiman notes that best friends need not be from the same home. Jake Bolybug, poor and ill, begs Sam Landly for a loan. Sam declines, citing family hardship and suspicion of Jake's claim, reminding him that he supports his own kin and that trust between friends is needed before assistance.
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Aiman
Jake Bolybug
Samuel Landly
Jake
Sam
Ifl
Teras
Fashion Notes: Autumn Styles From Paris to New York
The piece surveys autumn fashion: English turbans, nuns gray sandals, lilac stockings, and golden fawn cashmere cloaks travel wraps from Paris. It notes new sleeve shapes from Paris including pagoda and Vandyke, puffed sleeves, and arm-improvers, plus rich trimmings like Indian fabrics and brocaded ottoman silks. Corsages in black velvet over satin, mantles in visite or Hubbard shapes, and black vigogne wraps transition from summer to winter wear.
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Charlotte Corday
Paris
Worth
America
N. Y. Post
Insulting an Insurance Agent Sparks Colorado Standoff
A Detroit ex-resident turned Denver grocer visits a Great Continental Insurance office. The agent questions liabilities, the dapper man boasts weekly earnings of about 8000 dollars from three saloons and two poker rooms, and dismisses the inquiry with a sharp exit. The exchange reflects frontier bravado and skepticism toward insurers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Detroit Free Press
The Struggle for Existence in London Pawn Trades
A magazine writer notes that 300000 London families pawn small items and over six million pledges are sold yearly. About 270000 are pledged nationwide, with few being stolen goods. The piece contrasts class wealth in London with St Petersburg and Paris, where pawnbroking draws from different social strata.
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England
London
St. Petersburg
Paris
The Rearing of Young Stock in Horse Breeding
A Canadian Sportsman essay argues for better feeding and care of foals from birth, comparing plant growth to equine development. It warns against penny pinching in early nutrition, cramped housing, and insufficient exercise, noting resultant stunted, shapeless horses and higher costs overall. It stresses balanced nutrition, outdoor activity, and breed potential tied to proper early growth.
Dangers of Impure Water and Local Contamination
The piece warns against relying on taste or smell to judge water quality. It cites a typhoid outbreak in Newburg, New York, water that is odorless yet dangerous, and notes chemical tests can miss contamination. It urges keeping water sources free from sewage and cites Alexandria’s sanitary deficiencies, including a well and cemetery runoff polluting a fountain supply.
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Newburg
N. Y
Scientific American
Treasure Trove and Turfing Tips From 1880s Reports
The Troy Times notes Judge Lawrence of the Treasury ruling that unowned money or bonds found by a finder accrue to the government, not the finder, citing a $500 to $600 Indiana case and a $1,000 New York bond. It adds Peter Henderson’s dry weather turfing tip, advising a light soil topcoat after finishing.
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Lawrence
the Treasury
Indiana
New York
Troy Times
Peter Henderson
Clover-Sown Land Yields Premium Wheat, Says New York Horn
A New York agricultural note highlights that the best wheat comes from land previously sown to clover. The advisory stresses soil health and long term crop rotation benefits for higher yields.
Mirage and the desert mirage as a real image phenomenon
Mirages are discussed as displaced reflections of real objects carried by atmospheric strata. An August Cornhill description cites a Red Sea telegraph station where a distant castle and Wahabee figures appear for long periods, suggesting vivid, distant visions. The piece notes limits of explanation and the odd blending of distant scenes in deserts. A Camden taxidermist reports a kangaroo mouse, and a Georgia engineer rescues a sleeping white boy beneath a locomotive pilot. A Banks County justice has served eight years without trying a case.
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Desert
August Cornhill
Red Sea
Amel Jemel
London Spectator
J. L. Gross
Camden
N. J
Banks County
Georgia
Detroit Post
Rescued From Agonizing Death and Cure Claims
New York resident James White of 1552 Broadway recounts breaking shoulder, arm and elbow with rheumatism. He credits St Jacobs Oil for relief and says he has recommended it with speedy cures. Florence Georgia doctor touts Brown's Iron Bitters. Chicago papers joke about Cincinnati plaster parts. Reverend W B Smith of Grafton Massachusetts reports benefit from Brown's Iron Bitters for low blood state.
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New York
James White
Broadway
Dickel
St. Jacobs
W. B. Smith
Grafton
Mass
Father of Fish Culture Seth Green Speaks on Hatchery Success
The veteran fish culturist Seth Green explains his lifelong work to save streams from extinction by hatchery science. He recalls early failures, now achieving about seventy five percent spawn hatch. He describes hybrids, 43 ponds at Caledonia, and the principles of fish culture: impregnation without water, abundant food, clean water, and cleanliness.
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Seth Green
Caledonia
Aper
Mr. Green
Man of News
Green
Socrates
Florida
Bright
Warner
United States Medical College of New York
Gunn
Europe
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Fashion Notes
Denver
Actus Ther
Hess
Darcy
European Volunteer Health Commission
Alexandria
Treasure
Western & Atlantic Railroad
Homer-noun
N. Y. News
Florence
W.B. Prather
Chicago Tribune
Cincinnati
Ohio
Io Dairy
Comaeret
Philadelphia
CAL Association
Buffalo
Rochester Post
Brown
Baltimore
Lyon
Mother Swan
Isaacompson
Redding
Russia
Juremig
Cleveland
Rochester
Albany
Boston
Superior
J. H. Whitaker
Defiance
J.c.gault
H.C. Townsend
Gen. Pass
ST. Louis
Ardware
Clinl
Tippin
Roger Knives & Spoons
Mangas & Gorman
Clinton and
Front Streets
Clinton Street
Perry Street
Hoffman & Ghiger
A.martin
Pealerin
Clinton St
Merr Paul Flager’s
Defiance County
Fred
Hicksville
L. E. Beardsley
J. B. Leslie
L. Blanchard
Undertaker
Fifth Sts
Old Stand
Bes
Stone Front
C. Diehl
Mechanic’s Tools
Fremont Harvester Company
Rakestraw
and the
Batanas
OYTER
Cauare
A. T. Srzwant & Co
Curcado, Dl
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
J. B. Weatherford
E. Murray
Jackson, Mich
Hall
Arzists
F J. Cheney & C
Manufactur
Ers & Jobbers of
Boots & Shoes
Huron Street
Toledo, Ohio
Bucklen’s
Arnica
Colby & Scott
Alyon&healy State
Monroe Sts
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