Hotel Clerk Reveals Room Allocation Tactics
A Detroit Free Press interview reveals how hotel clerks assign rooms by guest type and budget. The clerk says rooms are "set up" to fit a guest's tolerance for comfort, with seasoned travelers and locals treated differently. He notes a skill to gauge how much a guest will endure and to manage the house from top to bottom while preserving best rooms for paying customers.
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Ane
John Blank
Blanktown
Blank
New York
Boston
Detroit Free Press
Man o War Bird Captured On a South Street Mooring
An old sailor describes catching a man o war bird from about five hundred miles south of the Cape at Good Hope. The bird, a wounded, tearful captive, struggled as crew members hauled it aboard amid a gale. The exhausted albatross sobbed and grew seasick, unable to rise on the rolling deck.
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New York Sun
South Street
Cape
Good Hope
Alpine Echoes On A Tin Horn In The Italian Alps
Breakfast ends as travelers walk to a cliffside to hear the Alpine horn. A plain eight foot tin horn blasts, echoing through crags and angles to create a celestial chorus and inspire the poem cited in the scene.
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St. Gothand
Mae
Piedmont
Sully
Mountain
Ul Castle
Canto Walla
Notable legal figure and inventor spotlight from Detroit era
An obituary style sketch highlights a respected lawyer from the Northwest, with a career spanning attorney general service and National convention involvement, noting his Harvard Law education, strong Democratic ties, and a long, honest public life. It also recounts David Bruce’s invention of the type casting machine and its impact on printing and industry.
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Great Northwest
Preweist
Michigan
Mirsachusette
Wee
Brows University
Harvard Law School
William M. Everts
Jantar Hasell
Lowell
Wow
Story
Lothrop
Pieter Apa
Charley
Som
Douglas
Lotheop
Kent Cleveland
Mr. Lahsee
Buffalo
Lathrop
Detroit
Cleveland
David Bruce
Williamsburg
Bruce
Henry County Sheriff Sale Notices consolidate pleas and parcels
The Henry County Ohio sheriff announces multiple sale orders from the Henry County Court of Common Pleas. Properties include four acres in section one township four north range seven east, and other tracts described by metes and bounds, with terms and dates set for public auction at Napoleon’s north door in June 1885, led by Frederick Allem and John Lamb among others.
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Conrad Clay
Angle S. Hanilal
Leverott G. Randall
John C. Welbig
Henry County Court of Consion Pleas
Ius
Sherif
Henry Bile Wale
Eval Eatate
Heary
Obi
Towit
Rody
Sale
Enab
John D. Loum
John
Greenler
Henry County Court of Common Plea
Anlo
Mloary
Napoleon
Uia
Fytha Nour
Fennel
Wal
Henry Couny
Olio
Barwit
Menry County
Ohio
Jeh. Lamb
Thork
Oaly
Toms
Hetry
Putin
Ohl
Commadelby
Daviel
Boylantog
Henry County
Ohh
Cam
Copbarinn
J. Parker
Hartmut
Howry
Save United Court
Tne
Honry County
Conte Moun
Sepoingo
Oho
Shurtias Avenue
Tou
Sherman
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Potter County
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Napoteon
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Tylor & Donnelly
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Fredyuick Alli
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Sheriff's Sale
Newry County
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Board of Rulmcation
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Napoleon, Ohio
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