SUCCESS AND SELLER LIST OF GOODS AND PRICES
A fragment of a historic marketplace list shows items for sale with prices: one pound Rice ten cents, Levering's Coffee, Axle Grease seven cents, Organdies and Dimities previously sold at various cents, one pound Chocolate Drops forty cents, six large Dinner Plates ten cents, Child's Sailor Hats one dollar, Silk-worked Handkerchief five cents, 120 pairs Child's Black Hose size up to seven, twelve dozen Potomac her ring, one pound White Fish four cents, one package Corn Starch three pence halfpenny, and dry Roasted Coffee labeled Mocha and Java.
Clothing Made to Order Delivers Perfect Fit
The article argues that men vary in build, so off the rack clothing cannot fit all. It stresses tailored garments as the only way to achieve satisfactory quality, fit, and workmanship. By strict measuring and cutting, pleasing results are obtained for patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa
Spokane Spokesman-Review
The Strange Part Of It And A Ragpicker’s Tale
A fragment from German Short Stories covers social critique and a young ragpicker boy’s bond with an elderly backstress. It follows a three act arc from harsh street life through a surprising embrace, ending with a hopeful, playful proposal that shifts the old woman’s outlook.
The Apple Vendor and the Ragpicker Face Death
An aged apple seller at a cemetery gate watches over the dead with sorrow while a ragpicker boy, drawing near each day for food, begs for an apple even in death. Their exchange reveals poverty's blunt hunger and the vendor's cold heart amid autumn streets and funeral processions.
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Black Cemetery
Theose
Hardlyn
Maud and Harry Discuss Father and Mamma’s Money
A dialogue excerpt shows Maud and Harry debating how to handle her father. Maud insists Harry should claim he can support her well, aided by mothers money, if needed to maintain their accustomed lifestyle. The Chicago Tribune quotes the exchange.
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Suatohance
Washington Star
Maud
Harry
Mamma
Chicago Tribune
Local powder plant safehouse blows up after upgrade
A local powder company spent years and $9000 to build a supposedly safe nitroglycerin safety building after sending a man east for months of study. Two hours after transfer, the new structure exploded prematurely, undermining belief in new safety ideas.
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San Francisco
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