Tricks of the Merchants in Paris Meat Prices and Display
A Paris letter describes price variability for meat across quarters Saint Honore Champs Elysees and Montmartre with up to 100 percent difference. It notes butcher shop presentation on white marble and decorative displays, and explains Paris meat sources via abattoirs and provincial markets. It also covers charcutier shops offering pork products and luxuries, and remarks on fresh fish supplies.
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Paris
Saint Honore
Champs Elysees
Southdown
Montmartre
Halles
London
England
Belgium
New York Star
Von Borent Seeks South Tomorrow Miss Lucy Responds
Dialogue excerpt shows Von Borent pressing Miss Lucy as he plans to go south tomorrow. Miss Lucy remains cool and declares sympathies with the south. The Pittsburg Bulletin caption is noted.
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von Borent
Miss Lucy
von B
Relics and relic hunters from a Georgia tale
Charley Howard tells Burke of a New Orleans stranger seeking Jefferson Davis hair. Burke boasts vast relics from Washington to battlefield ribbons. He explains relics are worth what buyers pay and recounts faked pieces sold to gullible hunters in Atlanta.
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Charley Howard
Burke
New Orleans
Mr. Burke
Jefferson Davis
Kenesaw Field
Atlanta Constitution
Man buys eight suspenders in one bold move
A well dressed man enters a leading mens furnishers shop and buys eight suspenders. He argues that owning a dozen pairs saves time and wear, while the clerk suspects his sanity but the customer offers a practical, measured rationale. The scene ends with the man departing with his purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toff
Lover’s pratfall near kennel shocks Crothier Furnisher
A playful incident ends with a man collapsing onto a cold pavement after strolling too close to the kennel. The scene, recounted in Crothier and Furnisher, reads like a humorous local note from a quiet evening.
Double Chin Pride and Its Noted Thinkers Across History
A humorous exploration of double chins as signs of character cites Lavater and portraits by Raphael Cicero and Wren. It argues that the chin marks intellect and merit, while noting artists mask it and Shakespeare leaves the matter ambiguously open. The piece joins a broader reflection on personality and attraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavater
Washington
Reason
Raphael
Cicero
Wren
Wilkie Collins
Fosco
Shakespeare
London Standard
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Sold Here at City Drug Store
Promotes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as best for cuts bruises sores ulcers and skin eruptions and claims to cure piles with money back guarantee. Priced at 25 cents per box and available from N M White City Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. M. White
City Drug Store
Local legal form blanks offered for order
A supplier advertises legal blanks in quarter sheet half sheet and full sheet sizes with pricing of 35 cents per dozen for quarter sheets and 75 cents per dozen for full sheets, inviting distant parties to order.
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Che Dillon Tribune
Strauss
Vienna
John Strauss
Vienna Adies
William Lant Carpenter Eardin Oes
Montana
Mr. Wittich
Bruce
Papua
Rollo
Lord Fauntleroy
Mamma Dearest
New York Sun
Pittsburg
Jonn L. Sullivan
Bascom
Melissa Blick
Burlington Free Press
Dillon Lumber and Grain Company
Dillon, MoNnr T
Noxon Mills
NOXON
W.H. Smead
Sec’y
Gen
T. W. Poindexter & Sons
Montana Street
Dillon, Montana
General Merchandise
Dillon Brewery
Jos
Montana St
R. C. Halliday
S. 384
Tribune
Fifth Judicial District
Beaverhead
Jefferson
Madison
Jefferson County
Madison County
R. Z. Tuomas
Bucklen
D. M. Ferry & CO
M. Ferry 4&Co
Detroit
Mich
TT Pacific
Utah & Northern Depot
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