Diverse Global Tidbits Highlight Trade and Society
A column surveys world topics from the West Indies and Mexican orange trade values to American residents in Paris, Guam climate, and European lace wealth. It blends travel anecdotes, fashion notes, crime humor, and social commentary on rents, manners, and police fitness standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British West Indies
United States
Paris
Guam
Philippines
London
Philippine Islands
Manila
Europe
America
Astor
New York
Aly
Saving a Summer Resort in a Mountain Village
An old clubman recalls spending a summer in a quaint Carolina mountain village. He notes a rare absence of extortion at a resort, praising the friendly locals and reasonable costs. A new arrival brags about his two dollar bill, highlighting contrasts in behavior and wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Europe
America
Philadelphia
South Carelina
New Orleans
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Oldest living tree pamphlet highlights Sequoia giants
Forester Clifford Pinchot compiles a government pamphlet on California big trees. It notes Sequoia gigantea as the oldest living thing, limited to ten isolated groves, with Calaveras the premier grove. Many groves face destruction from private ownership and logging, while replanting exists in southern groves.
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Clifford Pinchot
Department of Agriculture
California
Siera Nevada Mountains
Pinchot
Europe
Asia
America
Calaveras Grove
Calaveras
Stanislaus
South Calaveras
Wit 'Posa Grove
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OLIS
Bauess
As & N
Bistm
Wali
W.‘H. Barnes
Block
Elyria
Cfric
Elyria Gas and
A. Bortner
Wheeling
Weat Va
Court of Common Pleas
Ohio
Bortner
Lulu
Manter
Autoraey
Eldred .& Company
Eldred & Copipany
West Broad Street
The
Sheffield Land and Improvement Co
Lorain
Real Senate
Wee
Hubert Day
Broad Street
Dold’s Butterine
Reublin’s Steam Bakery
Detroit
Harry Cooper
Barnum
Cooper
Cleveland
Yorkshire
England
Gibraltar
Abraham Tancoln
Depew
Phere
Bisa Vanderbilt
Jona
Ree
Telephone
Fast Mail
Mystery
C. C. Roe
Buffalo
Jersey City
B .Tyler
Indianapolis
Prof
Tyler
Max
G. Hart
West
Elytia
Parkside
Frank Elliott
the Farm Implement Company
Icall
Royal Steel
Crocus
Narcisaus
East Broad Street
Elyria, O
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