Automobile Menace Replaces Livery Trade in Rural Areas
The rise of the automobile disrupts country livery stables once fed by traveling salesmen. Rochester grocer's rep notes faster routes with steam carriages, while another salesman in Pennsylvania reports reduced costs and easier overnight stops. Villages housing four to six thousand residents see four or five stables with many horses, threatening traditional livery income as autos expand sales coverage and routes.
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New York
New England
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Rochester
Newark
N. J
Auburn Road
Lyons
Clyie
Lake Ontario
Auburn
Syracuse
Lancaster
Adaptive Eskimos and Their Imitation of White Manners
A San Francisco Era summary notes that Alaskan Eskimos are intelligent and honest by their own standards, mastering the English language despite a small vocabulary. It contrasts men and women at table, praises ivory carvings, and observes selfless acts toward absent friends, with nuanced views on assimilation and manners.
Quaint and Curious and a Three Wheeled London Cab
A three wheeled London cab with a front wheel is described as a passenger safety feature. Other oddities include Sleepy grass in New Mexico Texas and Siberia with sedative effects on animals. NATO style weather and crime items are referenced along with a penny harpischord discovery and a rattlesnake anecdote.
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London
New Mexico
Texas
Siberia
Keeping Time: How to Wind and Position a Watch Properly
A New Orleans Times-Democrat column argues absolute timekeeping is unattainable and urges individuals to treat watches correctly. It recommends winding once every 24 hours, morning use, and keeping the watch in the same position to avoid mechanism variation. It notes railroads strive for precision and observers monitor conductors’ watches.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Mr Howella on New York Society in Harper's Easy Chair
In Harper's Easy Chair Mr Howells notes Senator Depew's claim on our plutocratic society and recalls a tale of a Great Lady who sought to unite intellect and wealth. She invited notable minds, but they did not return, leaving the best company among millionaires and those with high status confined to their own circle.
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Mr. Howella
New York Society
Harper's
Mr. Howells
Senator Depew
New York
London
Mr. Curtis
Depew
English Channel Tea Telegrams Spoil Hopes on Crossing
A London Channel stewardess laments misleading tea weather telegrams and papers. She dampens passenger optimism with repeated updates on crossing conditions. A Friday morning optimist asks about the crossing, and learns only that winds are strong, not necessarily rough.
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English Channel
London
German Emigration Trends Reported in Historical Note
A fragment notes emigration from Germany, citing figures around 220,000 annually over four years and a reduced figure near 22,000 in the preceding year, reflecting movement trends amid uncertain conditions.
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Germany
Old Joe the Night Watchman and St Jacobs Oil tale
A Pall Mall Gazette vignette extols Old Joe the Lam beth Water Works night watchman. It praises St Jacobs Oil for curing rheumatism and sciatica that plagued him, noting his renewed vigor and gratitude. The piece includes assorted advertisements for Garfield Tea, Mother Gray’s powders, and Dr Kline’s nerve restorer, plus a Thomas Lipton quip on American girls.
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Old Joe
Pall Mall Gazette
London
St. Jacobs Oi
Joe
Lambeth Water Works
St. Jacobs
Ld Joe
St. Jacobs Oil
T. Jacobs Oil
Kline
BR. H. Kurg
When Russians Eat A Glimpse Of Dining Habits In Moscow
The article notes Russians eat six square meals daily with frequent lunches and salt fish or caviar, washed down by fiery vodka. Tea with lemon is essential at stations, and Russian table manners include sprawling at table, eating with elbows out, and odd mouth noises.
Fragmented Health Ads and Oddities From a 19th Century Page
A garbled collage mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and pain relief with a price, then asserts no large comet since 1882. Piso's Cure touted for throat and lung issues nearby. A stray note describes a hippopotamus hide tissue thickness two inches in parts.
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Piso
Vanburen
Ind
Hipopates
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Automobile Menace
Adaptive Eskimos
Norway
Samuel Snell
Holyoke
Mass
Bank of England
Corsicana
Tex
Jim
Denmark
Brooklyn
N.Y
Globe
Mother Gray
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
San Francisco
Thackeray's
Thackeray
Kensington
Ares
J. A. Gruenenfelder
Grantfork, IA
Ayer
J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell, Mass
Eritt
the South
Atlanta, Ga
the Sunny South
The
South
Joel Chandler Norris
Harry Stillwell Edwards
Anthony Hops
Maurice Thompson
Sidney R. Crockett
George Corbett
Arthur W. Marchmont
National Note
Sunny South
Southern Literary Weekly
California Fig Syrup Co
Louisville, Ky
Cal
New York, N
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