Free lunch becomes New York urban institution
The article notes a rise of the free lunch in New York hotels and cafes, shifting social norms as wealthy patrons dine at counters. It explains the practice as a time saving, costlier trend with meals now prepared to hotel standards and served by dedicated staff, a unique American development.
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EW York
New York
Milady
Palm Room
United States
Western Canada
Saskatchewan
Albrria
Honeymoon of W Gould Brokaw Ends in Stormy Rift
Reports say W Gould Brokaw and wife Mary Blair Brokaw separated after a high point NC country estate departure. Brokaw, previously divorced, faced a 1898 breach of promise suit and a 1903 divorce suit mention. He sold Fairview mountain preserve for 250000 dollars and vowed not to return east.
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Ociety
W.gould Brokaw
Brokaw
Corallie Edmunds Coudert
Katherine Poillon
George Lederer
Chicago
Mr. Brokaw
Blair
Chittenango
N. Y
Highpoint
William Gould
New York
Mrs. Brokaw
Fairview
Striped Suits Vie For Spring Fashion In New York
In a Paris and London led trend, vertical stripes gain favor among well groomed men and gamblers influence styles in Manhattan. A group near Forty-second Street debates leaders, wagering on vertical versus horizontal stripes and daring to wear bold outfits in public.
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Paris
London
New York
Tom Gould
Beau Brommell
Joe
Evander Berry Wall
Freddie Gebhard
Louis Onadvna
Lee
Wall
al Claggett
Young Fish
Cuba
Manhattan
Forty-second Street
Broadway
Forty Seventh Street
Fourteenth
Forty-seventh
Women Adopt Waltz to Improve Figures in Society
New York society leaders including Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt Jr and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney champion the Merry Widow waltz as a top figure-improvement craze. Young actor Donald Brian visits Vanderbilt and Whitney homes for tea, teaching and refining the dance amid growing requests for lessons. Brian notes weight loss and fitness benefits while Ethel Jackson finds the dance eliminates need for massage.
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New York
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Harry Payne Whitney
Donald Brian
Vanderbilt
Brian
Ethel Jackson
Boy’s tooth extraction reveals a swearing lesson
Halligan recalls taking Bobby to a dentist for a troublesome tooth. The boy screams in pain as the tooth is pulled and unexpectedly swears at the dentist. The parents reflect on childhood’s passing and Bobby’s emerging vocabulary amid a train-car chess talk.
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Halligan
Mary
Bobby
Magald
Maryal
Stray Stories about rickety tables and style
A brief dialogue notes a shabby table that creaks under its own style and the shopkeeper explains its construction. The exchange hints at charging extra for such tables, reflecting a humorous, period voice.
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Bilderkin
Grain Feed for Hogs When Following Cattle
An agricultural note explains that feeding hogs with supplement like tankage, middlings, or linseed meal while following cattle on corn and hay boosts profits, compared with hogs fed corn alone. Tankage raised hog gain by about 230 pounds, with costs yielding a net profit of roughly one cent per pound.
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H. J. Waters
Missouri Agricultural College
Ohio
Wisconsin
Steam Treat Silage To Reduce Fermentation Losses
Experiments show steam heating of silage in silos lowers acid formation and preserves sugar compared with unsteamed material. Corn silage steams at 20-40 pounds pressure for 12 to 14 hours, with steam reaching bottom and middle, reducing acidity and keeping more sugar, even after frost exposure.
Suspense exchange shadows doctor patient fate
In a tense exchange the patient’s companion presses for a prognosis. The doctor hedges on death or recovery, delaying certainty and leaving the outcome in doubt as the moment of mourning hangs in the balance.
Peruna editorial asserts its catarrh remedy status
The piece argues Peruna is an excellent catarrh remedy, citing US Dispensatory plant ingredients Hydrastis Canadaensis Golden Seal Corydalis Formosa Cedron Seeds and Oil of Copaiba. It lists uses for mucous membrane diseases and supports claims with authorities Bartholow Baerthow Millspaugh Scudder and others to claim Peruna’s efficacy.
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Hartman
United States
Bartholow
Boudder
Baertholow
Millspaugh
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Carolina
Scudder
Bounds to the Celt's Imaginative Hurling Tale
Harper's Weekly recalls a witty anecdote about Cuchullin from Tailtin, noting how a New Yorker asked President Conway of the Irish Athletic Association about driving distance. Conway hints at grand old times when Ireland’s champions amused nobility with feats of the hurley and potheen.
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Cuchulllin
Conway
Trish Athletic Association
Mr. Conway
Cuchuillin
Ireland
Tailtin
Harper’s Weekly
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