Underground growth reshapes New York City landscape
An investigator notes rapid underground expansion in Manhattan where around one hundred thousand people work beneath streets and waterways. Baking, shops, and fashion commerce thrive underground, while luxury spending fuels a hidden economy with some women spending tens of thousands yearly on attire.
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New York City
Nnd
York
Manhattan
City
Greater
New York
Carsyon
Rivera
Chicago
Manhattan Island
Hundred Women Spend on Fashion and Accessories
The text estimates yearly fashion costs at about 35,000 dollars, covering coats to gowns and accessories. It notes 25 hats averaging around 55 dollars, 8 to 20 dollar shoes, multiple gowns renewed frequently, and ongoing changes in taste and quantity driving expenses into the thousands, plus enduring but fluctuating jewelry costs.
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Xpert
New York
Metropolis
Wall Street Rivalry and Railroads in the Harriman Era
The piece recalls a bitter clash over control of the Illinois Central railroad between Stuyverant Fish and E H Harriman, linking past conflicts of Ramsey and Gould to Wall Street power. It notes social and business rivalries spilling from clubs to hotels and financiers, with anecdotes on etiquette shifts at the Waldorf Astoria and a run-in involving a well mannered dog.
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Illinois Central Railroad
E. H. Harriman
Joseph Rampey
The
Wabash
George J. Gould
Ramsey
Mr. Gould
Wall Street
Grovnda
Wallhod Road Street
Ife
HH Harriman
San Francisco
Hotels Relax Rules for Dogs in City Inns
The piece notes growing tolerance for canine guests in hotels as clerks confirm owners may bring dogs if well behaved. The Savoy remains strict with no dogs allowed, while Bur Nogton on West Thirty fifth Street, owned by Mrs. Richard Hudnut, publicly declares dog-friendly policies to the roof.
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Hoozoe
Althoweh
Savoy
Weet Thivileth Street
Fifth Avenue
Richard Hudnut
Plan of Cow Stable for Convenient Sanitary Barn
The ground plan of a cow stable shows two rows of cows in the south exposed end, with a root cellar, a cool room and a dairy room separated by a hallway from the stable. The back portion sits in the banked area of the building, reflecting a farmer’s suggestion to build a barn on the hillside.
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Con
Farmhouse Dairy Barn Plan With Multilevel Storage
Contemplates placing the icehouse above the cool room and root cellar to provide a adjacent dairy room without moving. A second floor barn drive permits unloading roots into the root cellar and placing hay grain above, with the feehouse over the cool room. The design proposes below ground first story for north and east barns, easy access and drainage, and a 70 by 2 feet footprint with a 13 by 22 root cellar.
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New Yorker
Treatment of calf scours offers usable remedy and recovery tale
The writer notes several calf scours side issues and endorses a home remedy of tincture of rhubarb camphor and opiate in hot water. He recalls a dramatic recovery of a severely ill calf treated twice with this mix, fed raw eyes and milk later, losing hair yet becoming a strong feeder.
Young Composer Rachel Publishes Parallel Page Vision
A 12 year old Rachel wrote a poem praising arbutus liverwort spring beauty blood root and other blooms of dell and dale. Her editor father notes she wrote on both sides of the sheet and he asks whether she prints on both sides too prompting a witty exchange about publishing practices.
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Rachel
Dell and
Dale
Roe
All things in proportion in a fever tale
An irritable merchant bedridden by typhoid faces meals in strict proportion as he recovers. A vision of a modest steaming dinner appears, and a nurse serves tapioca while the doctor urges restraint in all things. Later the patient asks for reading and a postage stamp.
Craze for Famous Man’s Tobacco Blends Sparks Demand
A New York Sun excerpt notes that men from across the country seek edwin booth’s tobacco formula and other famous person blends. Dealers report multiple requests daily for these strong, celebrated mixtures, with many buyers unable to finish a pipeful yet eager for the experience.
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Edwin Booth
Booth
New York
The
New York Sun
City namesake Mound City and its ancient builders
The city earned the nickname Mound City because early settlers found many elevations they believed to be relics of the Mound Builders of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. Limestone bluffs beneath parts of St Louis provide solid ground for business buildings.
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Doulh
Mound City
Ohio
Mississippi
St. Louia
Roadside Intercept Delays Driver Then Part
A motorist is halted on a country road by a man who orders him to turn back to town. The exchange reveals the stranger believes himself a constable, while the passenger claims to be a farmer and notes the weather before bidding farewell as they reach the village.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Belling a Rat Myth Echoes in Delaware Tale
A Delaware boy tied a bell to a rat to shoo it away. The bell rang all night, waking the family, and attracted more rats drawn by the sound. The tale suggests if a harmonica lured one rat, others would dance, turning a pest control idea into a comic misadventure.
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Delaware
She Was Willing to Accept the Nomination
In a domestic exchange a wife congratulates her husband on his political nomination and warns him about vilification. He cautions that opposition will attack him with rumors, while she probes his past engagements before meeting her.
The Way of the Child
A child in a car and his mother are the focus as a conductor asks ages. After learning the boy’s age the boy quips that his mother is 31, prompting a humorous exchange that ends with the conductor moving on.
Definition of Success and the Seeds of Doubt
The passage contrasts hypothetical scientists and unbelief with real scientists who are believers. It argues that success is measured by humanity's benefit. Those who dismiss inspiration write many books and gain fame, but true success requires clear benefits to humanity beyond wealth or ignorance.
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Hghey
Joel Chandler
Uncle Remus’ Magazine
Mexican horseman nails big win on a hunch
Kay Spence of Mexico Missouri, a famed horseman, cashed in at Louisville after a strange omen. He noticed a Chinese laundry ticket amid betting odds and bet Wing Ting at ten to one instead of Joaquin, the favorite, and Wing Ting won handily.
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Kay Spence
Mexico
Louisville
Spence
Joaquin
Wing Ting
Kansas City Star
Boo Hoo Baby and the Collier's Libel War
A doctor of divinity now editing a religious paper criticizes Collier's Weekly in a public dispute over libel suits. The piece defends the religious press, attacks Collier's methods, and defends Postum and Grape-Nuts against medicinal claims. It argues Collier's uses sensationalism, warns readers of libel risks, and cites thousands of letters praising the products' health effects.
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Collier's Weekly
Collier's
Collier’s Weekly
Christiang
oMce
America
Collier
New Orleans
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