The Opera Box Alchemy in New York High Society
New York social theorist analyzes the cost and social price of owning a Metropolitan Opera box. He calculates a $102 857 price from building land and mortgage, notes box ownership yields steady income, and cites $12 000 annual net from 96 performances while highlighting exclusivity and prestige.
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New York
New York City
Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera House
New York World
Atmospheric changes and pipe dreams in old clippings
This article discusses barometric shifts and their large implied weights, noting an inch move lifts immense loads from roof and body. It then presents two poem fragments from the Kansas City Star and Florida Times Union about pipe dreams and nostalgic visions sparked by a fire’s glow.
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Kansas City Star
Lilies of the Bible Are Wind Flowers in Holy Land
The article explains that biblical lilies are not real lilies native to Palestine. It identifies the wind flower Anemone coronaria as the plant Christ likely saw, notes its red blossoms and windborne seeds, and explains ancient usage of the term lily for cuplike flowers rather than true lilies.
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Holy Land
Palestine
Christ
Baltimore
Gems and odds ends from old newspapers
A collage of quips and curiosities from Chicago Boston Philadelphia Life and Calais about luck desserts fashion and crafts. Notes mention Ceylon gems nut storage machine made laces and a longship yard in Japan 1900s style with brisk one liners.
Sinister Preparations In A Sickroom Scene
A fragment shows Little Willie allowed into a sickroom to view a newborn, examining the infant with the customary disapproval of a cautious child as the scene hints at ominous undertones.
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Willie
Easier Than Riding and A Wary Railroad Fare
An excerpt describes a nurse unwinding a baby's shell before a bath as a boy fears drowning. another remark depicts a railroad president who started as a brakeman, walking the line rather than riding in a private car.
A Man of Brains dialogue excerpt
A London Opinion quotation shows Reginald forgetting a card case and Algy offering his cards. The exchange highlights witty banter about names and clever remarks.
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Reginald
Doncher
Algy
London
Scientific Discovery Sparks Talk of Germs and Razors
A Washington Star quiz style quote discusses billions of germs gathering on a razor edge and the idea of using a strapped razor to subdue germs, attributed to Mrs Tor in a playful scientific context.
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Mrs Tor
Corporal Peristocent
Washington Star
Streetcar Ad Wins and Losses Spark Debate
A Pittsburgh Post editorial quips about a streetcar passenger smiling and a bold remark on advertising on streetcars, noting that when she boards the car the ads are a total loss in a witty exchange.
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Pittsburgh Post
Auction Offerings of Silverware and Tableware Pieces
A catalog lists watches for boys and girls rings lockets chains and necklaces baby items including spoons cups and sets as well as cut glass water and wine sets fruit bowls celery trays and cream and sugar sets. It includes brass china pottery and hand painted Haviland Derby pattern pieces with open stock tableware.
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Crum
Haviland
Derby
Commercial St Grocery Advertises Wide Fresh Market Offerings
Local notice promotes a general grocery store on Commercial Street listing seasonable greens fruits canned goods relishes and spices with a full range of staples and fancy groceries expected to attract trade.
Logging trade tools and hardware in demand
Hardware cooking utensils and implements used by woodsmen and loggers prove the large logging trade sustains demand for tools and utensils suited to woodcutting work.
Line of dry goods for outdoorsmen and woodsmen
A well assorted selection of staple clothing shoes mackinaws and outdoors gear offered to help woodsmen and outdoor workers choose wisely and save money.
Feed store offers hay grain and poultry supplies
A local feed store advertises handling hay grain and all kinds of feed in carload lots to offer the lowest prices. Shoppers are invited to visit before buying stock feed and to check the full line of poultry supplies.
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Ee City Drag Line
Rainier Beer
Lee J. Howerton
Tle
Nenworth
Detroit Free Press
Opera House
Fifth Avenue
Kingdom of Heaven On Earth
Florida Times-Union
Boston Transcript
Chicago News
Washington Herald
Philadelphia Record
Chicago Record-Herald
Gems of
Ceylon
Calais
France
United States
Japan
Monarch
Sis
New York Times
Santa Claus
Carlquist’s
Old Reliable Jewelry Store
China
Carlquist, Jeweler
Commercial St. Grocery
J. C. Massie
Prop
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Commercial St
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