Ocean Liners Hit Waste and Gluttony on Trans Atlantic Travel
New York readers hear stern critique from steamship agents and line directors who plan economy driven menus. They claim thousands of tons of good food are wasted yearly on first class routes to Europe. A halt on excessive meals and altered dining practices are urged to curb waste and improve efficiency.
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New York
Reading
London
Sorid
Europe
Paris
Berlin
Senator Cockrell the Whist Expert of Washington
Special: Wraneis M. Cockrell, now a member of the Interstate Commission, is famed as the most inveterate whist player in Washington and the most card savvy man of his generation. Mild, loyal, and widely beloved, he only shows a fighter’s spirit when opponents botch a whist move.
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Washington
Wraneis M. Cockrell
Interstate Commission
Senate
Missouri
Cullom
Senator Cockrell
Confederacy
Cockrell
Commission
A Witch's Weight in a Small Town Tale
Brenda, a slim young woman, weighs 99 percent pounds and is told by Mr. Follanshee that 99 is witches' weight. Grandfather confirms the notion with a terse remark about Maiam Jones and witches, noting 99 pounds 46 as the traditional limit carried by a broom.
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Brenda
Mr. Follanshee
Maiam Jones
Neptune Initiates Sea Royalty on Battleship Fleet Cruise
A vivid letter from the battleship Connecticut describes a New Year visit by Neptune, Amphitrite, and entourage aboard a Brazilian voyage. Crew and officers watched a staged initiation with police, a band, and a playful ritual involving a water tank, barber chairs, and exaggerated penalties for volunteers.
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King Neptune
New York
Neptunus Rex
United States
Connecticut
Pernambuco
Brazil
Trinidad
Cape San Roque
South America
Europe
Cape Sian Roque
Windward Islands
Caribbean Sea
Central America
Mexico
Cuba
Gulf of Mexico
Straits of Florida
Sahaima Banks
Newfoundland
England
France
Spain
Portugal
Evans
Sysel
Neptune
Amphitrite
Cartouche Greatest of World’s Brigands
From the New York Weekly a profile of Louis Dominique Cartouche, Paris born in 1693, who rose from a gipsy camp to lead a tightly organized gangster army. He elicited tears before robbing worshippers, organized divisions of thieves, police, and merchants, and ruled Paris with fear from 1719 to 1726, when authorities finally pressed to exterminate his band.
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Jouis Dominique Cartouche
Louis Dominique Cartouche
Paris
Dominique
Gamin
St. Joseph's
Cartouche
Iself
Procurer du Roi
Asman
Cartouche Robber Chief Captured After French Town Turmoil
Residents recount Cartouche’s daring heists in 1720 1721 with jewels and coin stolen from Marshal d Anree’s residence and the Spanish ambassador. Authorities offered rewards and pardons but faced deadly informers before Cartouche’s capture on October 1 1721 and execution on November 6 1721. Paris celebrated the fall with prose and verse as public joy flooded the streets.
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Marshal d-Anree
Carrial
Hhis Royal Bank
Quincampmix
Cartouche
Driganed
Paris
Old Age and Pride in Sag Harbor School Story
The fragment discusses Jed claiming old age has no bearing on life and mentions a fundraising effort by Mrs. Russell in Sag Harbor. It notes a donation of 10,000 and a larger 100,000 toward erecting a Pierson High School commemorating Vincent Pierson, an ancestor linked to New York’s public school development.
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Old Darky
Jed
ToYabie
Tombie
Russelle
Pierson
Sag Harbor
Lu.t
Vin Pierson
New York State
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New York Weekly
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Prince Charming
Duke of Orleans
Monsieur le Blanc
Riends
Enferor Williatt
Saxony
the Kaiser
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