What It Costs In Money Probation Exposition Buffalo
What it costs to visit the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo is outlined. Overnight lodging may be found for 50 cents, better stays near the Exposition 75 cents to $1, meals 25 to 50 cents, with daily living expenses $2 to $2.50. Admission to the Exposition is 30 cents, including buildings grounds and stadium access. The Midway is free except for concession entries, and shows range 10 to 50 cents. Manx Bennrrr.
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Sition
Buffalo
The Doctor and the Manufacturer Bet on Names
A Milwaukee Sentinel excerpt recounts a bet between a doctor and a manufacturer over naming 100 people in fifteen minutes. The doctor swiftly lists many names, counting 68, prompting laughter at his professional knowledge of psychology. The fragment closes with quips about nutrition and unrelated notes.
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Doc
James Brown
Doe
Pencis
Presence of mind under electric shock highlighted in hospital tale
A Cincinnati Enquirer account recalls a 5000 to 6000 volt shock to Edison Company electrician E L Price. He walked to City Hospital and survived, noting how staying calm and not touching the live wire with another body part is vital. A rescuer should strike the wire away to avoid being struck.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
E. L. Price
Edison Company
The
Enquirer
City
Lasteo
Price
Special Election Brings Flynn To City Council For Two Years
Local notes report Branewick second ward council seat decided with E W Flynn receiving 61 votes to T A Sigafoose 46. The result seats Flynn on the city council for a two year term. Also noted are market prices for corn wheat and hay at the Local Mart and an obituary for Grey Jack the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company horse. Travel delays after a B&O wreck near Relay and a humorous anecdote about General Grant on a Chinese riverboat appear in a collage of items from the era.
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Brunswick
Branewick
E. W. Flynn
T. A. Sigafoose
Flynn
Grey Jack
Horus
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Grant
China
Tien-tsin
Peking
Roy
Taikee Lowder
Tireral Grant
Lowder
Wonderlang
P Rey
General Grant
Lourder
Stopa the Cough and Works Off the Ogid
An old patent medicine ad touts Stopa the Cough and Works off the Ogid claiming a one day cure for colds. Laxative Brome Quinine Tablets are offered with No Cure No Pay and a price of 25 cents.
Timing the Shamrock's Trial Gauge At New York
A busy Erin crew prepares for a potentially decisive America cup trial as Sir Thomas Lipton analyzes speed on the Shamrock with an intelligent gauge. The process aims to yield a British-water trial speed, weather permitting, under wind and force conditions. Traction workers seek 20 cents an hour in Philadelphia after a 19-cent compromise fails to satisfy demands for a ten-hour day. The Yellow Fever Commission ends ties with Draguian, confirming germ presence in blood rather than intestines, per Major Havard.
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Thomas Lipton
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Street Railway
West
Union Traction Company
Forming a Plow Trust in 80s Chicago
About thirty U S plow manufacturers gathered in Chicago to discuss a nationwide consolidation. They projected a $50,000,000 organization and linked price hikes to a ruinous credit system and rising material costs.
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Chicago
United States
Landanum Drinking and Narcotic Dangers
A coroner's inquiry in Sheffield, England, reveals a ten year Laudanum drinker who progressed from a small dose to an ounce at a time, illustrating how constitution can be bent by narcotics and the risk of fatal doses for unaccustomed persons.
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Shefeltd
England
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