Provisioning costs reveal wartime logistics and luxury consumables
The article details historical provisioning costs for a fleet including the St Louis and Kronprinzessin Cecilie, outlining per mile passenger costs, tonnage shifts, and vast consumption of meat, poultry, fish, dairy, produce, and beverages. It cites quantities for bread, pastries, tea, coffee, cocoa, butter, fruit, and alcohol, and notes the Bremen storehouses as among the world’s most complete, with American benefit from these supplies.
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Tle Atlantic
St. Louis
Southampton
Kronprinzessen
Ce Othe
Central Park
Cteamera
Tinaneport
Tably
Bables
Bremen
America
Ocean Food Supply on Modern Floating Hotels
The article notes no limits on travelers appetites aboard steamships with a la carte dining. It highlights trained buyers ordering supplies for voyages, with North German Lloyd spending over $4 million on catering in 2007 and coal costs just over $7 million as ships traveled about 6.25 million miles.
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New York
Ocean Hotel
Lloyd Ine
Wolf of Badenoch Believed Found Beneath Dunkeld Cathedral
Remains unearthed under Dunkeld’s cathedral door are identified as Bishop Sibelair and Alexander the Wolf of Badenoch Earl of Buchan who died circa 1292. Lord Tullibardine supports the claim after comparing charters to jaw bone shape, noting Buchan’s brutal rule and destruction of Elgin Cathedral and churches in the north.
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Edinburgh
Dunkeld
Workmson
Sibelair
Wolf
Badenoch
Alexander
Earl of Buchan
Lord Tullibardine
Earl of Michin
Robert IL
Scotland
Mfe
Buchan
Robert Iil
Elgin
Dadenoch
Buried Paris Treasure Tale Reaches New Haven
William E. Moore of Meriden pens Pittsburgh newspaper about a 500000 franc gold stash hidden near Paris and later buried by a trusted butler after stealing from a Pittsburgh woman. Moore, now in a Meriden cafe, claims the butler knows the hiding place and died in London in 1901.
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New Haven
Conn
William E. Moore
Meriden
Pittsburgh
Paris
Pittsburg
Moore
Pithieburg
Plac
Tle
London
City Reclaiming Sweepings as Fertilizer Revenue
Los Angeles public works boards saves about $600 monthly by selling swept street debris to private firms for fertilizer. Revenue comes from avoided collection costs, not direct city payments, as companies cart and process the sweepings in their own wagons. The system grows with increased incineration of garbage and ashes yield a larger return.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Board of Public Works
Ely
Dublin Professor Claims Plants Have Eyes for Vision
Dublin professor asserts plants possess eye like lenses in leaf surfaces and can form clear downward images. He displays photographs taken through plant eye lenses and includes images resembling Darwin and Huxley, noting distinctive features in the photos.
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Dublin
Wager
Wopeor
Im Jr Duphons
Darwin
Histey
Uncle’s will forgets nephew in a tricky clause
A family quip reflects a relative's omission in a will. The speaker notes the uncle remembered him but chose not to include him, revealing a tense, ironic dynamic in estate planning.
Skin Troubles Cured by Cuticura Remedies
A patient recalls long battle with itch and a leg infection progressing to blood poisoning. after failing four doctors and other medicines, Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent cured the eruptions. The testimonial dated May 13 1907 from Hesnen Milan Missouri cites relief after using the Cuticura products.
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J. FF
Hesnen
Milan
Patented Veterinary Remedy Ad Promises Broad Distemper Cure
An old advertisement touts a supposed universal remedy for distemper pink eye and other livestock ailments. It claims efficacy for all ages of cattle and sheep and lists price per bottle as 1.00, with agents and manufacturers specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agente
Sport Medical Co
Sbpeo
Gioshin
Ind
Dancing Declined Angers Mrs Tt in Small Town Scene
A garbled item notes Mrs Tt becomes irate when a young man refuses a dance at tendance. It mentions Lewis' Single Binder Cigar and a Peoria Illinois dealer, hinting at class tension and social expectations in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Hil
Lewin’ Factory
Theater Confusion Over Play Named As You Like It
A maid recalls an amusing theater visit where the show’s title was not told. The line outside read As You Like It but the maid and her mistress could not confirm the play’s name. The piece captures a light misidentification from a New York Times quip.
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New York Times
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Gulre
Perey Hasbrooke
Papa
Perey
Spohn's
Henry Drummond
Musuall
Sioux City
Uae
Allen
Ae. Alineivd
Bailey, N.Y
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Dodd
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Omaha
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Putnam
Monroe Drug CO
Quincy
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Wl.douglas
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Mana
A.n.mellogg Newspaper CO
Adams
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