Peepin Tom and the Coventry Barmaid Life Explored
Lospbos reports from Coventry and London on barmaids nicknamed Peepin Tom. Miss Towne reveals bar life behind Strand pubs, detailing duties, wages from 10 to 16 shillings weekly, hours, and the social role of barmaids as refined, well spoken workers shaping customer conduct and cross class dynamics.
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Dispatch
Lospbos
England
Strand
Tom
Coventry
United Kingdom
Sue Hee
Busine
Barnard
Simpson's
Warwick
Kenilworth Castle
Shakespeare
Anid
Seithal
Ees
Eceland
Rank A. Buer
Plans of the five commissioners view a grand Washington park
Five men with 1.2 million in Treasury funds oversee Rock Creek area as they plan a major city park. The group includes General Ossey Major Robert General Boynton Ross Perry and Prof Langley. They note the valley near Kalorama and the changing landscape since early Washington. Joel Barlow once owned the romantic site.
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Wasxuinoctor
Treasury
Rock Creek
Potomac
Washington
Georgetown
Ossey
Robert
Boynton
Ross Perry
Langley
Pretty
Sylvan
Untler Kalorama Bille
Kalorama and nearby estates linked to early steam and mills
Descriptive reverie of Kalorama and Rock Creek area near Washington recounting Fulton and Barrow’s pond tests for the first steamboat, Adams Mill era, and later Pierce family country seats. Notes John Adams, Jefferson, Madison visits. lingering mills, cliffs, and the zoological park nearby.
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John Howard Payne
Kalorama
Jefferson
Madison
France
Robert Fulton
Barrow
New Zoological Park
Pierce's Mill
Isaac
Joshua Pierce
Rock Creek Valley's Lost Mills and Park Vision Near Washington
A narrative traces Rock Creek Valley landmarks once owned by Pierce Shoemaker and Blagden, noting vanished mills and forests. The plan envisions a 2000 acre park with forts and military roads included, extending to Sixteenth Street and Kalorama for a grand boulevard. Fort Stevens and Lincoln’s Civil War shadow mark the area’s history. Jenious A. Trvespenn
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Pierce Shoemaker
Isaac Pierce
Rock Creek Valley
Progress
Brightwood
Tennallytown
Mr. Shostasker
Washington
Pierce
Blagden
Rock Creek
Fort de Russy
Fort Stevens
Jubal Early
White House
Lincoln
Sixteenth Street
Kalorama
Jenious A. Trvespenn
Walking Delegate Seeks Funds for Strikers and Cigar Shortage
In Brooklyn Life, Walking Delegate Jim proposes a second fundraising call at the next meeting to aid starving strikers and remedy his own cigars shortage.
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Brooklyn
Jim
Love Scene Quips Inspire Old Welcomed Wooing
A Binghamton Leader reader notes a humorous remark about a hero wooing a heroine. The line suggests charm plus a favorable will as a witty take on romance and consent in an old fashioned tale.
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Binghamton Leader
Depew Recalls Early Struggles and Father’s Will
Chauncey M. Depew recounts his Yale graduation and vow to make his own way. He credits his stern Dutch father for forcing thrift and hard work, saying success came from long hours, temperance, and economy. Depew warns that idleness dulls judgment and erodes value over years.
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Young Men’s Christian Association
New York
Chauncey M. Depew
Yale
Peekakill
Typewriter Trials and the Perils of Stenography
A New York lawyer recalls hiring stenographers and typewriters for legal work, detailing a string of misfits from schoolgirls to a perfect employee who was later married off by the boss’s own folly. He laments the era’s weak training and concludes only a few are truly competent. The piece ends with the lawyer confessing he lost his ideal helper to marriage.
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New York
McAllister
Susie
Ee Ey
Charles T. Murray
Brutes Love of Music by German Band
A German band playing near a house drew cows from a field to listen at the wall. The animals followed the music when it stopped and mooed in distress, running in circles to reach the sound again. The coincidence notes pigs and cows charmed by German music.
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Lowing
Oriental Politeness In A Hindoo Clerk Letter
A newspaper excerpt notes the elaborate politeness of an educated Hindu clerk in a letter to his employer. The misprinted lines show devout expressions of respect and self effacement, reflecting colonial era attitudes toward Hindu etiquette.
Beet Sugar Prospects From Grand Island Mill
Professor Wiley announces a sample of beet sugar from the new Grand Island Nebraska mill and praises its quality. He argues sugar making will pay in Nebraska and Kansas and favors the McKinley bounty to establish a permanent U S beet sugar industry within five years.
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St. Louis
United States
Bacteria A Blessing and Menace in Milk Handling
Professor H W Conn explains bacteria are tiny, multiplying in air water soil and foods. They are killed by heat above boiling and spores require higher heat. Bacteria sour milk and form curds while also aiding cream ripening. cold slows growth and warmth promotes it. Cleanliness and immediate cooling after milking help keep milk free of bacteria.
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H. W. Conn
Meath
Cosmopolitan New York City’s Language Mosaic
A perceptive note on how Manhattan streets reveal clustered nationalities. Mulberry Street shows Italian speech and trades while nearby Mott Street hosts a Chinese enclave. The piece sketches Bohemian and Polish areas, with mention of Hungarians and Irish communities.
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New York City
Mulberry Street
Mott Street
Poland
Ireland
A Big Bubble of Air and Cheap Silk Underwear
An 1890s style column extols an elastic air mattress, praises dust-free bedding for health, condemns risky beauty potions, and offers homegrown suggestions. It also touts a new knit silk underwear fabric priced at 38 cents a yard, promising warmth and washability for workers.
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McKinley
America
Shirley Dark
Ponies of the Potomac Island Racers Described
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat feature discusses a Chesapeake Island inhabited by a hardy people and a herd of extraordinary ponies. The ponies stand 12 to 13% hands high, resemble Arabian heads, and trot and pace with notable endurance. Spring prices start around $25. the ponies are not gelded and stallions mate.
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Potomac
Chincotesque
Anys
Brown
Virginia
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
TRYING THEIR WINGS
A Cincinnati Times-Star note on young lawyers gaining first criminal court trials. Judges grant assignments to neophyte attorneys, with seasoned classmates watching. Jurors endure lengthy proceedings as trainee lawyers present cases. Ladies show kindness while the courtroom drama unfolds.
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Cincinnati Times-Star
Court House
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Rock Creek Falls
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Ness
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Cincinnati
Portugal
Pete
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