Farmers, Senators and Farms Across the Nation
A Philadelphia Times dispatch reports on farmers among U S Senators, noting large holdings in Dakota and Texas, Stanford's California vineyards and a Florida tomato crop that paid nephews $30,000 for a season. It details farming ventures, wages, and the use of public servant wealth in agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Evarts
Fort Washington
Potomac
Vermont
Jersey
Washington
Evarts
Farmers’ Alliance
Capitol
Jerry Rusk
Wisconsin
General Rusk
Florida
Hamilton D
Pennsylvania
Weil
McClure
Philadelphia Times
West
Handling The Hard Customer In The Tailored Trade
The article outlines varied customer types in clothing sales and the salesman's adaptive tactics. It details how transfers between salesmen occur, the need for patience, and the skillful use of brief, decisive arguments with stubborn buyers. It covers undecided, indifferent, and demanding shoppers and notes the role of sociability and composure in closing deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tohatone
American Vines Restore French Vineyards Amid Phylloxera Recovery
Report to the phylloxera commission notes rapid expansion of American vines in France. Replanted acreage grows toward pre invasion levels as ground ravaged by phylloxera is reclaimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
CARRIED BY THE TRAMPS
The article explains cross Atlantic cattle shipments from New York to London via tramp and emigrant steamers. Cattle are fattened in stock yards before sailing to avoid losses, with costs around half a cent per pound live weight. A crew of ten manages cattle aboard, facing risks if storms cause cattle to break loose.
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Atlantic
New York Sun
New York
London
Kansas City
Europe
Newman’s Violin And A Cardinal’s Social Swing
Cardinal Newman famed for meditation and music, once invited a challenger to a Popery debate but paused to offer to play his fine old violin at the Oratory. The anecdote extends to Mr. Erskine, whose violin skills impressed a deputation, leaving them convinced the fiddle was not the sole instrument in dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardinal Newman
Leo XIII
Oratory
Northumberland
Erskine
Fancy Dishes Through Ancient and Modern Cookery
Six famed chefs share reflections on ancient and modern epicurean arts and present recipes. Recipes include Roasted Duckling Sauce, Hash a la Sam Waed, Egg en Cocotte, Lobster Preparations, and Curry of Lobster. Chefs C Rrauhoffer and Heeman J. Berehavs contribute guidance and methods for lavish dishes.
The Noble Cook Proclaimed Aims of Fine Dining
A defense of cooks as essential to life and culture arguing food fuels achievement in sport music or oratory. The piece elevates the cook's craft and outlines a model dinner bill of fare with a list of dishes and preparations.
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Dinker
CHICKEN A LA MAINTENOR AND LAMB CHOPS STEPS
A readable fragment outlines preparing chicken with olive oil onions mushrooms and claret wine, then flour, and minced celery. Lamb chops with onions, butter, flour and milk, then egg glaze. Pudding de plumete uses sponge cake custard dried fruits citron and cream. Ends with a recipe for choux dough and a note naming Chauncouncey chief of Weicker’s Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceesses
Chauncouncey
Weicker's
Washington, D. C
Cream of Egg A Lames Recipe From Willard’s Chef
A cook promotes variety in dishes with a Cream of Egg A Lames recipe. Roll six 20 minutes. Separate yolks and beat with butter. Cut whites into six pieces and place on buttered toast. Top with the cream and yolk mixture. Chef of Willard's, Washington, D. C.
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C.rauhoffer
Delmonico’s
New York
LA Maertland
Maryland
Cleveland
Osef ‘Ler
Willard's
Waslington
D. C
Coulettes de Mouton ala Reform Recipe Heads
A Washington chef at Ebbitt House presents a dish highlighted by three cooking aims: wholesome, palatable, and attractive. The recipe mixes ham and bread crumbs with mutton pieces, coats with egg and crumbs, then fries in olive oil for ten minutes and serves with a thin tea-hay.
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Ebbitt House
Washington, D. Do
Outlets of chicken with sauce by Washington chef
A Washington chef presents a meat dish idea with chicken cutlets fried brown and served with a wine and flour sauce. The note cites Taraxons, chef of Riggs House in Washington, D. C., and echoes hard times as a business man laments recent conditions.
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Washington
W. M. Taraxons
Riggs House
Washington, D. C
Washington J
The Moral Code of Mothers and Modern Hard Lessons
A lengthy essay extols motherhood as divinely implanted and calls for disciplined parenting. It argues maternal love surpasses animal instinct, cautions against harsh corporal punishment, and urges mothers to guide rather than break will. It warns against early marriage pressure and emphasizes patience, virtue, and responsibility in shaping a child's future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exenias Claes
Free America
Gehena
Earth
Old Georgian Man Fails to Survive Mule Attack
A Georgia man who was told twenty one years ago to carry snuff to blind a mad dog was killed when an old mule charged and kicked him, ending his life in a sudden rural incident.
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Tony
Cooily
New York Herald
Young Brassey
Wall
Halifax
Detroit
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Squier
Senator Stanford
Liman ER. Casey
Dakota
James River Valley
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Sioux City
Senator Sawyer
Texas
Watson
Oregon
Attres
Senator Pugh
Alabama
South
Joe Wheeler
United States
Leland Stanford
University
Senator Allison
Stanford
California
San Francisco
Senator Squier
Seattle
Morton
Rhbinocliff
Hudson
Guernsey
Senator Palmer
Busk
Uncle Jerry
Johnnie
Sam
Palo Alto
Huis
Hearst
Senator Hearst
East
Senate
Frank G. Carpenter
Jake
Greenville
Sami, Wielar
A Dude
Boston Herald
Newman's Violin
Cardinal
Erakine
Delmonteo
Chot
Vittellius
Minerva
Carpathian Sea
Nero
Tiberius
Caligula
Heliogabalus
Boston
Lobster A LA Boardman
Heeman J. BeReHavs
Young's Hotel
Welcker's
Maran
Mrs. Cleveland
America
Mamma
Madame A. Ruppert
Mme. A. Roppert
Pittsburg
Fifth Avenue
Hamilton Bar
A. Ruppert
Wolff Sagme
Tain
Wits Tam Giage
Ano
Swan Baers
Ano S
Eletha
Wolff & Randolph
Philadelphia
Pozzori
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