The Market for Perfection
The essay argues that supreme excellence commands demand and high pay across fields from chess to cooking. It cites a New England hotel using regional talent for signature dishes to attract guests, proving that superior, specialized skill earns rewards. Ambition to excel is practical and aligns with civilization's ongoing quest for refinement.
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Paderewski
Caruso
New England
American Gastronomy and the Peril of Sea Food
The piece laments American tastes for seafood from Cape Cod to the Mississippi, criticizing weak fish labeled as sea trout enjoyed by visitors in New York. It warns of spoiled fish likened to blue fish lingering days after death and argues chefs rely on sauces while appetites persist across regions and climates.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Mississippi Valley
Chicago
Tidewater
New York
America
New York Post
Gulf of Mexico
Galveston
Professor Flux Reassures On Coal Future And Jevons
Prof Flux edits a new edition of Jevons Coal Question arguing misreadings. he shows coal consumption growth slowed over 20 years versus earlier decades. He estimates current trend would yield 569 million tons annual output by 1964 if sustained, with a vast but limited coal supply remaining.
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Flux
London Tribune
Congress Debates Roosevelts Message And Senate Session
A digest of the Fifty-Ninth Congress last session notes Senate preliminaries, nominations, and resolutions of inquiry into the Twenty fifth Infantry. It covers Dupont taking the oath, reactions to presidential nominations, a Panama Canal exhibition bill, and Roosevelt’s annual message occupying most of the Senate and House sessions with brief adjournment in memory of deceased members.
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Senate
United States
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Flint
Los Angeles
Cal
Panama Canal
Congress
Washington
D. C
Roosevelt
Rayner
Maryland
House of Representatives
Union
Japan
Subtle shifts on ship subsidies and naval policy outlined
congressional debate features a compromise on ship subsidies limited to Latin American and oriental lines while a Maine bill fails. Senate asks for war and president to report on Twenty-fifth Infantry discharges. rivers and harbors funding touted. Behring Sea sealing fleet impacts U.S. waters. Louisville milk offal inquiry sparks health concerns.
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Watson
Indiana
House
Littlefield
Maine
Senate
Secretary of War
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Congress
Washington
Behring Sea
United States
Louisville
Peter Asserson
Brooklyn
Treasury
Edward VII
England
Prem Victor
Chicago
Lord Rothschilds
Girton Charmer
Cuba
Isle of Aines
Penrose
Morgan
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Court of Common Pleas
Findlay
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Co. of
Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway
J. P. Morgan
EB. H. Harriman
Taft
Brownsville
Tex
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Aug, Schramm
Shiner Oil Mill Manufacturing CO
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