Skyscraper Romance and Routine in New York Towers
A vivid panorama of life inside a New York skyscraper describes elevator bustle 650 feet per minute, a female dominated work community, and a social ecosystem where romance blossoms between offices. It notes the roof promenades, hops, and a culture of gossip shaped by typewriters, cashiers, and law firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Tommy
Vassar
Bar- Dard
Fifth Avenue
Madison Square
Forty-second Street
Office
Cupid
Fair City
Manhattan Island
Skyscraper Markets Drive Money Into Hidden Rooms
The piece describes how finance and industry rise through quiet channels from basements to skyward steel, with brokers, offices, and foreign agents shaping fortunes. It notes the anonymity of success in tall buildings and the unseen flows of cash behind elevator doors.
Effects of Intense Light on Retinal Fatigue
The piece explains that retinal fatigue depends on the total light entering the eye, not just brightness. It compares Arctic goggles, pinhole sun viewing, distant arc lights, and city illumination to show how smaller, intense light can be sustained longer with less discomfort, while larger, equally bright images cause more strain.
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Canancaigua
Stamford
Philadelphia
Washington
Albany
New Haven
Arctic
Optical Review
Free Ride Policy For Preachers On G W Tui Steamer
The Mississippi river steamer G. W. tui will carry preachers free by request of late Captain G. W. Hill of Alton. Hill, a part owner, began the policy on his first steamer in Iowa in the 1850s after a pastor paid ten dollars and he refunded it, making preacher fare free on his vessels while his name remained.
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G. W. Tui
G. W. Hill
Alton
Captain Hill
Des Moines
Iowa
Fort Des Moines
St. Louis Republic
Woman Cures Psoriasis With Cuticura Remedies
Miss Sara Burnett describes severe psoriasis covering her body and scalp, failing dermatologists and hospitals, then improving after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She praises the products and notes gloves were once needed for disfigured hands. Free skin disease book offered by Potter Drug & Chem Corp.
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Sara Burnett
Fitzwater St
Philadelphia
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Columbus Ave
Boston
How He Averted a Duel Story of Joe Blackburn
A Kentucky man named Joe Blackburn was asked to duel in youth. He agreed and met at the appointed place at sunrise. After he spoke the terms, darkness prevented the duel, a tale recited with a humorous punchline.
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Joe Blackburn
Kentucky
Joe
Harper’s Magazine
Eggs and health talk from Dr Slack in Duluth
Dr J S Slack, English food expert, advised in Duluth that health comes from two meals daily with an occasional fast. He cited a humorous anecdote about a gentleman who complained after a soft boiled egg and asked it be wrung neck and grilled.
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J. S. Slack
Duluth
Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic Promises Dental Benefits
An advertisement touts Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic as a superior germicide for oral care. It claims to whiten teeth, remove tartar, destroy decay germs, deodorize, and protect false teeth, with a costly dentist bill avoided. Available at druggists or by mail from The Paxton Toilet Co. Boston Massachusetts.
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Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
Moissant Remembered as Generous Airman and Inventor
A Chicago editor recalls John B. Moissant as genial and skilled an airman. He mentions Moissant visiting with drawings of his own aircraft and jokes that judging a plane by its exterior is unfair, likening it to discovering an oyster by prying open the shell.
Speeding Driver Bribery Attempt Foolish, Constable Arrests
In a Harper's Weekly vignette a constable arrests a driver after the driver offers a ten dollar bribe to avoid a trial for speeding at 50 mph. The driver concedes no fault, pays to placate, and cites overwhelming odds against a trial.
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Harper's Weekly
Severe Critic
Alice praises Tom as exceedingly gentlemanly yet self focused while Grace quips about his numerous I references in a witty exchange from Puck.
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Alice
Tom
Grace
Puck
Household troubles and a bottle of Hamlins Wizard Oil
Elusive household woes such as headaches toothaches stomachaches and other pains are pitched as being cured by Hamlins Wizard Oil. The ad urges readers to keep a bottle in the house for quick relief from common ailments.
Purported Garfield Tea Advertises Health Benefits
An advertisement claims Garfield Tea purifies the blood eradicating rheumatism gout and other diseases asserting strong healing rhetoric through merchant promotion.
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Garfield
Go to sleep without supper, but rise ithout debt Talmud
The fragment invokes a proverb style line about deprivation and moral instruction, referencing a Talmudic theme. No clear人物,机构或地点 is identifiable in readable text.
The Spring Medicine Sargatabs Promoted For Cures
The notice touts The Spring Medicine as a par excellence remedy for troubles pimples boils eruptions loss of appetite tiredness biliousness indigestion and headaches. It claims unequited radical permanent cures and urges readers to get it today in liquid form or as chocolated tablets called Sargatabs.
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New York
Brazil
la Fontaine
Cascar Toc
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
Golden
Hood
John Kennedy
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Spokane
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Aoil
Otawa
Can
W H. Rogers
Indianpolis
Indiana
Gardner Building
Toledo
Ohio
Grand Rapid.3 Refrigerator CO
Clyde Park Avenue
Grand Rapids, Mich
N.L Munro
Vandewater St
Warantee
Toyah
Texas
E Oil Land Agency
Ft. Worth
W.E. Brown, Jr
H Street
Washington, D.C
FT. Wayne
Spohn Medical CO
Goshen, Indiana
ZL. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Ounat Enoas von Fan Onv
Wrrtoem
W.l.douglas
Ues
YW. L. Pon
Spark St
Brockton
Buss
Miss Bangs
Miss Whiton
School For Girls
Sargent
Cambridge
New Hampshire
U.S
Taft
Fairbanks
Roosevelt
Putnam
Pheer
Monroe Drug Company
Quincy
Ihl
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