Summer Pet Boarding House on Market Street Destinations
A Philadelphia article describes an unusual summer hotel for dogs cats birds and fish run by youthful entrepreneurs near Market Street. The three-room facility houses hundreds of birds and dozens of dogs and cats with rigorous cleaning, variable diets, and daily baths and exercises to keep pets healthy and content while owners are away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Record
Lowe
Philadelphia
Market Street
Animal Hotel
Boston
Beit
Eeka
Rees
Canaries
Africa
Penneylvania
Zeus
The Professional Escort
A New York Mail and Express feature details the rise of professional escorts in the city. It describes two reputable agencies offering well mannered, educated men as escorts for ladies, the strict rules and fees, and how patrons are matched to fit each outing while expecting discretion and propriety.
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Dan
Hilleo Legardi
Tillco
Kleo
Malty
Lake George
Mariy
New York Mail and Express
New York
London
Sixth Avenue
Broadway
Paris
Aline
Cupid
Opposed Mergers Warned By New York Letter
A New York letter in a Philadelphia paper recounts Sage opposing merger schemes. He warned that stock and bond financing risks overstated profits, warned of credit overexpansion and potential distress, and urged simple, prudent living as the safe path to wealth amid distrust of corporate consolidations.
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New York
Philadelphia
Sage
Standard Oil Corporation
Wealthy Sage Nears Century Mark in Frugal Empire
Lady Constance M Kenzie notes a new economy zeal in Mr Sage who has become immensely rich. Observers say his fortunes exceed one hundred million and remain highly conserved, vulnerable only to a financial cataclysm.
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Aly
Sage
Women of Macon Turn Ideas Into Church Wealth
In Macon Missouri this week a mortgage of five thousand dollars on the First Baptist Church was publicly burned at a jubilee. Women led the effort by raising ideas rather than cash, funding debt relief through creative schemes. An idea from Quincy Illinois inspired a quotation book, while others sold printed writings and cornshuck mats. The Woman's Exchange baked pies and cakes, turning profits to support the minister.
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Macon
New York Sun
First Baptist Church
Quincy
Luke
Pope
C. R. Haverly
A Poor Man's Summer
A Philadelphia Record column quotes a well known doctor describing a mild season as a poor man's summer. He notes cooler days reduce medical needs and ice use, while cheap light clothes help the poor, and suggests a warm winter may again aid them.
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Philadelphia
Shelley Poem About Affection and Union
A Romantic verse excerpt by Percy Bysshe Shelley compares natural scenes to a lover's embrace. The speaker asks why all love and unity in nature should not extend to their beloved, elevating personal affection to universal harmony.
Printer Captain Meredith recalls early days of American press
Capt. William M. Meredith chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing recalls his boyhood in Indianapolis and early printing days. He describes joining the union in 1854, cutting type, and work at the Indianapolis Journal, Nashville printers convention memories, and early national union politics. He also recalls editorial mishap with the misprint Franklin Fierce and wartime friendships. He later led printing work in Chicago and St. Louis before settling in his current post.
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Washington Post
William M. Meredith
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Uncle Sam
Union
Indianapolis
Wayne County Record
Washington
Mexico
Meredith
Nashville
Canada
Charleston
Bell and
Everett
Savannah
Capitol
Es Santancenee
Farquhar
John Farquhar
Senator Gallinger
New Hampshire
Cincinnati
Far East
Northwest
South
Louisville
Massachusetts
Seventeenth
Indi Volunteers
Pierce
Indianapolis Journal
Journal
The
Sentinel
Philadelphia
Public Ledger
George W. Childs
New York
Herald
Indianapol
Captain Meredith
West
Seine
Long Earrings Rule Fashion as Pearls and Diamonds Shine
London fashion notes say wealthy women seek pear shaped arts, diamonds, rubies, and emeralds for earrings to elongate the throat and slim the silhouette. The latest design pairs a large stud with a pendant drop, using tremulous gems against a satin throat, with historic Elizabethan and Stuart influences guiding today’s choice.
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London Mail
Charles I
Peter Lely
Dresden Gallery
van Dyck
Whitehall
Superstition Rules Polo Grounds Drive to Fourth Game
New York Times notes a superstition among baseball pros about passing four loads of empty barrels en route to a fourth game. A shrewd driver may bend routes to pass a truck loaded with barrels, hoping for luck and a dollar.
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New York Times
Polo Grounds
Empty Barrels and a Hazard on the Roadside
A visiting pitcher observed empty barrels on a truck and risked nearby play as a miscue occurred. The lead runner scored on a bases hit, the next batter walked, and the following batter hit for three bases, driving in two runners. A coach urged daring play, joking about riding inside barrels rolling downhill.
My Old Kentucky Home at the Manila Theater
A Manila crowd gathers at the Red, White and Blue Theater as a visiting American singer performs a version of My Old Kentucky Home. The show blends soldiers, native onlookers, and patriotic imagery, stirring nostalgia and mixed reviews among harsh critics.
My Old Kentucky Home Echoes Through Summer Night
A vast crowd erupts in celebration as a singer is repeatedly urged to perform. Coins rain onto the stage while 30 soldiers lend their voices to the farewell chorus. A drunken youth leaves, touched by the last line, My Old Kentucky Home Good Night, and disappears into the warm evening.
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Kentucky
Plague of Owls Baffles Detroit Suburb Lane Tales
Detroit Free Press reports a suburban anecdote about a moonlit lane shadowed by big trees hosting owl nests. Travelers with umbrellas fear owl attacks while residents describe warlike, head pecking behavior and a culture of walking safely with parasols through the lane.
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Detroit Free Press
Fran
K Stockton
National Songs Debate Moves Through Dixie and Dixie
The New York Evening Post notes months of agitation over new words to Dixie and new music for America. It observes mixed progress with no replacement of Battle Hymn of the Republic by John Brown’s Body and cites mock replacements like My Country ’Tis of Thee set to fresh tunes. The piece recalls Mr Dooley’s quip about America’s national hymn as troops march to an old tune in the old town tonight.
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New York Evening Post
South
North
America
Daniel Emmett
Seuthern
Dixie
Ne — Ty
John Brown
Clementine
Iit
His Back Action Joke at Long Island Depot
A weary young man on a crowded Long Island depot platform tricks excursionists by shouting for cars ahead. An officer untethers the last car, and the train departs, leaving him aboard a lone empty carriage while a guard praises his sly warning.
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New York Times
Long Island
Cap
oMdal
Editor James Gordon Bennett’s Wealth Revered and Questioned
A Rochester Democrat-Chronicle excerpt reflects on James Gordon Bennett as the nation’s wealthiest editor aside from his son. It notes alleged investments including pricey real estate on Broadway and Ann Street, a Virth Avenue house, and land at Port Washington, with figures given amid garbled phrasing.
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Rochester Democrat-Chronicle
James Gordon Bennett
The
Herald
Barnum
Broadway
Ann Street
Port Wash
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Lady Constance M'Kenzie
Duke of Sutherland
Lizat
P. D. Fitzgerald
Eleventh Hussars
Love
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Ewasherg
Sander
Becker’s
Sander & Becker CIA
Davenport
Manila
Speeter
Dewey
Schley, Sampson
Maelec Hall
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