A Matter of Dollars and Sense It Is New in the Tobacco
A brief note surveys recent price shifts and financial considerations in the tobacco trade, highlighting new cost factors, market trends, and their impact on producers and consumers.
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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1902
Page
22
A brief note surveys recent price shifts and financial considerations in the tobacco trade, highlighting new cost factors, market trends, and their impact on producers and consumers.
The Daniel Stewart Company states from extensive experience that the Tom Keene cigar is exceptionally praised and well deserved for its quality. They affirm it as the best five-cent cigar they have known to be sold.
The Denver Post recounts a Colorado mining tale narrated by Thomas Tulley, deputy state treasurer, detailing a near-fatal San Juan snowslide in 1891. He describes the avalanche, the loss of the Titusville mill, and the escape with companions. The piece ends with reflections on hats and baldness.
A squib explains hair loss linked to hat fit. The author argues that tight hats compress temporal arteries, reducing scalp blood flow and causing hair thinning. The piece notes a long, narrow head shape makes finding a properly fitting hat difficult, suggesting the habit contributes to premature baldness.
The piece notes Dr. Richard G. Moulton on nemesis through a French dame school theft tale where a lampblack duck exposed a thief. It then discusses lovesickness and morbid passion, contrasting types of death by action and the public mislabeling such cases as insanity.
A Kansas City couple, a student and his wife, prove living on under ten dollars a month is possible. Over five weeks they spend 11.49 on essentials with rent at 1 per week. Potatoes meat oysters and crackers shape meals while careful shopping and a single room home keep them neat. The wife weighs 131 pounds at start and gains six by the period end while the husband remains around 150. Authorities note this instance as a stark, practical study in frugal living.
A Washington Star dispatch discusses double suicides where lovers plan to die together. A prominent penologist notes bullets through the girl and the man’s self inflicted gunshot. The piece questions why some choose death over marriage and examines evolving theories on mental state at self destruction.
A fragment from a period piece shows Mary guiding pupils through corrective exercises while correcting terms. It offers humorous and erroneous definitions such as Adperability as a herbite and Afferbility as insanity on one subject.
The January 7 11 1850s constitutional convention in Montgomery passed the Ordinance of Secession on January 11 as crowds cheered over the new Alabama flag. Delegates soon withdrew from Congress and Governor Moore seized federal forts and arsenals. Northern Unionists proposed Nickajack state, but secession prevailed turning Alabama toward the Confederacy. The piece also discusses federal pay scales and career ladders in the War and Treasury departments, noting promotions stagnation and transfer dynamics.
The Washington Post discusses salaries across government departments, noting the Treasury Department pays highest overall yet varies by division. It highlights the book and oil wars secretary’s office with top salaries, listing chief at 3,000 dollars and several assistants and clerks with 1,800 to 2,250 dollar ranges.
An essay discusses how voice inflection shapes perception of sincerity and politeness. It contrasts American and European speech habits and warns that rising terminal intonation can signal reluctance or condescension, turning greetings into offenses and harming effective communication.
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