Daily Life of a New Store Girl on Bargain Day
A detailed, first person chronicle of a new salesgirl entering a department store on a Monday bargain day. She endures backdoor entrances, time clocks, hostile senior workers, strict supervisors, and a grueling schedule. The piece highlights hourly looms, quick meals, pay constraints, and the social hazing by buyers, floorwalkers, and peers. Rupert the elevator boy stands out as a rare bright spot amid the oppressive routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert of
Rupert
Part Co-Operative Association
Washington
Charlotte Russe
Eddie
Lilies for the Heroes They Sleep Beneath
A patriotic verse calls readers to honor fallen soldiers with flowers and remembrance. It imagines marching soldiers and tattered flags, urging readers to lay lilies and lilacs over graves as a tribute to those who sacrificed long ago.
Heating Effect Of Coal Calorimetry In Brass Tests
W R Crane argues a simple, affordable calorimetry setup for testing coal heating value. A calori meter in mines and foundries yields relative heat results, guiding fuel selection. Factors include furnace age, firing method, grate care, ventilation, and combustion completeness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Crane
The Advertising Man and the Value of Ads Through Time
Julia D. Cowles surveys advertising from ancient Greek and Roman criers to Pompeii, and traces the rise of the modern advertising man. He knows markets, writers, artists, and placement, turning media into business leverage with a push for artful, effective campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of
Billposters
Police Gazette
Blue Ribboner
Jones
Brussels
Municipal Art Society of
Belgium
Julia D. Cowles
Expressman with a storied Boston past seeks work
A suburban charity applicant explains his trade as an expressman in Boston. He recalls transporting the Bacchante to the station, noting the notoriety ruined his respectability and left him unemployed in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Boston
Madame
An Extravagant Wife
A Syracuse Herald piece recounts a retired millionaire telling his son that college must end for now to seek work. The son, surprised, learns the father once had wealth which faded, noting even basic meals were previously negotiable for the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse Herald
Emperor William’s genealogy muddled in statue gift note
Washington Post reports William of Hohenzollern misstates kinship to Frederick the Great as ancestor in a dispatch to the President. The piece notes Frederick left no issue and contrasts with George III as the sole ancestor involved in revolutionary sentiment, urging a clearer understanding of lineage and history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
William
Hohenzollern
Welt
Frederick the Great
George Washington
Frederick
George the Third
Kansas Screamers atchison globe brides sisters visit
A brief weird note from the Atchison Globe mentions brides during the first six weeks after marriage facing loud protests from sisters who accompany visitors. It hints at a local practice or superstition linked to wedding customs and household routines.
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Evaleen Stein
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Greece
Rome
Pompeii
Cupid
John Houghton
F. R
England
Houghton
Boston News Letter
Paul Revere
Boston Gazette
Clark
Briarville
Morning Mercury
Smith
Brown's Valley
Evening Voice
Bacchante
Preacher Wise
ST. Louis
Chicago
Rocky Mountains
And
Pacific Coast
Denver
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake City
Ogden
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
L. W. Wakley
W. M. Shaw
Vine St
Cincinnati
Indianapolis, Ind
All the
Good Housekeeping
Indianapolis
Yate
THE
Indianapolis Journal
Kansas
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