Food and drink on transatlantic liners in 1907
A detailed ledger of passenger consumption aboard modern liners shows food and beverage totals for the year 1907. Beverages include 51,000 champagne bottles and 129,209 first class plus 121,297 gallons of claret for third class, with beer over half a million gallons. Food tallies list 8,211,927 pounds of beef, 750,000 pounds each of pork veal and mutton, 10,000 tons of potatoes, 6,500,000 eggs, and 76,223 bottles of sterilized milk for children.
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Suez
Paris
Lloyd's
Woman Becomes Pilot From Steamboat Family Roots
Mrs. Wyllia Hulett of Beardstown Illinois earned a pilot license after examination by Capt Archie Gordon United States Inspector of steamboats. He noted her exceptional navigation with 150 miles of Illinois river beacon and day mark knowledge. Her husband George Hulett failed the exam due to color blindness though he is a steamboat engineer.
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St. Louis
Wyllia Hulett
Beardstown
Archie Gordon
United States Inspector of Steamboats
Hulett
George Hulett
Gordon
Ilinois River
Italian Count Arrested Over Kidnap Plot in Weleetka
The Italian Count Accassano and his daughter Esther were jailed then released after alleging Esther was deceived into marrying James Lalley a railroad section boss in Dustin and Rome. They plan to sail to New York then Italy. Lalley remains employed as a section boss and will not travel to Rome.
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Muskogee
Okla
Louis Accassano
Esther
Weleetka
James
Lalley
Smith
Accassano
New York
Italy
Count Accassano
Mexico
Monterey
Rome
America
Dustin
Oklo
Boas
Eternal City
Behind the Scenes. Who's your understudy broth of a boy
A Baltimore American note quotes theater chatter about an understudy described as a 'supe' by a source, highlighting backstage slang and casting talk.
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Baltimore American
Madam Passenger Finds Smoking Car Truth
A sharp old woman proves the smoking car is the one she desires after a brakeman misidentifies others. She enjoys her pipe and notes the young man’s underestimation of her riding experience on the rail.
Not in a police court he don t
Dialogue captures a character quip about human nature and greed in a court scene with Easy Edmund and Drather Sitdown debating justice and restraint. The exchange hints at streetwise humor amid legal setting.
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Edmund
Drather
Financier Recounts Odd Midnight Scene In Post Story
A financier recalls a bizarre incident with a lawn mower at the foot of the stairs after arriving home at midnight. The dialogue hints at a prior life insurance policy and unexpected events surrounding the night.
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Houston Post
Restored Hope and Confidence After Illness
A reader describes a long battle with peritonitis and digestive illness. After trying Grape-Nuts and Postum, health improved, sleep returned, appetite normalized, and strength and hope grew. The letter endorses the products as part of ongoing use by the couple.
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AN. Y
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Richard Fairbanks
Walden Yawcett
Charles W. Fairbanks
Atlantic
Woman
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