Palmer, Stewart Deal Ends With One Hundred Ten Thousand
An old Chicago dry goods dealer Potter Palmer meets A T Stewart in New York through a credit negotiation. Palmer commits to a $110000 purchase, prompting a swift, dramatic cash offer when Stewart fears extending credit. Palmer counts out the money, asks for a receipt, and plans to ship goods, leaving with a friendly nod to future visits.
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Potter Palmer
A. T. Stewart
Chicago
Levi Z. Leiter
Marshall Field
Palmer
Stewart
Young Palmer
New York Times
Household Tips and Sacred Nuts of Japan Featured
Practical advice on stain removal, floor care, curtain treatment, mirror cleaning, and safe water pail notes. Includes a feature on the Lorn or sacred nut of Japan, its worship use, burning aroma, aquatic growth, nut shape, raw taste, and claimed shelf life. Ends with a light joke from the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
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Japan
New York
Birds and a Mountain Sieve Tale from Tennessee
A mountaineer in Tennessee recounts a curious tale about a wooden sieve used to fool birds. The stranger learns how the door imitated a woodpecker drew flocks, then a wind gust revealed the trick as the old man explains his odd device. The piece shifts to a critique on thoughtlessness and manners.
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Tennessee
Waal
Self Help Book Questioned by Father for Son
A bookstore salesman suggests a self help book for a fourteen year old, but the father objects noting his son Ben is tested at the dinner table. The exchange highlights a humorous parental critique of self improvement literature.
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Ben
Rate and Mice and Large Animals
A historical note describes how elephants rhinoceroses and other large thick skinned animals face threats from rats and mice. Terriers kept near cages attack the rodents and protect the pachyderms. A Scotch terrier named Fanny killed many rats in a rhinoceros cage, leaving the animal free from rodent nibbling.
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Fanny
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New York Press
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Professional Directory
Trust & Rust Architects
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Tucson
Arizona
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United States
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West Pennington St
Tucson, Arizona
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Hall of Pioneer Historical Society
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Congress
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Edmund F. Burton, M. D
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First
Columbus
Alex Rossi
Congress St
Tee Elle
Tucson Citizen
Matilija
Ventura County, California
Santa Inez
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Matildja
Ventura County, Cal
Nordhoff
United Typewriter and Supplies Co
W. Second St
Cal
Pease Novelty Co
Court Street
HOTEL
Sturbide
Josephine
Coronado Beach
Tent City
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