Dinner Devotion and Dine Merely Dine in Satiric Memoir
An unnamed narrator extols the supreme virtue of dining over social talk, recounting his father’s diner legacy, his own rise in the firm, and a strict policy of not doing business after dinner. He recalls Charles Nutcomb as a misstep, port refusal, and the lure of soup and generosity, ending with a final toast to the blessed dinner amid theatre-news blurbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Nutcomb
Charles
Nutcomb
Gorgburg & Pigge
Atfar
Thomas Pigge
Fendermakers
London
Railroad Ties and Transport News Trace Industry Shifts
The article notes small gains in mileage book demand with more commercial agents sent out. It reports the Louisville, St. Louis and Texas railroad office abolished after L. S. Parsons resignation. It cites 3,000 railway deaths and 20,000 injuries last year in the United States, with 203 passenger deaths and 2,072 injuries. It compares fleet values of Pullman Palace Car Co and Wagner Palace Car Co and mentions a new floating bank on Canada’s Kootenai Lake serving lake villages.
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Kwasau City
Wagner Palace Car Company
Louisville, St. Louis and Texas Railroad
L. 8
Parsons
United States
Pullman Palace Car Company
Wagner Company
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