Dead Sea Fruit and the Washington Office Trap
Special Correspondence from Walter Wellman argues that seeking and holding government posts in Washington ruins finances and status. He describes a family pressurized by high living costs, boarded ambitions, and social pressures, ending in debt, demotion, and personal decline, with few exceptions where officeholding pays off.
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Washineton
Washington
Congress
States
Arabella
Walter Wellman
Pocket Life Line Portable saving apparatus origins
Lieutenant Brunel of Dieppe in 1874 introduced a pocket life saving device now used across France. More than 3,500 units save about 265 lives yearly. The device features a small wooden float with 100 feet of cord and a grapnel with four hooks, weighing five ounces and sold for half an anlar.
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Brunel
Dieppe
France
Brilliant Hues for Women Dress and Cape Styles
New York correspondence notes bold color trends for women allowing riotous reds purples and greens. Short capes in velvet silk or cashmere feature plaited ras and intricate trims with varied fabrics and lace. New dress goods include voloured velours de russe and French embroidered ginghams with plaids and floral centers, plus empire brocade sateens and foulard patterns.
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Cana
Spring Garments For The Young In Outing Styles
In outing and tennis there are cashmere flannelettes in two toned stripes and mixes. New twill flannels in fast colors are light yet strong. Light hopsacking checks will be worn for outing frocks with hempen brown or manila colors and trimmed with flat borders. Flounces and ruffles are discouraged for rough mountain roads and brambly fields.
Floating Palaces promise grand Lake Erie travel and speed
The Detroit and Cleveland Steam Navigation Co debuts two steel passenger steamers on the Upper Lake route costing $390,000 each. They claim to be the grandest fastest ships with 20 mph speed and under 50 hour runs between Cleveland Toledo and Chicago. Weekly trips connect Toledo Detroit Alpena Mackinac Petoskey and Chicago with daily July August service Detroit Cleveland, plus daily Cleveland Put in Bay trips. First class staterooms, fine menus, and low round trip rates accompany daylight Lake Erie rides. Pamphlet available from A. A. Schantz, Detroit & Cleveland Nav. Co., Detroit.
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Detroit & Cleveland Steam Navigation Company
Lakes
Cleveland
Toledo
Chicago
Detroit
Alpena
Mackinac
Petoskey
Lake Erie
Putin Bay
A. A. Schantz
Detroit & Cleveland Nav. Co
Mich
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Sodom
Clive Harper
New York
Green Isle
Hill
Tarartee
Peete
THE
Ohio Chemical CO
Opera Block
Lima
Chio
Camicar Co
Okan
B.M. Jaylord
Leslie
Doebs Ferry
N.Y
Tar On10 Chemical Co
Mathew Johnson
Boz
Pittsburgh
Tos O10 Chemical Co
Helen Morrison
ORIO
Onto Chemical CO
W. L. Lotegay
Ohio Chemical Coo
Opera
Ohio
Cras
Axpderson
Ogdensburg
N. Y
N. N. Ritchfeld
Warren
Chas. Rogers
Bay City
DeWitt
F.H. Dixson
East Warren
Kopf & Henry
Water St
Warren, Pa
Business Directory
T. Neill
Attorney AT Law
Hoffman Block
Samuels Bros. Dry Goods
Liberty and
Second Streets
W. N. Yates
Warren Savings Bank
L. G. Noyes & Co
Warren, Ps. RA & Thompson
Attorneys AT Law
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A. A. Davis & Co
D. I. Ball, Notary Public
D. I. Ball
C. Thompson
D* Smoor & Peterson
New Savings Bank
Chas, Dimsmoor
Peterson
J Norman Davies, M. D
Liberty Street
Warren, Pe
W W. Freeman
Hazeltine
Perry
Justice OF the Peace
Water Street
Geo. Ball
A G. McAlpiy
Demtist
RW. Stuart
D. D.S
St. Warren
D. Frank W. Whitcomb
Third Street
Postoffice
W. A. Greaves
Episcopal Church
Warren Lodge Hall
G Smith
First National Bank
Second Street
Golden Horse Shoe
Meacham
Esquire
Cornelius
Revere
L. Gleason
D.A.V
W.N.Y
P.R.R
Bastar
Kodak
Geo
Ball's
Ces
E. A. Coleman
Hickory St
Meadville
J Snoren
Bend
Addr Sa
Wyman
Wyman & Davis
Natiral Bank
M. Waters
BE. T. Hazeltine
D. L. Gerould
L. D. Dennison
M Waters
E. T. Hazeltine
S. P. Hall
John AM. Siegfried
O.F. Hottman
P. J. Bayer
C. A. Cornen
L. W. Dennison
Mullen
Morris & Mullen
C.&h.bartsch
Diamond
Warre
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