Hunger in English inns and a trip to Blackpool
A correspondent travels from Chester to Manchester and Blackpool describing chronic food shortages in English pubs and hotels. After failing to obtain meals, they buy crackers and endure a hungry day, then meet Mr. Smith in Manchester by mistaken introductions before enjoying Blackpool's nightlife and electric trams. The piece ends with observations on London bird life in Kensington and changes in urban avifauna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackpool
England
Chester
Manchester
Edith
Missis
Smith
America
John
Mrs. Smith
Mr. Smith
Africa
Newport
Chicago Fair
Rattleback Liar Tales and a Vermont Schoolmaster
Special Correspondence from Rattleback New Jersey July 6 11 a traveler recalls a smooth artist of deceit at a sleepy town station. A lantern tale about a petrified graveyard man and a Vermont schoolmaster turns into comic lore as locals debate a rippling flag stone and a hatchet weight. The column closes noting sailing vessel mast heights and sail area.
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Rattleback
N. J
Beoke
Vermont
BR. K. Muservrites
Lightning Calculator Jaques Inands Amazes Crowd At Victoria
Report from London Trath describes Jaques Inands the extraordinary calculator who, despite being uneducated, can hold and manipulate long figures in his head. Inands performed addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and square roots, memorized all numbers, then solved them in six minutes while answering questions from witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaques
Inandi
Hotel Victoria
London Trath
The Two Big Oceans and Panama Canal Myths
A compact history recounts early Panama Canal fears about ocean levels, noting a survey showing the Atlantic side is higher by six feet. It includes anecdotes on journalist verification methods and a brief look at the growth of the U S postal system from 1847 onward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Pacific
Atlantic
North America
Mexico
Yuraéhm
Erate
Philadelphia Press
Andrew Jackson
United States
Wyoming's Sheep Pastux Dominion of Uplands
The New York Sun notes that most of Wyoming is upland inaccessible to irrigation and suited for pastoral and stockraising. About 40,000,000 acres are pasture lands, plus 15,000,000 acres of grassy forest areas, well supplied with water for stock.
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Wyoming
New York Sun
Assortment of New Furniture and Goods Displayed
Open with an assortment of new goods as fine as any could ask to see in style and finish. Parlor and chamber suits desks book cases hall racks tables sideboards chiffigons lounges chairs rockers folding beds mantels brass bedsteads easels curtain poles window shades paintings. Prices are right and undersold. Includes Magic Roach Powder furniture polish undertakers goods stone vaults carriages and funeral car.
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Ayer
W. FE. Kennedy
McFarland's
J.C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Iflass
Teats Sas
Gilmore
SR Sanrores Rou
Sanford
du Mont
DR. de Mont
Hly
Halsted St
Chicago
U.S. A
Ronne
AWE
ON Wheels
Hanger
Timne
Mother Hubbard
Lenglon
Kensington Gardens
Broad Walk
Banqueting Hall
Bayswater Road
London
Palace Yard
Westminster
Fountain
Great George Street
London Saturday Review
Bae
Blowitz
Paris
New York Cor. Literary World
Morocco
Tee Presen
P. J. Sorg Company
Mrop.srows
D.shear’s
D. Shear
Water Street
Warren
Audress Nerve Seed Co
Ely
Nelson Greenland
Warren, Penna
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