Dinners and Caterers Shape New York Supper Culture
A New York feature notes the rise of caterers in elite entertaining, with homes left to caterers for cooking and service. It details table sizes, costs per head, and notable dinners at Astor House, including Sam Ward’s events and Andrew Johnson’s 1866 visit, reflecting a shift from host-led meals to professional catering.
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the Waldorf
Suother Tan
Gan
New York
Sam Ward
Andrew Johnson
Leland Stanford
Grant
New York Press
Opera Versus Pockets and Pride in Slight Irony
A Chicago Times-Herald excerpt shows Mr and Mrs Lambkin debating attending the opera while money is tight. He fears spending, she guards appearances, and a chance remark to the clerk about change underscores their ironic plight as they head home after a store visit.
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Lambkin
Wagner
Ujm
George
Eudora
The New Woman's Way to Propose in Boston Post Style
A satire of courtship on a tense eve in a room. A modern woman contemplates confessing love to young George, torn between bravado and vulnerability. She asks him to marry her, he declines, offering to be her brother instead. This reflection from the Boston Post mocks romantic theatrics.
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George
Nicely
Boston Post
Watchmaker Fixes Fast Watch Free of Charge
A man drops his watch and it gains ten minutes an hour. A jeweler inspects, aligns the regulator, and returns it accurate. The customer asks for payment but the jeweler refuses, saying they never charge for such service. The hairspring had doubled, causing the fast run, and a single touch fixed it.
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New York Sun
Neighborly Curiosity and a Jury summons mix up
Mrs Meckton calls out Henry about an income tax blank that is actually a jury summons. He protests as neighbors peep from behind blinds to learn why an officer visited, highlighting neighborhood intrigue and the social dynamics of a summons in a quiet street.
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Washington Star
Progress Toward Equality of Opportunity in Work
Carroll D Wright argues in Forum that from 1860 to 1890 the share of people in gainful occupations rose from 26.19 to 36.31 percent of total population and from 36.72 to 47.95 percent of those aged 10 or over. He credits machinery and invention with net gains in opportunity, noting displacements occur for individuals but not for society as a whole. new employment arises as old roles fade.
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Carroll D. Wright
Forum
Long Island Shores Recede As Sea Warps Orient Point
The New York Sea notes alarming erosion along Long Island from Orient Point to Montauk. Two miles of Orient Point beach are under 15 feet of water, the lighthouse has toppled, and bluffs along sound and bay retreat 10 to 12 feet yearly. If waters rise further, Orient Point’s fertile lands and 1,000 residents in the village of Orient may be abandoned with 2,009 acres submerged.
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Orient Point
Long Island
New York City
Sound
Montauk Point
Peconic Bay
Little Gull
Great Gull
Orient
New York Sea
Multinational NYC School Enrolls 1800 Children
In a New York public grammar school 1800 pupils represent 29 nationalities. Among them are Hebrews, Italians, Germans, Irish, Greeks, Russians, Poles, French, Scots, English, Welsh, Swiss, Chinese, and many others. Fewer than 10 percent speak English at home, especially in the grammar grades where the share exceeds this figure.
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New York
North Africa
Sunlight and health advice from era climbers and settlers
The column notes daylight as a curative aid from hygienists, citing sunlit wards and sunlit street life. It mentions the Blackstone River in Rhode Island named for Rev. William Blackstone and its Native name Pawtucket, and notes handkerchief use rising in Elizabethan England.
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Blacktone
Rhode Island
William Blackstone
Pawtucket
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New York Times
England
Elizabeth
Ompany
N. K. Wendelboe
Warren, Fuller & Co
East 42d St
N. K. Wendelhoe’s
Liberty Street
N. K. Wendlebee
Warren, Px
Becker
C.O
Masonic Temple
Chicago
Warren
Siegfried & Co
Geo. F. Davis, Urrugtsie
Webster’s International Ukigee
Gov't Printing Office
U.S. Supreme Court
D.d. Brewer
U. S. Supreme Court
ZED
Wetten
Agency of American and
Anchor Lines of Ocean Steamships
A. J. Hazeltine
C. W. Beaty
G. B. Ensworth
Cashier
Geo. H. Jackson
Ass’t Cashier
G. W. Beaty
M.B. Denham
L. BR. Freeman
L. B. Wooa
Charles W. Stone
James Clark
A.J. Hazeltine
W. M. Lindsey
Q. Sige
August Morce
Morcekeros
Warren, PA
A. Weiss
Sarony
Living Pictures
Bouguereau
Cupid
Tery
Supe
Tiltpers
Ower Han
Aermator
Aermotor Company
Orner
Tor Company
Rmotor Company
Thas
Hue
Hanpen
T Case
Warren. Penn’a
Nanay
IgiApr
Hazeltine Woolen Mills
R. G. Chase Company
Seneva
N.Y
Chichester
Seya
Ladlea
Kane Paper
Shester Chemical Co
Mudiaon Squacrista
Oe Phileda
Hemlock Timber Lands
Hamlin Tp. McKean Co
Lafayette Township
McKean County
Titusville
J.C. McKisney
South Penn Cil Co
MipLane Division
Mills
Paack
Deacka
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