The Path to the Locomotive Driver's Peak
A St James Gazette study on English railway engine drivers traces a boy’s ascent from yard cleaner to passenger driver, detailing shifts from fireman to driver, the learned road sense, signal reading, shunting, and the moral discipline required, culminating in the peak duties of express service and the demanding schedule.
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Phassas
London
Exeter
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Holyhead
St. James
Celia Logan One Woman Writer and Her Varied Work
Celia Logan, prominent journalist and translator, built a varied career from London to Milan. Eloquently described by peers, she shaped fiction, journalism, and drama while collaborating with editors like Charles Reade and contributing to The Capital. Ultimately based in New York, she now resides in Alexandria, Virginia, writing less due to health.
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New York
Logan Sisters
Eliza Logan
Olive
Celia
Lurene
Logan
Celia Logan
Philadelphia
London
Charles Reade
Lim
France
Italy
Capital
Milan
Miss Logan
Sunday Dispatch
America
Alexandria
Lawyer Vanderpoel Strategy Reveals Witty Courtroom Tactics
The Boston Transcript recounts Vanderpoel’s aggressive yet genial style. In a major corporate case, he secretly incited the opposing counsel by urging his team to “make S mad,” turning the tide before the jury. After victory, he joked with the discomfited opponent about the method.
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Vanderpoel
Aaron J. Vanderpoel
Boston Transript
Tipping the Walter A Fast Young Man's Liberality
A columnist recounts a New York hotel dining scene where a stylishly dressed, slightly drunk man leaves a silver quarter as a tip after a $4.75 bill, while staff explain tipping norms. Head waiters describe varied practices, including ten cent norms, occasional quarters, and the influence of private dinners on service quality, with women sometimes tipping small amounts. The piece also notes a savvy businesswoman who tests waiters with a quarter to gauge service.
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New York
Wyman
Perkins
Madan
F. R. Burton
Louisville Courier-Journal
Japanese Toothpick Trade Fails To Compete In New York
The New York Evening Sun reports a New York firm attempted to import 70 000 toothpicks from Yokoyama described as cure dents. Despite low base cost 35 Mexican cents per 1000 the combined 33 percent duty 125 percent appraiser penalty and extra charges push price above 1 75 per 1000. Domestic double pointed pine toothpicks remain cheaper and preferred by restaurateurs.
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New York
Yokoyama
New York Evening Sun
Charge Against the Nobility in Game on Moors
The London Truth accuses noble dukes of selling game shot on their moors. It reports that nine tenths of hampers at railroad stations go to dealers, implying graft in grouse commerce and noting the nobility killed the game.
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London
New York
Reminiscent Tales of Grant and His Early Life
Special correspondence from St. Louis recalls Gen Grant through the memories of Mary Robi Aun a former trusted slave of the Dent and Grant families. Anecdotes describe his hard work at Hardscrabble farm his pipe habit and a dream that he would become president. The piece notes family stories of early defeats and civic service with mentions of Julia Grant and Maj John H Lightner and Judge John F Long.
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St. Louis
Sept. H
Mary Robi Aun
Dent
Grant
Caroline Avenue
Gen. Grant
Whitehaven
Leo
Mr. Grant
Mamie
Seventh
Lynch
Julia
John H. Lightner
Col. Solomon
Crant
John F. Long
Sappington
Squire Wise
Mahaley
Jomy Fay
Fortia Nebraska's First Woman Supreme Court Candidate
iSpecial Correspondence Ouada Sept 19 Kansas has the first woman mayor and Nebraska now has its first woman candidate for the supreme court seat. Mrs Bittenbender, a leading lawyer, formerly edited The Osceola Record and The Advocate. She has served on agricultural boards, led the state Woman Suffrage association, and holds roles in temperance unions. An accomplished educator, editor, and lawyer, she is noted for magnetism and courtesy.
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Supreme Court
Ouada
Kansas
Nebraska
Supreme Cow
Sra
Bittenbensle
Binghamton, N. W
Foebel's Normal Institute
Washington, D. C
State Normal School
Bloomsburg
Model School
Department of Physical Cy
Bittenbender
County Agricultural Association
Ami
State Board of Agricult
Advocate
Polk County Farmer's Alliance
Ist
New State Woman Suffrage Association
State Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Lee
L. C. Ads C. Bitpenbender
A Precious Pipe Belonging to Mr. Ogden Goelet
The New York Evening Sun notes a remarkable ivory pipe once owned by Ogden Goelet. It is finely carved and kept in a glass case. occasionally he inhales from its large bowl after dinner. The pipe once belonged to a German knight and is valued around £10.
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Ogden Goelet
Goelet
New York Evening Sun
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Wis
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Boston
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