Metropolitan monopoly tightens grip on city transit
Warren Mal reports the Metropolitan system now controls all streetcar surface routes in Manhattan and Brooklyn with the Third Avenue line purchase cementing a Whitney-Widener-Elkins monopoly. He notes Brooklyn Queens and Philadelphia Cleveland Pittsburg as markets already under their sway and cites views on consolidation and fixed fares. A human-interest vignette describes three blind tenants from Blackwell’s Island regaining hope after an eye specialist’s visit, while another scene shows a lavish city school entrance with a footman driven basket vehicle and ponies signaling stark class contrasts.
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Manhattan
Broaux
Third Avenue
Whitney-Widener-Elkins Syndicate
Brooklyn
Queens
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Blackwell's Island
Ernest Shultz
Thomas Elwood
Peter Campbell
Markoe
Charities Department
James Mulligan
Clarke
Mulligan
Dr. Markoe
The Largest Vineyard at Sunny Slope California
Sunny Slope near San Gabriel boasts the largest vineyard in the world covering 1900 acres with 55 acres in grape vines. The remainder holds orange trees totaling 12 000 along with lemon and olive groves amid scenic scenery.
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Sunny Slope
California
San Gabriel
Not Dependent on Noah Dog Sire Mystery in Roving Retriever Tale
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a joke about a dog purchased for S4, contrasting its pedigree with the ark story. The dialogue questions why this dog’s ancestors weren t on Noah s voyage, humorously implying the dog’s own bark kept them apart.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Automobilism Spreads Impact Across Industries
A recent Albany good roads convention highlights how motor vehicle manufacturing boosts tire changes in auto and bicycle sectors, drives demand for automobile machinery, and uplifts carriage body builders, paints, lamps, pumps, and sundries. Clothing trades also trend to fit the new road lifestyle.
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Albany
N. Y
All About the Ham Breakfast Dishes
A vintage cooking note extols ham centered breakfasts. It describes cold boiled ham with potatoes in cream sauce baked as a breakfast dish, ham croquettes with rice and tomato sauce, ham broiled over coals with fried eggs, and light potato batter griddle cakes using mashed potatoes and milk.
Practical Household Hints For Comfort And Health
A collection of domestic tips covers lamp use and maintenance, fabric care, fruit and diet notes, food preparation, and cellar safety. It discusses lamp fuel efficiency, ironing rules, fruit effects on nerves and liver, cooling drinks, bedding and bread prep, and the importance of clean cellars to prevent illness.
Indigestion dangers from diet and prevention advice
The article warns that nearly half the population suffers stomach trouble due to fried, high-fat diets in rural families. It urges eating foods that agree with the individual, consulting a specialist, avoiding patent medicines, and favors beef, two-day-old bread, fresh vegetables, milk, and baked potatoes while avoiding candy, fried foods, pastries, and strong coffee.
To Kill Eagles by Foula Skua Gulls
The inhabitants of Foula in the Shetland Isles rear Skua gulls to combat eagles that threaten their cliffs. These two foot long birds, brown with white quill bases, battle fiercely and are fed and protected by humans to keep eagles from depredations on the remote northwest coast.
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Foula
Shetland Isles
Shetlands
The Bluff A True Tale of New York Studio Swell
A portrait painter in Carnegie Hall district recounts a costly ruse to finance a fake swell image. An elderly man hires all portraits for a week in Fifth Avenue, claiming to seek aging likenesses for a staged family gallery to impress a visiting “heavy swell.” The scheme aims to secure engagement, money, and social standing. The tale centers on a deceptive plan, hiring furnishings, and a scheme to bluff a visiting guest.
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Carnegie Hall
New York
Fifth Avenue
Europe
America
Cincinnati Ezquirer
A Woman Gardener Miss Delia Platt Runs Gardener Service
Miss Delia Platt 23, daughter of a Jersey farmer, earns money and fame as a visiting gardener. She plows, plants, and cultivates gardens for a community, clearing nearly $2000 last year. Her clients are mainly in the oranges and Montclair. She hires men to help but her brain directs the business, supplying seeds fertilizer and plants and overseeing every detail.
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Delia Platt
Jersey
Oranges
Montclair
Witty groans on fashion and virtue from Lord Salisbury
The writer mocks sentiments on female dress and beauty, imagining a Dantean circle condemning women who wear divided skirts. He speculates on a future reckoning for fashion that defiles the moral order and asks whether trailing skirts invite social damning.
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Lord Salisbury
Great Office Building in New York to Rise on Broad Street Site
The Alliance Realty Company plans a 20 story office structure at Broad and Exchange in Manhattan. The project, costing about 6 million including land and construction, will begin soon under President Frederick Southack.
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New York
Broad Street
Exchange Place
Money District
New Alliance Realty Company
Frederick Southack
Funeral Syndicate Controls Paris Burials With Monopoly
A funeral syndicate conducts all Paris burials under a licensed monopoly with a standard tariff. A first class funeral costs $2000 and a basic service is offered at varying rates. The piece outlines pricing and the centralized control of funeral services in the city.
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Paris
Basis on Belief Quote Reflected in Detroit Free Press
A brief remark from the Detroit Free Press centers on a joke about optimism and pessimism. The quote features Nicholas answering whether he is an optimist or a pessimist by linking mood to having had a good dinner.
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Nicholas
Detroit Free Press
Why do men stay away from the church
A brief Indianapolis Journal quip contrasts reasons for skipping church. One man cites lack of new shoes and another defends wearing new shoes, illustrating social motives and humor in religious attendance.
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Indianapolis Journal
Sunshine and Air as Sanitary Allies
The article extols cleanliness and ventilated homes as the best defense against disease. It warns against dirt and decaying matter, notes that microbes are invisible, and urges sunlit rooms, ample fresh air, and soap and boiling water as the chief preventative tools over chemical disinfectants.
A Successful Woman Editor at Harper’s Bazar
Miss Elizabeth G. Jordan, editor of Harper’s Bazar, becomes the youngest editor the weekly has known. Born in Milwaukee and educated at Notre Dame and the University of Wisconsin, she built a strong journalistic career in New York, earning praise for her capability and leadership under Colonel Harvey’s selection.
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Elizabeth G. Jordan
Harper's Bazar
Mary L. Booth
Messrs. Harper
Margaret E. Sangster
Miss Booth
S. S. Conant
Miss Jordan
Milwaukee
Wis
Convent of the Notre Dame
University of Wisconsin
New York
Jordan
Harvey
Monkeys in Their Temple at Benares Have Fun
A party of Americans visiting the monkeys temple at Benares reports playful mischief by the sacred simians. Monkeys grabbed snacks, mimicked nose blowing, snapped pictures with a wooden block, and a mother monkey stole and wore a scarf before retreating to a minaret. About forty monkeys attacked the scarf.
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Benares
India
Shoe Buckles in Early 18th Century Fashion
The article traces buckles as the central focus of footwear status in 1720, noting diamonds for royalty and paste for display. It describes wigs and coats of leaders, the distribution of buckle materials by class—from gold and silver to brass—highlighting social signaling through footwear adornment.
How to Keep Up with New Music Affordably
For readers with limited funds the piece suggests buying a blank music book or blank music lines to copy tunes. Borrow from friends and borrow from musical papers to stay current with the music of the moment at no cost.
Women’s charitable deeds and society notes across continents
Miss Edith Walker of Sidney donates 50000 to the British war fund. Mme Patti performs at Covent Garden with 1250000 worth diamonds as proceeds from the concert total 50000. Nurses Mrs Grant and daughter Princess Cantacuzene in Russia. Mrs Egbert and Miss Simpson edit a bachelors club magazine. Countess Dundonald opposes Welsh estate plan. Queen Victoria acts on pensions and a new home for Mrs Penn Symons. Liverpool women largely work in male-dominated fields while medical ads urge Dr. Pierce remedies for childbirth and female health.
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Edith Walker
Sidney
Australia
British War Fund
Mme
Patti
Lady Landsdowne
Covent Garden
London
Esther Shafer
Frederick D. Grant
Russia
Reform
Berlin
China
Edith Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes
Wesselton
Kimberley
Louise Froebel
Frederick Froebel
Hamburg
Joubert
George L. Baker
New York
Daughters of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Virginia
Amelia Kussner
George Gould
Baby
England
Countess Dundonald
Abergele
North Wales
Riviera
Queen Victoria
Penn Symons
Glencoe
Royal Flats
Royal Reserve Battalion
Liverpool
Mountain Girl Drives Stagecoach Through California Trails
Miss Alice Westover a 21 year old daughter of a Mesa Grande rancher with the mail contract drives a four horse stagecoach on the Mesa Grand to Ramona route. The frail yet steady driver handles steep grades and winding canyons with calm nerve in a masculine calling. Passengers find her an engaging figure reminiscent of Bret Harte as she recounts old frontier robberies.
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California
Mesa Grand
Ramona
Alice Westover
Mesa Grande
Alice
Miss Westover
Bret Harte
Proper Baking Temperatures for Puff and Tart Pastries
The delicacy of pastry depends on both baking and making. Puff paste needs a quick hot oven to prevent curling and scorching. Tart and short pastes require slightly gentler heat. For raised or light crusts, the oven may be heated as for puff paste.
The Color of Soups Guide to Coloring and Thickening
A short culinary note explains coloring soups red by using six red tomatoes with seeds and juice, or using only juice. white soups made from veal, lamb, or chicken use white vegetables and thicken with rice, pearl barley, vermicelli, or macaroni.
Old Lace Fashion Passes Down Generations
Old lace, whether inherited or bought, carries more charm than new pieces. The article praises ancestral collections and notes lace as a flattering, timeless fashion that hides angles, flatters thin figures, and can shave years from a wearer’s appearance.
Millionaire Bradbury Runs Elevator Life Like a Cage Operator
A San Francisco magnate named William B. Bradbury operates an elevator at Hotel Bradbury with extreme daily effort. He justifies his labor as a personal right and cites pioneer financiers, while his generosity fuels vast charitable giving.
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San Francisco
Capitalists
San Francisco Examiner
Bradbury
Avoir Dupois
William B. Bradbury
Mr. Bradbury
Fair
Flood
O’brien
Stanford
Crocker
Hopkins
Sharon
Ralston
Sutro
Blythe
Railways in Java Travel Note from Pinang Gazette
A Dutch colonial railways overview notes trains are for long distances not speed. A traveller walking five miles can pass an express train on flat ground and again near a shop ten minutes after the train passes. The account reflects Java travel by foot and rail in contrast.
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Java
Pinang
Brave General Cronje Known as Lion of South Africa
Gen Pieter Arnoldus Cronje, famed as the Lion of South Africa, was captured by the British. Renowned as a brave soldier and capable strategist, his life paralleled President Kruger in dedication to his country through military and civil service. He began the war as a district commandant with Gen Joubert rising to higher rank.
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Pieter Arnoldus Cronje
Lion of
South Africa
Kruger
Joubert
Jamieson
Cronje
Mafeking
Col. Baden-Powell
Kimberley
Ladysmith
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