Weather Insurance Gains Ground in United States
British weather insurance is expanding in the United States with five major league baseball clubs covering Saturdays Sundays and holidays. Over 1.5 million dollars in rain insurance was written for the last Fourth of July, with under $100 thousand paid to policyholders. Colleges fairs and resorts are adopting the practice, premiums range from 2 to 25 percent, and rates depend on ten year rainfall averages and event month.
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New York
United States
Tex Rickard
Grandbury Museum Showcases Rare Tiny Exhibit
In Granbury Texas Aug 16 a local museum displays a three foot striped snake found in a man's stomach and a bottle of Milwaukee beer from 1890. The snake’s tale centers on J W Anderson who swallowed it during railroad surveying in Hood County in the early 1880s and recovered after treatment by Dr Hannaford.
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Grandbury
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Milwaukee
E. A. Hannaford
Granbury
R. W. Stringfellow
Little Odd Museum
J. W. Anderson
Hood County
Dr. Hannaford
Courtesy visit to Daniel Webster and a New York train encounter
A Washington politician seeking passage by crossing a stream hired a farmer to carry him on his shoulders. The farmer refused payment and turned up later as Mr. Webster. In Philadelphia bound service a New York woman, seated on a train, coughed and warned a large man lighting a cigar that he likely is a foreigner and may not know better etiquette.
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Washington
Daniel Webster
Marsfield
Massachusetts
Mr. Webster
New York
Grant
Grant Conductor Shows Courtesy In Private Car Incident
A traveler recounts entering General Grant’s private car after discarding a cigar. The conductor quietly corrected the situation, sparing the woman embarrassment. The anecdote reflects late 19th century manners and respect for rank aboard trains.
Rub-My-Timkins Infection
In times like these business leaders and financiers note that fortunes are built during boom periods. The article argues most start their solid foundations after a market reaction, as optimistic conditions emerge. It warns that premature success can lead to wasted progress, with exceptions acknowledged.
The Dependable Man
The piece extols a dependable man as essential to success, noting that reliability makes him indispensable, promotable, and favored by employers. It cautions that true dependability goes beyond talent and luck, shaping career advancement and job security.
The Dependable Man According to J Ogden Armour
The piece defines a dependable man as one who thinks for himself, trusts his judgment, seeks others’ input, acts with initiative, and speaks after due reflection. Such reliability reduces risk, earns trust, and accelerates career advancement through diligence and earnestness.
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J. Ogden Armour
Street faker in bold bluff over new dollar bill
A Boston Transcript excerpt depicts a street faker challenging onlookers to offer 50 cents for a new dollar. An urchin bluffing back agrees to the wager, then slyly instructs the faker to fetch the change from the back, turning the sting into a petty gamble.
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Boston Transcript
Colds Cause Grip and Influenza Laxative Bromine Quinine
A compact advertisement notes that colds cause grip and influenza and promotes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets with the claim to remove the cause. It cites a single "Bromo Quinine" and includes a Grove's signature on the box priced at 30c.
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Grove
Law Versus Liquor: A Drinker's Irreverent Debate
The verse laments strict laws while noting obedience. It recalls Hostetter’s tonic, weathering trials with humor as the speaker admits sipping water from hoses and babbling brooks, arguing compliance yet questioning prohibition’s reach under state power.
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Order
Walt Mason
The Burning Question and a Cryptic Bank Theft Jest
A fragment cites a stingy exchange about bandits robbing a bank and escaping in a car with sly remarks on affordability. Mentions “666 cures Biliousness” as a quirky aside, leaving the core events and context unclear.
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