Potash and Perlmutter Defy Mengel Brothers
Abe Potash refuses to bow to Mengel Bros & Gunst while Morris Perlmutter pushes for prompt payment. A letter sends Mengel to bankruptcy and a rival buyer Unterberg warns off trust. The Boston Store Kugel & Fishblatt later collapses, with Unterberg passing on warnings and a cautionary tale about good payers.
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Lad Awrass
Mengel Bros. & Gunst
Abe Potash
Morris Perlmut
Abe
Unterberg
Mengel Bros. ‘& Ganst
Ike Mengel
Mr. Unterberg
Morris
Mengel
Mawruss
Perlmutter
Mengel Bros
Philip Unterberg
Morris Perlmutter
Boston
Kugel & Fishblatt
Mr. Fishblatt
Mr. Perlmutter
Mengel Bros. & Gunar
Potash & Perlmutter
Lodge Brothers
Daily Trade Register
Louis Marcus
Marcus
Turner and His Pictures
E W Chubb extols Turner's artistic essence over life details in Sketches of Great Painters noting his vivid landscapes and unique personality. The essay praises Turner as a pioneer who read nature without books and transformed beauty into sublime art.
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Turner
E. W. Chubb
Dryden
Shakespeare
Europe
The First Sleeping Car Pioneer A Takes the Lead
The Pioneer A sleeping car, built in 1864, cost about 18000 and featured hinged berths with a wider, taller body and striking paint. It represented a leap in luxury, vastly outshining contemporaries and changing passenger comfort.
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Pioneer
Doubtful Praise Exchange in Richmond Times Dispatch
A dialogue panel notes Miss Sweetthing as a very attractive young woman. Miss Highbrow describes her as the center of gravity, weighing nothing and attracting everything, in a witty aside sourced from the Richmond Times Dispatch.
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Mr. Lowbrow
Miss Sweetthing
Miss Highbrow
Richmond Times-Dispatch
What is tuberculosis and how it harms the body
This article explains tuberculosis or consumption as a parasitic infection caused by tubercle bacilli. It describes how germs spread, why most people do not die, and how disease damages lungs and other tissues. Early symptoms include persistent cough, weight loss, fatigue, fever, night sweats, and coughing up blood. The piece notes treatment can cure if detected early.
Hunting Trouble in a Personal Clash
A Louisville Times account describes Casey and O'Brien engaging in a personal argument that escalated into a near-fight. Bystanders watched as an urbane man in a frock coat intervened, remarking on Casey’s benign look and diffusing the tension.
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Mike Hogan
Casey
O'Brien
Louisville Times
Artistic longings at Washington square tea
A famed essayist and New York connoisseur attended a Washington Square tea with poets sculptors painters and novelists nearby. Ladies wore green burlap djibbahs and gentlemen sandals. The vegetarian collation drew a crowd as the observer quipped that artistic longings center on long hair teeth faces but not purses.
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New York
Washington Square
Romans Pioneered Trenches In War Across Germania
The Romans first to employ trenches as a warcraft, developing an intrenchment line that stretched across southern Germania from the Rhine east bank to near present Stuttgart, shaping later military practice.
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Alexander
Germany
Rhine
Stuttgart
Be Sure You're Right Then Go Ahead Puck Quote
A short Puck quip contrasts caution with action and mentions a married man urging repentance. The lines juxtapose confidence with humility and forgiveness in a witty, cynical mood.
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Puck
I Saw Sour Miss Tart Filling Angel Cake
A Baltimore American remark humorously links diet and character by noting a sour Miss Tart buying ingredients for an angel cake, reflecting light gossip about appearances and behavior.
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Baltimore American
Why do you beat the rugs with a golf club
An Outdoor Sport reports a light exchange about rug beating using a golf club framed as exercise rather than compulsion, reflecting humorous social commentary in the Kansas City Journal.
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Kansas City Journal
The Sun Seeks News Tips From Readers
The newspaper invites readers to phone in any news items or tips for potential coverage. It emphasizes appreciating tips and outlines a simple call-in approach for contributing locally relevant information.
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The
Sun
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