Secrets of shopping and the counter watchful tale
A Lady recounts experiences with private shop clerks and covert counter tapping amid debates on attentiveness. She describes sales staff shadowing buyers at large dry goods stores while customers face pressure, courtesy, and rivaling shop practices in a bustling urban market. The piece blends anecdote with warnings about intrusive sales tactics and vigilant counter behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Init
Tuguin
Det
Wien
Etatiliaa
Uni
Sis
Theta
Wea
Timns
Diving for Sponges in the Mediterranean Waters
A long feature explains Mediterranean sponge gathering, values, and methods. It describes two sponge classes, the Grecian beds, and the labor of divers using weights, air, and nets. It notes sharks risk, wages of up to 200 a week, and yearly losses, with later processing to drying, grading, and shipping to markets in Key West and beyond.
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Lindner
Chicago
No Traders
Epengea
Mediterranean
Sean Pettey
Key West
Fla
Europe
Money in Beards A Profession for Short and Whie Series Men
A humorous vignette features a portly ill bearded doctor pacing the room in vain attempts to regulate his emotions while imagining the profit in bearded appeal. He laments wind through whiskers and the imagined value of each beard accessory as he strokes a patient.
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Bolltativay
The Beard Question In Medicine Sparks Bias And Boothroyd
A Philadelphia Record excerpt recounts a young physician's struggle with age perception. Patients fear his boyish appearance and doubt his skill, while experienced doctors wonder if a beard boosts trust. He notes cases where a beard changed patient decisions, and discusses career hurdles for new graduates seeking practice.
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Beladonna
My Oflea
Avery Croesus
Philadelphia Record
Nightingales in Old England Lore and Walton Prose
A fragmentary antiquarian note recalls legends that nightingales never sing in Havering at Bow, in parts of Yorkshire, and in St Leonard's forest. Implied is Izaak Walton’s prose praising the bird’s song, described as a miraculous, transcendent sound that stirs awe in listeners.
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Old England
Havering
Bower
Edward
Contesor
Yorkshire
Forest
St Leonard's
Imak Walton
Giberman
Angier
Bart
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Daily Eagle
Biguais
Acres
Wwe
Aser
Ayer
Dr. 4. c Yer & Co
Lowel, Mars
Mediterrean
Cuba
Tauway
Waxve
New York
James Pyle
THE
Wichita Eagle
M. Murdock & Bro
Pony Township
Dechcol
Justles
Rames Icago
Ne ‘York
Busi
Wichita
Kansas
State National Bank
Atabran
Fourth National Bank
Wichita, Kansas
AT. Bean
EW Powell
Gen H. Blackwsider
Else
Weler
Graves
First Arkansas Valley Bank
W. C. Woodman & Son
Arkansas 2 ‘Valley
FOE
Davis
West Side National Bank
W. Levy
W. Olever
Wichita National Bank
Shrorn
Awoliver
Mwlevt
Ta Walton
Sutcttle
Nederlander
Whtccker
Joan Davinson
Eastern and Foreign Exchange
U.S
Dhkansas National Bank
Lawney
Lawnese
Davidson & Case
John Davidson
Sedgwick County
Cuce
Taranon
Dong
Abe
Yarty
Guthrie
Oisahens
Cholin Derry
Wichita, Kan
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Saas
Blackwelder & Holbrook
Oice Room
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Missouri
Pacific
Railway
Kansas City
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Hot Springs
Ark
New Orleans
Florida
St Louis
Pueblo
Denver
Pullman
Colorado
Cara H. C. Townsend
Bang City
Malloany
Mall Wild
Kaman
Fee Mae
Wichita Bach
Bruggemas
Norra Mart Staerr
Gouda
Betton
Smithson & CO
Douglas Ave
Amel
SEL Emitheon, Mamepwr
Wichita City Roller Mills
Imperial
ASEK
TAXE
Oliver & Imbodenco
Kansas Loan and Investment
F. Neprenaries
M. W. Levi
Treas
A. W. Ontozn
J.C. Buray
See'y
Capital
Johnston & Larimer Dry Goods Co
N. Topeka Ave
Kani
Dept’s
L. C. Jackson
Hacker & Jackson
Sea 183 North Main
Ards
the Eagle
R. P. Murdock
Houck, Thomas & CO
Sarcoxie, MO
Chicago Lumber Coo
1St ST
Lawhen
Linsey 35Th and
Iron Sts
A. Smith
Geo. L. Kait
Geo. D. Cross
HOTEL
Carey
Pumnerene Am
Atlantic City
Capa May
Mourntais Sedeceum Feserte
Promey Iter
Pia
J. Amistart
St Loum
Ewe
Wishina Elevator
Shme Ieee
Oklahoma
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