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Mulcting. Much annoyance was occasioned by the outrageous profiteering of local hotel people and tradesmen. Correspondents opined that the municipal tramway company set a bad example by raising its fares 25% during the exhibition...
...Mechanics & Metals, founded in 1810 and one of the very oldest in the U. S., was originally a labor bank created by members of the Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen for "the benefit of mechanical interests and to be conducive to the more successful conduct of the manufactories of the city." Their initial capitalization was $1,500,000, strong competition for the only three other banks then existing in Manhattan. Its first building was the three-story, onetime home of Alexander Hamilton. Customers approached the counting room over a front lawn, on which thrifty first President John Slidell kept tethered...
...working at his Joan of Arc with a new secretary. Josephine brings the notes and manuscript, bundled in a sheet. Safety-pins undone, a torrent pours on the carpet-notebooks, envelopes, visiting cards, tradesmen's bills, timetables. "Burn it, tear it to pieces, blue pencil it. I don't want to look at it. . . . The first thing to do, I think, must be to divide up the work." In a score of inkwells scattered about, there is no ink. Josephine fills them with coffee. The pens scratch and splutter. Joan of Arc is postponed...
...cannot stop to consider all the consequences of this momentous fact, to examine the average increase in income of the Geneva tradesmen since the League came to town, or to note in what proportions the tourist trade at nearby Chamonix has swelled. What we do know is that Geneva, for at least one month in the year, presumably September, has become the most important spot in the world, or at any rate important enough to warrant the strict attention of all civilized mankind, including both supporters and opponents of the League. To this ancient town every fall flock from...
With their precious swaddled charges, nursemaids have come back to the yard, glorifying it with pink bands and baby carriages, bringing with them a touch of domesticity, a gentle reminder of Spring. The long-suffering tradesmen of the Square have forgotten their unpaid bills and are lounging contentedly in the doorways, watching the student exodus--secure in the knowledge that their creditors will soon be back...