Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-16

The run on New York financial in
stitutions last week has now given
place to run on the city'S oyster
supply For two nights and those
parts of the intervening days during
which the succuent bivalv" is eaten
all New York which frcQuentS hotels,
cafes and even common restaurants
seemed to have but one desire in lifr;
to consume as many oysters as posi-
BILE. Worst of all from TIL" standpoint
of tn" -four hundred" the oysters were
actually chcwed instead of being
swallowed whole like a pill. as society
demands. The end of the first night of
this unique run found the oyster
supply seriously MANAGED. while on the
second it seemed probable that it
would become necessary to suspend
IN" filling of the oyster orders
Patriotic oystcrmFn of Long Island
Sound, however. anxious to avoi,, a
national calamity. bolstr"cl up the
lettering situation by furnishing large
amounts OF ready oysters. The whole
affair arose from the fact that
Norman G. Thwaitcs an Englshman.
while consuming his oysters at the
Hotel Astor discovered in one of them
a black pearl valued at 5000. The
cnasrn which he felt at Crunching on
u hard substance quickly changed TO
Joy upon examining the cause. No
. question was raised concerning the
right Of the lucky finder to his trophy
the hotel people stating that even had
!. NOT this point been settled by law they
Should consider that tho pearl belongc.
70 Mr.. Thwaites. AS Il result the
Englishman has had the gem mounted
IN a scarf pin and figures that he is
about Sl95 ahead on his oyster order
a very good investment in these times.
Unfortunately for those persons who
consumed several hundred thousand
oysters hoping for Il similar piece Of
luck. NJ further finds have been re-
ported
FATHER Enickcrbocker is now the
Proud pn>sCssor of the largest soda
"ater fountain in the world As COM
prod 18th the sum of 81 200 600 which
~ Spanc.' every day ON drinks which
ere hard. III" mere hundred thousand
dollars which is left over for drinks
winch "r" soft is still one of striking
proportions. Banks may fail and
STOCKS slump. bat there seems to be no
ammunition Of the consumption Of food
ana drink. especially the latter. The
new fount2in from which soda water
VIII be dispensed to thirty thousands
COSTS more than many Il house and lot,
sitooo being the figure named. 1t is
indeed something OF a work OF art be-
lrg constructed of real onyx and orna-
fented with bronze work and paint
lngs imported from Italy. The carac-
1ty of the mammoth structure calls for
The daily consumption of 5000 pounds
OF ice. $40 pounds of sugar. so pounds
Of Chocolate. 30 gallons of crushed
iruit. 30 lemons. 800 oranges. 200 eggs.
80 quarts of milk. 240 quarts of cream.
10 pounds of walnuts. u gallons of
cherries. 200 lines. 80 gallons of fruit
fyrups. 80 gallons of ice cream. and $50
gallons of plain soda. Altogether the
list in many of it's items would keep Il
family supplied for year; and when
It is remembered how small portion
of each of the ingredients goes into Il
glass Of soda water. some idea may be
gained of the extent to which soft
drinks are consumed here.
In New Yorks exclusive Riverside
Drive section cells are now costing
about forty dollars apiece. in spite OF
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