The Fireworks Factory and Its Great Fire Pictures
A Brooklyn outskirts complex houses a vast fireworks operation spread over twenty acres. Workers handcraft paper tubes, bombs, rockets, and roman candles while new “fire pictures” on lattice and rattan framework are loaded with colorfully painted cylinders. The plant stores vast paper stock, safeguards workers with outward-facing cubbyholes, and produces marine signals, battened batons, and parachute rockets for celebrations and yacht races.
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Hell
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Paris
Atlantic
Woman Finds A Way In Clever Trial Burglary Tale
A Tatler joke notes two burglars on trial with a sharp defense attorney. During cross examination a witness struggles to identify the husband’s face orientation. The jurors hear the punchline that the husband is so bald the witness cannot distinguish his face from the back of his head.
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Tatler
Government Publishes Comprehensive Rat Plague Defense Book
Washington announces a government publication titled The Rat and Its Relation to the Public Health, detailing a global study of rats as plague carriers. Noted experts discuss rat transmission to humans, vermin destruction efforts, and international cooperation including Denmark and China.
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Washington
United States
Sam
Walter Wyman
Public Health and Marine Corps Service
Denmark
Rosy Investigation Station
Rupert Blue
United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
China
Blue
Aesculapius
Man
Carroll Fox
David B. Lantz
Hamburg
Carl Hagenbach
Hobo Bonds Protect City in Yonkers Reservoir Work
Two Yonkers construction firms filed $10,000 in hobo bonds to safeguard New York reservoir projects. The bonds insure the city against paupers or indigent workers brought to East Yonkers by contractors. If a worker becomes a public charge, the contractors bear the cost. firms must replace nonworkers or forfeit the bond.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Lennon
New York
East Yonkers
New York City
New York Reservoir
Jackson Construction Company
Keystone Contracting Company i
Title Guarantee & Surety Company
Scranton
Changing standards of English girls amid masculine trends
A London periodical laments girls adopting manly habits, dress, and pastimes, blaming male-led education for tomboyish behavior. It recalls an idealized feminine image and argues women should be taught by women to preserve refinement and girlishness. A brief aside notes a promoter named Myer and his self-serving motives.
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London
Lily
Tyre
Still Active in Profession Belva Lockwood Practices Law
Mrs Belva Lockwood the only woman to run for president remains active in her career near seventy five. She recently traveled south to Oklahoma to help Cherokee descendants with their claims paying about 175 dollars to each claimant.
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Belva Lockwood
United States
South
Oklahoma
Manager cites prize fighter on stage for better behavior
A theater manager explains that allowing a prize fighter to appear on stage keeps him more orderly than if he sat in the audience, highlighting stage discipline over rowdy seating.
Urge Graduates to Marry Cleveland O Get Married Soon
Dr. John A Brashear, Pittsburg astronomer, told Case School of Applied Science graduates to marry as soon as able, choose a wife who can support you, and stay practical. He urged a hobby outside work and to eat while holding beliefs and helping others.
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Dr. Brashear
Cleveland, O
John A. Brashear
Pittsburg
Case School of Applied Science
Hardest wood debate cited as cocous over ebony
The Yonkers Statesman quotes a paper claiming the world's hardest wood is cocous rather than ebony and notes its use in making flutes and similar instruments. The excerpt includes a boy's remark about a shingle being made from that wood.
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Yonkers Statesman
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