From Grave Digger to Millionaire Patron of Pittsburgh
Patrick Dillon rose from grave digger to foreman and later estate adviser after Mrs. Henry Phipps spurred promotion at Homestead Mills. He earned a $5 900 windfall during the Homestead strike, kept the mill running, and later became Mr. Phipps personal representative in building ventures, amassing wealth and remaining a notable Pittsburgh figure.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Pittsburgh
Patrick H. Dillon
Carnegie
Schwab
Cory
Leacock
America
Paddy Dillon
Henry Phipps
Dillon
Carnegie Mills
Homestead
Armesier
Dallon
Camegie
Tham Patrick Difton
Dillom
Agen
Mr. Phipps
New York City
Dillion
Mr. Starrett
Carnegie Company
Phipps
Burned Books and a World of Censorship
The London Chronicle recalls E L Stevenson and the 1892 writing of Footnote to History from Samoa, noting its seizure and burning by German authorities. The essay situates bonfires of ideas in literary history from Froude to Milton and Samoa as a memory of banned books and intellectual conflict.
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Froude
Oxford
England
Milton
E. L. Stevenson
Samoa
Tauchnitz
London Chronicle
His Wish. A tale of wealth and restraint in Detroit
A short quip from the Detroit Free Press contrasts wishing for a million with choosing to make two hundred fifty thousand and stop. The line reflects frugal ambition and contentment over endless gain.
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Detroit
Free + Rt
Daily Commercial Report Published by Department of Commerce
The United States government launches a daily commercial paper to promote foreign trade. The Daily Commercial Report will print cablegrams from embassies and consuls, abstracts of investigations, and daily business gist from the department. Dr. H. E. Pratt led the plan to create this up-to-date publication replacing the former daily consular report.
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H. E. Pratt
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Wonderful Dead Letter Office Collections Astonish Readers
The article highlights the post office dead letter office amassing vast misaddressed items sent via parcels post. From Bibles and bassoons to aprons and handkerchiefs, the shelves hold odd bundles like 1149 handkerchiefs and 176 pairs of hose, with 1842 fishhooks and 505 fishing tackle pieces noted.
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Santa Claus
United States
Shoemaker's Moves From Washingtons Newspaper Row Landmark
Shoemaker's, a longtime gentleman's bar on Newspaper Row famed for its antique cashier desk wall of mementos and coal stove in the stockroom, has relocated its quaint Washington landmark as progress edges in. Congress members and diplomats once gathered for Tom and Jerry and egg nogs around the stove.
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Hoomaker’s
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
March of Progress
Shoemaker's
Capitol
Shoemaker’s Bar
Shoemaker’s
Congress
Black Box That Tickled Guards at White House
A man carried a ticking black box to the White House cave of the winds but was seized by Jimmy Murphy and his guards. The box proved to be only an alarm clock brought by Lee O Duncan of LaSalle Indiana to help open the San Diego exposition, prompting the president to joke about the scare. Murphy later wiped sweat from his brow after a tense moment.
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White House
Jimmy” Murphy
Secret Service
Murphy
Lee O. Duncan
la Salle
San Diego Exposition
San Diego
Mr. Murphy
Girls Nearly Die Crossing Nevada Desert
Misses Marie and Kittie Bibieritz report two sisters from Chesaning Michigan escaped death by thirst while crossing the Nevada desert. After five miles with a leaky canteen they found a desert pool on the horizon and collapsed near a spring before reaching a town to rest. They completed the journey to the coast and are now in San Francisco.
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Chesaning, Mich
Misses Marie
Kittie Bibieritz
Nevada Desert
Saginaw
San Francisco
Unarmed CU Students Meet Mountain Lion near Silverlake
University of Colorado students Richard Henderson and Dudley Rust, unarmed and carrying fishing rods, encountered a full grown mountain lion on a trail near Silverlake during a two week outing. The lion showed no fear, studied the youths, then bounded away into the bushes after a period of watchful waiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder
Colo
Richard Henderson
Dudley Rust
University of Colorado
Silverlake
Henderson
Rust
Extra pay for his woes in heifer replevin case
Bangor Maine constable Skeffington Kelso sought extra costs after a chase to replevin a heifer. He described four miles of swamp, ice breaks, a mink trap, lost gear, ruined shoes, and mockery including a fanny poem read at a Grange meeting.
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Bangor
Blanchard
Skeffington Kelso
Eddington
Kelso
Robbers' Sixth Visit Targets Yonkers Cigar Store
August Klein’s cigar shop in Yonkers endured a sixth robbery in the year as thieves smashed the cash register and stole many cigars, leaving only one dollar in currency behind. The incident marks a persistent, costly burglary pattern for the store.
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Yonkers
Klein
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TE Ee A
Richard Spillane
Ireland
Eurege
Exgland
Ocomti
Germany
Walite
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Bosboud
Berlin
Dilton
Diltons
Thorcht F
Ces Ale
Uncle Sam
Pers
Old Washington Cafe Landmark
California
Beast
Maine
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