Signal Tower Expert Fagan Shaped Rail Safety Policy
West Cambridge signalman Fagan spent 22 years in a tower observing trains and accidents. After writing articles and a book on railway safety he gained national recognition including Roosevelt’s attention, yet remained earning 2.50 a day.
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Fagan
West Cambridge
Choate Mixes Dante and Rhodes In London Bookshop
Ambassedor Choate recounted a dining room tale in London about visiting a Strand bookshop to buy Dante’s Inferno for a friend. He forgot the title and quipped to buy “Hell” by Dante, then settled for Cecil Rhodes’ Twenty Years in South Africa as a similar read.
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Mr. Choate
St. James
London
Strand
Mr. Dante
South Africa
Cecil Rhodes
Choate
Old Town Mill of New London A Century and a Half Old
The New London old town mill sits as a historic relic still in operation since 1651. A former monopoly by Winthrop and successors shaped early colonial industry, with a 1709 town vote addressing meat grinding needs as the original mill waned. The overshot wheel, rebuilt about ten years ago, remains central to public pride and tourism.
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New London
Old Town
Commonwealth of Connecticut
John Winthrop
Pequett
Hartford
Boston
Waring
Oliver Manwaring, Jr
James Rogers
Jordan Brook
Jordan
Waterford
Winthrop
Robert Latimer
Stephen Prentis
John Dantes
Richard Mas
Danger of Tasting Plants by a Cautious Gardener
A cautious guide warns parents that children may taste any plant and warns against berries and greens. It lists hemlock confusingly with parsley wild celery wild spinach deadly nightshade juniper and laburnum seeds as common hazards. It also cautions that fungi should never be touched by children.
Rare Bird Killed In Scotland At Blairgowrie Estate
A rare late own bird, an excellent specimen, was killed on a Blairgowrie district estate. It is likely the only one of its species ever recorded in Scotland, with the bird having been seen in England and Europe but scarcely in Scotland or Ireland. The luteon is noted as an emblem of ancient Athens and tied to the goddess of Wisdom.
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McClure
West Cambridge
Mass
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Foran
Traia
India Little Tower
Pagan
Allroad
America
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Fa #8n
Jame O
Scotland
Portugal
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South America
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New England
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Wesr
Cambridge
The
Blairgowrie
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Ireland
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France
Belgium
Holland
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Germany
Athens
Summer Room to Let Sparks City Romance
Vance, a steady man, watches a mystery girl from a bookstall and dailyElevated trains. He learns she rents a top floor room with sellable furniture and plans a summer friendship as a gesture toward love. The girl hints at an autumn plan as their wary courtship begins.
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Vance
Ofen
Thirty-fourth Street
Reetor Street
Tonder
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