Library Vagrants Entangle Hallie Marriott in a Tangled Romance
Hallie Marriott, assistant at a city library, clashes with head librarian Miss Gibson over enforcing rules about sleeping patrons. A bronzed adventurer, Dirk Forrest, awakens her interest as he defends her and they plan to leave together. She confesses dreams of travel and a possible future with him.
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Allin Marriott
Goft
Notre Dame
Lbrary
Miss Marriott
Menta
Miss Gibson
Misa Gideon
Silly
Hallie Marriott
Misa Gibson
Halle
Old Square
Marriott
Miss Glison
Srender
Tates Monthly
Misa
Gi Tgon
Heschike
Ike
Sallie Marriate
Halife Marriottike
Mallie
Zanzibar
Convent of Notre Dame
Doctor Holt
Egypt
Dirk Forrestl
Tian
Dirk Parrestl
Europe displays animal head clock artistry
Clocks shaped as a skull monkey and grotesque dog heads appear in Europe. Each head marks hours or minutes with revolving orbs serving as hands, painted around the eye area to form the clock’s face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fends
Europe
Oyster eggs reveal surprising production figures.
A historical note reports that oyster beds produce a total of 5,000,000 eggs, with a constant undertone observed in the beds. Hen oysters are said not to cackle every time they lay eggs, defying prior notions about their eliteness.
How the Story of Stocks Is Told On Wall Street
A detailed look at how stock tickers and telegraph networks relay trading data across the United States. The piece explains the floor process from customer orders to broker wires, ticker machines, and final news reports, noting the transition to the faster Teletype system and its capacity for high volumes on busy trading days.
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New York
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
United States Steel
Stock Exchange
Flor
Steel Post
Lord
Theo
New York Quotation Company
Bedbug Hunters Paid Handsomely in Pittsburgh
In a quirky note from Pittsburgh a science department paid 22.50 for 180 fleas, about 12 1 2 cents each, as researchers seek bedbug samples. The piece contrasts urban hunting trips abroad with homebound collectors who sell fleas to science.
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Pittsburgh
Africa
North
Countree
Science Department
University of Pittsburgh
Mechanism selects next character in typewriter system
The text describes a tape driven selector where perforated latches trip to choose letters. Rotation transfers selection to disks that stop a type wheel at letter A for printing. The affecting shaft starts to invite the next character, prompting the next selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stack Exchange
8 Centro
Broadway
Out $175 By Crystal Gazers Swindle
A farmer from Elmwood named Howard Moon lost $175 to a crystal gazer claiming his late Civil War uncle hid gold by a southern creek. The seer promised a trip for the money and expenses, but Moon later found only a wad of paper in his safe deposit box he had opened.
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Peorth
Tost Howard Moon
Elmwood
S. B. Miller
Soon
Southland
Moon
Roth
Au Bank
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D. J. Walsh
Holt
Dolma Bagthe
Turkey
Lower Manhattan
Chambers Street
Western Union Telegraph Company
Selence
Crystal Gazer
Old Monitor
U. S. 8. Monitor
New York Harbor
Port Washington
Long Island
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