Young Rhode Island telegraph prodigy becomes chief operator
Richard Quigley of Rhode Island Prodigy in Art of Telegraphy in Newport claims the title of youngest telegrapher. At 15 he serves as chief operator in the New Bedford postal office after earlier roles as Newport Casino manager and messenger boy. He learned at the key, sent long dispatches, and is noted as one of the fastest in the service. His parents allowed the transfer with weekend visits.
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New Orleans
Richard Strauss
Salome
Europe
Germany
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Dresden
Berlin
Strauss
Puccini
Metropolitan
Royal Opera
Feursnoth
Royal Opera House
Richard Quigley
New Bedford
Newport Casino
Quigley
Newport
Trundling Wheels Challenge Across England for 100 Days
London reports Portsmouth blacksmith W R Hayes aims to roll two six foot wheels from Portsmouth to Newcastle and back, covering about 20 miles daily with a rest Sunday. He travels through multiple counties with a trainer, completing the stunt in a hundred days. The piece also recalls a pupil’s joke about a Roman athlete swimming the Tiber three times.
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London
W. R. Hayes
Portsmouth
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Hayes
Sussex
Kent
Middlesex
Hertfordshire
Cheshire
Yorkshire
Northumberland
Lancashire
Worcestershire
Gloucestershire
Somersetshire
Devonshire
Cornwall
Mr. Frisbie
Tiber
Willie Barnes
Willie
Little Willie
Love and the Laborer of a Farm Life Romance
Rosamond Grayson shoots at quail but nearly hits Malcolm Graham in brown coat. A summer of hunting and growing affection follows as he works nearby and she worries at future society gossip. He loves her, proposes, and she accepts. Later she learns he writes under a new name and travels incognito as a laborer.
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Rosamond
Harry
Mr. Marshall
Carter
Graham
Malcolm Graham
Rosamond Grayson
Rose
Corners the Harps in Erin
A tale recalls a Llewellyn in England who traded harps from famine-stricken Ireland for gold. As peasant harps vanished, Irish music faded until a single owner controlled most instruments. The piece ends noting no second corner of celestial harps is recorded.
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Llewellyns
England
Ireland
Emerald Isle
Sons of
Erin
Crocodile Shot Near Surprise Mine Dam
A fine crocodile was recently shot in the dam at the Surprise mine prompting a caution to bathers. Rhodesia Herald reports the incident and warns the public to stay away from the area.
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Rhodesia Herald
Napoleon of the West Delmas Leads Thaw Defense
Delmas, 53, a California lawyer famed for civil victories and a notable defense of Harry Thaw, captivates New York with a courtly, old school orator style. His gestures, eyeglasses, and sharp analysis mark a career spanning homicide acquittals, a Fair millions contest, and a refusal of Southern Pacific counsel bids.
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Napoleon
West
California
New York
Jerome
Stanford White
Thaw
Mr. Delmas
San Francisco
Senator Fair
Craven
Claus Spreckels
Southern Pacific Railway
Delmas
Pacific Coast
Delphin M. Delmas
Harry Thaw
Sioux City Woman Turns to Real Estate Success
Miss Ella Hawkins of Sioux City left teaching to pursue Dakota land deals and has achieved notable success. She previously taught in Spink and led Sioux City public schools before forming a firm with her brother and a partner. Her customers largely come from Illinois and Iowa as she bets on the Dakotas' future.
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Hawkins
South Dakota
Spink
Sioux City
Dakota Lands
Ilinois
Iowa
Dakotas
Sphinx Rock In Wissahickon Draws City Admiration
Philadelphia residents see a Sphinx like rock along the Wissahickon Drive near Ridge Avenue where the creek meets the Schuylkill. The rock’s unusual shape and elevation offer views for summer leafers and winter trolley riders, earning its mythic nickname.
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Philadelphia
Egypt
Schuylkill
Ridge Avenue
Wissahickon
Cree
A Happy Home
A New York Weekly reflection on a happy home lists six requisites. Integrity provides the structure and tidiness acts as the upholsterer, while affection warms and cheerfulness lights. Industry ventilates daily salubrity, with God’s blessings as the protecting canopy over all.
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N. Y
Southern Chivalry and a Polite Offer
An elderly black man on a crowded streetcar rises and offers his seat to a lady. She declines, noting she does not wish to deprive him. He bows and replies in a chivalrous tone that there is no depravity, madam.
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Margaretstein
Bavarian
Tyrol
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Hiampshire
Love and the Laborer
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Thaw Defense
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City of Philadelphia
Southern Chivalry
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