Visitors on Brooklyn Bridge ponder cables and curiosities
A New York Sun piece quotes a Brooklyn bridge policeman answering a flood of questions about the span. Tourists probe cable systems, tower heights, anchor safety, Roebling family lives, and the center of gravity while watching crowds pass from 7am to 7pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
New York
Brooklyn
Governor's Island
Connecticut
Engineer Roebling
Mr. Roebling
Col. Roebling
Anchorage
Boston
Sian
Chatham Street
Roes Homme
New Jersey
Bridge
Fre Department
Billy Cripps' Good Luck and the Apple Drying Trick
A humorous Old Settler tale recalls Billy Cripps courting Jemime and Jonas’s plan with dried apples. A flood of wet weather leads to apples swelling and finally lifting a house, letting Billy win Jemime while the apples spill, told in regional vernacular with streetwise humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Mott
New York Sun
Crissman House
Frank
Ira
Bimeby
Billy Cripps
Squire Cripps
John Billduck
Jersey
Nuither
Jonas
Jemime
Billy
Hull
Hoppy Dusenberry
Alluz
Jones
Hoppy
Jenny
Hoppy Dusenburry
Holiday voyage of rescued city children sets sail for lake region
New York Tribune reports 393 poor children chaperoned by missionaries board a steamer for West Grant Lake and other destinations including Au Sable Peru Valcour Salmon River and Ferona. Amid bustle on pier and deck, families tearfully bid farewell as the ship moves upriver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Christopher Street
Westgrant Lake
Au Sable
Peru
Valcour
Salmon River
Ferona
Hudson
Perils of Watered Whisky and Sunday School Picnic
Ex Confederate surgeon recalls wartime whisky scarcity and a tale of tainted liquor mixed with vinegar. A Burlington Hawkeye illustrated Sunday school picnic is described with storm, damaged cake, a frightened supervisor, and drenched officials amid comic chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Hawkeye
Education and cunning wrongs in old Arkansas sayings
The piece quotes rustic proverbs from Arkansaw and comments on the value of common sense versus education, noting fortune favors those who work, not just those who expect it. It contrasts rural wisdom with a report on rapid firing test of a twelve barrel machine gun displayed at Dart ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific Railroad
Tehacipi
Sahara
Arkansaw
Teast
Chicago
Limes
Dartford
Footsteps on the Sand Reflect a Wounded Heart
A speaker discusses footsteps traced along the shore and wonders who will read the marks left by a man who once sought a wife. The waves will erase the traces, yet the speaker’s heart remains dry and pure, wary of lingering hopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgravia
Strand
Res
Almost a Case of Bigamy In Detroit Limekiln Club
Report from the Detroit Free Press recounts a tongue in cheek digression about Pickles Smith accused of taking a third wife after two Virginia spouses. The Detroit club members and preacher commentary mock the situation with humorous, folksy dialogue and a local-vernacular verdict dismissing the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limekiln Club
Detroit
Free Press
Waydown
Rebee
Squire
Pickles Smith
Virginia
Michigan
Brother Smith
Penstock
Smith
Bradder Pickles Smith
Classified Ad Rates and Subscriptions
The text lists advertising rates and subscription prices for a newspaper. Includes per line charges, line limits, and weekly and monthly rates along with address subscriptions and terms. Specific figures are incomplete due to OCR garble but indicate standard pricing structure for ads and notices.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Edge
the Four
Frank Leslie
Ridney Smith
S. Washington
Philadelphia
Col
Jack Dade
John
Powder River Cattle Com
Powder River
Tyana
Brands
Tongue River
Powder River Cattle Co
Rawhide
Wyoming
Plunkett, Roche & CO
P. O
Johnson Co
Wyo
Range
John Donoughue
Foreman
Sturgis, Goodell & CO
Cheyenne
Custer City
Dakota
Ashen Hole
Cheyenne River
J. H.ford
P. O. Adaress
Cheyenne, Wyo
Range, Lance and
Old Woman Creeks
Lemuel Smith
BP. O
Netterman
Ranga Dry Creek
Lower Box
Lightning Creeks
North Side
North Platte River
Sturgis & Lane
Mark
J M
Crater City
Fox
Horse Creeka
Goshen Hole
Goodell & Lane
Post Office
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Cheyenne Rive
M. &E. Post
Horse Creeks
North Park
M. EK
New York Star
Southern Methodist Church
New Orleans Picayune
Eer
Are Warnee
Telegi
Montrea
Canada
Albany
Fay
Rmise
United Station
Pittsbur
York
Mand
D ‘Monroe
Jo Sherman
Brens
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