Hidden model of Constitution found in Atlantic Avenue shop
A weathered shipbuilder's replica of the Constitution lies in a small Atlantic Avenue paint shop. Capt. W. S. Nickerson saved the relic from being broken up for firewood, restoring it and guarding the model as a sacred piece of naval history amid petitions to sell Old Ironsides.
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Atlantic Avenue
W. S.nickerson
United States of America
Great Britain
Joshua Humphreys
Philadelphia
Edmund Hart
Battery
Barry, Dale and
Truxton
Con
Capt
Nickerson
Capt. Nickerson
Boston Globe
No Encouragement to Save Banks in City of Mexico
The article notes banks in Mexico City offer few options for small savers. Only two institutions accept small deposits, one a workers’ bank and Monte de la Piedad paying 6 percent interest. The former relies on foreign workers, while the latter serves all depositors.
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City
Mexico
Monte de la Piedad
Mexican Herald
Easier to Run Than to Stow in Bennington Tales
In Bennington Vermont years ago a group of wealthy men over 250 pounds each enjoyed evenings of storytelling and revelry. George Westinghouse Jr. in Pittsburgh was late to work twice last week and docked an hour daily plus 22 cents for each day. His father fears publicity will spoil him referencing Algernon Sartoris once an apprentice who quit after overexposure to headlines.
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Enos Adams
Oliver Ayres
James B. Meacheam
Ayres
Bennington
George Westinghouse, Jr
Pittsburg
George Westinghouse
Algernon Sartoris
Gen. U. S. Grant
Westinghouse
Algernon
Astor Ball Lowers New York’s Social Strata
Mrs John Jacob Astor plans a spring ball at the Astor house in April with limited invitations from New Yorks famed 400. The move marks a new social precedent amid a season already shrinking the elite circle to seventy nine. The Astor ballroom has a storied past hosting international visitors since 1840.
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John Jacob Astor
New York
Astor House
Gotham
Prince de Joinville
Court of
France
Hat purchase sparks amused chatter at Blinker and Dinks
A blonde girl and a chocolate girl argue over Maud's new hat calling it a fright. The chocolate girl reveals Maud bought it at Blinker and Dink's, and she helped her choose it. The remark captures light gossip in Tit-Bits.
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Maud
Blinker & Dink’s
Rail railroading in its infancy to present speed
The piece compares an 1827 view of rail travel with modern practice, noting an engine with a silk hat and four wagons as early freight cars. It recalls John Rogers of Baltimore predicting Baltimore to the Ohio river in 34 hours, while today trains reach Baltimore to Pittsburg in about 10 hours and to Parkersburg in about 12.
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John Rogers
Baltimore
Ohio River
Pittsburg
Parkersburg
Jimmie O Hares Defiant Life Ended by Nitroglycerin Blast
The Cherryvale correspondence to the Kansas City Star recalls Jimmie O Hares long hazardous work with nitroglycerin in oil fields across New York Pennsylvania Indiana Ohio Kansas and California. After decades of handling hundreds of quarts he was blown to pieces in Chelsea last week when a wagon exploded. He survived many close calls and told stories of glycerin misfires and friction dangers. His death fulfills a warned fate in oil country.
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Jimmie O'Hare
Chelsea
Jimmie
Port Arthur
Pennsylvania
Bradford
Chanute
New York
Indiana
Ohio
Kansas
California
Cherryvale
Kansas City Star
Novel Traveling Woodlaw Introduces Portable Wood Sawing Unit
A new rural machine halves manual labor in cutting wood. A two horsepower gasoline engine powers a twenty four inch circular saw mounted on a wagon frame, allowing an operator to cut a cord in about thirty minutes and travel to adjacent piles for repeated cuts. The device is easily transported and reports say it achieves fast daily output.
To Be One and Twenty A Poem By Robert Bridges
A reflective verse sequence on youth and aging, contrasting the wish to remain forever young with the ache of growing older. The speaker mentions bloom in May and a rose on a birthday, while a chorus of voices echoes the longing to live, dream, and find truth through love.
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Robert Bridges
Trading at Home Ends Catalogue Hype in Red Wing Tale
A Red Wing Republican column recalls a man enticed by catalogue prices then faced higher in-store charges. The dealer exposes a $19.50 overcharge on a $76.50 bill, offers a correction, and earns the customer as a long term patron, arguing home trading beats mail orders.
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Red Wing Republican
Merchants Urged to Advertise Against Mail Order Wars
St Paul Trade Journal urges Northwest merchants to expand local newspaper ads and mail circulars, adopt a systematic mail order push, and publish prices. Compare with catalogues, beat mail order prices including freight, and form associations to resist the mail order threat.
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John Jones
St. Paul
Buy at Home Promotes Farm Value and Community
The piece argues that proximity to market towns boosts farm values by 10 to 320 dollars per acre and that strong local commerce raises stock and crop value. It criticizes patrons who shop mail order and urges residents to support local retailers to sustain the community.
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Minnesota
Cannon Falls
Laughable suit swap mixup at catalogue house
A man ordered a suit from a catalogue house and paid in advance. The delivered garment was far too large, so he sought to exchange it locally. The clothier refused to accommodate the swap, leaving the man unable to wear the oversized suit.
A Feminine Job
Miss Knox reports her husband, drunk at a dinner, claimed he had married beauty and brains. Mrs Bridey jokes to investigate and calls him a biramist, prompting a wary, light exchange.
Dr Barnardo and Gaelic Accent Jokes in Londons Voice
Dr Douglas Jlyde discusses British accents with a Philadelphia listener noting the dropping of h. A bald scientist lecturing in London is heckled by a shrill voice asking about oneself.
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Barnardo
Douglas Jlyde
Ireland
Bernardo
London
Mixed Metaphor Fragment Counts as Puck Snippet
A fragmented line reads like a garbled chat or column note with names and phrases such as Pat a An and Law4, Mike Begobs, and a stray question about how children turned out. The text resembles a stray reader snippet rather than a full story.
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Pat
Mike
Puck
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