Dynamite Myths and Odd Customs Across Time
A collection of quirky dynamite anecdotes from a veteran blaster detailing capricious explosions and near misses. The piece blends hazardous lore with humorous asides and includes a tale of a Stevens Institute experiment imprinting leaf ribs on iron. It closes with a medieval to early modern note on marriage customs where brides wore only sheets at weddings.
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Cart Boys
Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens Institute
Chicago
Inter
Ocean
Wisdom From Newspapers Inspires Lifelong Learning
A reflective note quotes F B Sanborn on how careful reading of newspapers over time yields more knowledge than extensive library study, suggesting daily engagement with print media unlocks practical learning.
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F. B. Sanborn
Clean Barber Shops for Better Hygiene
The International Journal of Surgery argues barber shops spread infections through unclean tools and improper towel handling. It recommends disinfecting tools, boiling towels after use, and enforcing penalties to reduce trichophytosis and other persistent dermatologic affections.
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International
Journal of Surgery
Piled It on the Princess in Shanghai Etiquette
An article notes Chinese politeness in aging jokes during a visit by Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia in Shanghai. A mandarin asks the prince his age and says he looks older, then questions the princess’s age with a flattering but awkward remark translated by Herr Voight, who blushes.
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China
Henry
Prussia
Shanghai
Herr - Voight
Voight
The Influence of the Flat on Modern Life
A Kenwood boy humorously explains family status through the notion of living in flats revealing how the flat has shaped contemporary life. A grandmother and visitor explore marriage counts, the child humorously correcting that his father lives in a house, not a flat.
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Kenwood
John
Jim
Fred
Chicago
Orean
A Spider’s Musical Ear
A large black hunting spider dwells in a piano all summer listening to soft music. When a march or gallop begins she flees to her den inside the instrument, resuming listening only to slower pieces like Tranmerer or Handel’s Largo as she is enticed forth.
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Plano
Handel
Rebel Memorial in Santa Fe Bears Word Rebel
In Santa Fe public square a soldiers memorial bears the word rebel for Confederate soldiers. The inscription honors Federal Army heroes who fell at Valverde on Feb 21 1862 and those who died opposing the rebels at Canon del Apache and La Glorieta Pass on March 28 1862. Chicago News notes it may be the only U S monument using that term for Confederates.
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Santa Fe
United States
Valverde
Canon del Apache
la Glorieta Pass
Chicago News
Clinton and Hudson street railway nears completion
Construction of the Clinton and Hudson street railway progresses with track full length set from Clinton end to three miles from Fitchburg Hudson. Rails laid from Wood Square to Central Street, and toward Coolidgeville. poles up along finished sections. paving near Green Cottage Rice streets and River Central areas completed. Delays occurred from late paving stone arrivals, and grade adjustments prompt street raising discussions among officials.
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Clinton and
Hudson Street Railway
Clinton
Fitchburg
Hudson
Chase
Wood Sq
Central St. Crossing
Joseph Warner
Massachusetts Road
Joseph Stratton
Coolidgeville
Oakdale
Wood Square
Main St
Hapgood
Woodsy
Central Railroad
Samuel B. Crosbie
Injunctions Threatened Over Street Railway Tracks
The Hudson Water Commissioners briefly threatened to seek injunctions to block the street railway from laying tracks across water mains and Brigham estate land near Central Street. A settlement averted one injunction, while another talk of action stalled as workers proceed on Main Street.
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Tre-crmror
Ant Idson Street Railway Company
D. W. Stratton
Hudson Water Commissioners
Street Railway Company
Hudson Water
Massachusetts Central Railroad
Central St. Crossing
Brigham Estate
Street Railway
Central St
Brigham
Joseph ‘Warner
Central Mass
Hudson
Stratton
Water Main
W. 8S. Reed
Leominster
Unitarian Church
Mainst
Bucklen’s Am a Salve Cures Civil War Wounds
An 1860s era note claims a ball from the Civil War wounded G B Steadman of Newark Michigan causing lasting deformity. Bucklen’s American Salve allegedly cured the wound after twenty years. Advertisement touts cures for cuts burns boils skin eruptions piles with a 25 cent price. Sold by Johnson Maynard and J C Friend Concord.
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G. B. Steadman
Newark
Mich
Bucklen
Johnson
Maynard
J. C. Friend
Concord
Local Notes From Cleasondale And Nearby Towns
J Harold Croft is ill with malaria. Alonzo Carey has a throat abscess. William McCarthy moved in with Charles Taylor. Annie Riordan is vacationing in Machias Maine. Mr and Mrs Warren Day left town after a month here. Mrs A W Achorn made and sold the carriage robe for Mrs Goding. Mrs Charles Taylor and Mame returned from Worcester. Mrs Marcus Brown and son recalled from York Missouri by Helen Brown’s sudden death. Iron bridge span needs similar attention to the shorter one. Visitors include Mrs Mark F Burns Somerville Nathan Emerson and son Nathan Allen Mrs Patten Lynn J W Hill Harvard Miss Mary Sullivan South Boston Charles Fuller and family Burt Wiley Wollaston.
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William McCarthy
Charles Taylor
Annie Riordan
Machias
Marcus Brown
York
Helen Brown
Mark F. Burns
Somerville
Nathan Emerson
Nathan Allen
Patten
Lynn
J. Wf. Hill
Harvard
Mary Sullivan
South Boston
Charles Fuller
Burt Wiley
Wollaston
New Electric Road Scheme Moves Toward Hudson to Lexington
A dominant group led by W S Reed of Leominster and Henry Tower of Hudson plans an eastward street railway from Hudson to Lexington via Maynard and Concord connecting Boston Worcester and Fitchburg. The project aims to secure franchises next spring with construction possible after the ground thaws. Rep C H Persons of Maynard had pursued an alternate Hudson Maynard Concord route but now defers to the Reed led Leominster Clinton group.
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Fitchburg
Hudson
Gleasondale
Stow
Maynard
Concord
Lexington
Leominster
Clinton
Worcester
W.S. Reed
Henry Tower
Combine
Boston
Fitchburgh
Reed
Mr. Tower
Clinton & Hudson St. Railway Co
WS. Reed
Henry Bower
Clinton Roads
Here
Rep
C. H. Persons
Persons
Hudson Man William Coolidge Earns PhD in Leipzig
Hudson born William JD Coolidge recently earned the Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Leipzig Germany after studying at MIT and the University of Leipzig. He served as assistant in Drude's lab, held a fellowship abroad, and will return to America in September via Paris and London. He previously worked for Westinghouse in 1892.
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William JD. Coolidge
University of Leipzig
Germany
Hudson
Hudson High School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
Physical Laboratory
Leipzig
Drude
Austria
Switzerland
Italy
Leipzig University
Paris
London
America
Westinghouse Electrical Co
Pittsburg
No consent with protest in betrothal exchange
A father voices protest as he consents to his daughter's marriage. The groom responds that any future demands must not be protested, framing a treaty-like conditional consent. The dialogue highlights parental authority and a strict negotiation of marital terms.
Ancient Scottish May Day Sacrifice Custom Described
Gentleman's Magazine recounts a historical May Day rite from Callander Perthshire where Scottish boys formed on the moor dug a circular turf table lit a fire baked custard and split a cake among them. The blackened cake piece foretold a boy’s leap through flames a ritual once implying human sacrifice for a fruitful summer.
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Sir John Sinclair
Scotland
Highlands
Callander
Perthshire
Gentleman's Magazine
Serious smoking by women requires real effort
The passage quotes Mark Twain urging women to smoke seriously. he mocks lightweight smoking and praises a dignified Polish countess who uses a long man's pipe as a sign of true commitment. The remark emphasizes authentic, purposeful smoking over casual use.
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Mark Twain
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Chiltern All Saints
Wiltshire
John Bridmore
Anne Selwood
Gorton Green
Ashton-under-Lyne
Otley
Lincolnshire
Gedney
David Wilkinson
Susan Farran
Cleasondale
J. Harold Croft
Alonzo B. Carey
Mamie
Hudson Boy
James B. Wood
Concord, Mass
Ted
Maynard Restaurant
H. E. Boyd, Maynard Block, Maynard
Westerly
Quincy
Scotch
S. Fowler, Maynard
H. Richardson
Nematt Tra Aes
Drop Head Singer
Pep Alters
C. D. Brochu
Concord Junction
Mass
Ernest Hosmer, D. D. S
Acton
Anterprise
W. A. White
P.O. Box
Maynard, Mass
L. A. Holt
West Acton
Chas. B. Barnes, Jr
Wm. B. Holt
L.A. Holt
D. H. Hall
Elizabeth M. Barnard
Middlesex
Elizabeth M. Barnard Ereby
Tremont Building
Beacon and
Tremont Sts
Howe George E. Howe
James E. Young
H. A. Littlefield
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