Bennie Moran Rescues Sister From Detroit House Fire
A three year old Bennie Moran saves his baby sister from a blazing house after curtains ignite from a gas stove. He enters through smoke to reach the crying child, carries her to safety, and alerts neighbors while fire crews extinguish the blaze. The boy’s actions prevent a total ruin of his home and echo a prior close call with fire.
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Detroit
Bennie Moran
Bennie
Papa
Mr. Moran
First Ether Demonstration Mentioned by Dr. Morton
Dr Morton first inhaled ether on himself and a patient in Boston on September 30 1846 performing a tooth extraction with ether anesthesia Frost Ebenezer Hopkins Frost a Groton native and Boston singer and teacher witnessed the event Frost later signed a certificate asserting the claim and died in Fitchburg on September 7 1865
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Samuel A. Green
Groton
Ebenezer Hopkins Frost
Boston
Solomon and
Dorcas (Hopkins) Frost
Handel and Haydn Society of
Morton
Hayden
Frost
Prince Street
Fitchburg
The Misspelled Tale At Richmond Central Presbyterian
A playful poem describes a mispronounced tale about a boy and mother with puns and homophones. A snowy voyage ends with the son safely home as a cue arrives, reflecting on missteps and returning home.
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Richmond Central Presbyterian
Mountaineer Beats Frustration at Rural Post Office
A mountaineer visiting relatives in a neighboring town complains to the postmaster over a missed letter from his girl. He argues the clerk and U.S. government job remarks before finally receiving a letter from a musty hole. The tale sits among legends about St Patrick and a carved drum.
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Tsay
Washington Star
Minister Moore’s Defiant Masonic Prayer Tale
John W. Hutchinson recounts Rev. Humphrey Moore once asked to bless a Masonic celebration though his denomination opposed the order. Moore hesitated then appeared to offer a blunt prayer: O Lord, we pray for we know not what. If it is good, bless it, if it is bad, cuss it. World without end, Amen.
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Hutchinson
John W. Hutchinson
Humphrey Moore
Milford
N. H
Leper Hospital Nuns Honor Amid Jerusalem Walls
Outside Jerusalem a lepers' hospital is cared for by heaconesses from German religious houses. For years these heroic women tend the afflicted without praise or public fanfare, their quiet courage hidden from most until travelers’ notices brought their work to light as they slowly fade in service.
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Walls
Jerusalem
Ural Mountains
Arctic Ocean
Nova Zembia
New York Ledger
Evening lullaby for corn and flowers
The poem speaks of nightfall as corn sinks and flowers shrink under darkness. A gentle, rocking cradle scene soothes a timid beloved as evening breezes and winging sounds accompany rest. The speaker, J Edmund Cooke, presents a tender lullaby tone.
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J. Edmund ¥. Cooke
Labrador Dogs Hunt On Ice In Impromptu Sled Chase
An account from Forest and Stream recounts four Labrador dogs leaping to chase a caribou on a frozen lake. The sleigh driver loses control as the dogs pull ahead, topple riders, and later disentangle, with the party returning to the house to repair damages.
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Labrador
Forest and Stream
Unknown New York amusements attract varied crowds
Helen F. Clark notes in Century that Chinese visitors miss the Bowery concert garden’s sensory and social excesses. She observes crowds of Germans Irish Italians and Jews frequent such venues while Chinese quarters lack them, highlighting cultural contrasts in urban leisure.
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New York
Bowery
Helen F. Clark
Inkwell Nearly Loses Job Over Race Result Note
A Washington Times item recalls a reporter named Inkwell who nearly loses his position after filing a sports account that claimed a foot race winner was a messenger boy. The anecdote contrasts with Nero’s reception in Greece and Rome when crowns were awarded for his artistic tour and triumph.
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Inkwell
Washington Times
Nero
Greece
Rome
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T. J
Patrick and the Snakes
St. Patrick
Ireland
Stanger
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St. Louis Republic
Cradle Song
W. A. Haynes, & CO
Maynard, Mass
J. W. Henderson
N. B
W. Henderson
South Acton, Mass
T.F. Sheehan
Barrett’ S Mill Road
Concord Junction
Mass
Wood and Stone
Jeremiah Sheehan
William F.litchfield
Horace Tuttle
Walden Street
Concord Mass
J. C. Friend
N. Raymond Pratt
Sudbury, Mass
Ryan
Boynton
ROOTE
Summer Street, Maynard, Mass
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Wm. ©. Hale
Maynard
Acton, Masa
Monumental
Darling’s Elk, Cor. Summer and Nason Sts
Mene
Quincy
Fowler
James Devane
West Acton, Mass
C.d.holmes
D. Dilmore
Maynard's Block
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