St Patrick's Day Escape Of Two Orphan Boys
As St Patrick's Day in Harlem approaches, two foster boys escape from a grim foundling home. They fashion a rope escape with Patsey Flaherty and Mike Ryan then slip into the city St Patrick's procession, briefly tasting liberty before being captured and returned, joyful yet exhausted.
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St. Patrick
Foundling Asylum
Sone
Michael Ryan
Rascal
Michael
Juger
Little Mike
St. Patrick’s Day
Mike
St. Patrick’s
Bowery Theater
Monte Cristo
Patsey Flaherty
Patsey
Ireland
Hibernians
Land League
Johnny
Pudgeen
Tomorrer
Pudgeon
Dhe Groun
Earth
Heaven
Liberty
Harlem
Park Row
St. Patricks
Saint Patrick A Gentleman Without Fear or Reproach
The text extols Patrick as a scholar cleric bishop and saint praising his noble virtues. It then recounts a Swift sermon at a judge’s table where legal professionals retaliated, featuring a barrister’s provocative question about a funeral sermon for money and the priest’s bold response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick
Wales
Scotland
France
Ireland
County
Antrim
Patricius
Celestine
Chinese Tea Trade Tour Plans Highlight London Firm
Philip Watkins of a leading London tea house travels the world to negotiate with Chinese and Indian growers. He explains selecting top plantations early for the new crop, noting China still yields the finest gunpowder and hyson green teas, though India and Ceylon broaden markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip
Watkins
London
Richard Peck
Canton
Calcutta
Mr. Watkins
India
Ceylon
China
Hyson
San Francisco Chronicle
The Black Jack Inn Demolished in Clare Market
The Black Jack at Portsmouth Street Clare Market has closed as surrounding buildings face demolition. Once a Dickens era meeting place and favorite haunt for medical students, it housed a historic signature bar with figures like James Paget and Andrew Clarke. The pub joins a ghostly line of nearby historic taverns.
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Portsmouth Street
Clare Market
Sam Weller
Lowton
Perker
Pickwick
James Paget
Andrew Clarke
Jack Sheppard
Hogarth
Spiller
London News
Silk mill power path via water wheel and dynamo
The Nonotuck Silk company uses a water wheel at its lowest mill in Leeds Mass to generate power. The energy is conveyed to the new mill thirty rods above where a dynamo converts it into motion and drives a sixty five horse power engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nonotuck Silk Company
Leeds
Mass
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Black Jack Inn
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Maine
Main Street
Waltham,Mass
R. A. Guernsey
Houghton
E. F. Worcester
T. J. Fugat
T. J. Raven
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