Clever Boy Uses Kites To Send Pets In Parachutes
A 14 year old Cleveland youth, Spencer Gray, builds giant kites and launches kittens, chickens, and rabbits in parachute baskets tethered to a rope, guiding gentle landings while attracting disapproval from animal lovers and neighbors. The clever stunt has made him a renowned local figure among Cleveland youngsters.
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Cleveland
Spencer Gray
Black Tom
Bunny
Spencer
New York Journal
A Mother's Rule Shapes Kirkpatrick Family Name
A Boston man recalls how two Kirkpatrick brothers swapped to Kilpatrick on a ship to evade impressment during the 1812 war. The ruse succeeded at sea and the family settled in Halifax while never reclaiming the Kirkpatrick name, a change said to be foreordained by the cruiser’s intervention.
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Boston
Scotland
Particuar Kirkpatricks
Ireland
Belfast
New York
mid-Atlantic
England
United States
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Kilpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Kilpatricks
Kirkpatricks
Harper’s Round Table
Thrilling Adventure of a Boy in Wheat Field
An Iowa five year old rode with his father on a harvester. The boy toppled into the conveyor and was drawn into a wheat bundle. He was nearly choked, a small skin tear on his shoulder, but escaped unharmed.
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Iowa
Daniel and Darius contrast in a mission school talk
A speaker compares Daniel in the den of lions with Darius to teach conscience. A child asks why the bed is soft and answers Fedders with a quick home guard flair, reflecting a humorous classroom moment.
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Darius
Daniel
Boy waits for dog days to find a Newfoundland
Earle recalls his father predicting dog days start tomorrow. He sits on the front steps for over an hour, telling his mother he is waiting for the dogs to come so he can find a Newfoundland.
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Earle
Philadelphia Times
Ingenious Little Old Man Of The Sea Rides A Tiny Rescue
A short verse from St. Nicholas recounts a tiny old man at sea who, facing rising water and no bailer, uses a stout jackknife to cut a hole in the boat and let the water drain out, saving himself in a clever nautical moment.
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John Bennett
St. Nicholas
Sister Mamma Rivalry Sparks Gentle Teasing
A playful exchange from a Youth's Companion piece quips that Sister is more my mamma than yours, arguing heredity matters less than affection. Baby declares she is the littlest, so she deserves妈妈 status, highlighting family bonds with humorous tone.
May What’s that for Charlie
A fragment from Pearson's Weekly depicts a humorous exchange about a trap to catch birds that spy on a mother and report every action to her. The line reflects playful dialogue rather than a news item.
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Charlie
Mamma
Pearson’s Weekly
Smaller Colleges Shine In Education According To Bok
Edward W. Bok argues in The Ladies Home Journal that many small American colleges outperform larger institutions in teaching and innovation. He notes 60 percent of prominent Americans are graduates of lesser known colleges and urges that college size does not determine a student’s prospects.
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Edward W. Bok
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Tricks in Grammar Stumps Local Teachers
A pupil asks a grammar puzzle about the sentence It is two miles to Woodforda. The boy claims There are two twos in the above sentence, but the teacher finds no such two, two or too in spelling Paris Green, sparking a heated debate among pedagogues.
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Woodforda
Paris Green
Paris
Blue
Portland Argus
Taken Unawares A Bank Camera Snaps Suspect Unseen
The Bank of Francw uses a discreet camera setup to capture images of any suspicious visitor without their knowledge, ensuring evidence is obtained without alerting the person.
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Bank of Francw
Happy Innocence Town Topics
A lighthearted Town Topics snippet notes a playful domestic scene with a wife praising a baby's smile and a husband commenting on the child possibly dreaming, suggesting a warm, everyday moment.
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John
Voters Must Heed Oath in Caucus Procedures
The Fitchburg Sentinel notes new law requiring caucus participants to swear they are registered voters, belong to the party holding the caucus, intend to support its nominees, and have not voted in the opposite party’s caucus in 12 months. It warns perjury penalties and clarifies intent to support nominees. It also promotes physician excursion tours to the Adirondacks led by Dr C McV Tobey, offering economical travel for educators and others with itineraries from Boston.
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Fitchburg Sentinel
Fitchburg
Adirondacks
Boston
C. McV. Tobey
Adirondack Bureau of Information
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Devonshire Street
Mass
Full Line of Fall Tools and Fertilizers
WW A Faynes offers a complete line for fall work including barley timothy red top clover millet and Bowker's celebrated Stockbridge manures Clark's Cove Lowell and Essex fertilizers. Specials on fall seeding salt lime and Canada ashes.
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Bowker
Canada
Lincoln Town Road Relocation Petition Seeks Private Funding
Wm B Briggs and 29 other residents petition the County Commissioners of Middlesex to relocate the Lincoln to Waltham road about nine hundred feet opposite Laura F Briggs house now Moorfield Storey Esq. Moorfield Storey agrees to bear all construction costs and Briggs deed the land for the project without town or county expense.
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Middlesex
Lincoln
Waltham
Laura F Briggs
Moorfield Storey Esq
Moorfield Storey
Laura F. Briggs
Briggs
Catherine Gilbert
James Gilbert
Ida F. Boyce
Middlesex Sc
Sudbury
Patrick J. Powers
George Moore
Handbuch highlights 600 Finnish women in public life
The biographies of more than 600 women who have been or are distinguished in Finnish public life are compiled in the newly published Handbuch des Finnlandischen Frauen veren , noting a 1884 Frauenverein founded to improve women's conditions and a 1891 Union for the same purpose, open to male members.
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Finland
Frauenveriu
Union
Chicago study splits gender in top grammar school marks
The Chicago Inter Ocean notes that 25 of the top grades in city grammar schools were won by boys while 197 were achieved by girls, suggesting mixed success for coeducation.
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Grammar
Chicago
Chicago Inter Ocean
Agitated Bridegroom and Bride Exchange After Ceremony
Comic caption from the Home Journal depicts a tense moment after a wedding. Serena asks to kiss while the self possessed bride replies that it is her usual custom.
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Serena
William
Comic Home Journal
Local Court Clerk and Deputy Sheriff Notice
Ralph N. Smith assistant clerk and George G. Tipsbury deputy sheriff oversee copy of petition and related ancernse thereon in a public notice from the county office.
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Ralph N. Smith
George G. Tipsbury
Horace Tuttle Hack Boarding and Livery Stable
Horace Tuttle operates a hack, boarding and livery stable on Walden Street in Concord Massachusetts. The business provides horse care, stabling and vehicle hire services in the town.
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WW. A. Faynes Cac
Timothy
Millet
Stockbridge
Clark’s Cove
Lowell and Essex Fertilizers
W. A. Haynes
Massachusetts
Cambridge
View
Concord Enterprise
Concord
C. Dillingham
John A. Tolman
Maynard, Mass
Glenwood Ranges
Board OF County Commissioners
County OF
Boxboro
John Whitcombs
John Sherry
Joun Sherry
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Town Hall
Acton Enterprise
Dewnpaper Pes
Acton
Ipa F. Boyer
Mortgagee
Horace Tuttle
Walden Street
Concord Mass
J.C. Friend
Concord Junction, Mass
Normandy
Valenciennes
Tuttles
Jones & Wetherbee
Maynard
Riverside Co-Operative Association
H. H. McGrail
Maynard House
F. W. Sims
Gavin Taylor H, Hs McGrail T. C. Denniston
H. P. N. Dahl
Riverside Block
Renest Hosmer
D. D
Hapgood
Stow
W. A.cunningham
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