The Col onels Watchl Mystery on Liberty Street
A July riot in Pittsburg leads Col Bond into conflict with a crowd and a petty thief who steals his watch. Years later a curious letter lures him to a squalid alley where a sick boy reveals the watch was taken during the melee and the boy confesses he kept it. Bond helps the boy, then learns Tom dies. Bond vows to aid the boy’s mother and take care of him.
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Liberty street
Pittsburg
railway girls
Pennsylvania
gamin
oman
duceus
Col
Bond
Col. Bond
Taberty street
Sneakwell
law
Iron City
Conl
waNDY WELLS
Nancy Welsh
Welsh
Tom
mec
Tommy
H. D. Mason
Pittsburg Bulletin
Hidden treasures in second hand books of original thought
In a market of worn volumes the rare find may reveal the original thoughts of bold thinkers. Many second hand editions hide patches and popular editions, but some books preserve pioneering ideas and direct human energy, beyond sum of encyclopedias. Burton notes most books are second hand ideas. The task is to locate works embodying genuine original thought.
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Buffalo Pitts
Stevens
McCormick
Webster
Little Diamond
Acme
Corbin
Taylor’s Feild Roller
Economist
South Head
Daniel's
Bucher & Gibb
Farmers
Friend and
Evan's
Planet Jr
Reid
Ober
SHANNAHAN & WRIGHTSON HARDWARE COMPANY
Aston
Maryland
roan
calf
Russia
gentleman's library
Burton
St. Louis Republican
Inventor of Dynamite Alfred Nobel Passes Away
Obituary notes Alfred Nobel, Swede and creator of dynamite, whose nitro glycerine work advanced blasting safety yet caused fatalities in his experiments. The piece traces Nobel's contributions, from early nitro glycerine handling to the development of dynamite, noting his influence on modern explosives and related risk.
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Alfred Nobel
Sombrero
Paris
Nobel
New York Sun
Wolves Round Up Jack Rabbits in Nevada Tale
A narrative from Joseph Grandelmyer depicts Nevada wolves using a strategic, multi wave drive to corral jack rabbits across Humboldt and Smoky valleys. Coyotes form lines, herd rabbits Dennis into brushes, and wolves surround prey to a fatal end. The piece pairs with Siberian prison overcrowding reports noting Tomsk and Sackhalm Island conditions and quotes from Michela, a Siberian official.
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Nevada
Joseph Grandelmyer
Dennis
jack rabbit
0asherman
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Siberian
Tomsk
Siberian Gazette
Sackhalm island
Michela
Verknendinsk
Michael Malkoff
Chicago News
How to Become Learned from Cheap Library Access
A compact meditation on self education praising the value of reading and libraries. It argues mature individuals can gain vast knowledge independently from books, with minimal cost, and notes quotes from Chicago Times Chicago Herald and Boston Transcript as supporting color.
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Chicago Times
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LEWIS
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EASTON, MD
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M. J. YOUNG
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Rochester
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DENTON, ALD
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S.A. McOmer & Co
Rochestor
N.Y
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Boston Transcript
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