Man from Kentucky Visits New York Tunnel Scene
A Kentuckian, Martin Granger, tours the Hudson tunnels entrance at Broadway and Thirty third Street. He discovers a stray stack of bank bills in a baggage package abandoned near a ticket booth, and a detective explains the theft tied to a vault robbery. Granger agrees to assist and boards a train to the river tunnel.
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New York City
Broadway
Thirty-third Street
Hudson
Mtb
Candy Brumls
Ucket
Anll
Martin Granger
New York
Strauzers
Budson
Sleoderson County
Bad Salle
Wibout
Strick
Ian
Granger
Trust Company
Grancer
Shidowine
Trate
Sam
Alga
Kentucky Man Tracks Bank Thief to New York
A Kentucky farmer named Granger follows a thief from Henderson County to New York after a bank money theft. The pair face danger in a hotel room and a knife threat ends when Granger disarms the man. The thief offers to share the loot if Granger returns the funds, but Granger refuses and heads to the bank with the $10,000 reward.
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New York
Cy Butler
Henderson County
East Slide
Granger
Mr. Granger
Paii
Mur
Hudson Tunnel
Bhatt
Gruneer
Kalmtucky
Meat for Jurymen and the Prohibition on Food
A historical note cites the shift from jurors receiving meat and drink during deliberations to a later practice of offering refreshments by the verdict’s winner and sometimes none at all. The custom prompted abuse and led to a law banning such offerings.
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Loudon
Lo Ayatt Hos
Frank Hayes
Strite
Moscow
Fate
Ixamine
Garrick and Vowel Riddle and Schoolroom Misunderstandings
A humorous string of antique quips follows David Garrick noting a crowd at Tyburn and a joke about Vowel and Umor. A small boy misreads a historical date from a schoolbook asking what A D stands for with the teacher replying After dark. A child learns from a pup to tell the truth and be polite. The note closes with a quip about Albanyan history and reform.
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David Garrick
Tyburn
Garrick
Two Kinds of Inflat uhes and Infinite Space Question
Edgar Lueien Larkin argues in New York American about vast scales of distance using symbolic rows of letters to illustrate infinity. He contends minds struggle with concepts like mind space time infinity and eternity, noting only superficial thinkers attempt to grasp them.
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Tro Hut
Maury
Edgar Lueien Larkin
New York American
Molecules Seen Not Yet But Inference Proves They Exist
A mid century view explains molecules as bonded atom groups forming compounds. Although molecules cannot be seen, their behavior parallels real molecules, and indirect evidence like tracks in sand supports their existence. Sir William Thomson Harper's piece notes that molecule existence can be inferred from observable motion, not sight.
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Robinson Crusoe
Tunn Friday
Winn Tanmsay
Harper's
Turning the Tables in West Poit Story
A fragment from a West Point style tale recounts sentry duties after 11 pm and a ver sion from Old Black Rob about Miss Margaret facing the guard. The text blends a derisive slang scene with unrelated notes on green liquid soap and antiquity of leather, citing anecdotes and old city notes.
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Flore
Black Rob
Academy
Margaret
Smit
Waal
Deresty
Joserhine
His Job. Thath-Wat- are oye doing now
Gall-Oh, Pmnonaking a house to house canvissa too ascentain willy people don't want to dig a new patent clothes Weiler.
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Gall
Canvissa
Weiler
Chloneco News
Doan's Kidney Pills Ease Denton Back Pain
A Denton Maryland carpenter, F C Brown, testifies backache and kidney pain kept him from work. After using Doan's Kidney Pills bought at Douglass Drug Store and uffey's Pharmacy, his back soreness subsided and the cure lasted. The advertisement urges asking for Doan's by name and notes Foster Milburn Co. as sole U. S. agents.
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Denton
F. C. Brown
Donn
Douglass
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Wood for sale in stove lengths near Louisbury's schoolhouse
Wood of good quality cut into stove lengths offered for cash at low figures. Sale conducted by Henry Wise at Tuckahoe Neck near Louisbury's school house.
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Henry Wise
Tuckahoe Neck
Louisbury
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Egypt
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Baltimore, MD
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Denton, Maryland
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T. C. West
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Harvey L. Cooper
Caroline County
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Pat
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Concord
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Royal Exchange
Liverpool
German Alliance Insurance Company
Grangers Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Masonic Building
Nuttle
Maryland
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A. L. Duffey
Frantz Bros
M. K. Frantz
Reading Terminal
the Peoples National Bank
Albert G. Towers, Prest
T. F. Johnson
Dougm Cure
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Bishopric Wall Board
Hughes ‘Lumber & Coal Co
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