Utopian Pneumatic Tube Vision in Boston Station
A narrator follows Colonel Pierce through a Boston terminal of the Boston and Liverpool Pneumatic Tube Co. to inspect a sci fi system of iron tubes and air propelled cars linking Boston to Liverpool. The expedition, described with dramatic speed claims, ends with the narrator waking from a dreamlike sleep amid a hotel rain shower.
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Colonel Pierce
America
Boston
Boston and Liverpool Pneumatic Tube Company
Europe
New World
Atlantic
Continents
Pierce
Liverpool
England
Alliantes
Fordnoon
Jules Verne
Burglar Tools Revealed In Plain Sight At Close Range
The Philadelphia Times explains that routine hardware items can be repurposed for crime. It details sectionals like the sectional jimmy and nippers, plus a drag device that tunnels into safes. Tools are purchased innocently then tempered and forged by workers to serve thieves.
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Philadelphia Times
C. Scharz
City
Procels
C. L. Camprunn
Tony
Fem
Fia
E. C. Allen & CO
Augusta
Maine
Hill
McMahon's Simple Veto and a Grass Widow Tale
Parables and city anecdotes mix in this compendium item. McMahon’s candor surfaces as a council vote ends tied with the president abstaining from action. A Philadelphia police report then recalls a grass widow prisoner who proves a witty, hopeful figure amid serious questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMahon
Council of Ministers
MacMahon
Kate Field
Washington
Air Bursts From Deep Well in Kansas Town
In Winna Lozan county Kansas a well drilled to 150 feet holds eight feet of water. Twenty hours before a storm air escapes from the bore through a whistle fixed at the mouth creating a shrill tone heard nearly half a mile away.
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Winna
Lozan County
Kan
Sister Fends Off Suitor With Scornful Jetters
A fragment from the Gos¢ Nevws depicts a mother and daughter discussion about a young man pursuing the sister. The sister allegedly burns every Jetter she reads, reflecting scorn for the suitor and caution from the family.
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Gokaur
Johnny
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