Training Gripmen Make Young Farmers Best on Night Line
An informal Washington Post interview with a Washington and Georgetown railway gripman details how country youths, raised on hardiness, adapt to braking and signals. It covers training, dangers, the role of seasoned gripmen, and a recent accident on the Fourteenth street line as new hires begin work.
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Washington and Georgetown
Washington
Fitzsimmons
Fourteenth Street
Ninth
Avenue
Ginger
Good Hope Hill
Washington Post
Marriage brings elusive happiness in Brooklyn Life quip
Mr Flabley jokes that happiness eludes him before marriage while his wife notes marriage is the happy state. He replies that he never expects to know happiness now. The humor appears in a Brooklyn Life item reflecting domestic banter.
Woman Smokes Calmly in Smoking Car on Suburban Train
A well dressed woman boarding a New York bound suburban train in the smoking car asserts her right to smoke. She pacifies the conductor with wit and poise, leaving other passengers amused as she calmly enjoys her cigarette and ignores the car’s no ladies rule.
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New York
Prins
Sotta Voce
Manish
New York Journal
Trolley Cars in Rome Equipped for City Hills
The Buffalo Commercial describes Rome’s new trolley line from Piazza San Silvestro to Termini. A dual two mile track feeds power from Sabine hill turbines via four cables to a transformer near Porta Pia. Cars feature seat button stops, hill brakes, and an electric emergency brake using shorted motors. An American firm installed the overhead wires.
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Rome
Cesar
Peter
Piazza San Silvestro
Via di Capo de Case
Dadovisian
Piazza di Termini
Sabine Hills
Porta Pia
Autton
Buffalo Commercial
Calling the Stations On the New York Subway
A New York Sun observation on how subway guards sometimes miscall stations on the elevated lines. The piece notes slips between up and down lists, corrections offered in varying tones, and a late miscue viewed with a smile by the guard after a passenger requests a transfer.
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Sixth Avenue Road
Grand Street
Bleecker Street
Franklin
Sixth Avenue
Harlem
Forty-second Street
Fifty-eighth Street
Fifty-third Street
Que Hundred and Thirty-fifth Street
New York Sun
Bishop Lawrence recalls Brooks selection tale at Harvard
The Washington Times recalls a Cambridge seminary dean who, after Phillips Brooks became bishop, was once told by President Eliot that Brooks was the pivotal choice. When Lawrence later succeeded Brooks, Eliot warmly congratulated him, saying he could not have preferred a better selection.
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Lawrence
Massachusetts
Capitol
Cambridge
Phillips Brooks
Eliot
Harvard
Dean Lawrence
Brooks
Boston
Washington Times
Springs Turn Boggie Mountain Water To Stone At Byrd Mill
A giant clear spring near Franks I T Bubbling water feeds a mill owned by Hon B F Byrd. The stream deposits a hard stone on wheel buckets every six weeks and petrifies wood or bone in moments. Nearby roots from a fallen tree also turn to stone, drawing interest from the Dallas News.
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Franks
I. T
Boggie Mountain
B. F. Byrd
Dallas News
Chisago Record Mentions Willie and Local Banter
The Chisago Record notes playful teasing about Willie among the group with a line that Willie did not enjoy the fun as much as others. The excerpt also references a medical line describing the ball and socket joint in the upper extremity of the thigh bone.
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Willie
Chisago
The Old Man Autocracy in a Commercial Age
A Truth essay argues that addressing a head of a large concern as The Old Man best conveys true authority. It contrasts this with grand titles and notes loyalty, respect, and decisive power anchored in the leader.
The Amazon River Vastness Explored and Described
The article notes the Amazon's 1200 tributaries including many large rivers. It remains nearly level year round despite flood and ebb. The river mouth spans 180 miles and ships travel 1000 miles inland. the yellow floodwater extends 400 miles offshore.
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Amazon
Para
Brazil
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Shah of Persia Guarded World’s Richest Treasures
The Persian shah reportedly holds the world’s largest jewel and gold treasure valued at 60 million. Highlights include the old crown shaped like a pot of flowers with a gem egg, a 20 pound diamond collection, a 1.6 million saber, and a silver vase with 100 emeralds. A heaven-sent amber cube and a papier mache wasp nest are also noted in the famed trove.
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Persia
Mohammed
New York Boy Max Lee Frank Masters Bubble Science
Harlem youth Max Lee Frank astonishes with giant and tiny bubbles blown from a pipe. He uses a special mixture to create durable air globes that float for minutes and even form a bubble within a bubble. He envisions bubbles big enough to lift a basket above rooftops.
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New York
Harlem
Max Lee Frank
Max
Recorder, Jr
John
New York Recorder
Ant armies defend orange groves in China
In Chinese orchards orange trees flourish as armies of ants patrol to kill worms harming the crop. Nests are accessed with bladders and ants are guided among branches with bamboo poles to form colonies that destroy pests.
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China
Little Miss Wise Rides As Expert Young Cyclist
Little Miss Wise a 45 year old daughter of A. A. Wise of Indianapolis is described as a gifted and careful young bicycle rider. The feature notes she handles a wheel made for her with grace and healthful benefits from regular riding as a pleasant pastime.
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Little Miss Wise
A. A. Wise
Indianapolis
The
L. A. W. Bulletin
Dognip Remedy Mentioned In Childs Tall Tale
A 5-year-old girl, reading a picture book of a sick dog, creates a make believe cure by suggesting the dog should have dognip. The remark appears in an Exchange item reflecting playful misnaming of catnip for dogs.
Walter Shares Apples With Sister on School Day
A boy named Little Walter splits two apples with his sister Alica for school. He keeps the larger apple and gives his sister the remaining one, remarking that she was born before him and has had more tasty things.
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Walter
Alica
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