Sky Ferries of Pennsylvania Amining era transit on Youghiogheny
The Coultersville sky ferry, among the first across the Youghiogheny, dates to ca 1890 when eight miners formed a stock company. A four passenger cage rides along a steel cable powered by a windlass wound by riders, with a second platformed setup to cross from either bank. A dramatic anecdote tells of a quarrelled man who escaped his wife by dropping the windlass and leaping into the river as a crowd gathered.
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Youghiogheny
Coultersville
Rich Young Men and the Notion of Public Attention
A Harper's Weekly excerpt notes growing public fascination with very rich young heirs under 25. It argues heirs of notable families gain status and influence beyond achievement, with details on Vanderbilts and others, from Newport to Saratoga, and claims wealth transmission shapes public power and stability across generations.
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William
Newport
New York
Cornelius
Saratoga
Alfred
Mirope
Harper’s Weekly
Verdi’s Fear of Barrel Organs and Holiday Peace
Verdi avoided street music on holidays by renting numerous barrel organs. A Mouesleri visitor found him living, sleeping, and eating in one room with ninety five hired organs. He explained he owned two other rooms containing hired items, including the organs, costing 1500 lire to keep peaceful.
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Verdi
Mouesleri
Dear Little Girl Hat and a Hidden Engagement
A Devonshire village girl receives two letters on post day, one from Terence Dawnay and a second from a mysterious writer hinting at an engagement with Miss Sargeant. Dawnay’s jealous impulses trigger rumors and heartbreak before truth reveals his Dear Little Girl loves him and has given him freedom. Dawnay returns to find his beloved ill and learns she has been faithful, reuniting in sorrow and forgiveness.
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Terence Dawnay
Ireland
Devonshire
Missy
Terener
Sargeant
Miss Sargeant
Terence
Ne Sho
Pole
Cork
Jolly House
Lamust
Laiawnay
Dawnay
Hiv
Devonshires
Sirl
Carey
Stevens
Kinestown
Tolyhodd
Lewis
Odd Names of Kentucky Towns Highlighted by Washington Star
The Washington Star notes humorous spellings and odd town names in Kentucky such as Slédville and Log Lick, remarking on local gowns and social banter in a reception scene. The piece preserves quirky place names and regional flavor from Kentucky.
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Kentucky
Story Without An End Ends In Finish New York Independent
The tale of P a prolific writer for State Boys Own serials kept his characters in peril with cliffhangers lasting chapters. The publisher, paid per word, pressed for an end as readers demanded closure. Violent threats and broken contracts forced termination and the final word Finish.
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State Boys
New York Independent
Combined belt and braces for athletes and workers
New Zealand invention by Laverus N. Duherberg and George K. Askin combines suspenders with a belt. Quickly altered to suit the wearer, it targets athletes cricketers boaters and football players as well as working men who use a.
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New Zealand
Laverus N. Duherberg
George K. Askin
Combined belt and suspender system for work wear
The article describes a convertible belt and suspender hybrid, offering routine wear or special work use. It explains a pivoted back brace, front straps attached to buckles by underside loops, and how the ends of the belt connect to the suspenders to stay secure.
De Wet Family and distant notes from early Dutch roots
Reading fragments recount De Wet lineage and Haarlem residence at the close of the sixteenth century. It mentions Fayol De Wet on the Lieskerk River with a 1711 death and scattered notes on seeds, a Bowland mud sample, and a Russian oil pipe project from Baku to Batu with Russian manufacture. It records Yale College’s first American telescope in 1830 and ends with a stray remark about a Wogan and a mother’s nose disease.
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de Wet
Dutvehaniquartin
Peter Vac Meurs
Jacobus Willems de Wet
Haarlem
Fayol de Wet
Natesike
Lieskerk
South Africa
Russia
Baku
Batu
Black Sea
Yale College
Fractured Jokes and Quotes in Comic Fragments
A collage of humorous quips and dialogue from various papers critiquing promise breaches, manners, and misprints. It includes witty exchanges about insanity pleas, beggars, dinners, theatre remarks, and misread verses, with several city papers cited in fragmentary form.
Birth Mappers and Klopper Customs in Holland Towns
A centuries old Dutch practice in Holland towns displays birth announcements hung on doors called Kloppers. Spanish ordinance origins linked to military quarters. The fashion uses varied wrappings signaling gender. Separately Ely Cream Balm marketing and catarrh testimonials appear from 1889. Marriage by Assessment in Sergia spawns bonus societies accelerating marriages, later causing financial strain.
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Holland
Philip IF
Spain
Sergia
Lkely
London Financial News
Fearless physician Dunaway backs Dodd's Kidney Pills
A Benton Illinois physician Dr RK H Dunaway, who for over four years urged Dodd's Kidney Pills for Rheumatism and kidney ailments, claims he was cured of Diabetes by the remedy after a prior belief he would die. He says the pill saved his life and continues to advocate it to patients. His open May letter has drawn attention. Allen's Foot-Ease advertised as foot relief. A light humor item from Life and New York Press quotes.
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Mr. Meekton
Beurietta
Tao
Mat
Henrietta
John
Denver Pines
Georgia
Lly
Pat
Loyse
Benton
RK. H. Dunaway
Dodd
Bright
Red Cross Ball Blue and Dye Ads in 1900s Paper
A collage of vintage advertisements promotes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry products, Putnam Dye, and household tips. The page mentions a Minneapolis reader claim, a cook removal line, and social stereotypes, interspersed with brief references to London Hebrew population growth and a humorous toy ad style.
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SKY Ferries
Department 6
Ot. Louis
Mil
Mrhdgeport
Dept
Bridgeport
Conn
Duane de
Terenes Dawnay
Darwin
Bowland
Victoria Nyanza
Afric
Texas
Daniel
Philadelphia Record
Waters
Weyl
Ivy
Mary
Denver Times
Brooklyn
Billlop
Capton
Daisy
Clarice
Edie
Boston
Transcript
Patrice
Yonkers Statesman
Borgham
Washington Star
Ely
Dru
ELY Bros
Warren St
Clifton
Arizona
DELI
Darling
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
New York Press
J. W. O'Brien
Minneapolis
Minn
Putnam
London
Wire
Window
Socrates SaUr
Boltia
St.Jacobs Oil
Age and Sec
Yedicine
Devoe
Chicago
Prsco
Dept. A
Ther Bell Company
Philadelphia
Dr.taft
W. L. Douglas
Figo
W. i. Dengree
Aim
SYS
Dungies Shiree
Rds
Recktica
Noa
Sinessut Ea Aan
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