Hitchcock extravagance and senate committee shuffles
Washington letters expose high priced refurbishing in Hitchcock led rooms with Circassian walnut furniture and lavish carpets costing thousands. Report notes overworked railway mail clerks, biased hires, and a four member pseudo commission funded at government expense. Senate committee appointments draw sharp comment for ties to trusts and industry.
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Washington, D. C
Hitchcock
House Committee On
Postoffice Department
Uscrape
Pierre-Tracy
St. Paul Minn
A. W. Lawshe
New Mexico
Republican Party
Pie Commission
Uncle Sam
Willard
Washington
Astor
New York
Air Brake Proves Itself In Dramatic 1869 Trial
The air brake debuted in a dramatic test aboard the Steubenville accommon on a Pittsburg to Benville line. With a stalled wagon on the track the engineer, disbelief lingering, pulled the air brake and stopped the train just in time. Observers at the rear were jolted, then amazed by the sudden, near miraculous halt.
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Steubenville
Pittsburg
Abénville
Ohio
Faked Coronation Scene Shocks British Audiences
A theatrical fraud staged a lifelike mock coronation filmed in Brittany. French actors in abbey costumes portrayed the King and Primates, with the scene then shown in London houses of entertainment. Managers admitted the event was a fake.
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Westminster Abbey
Brittany
London
A Profitable Monument at The Monument London
The Pall Mall Gazette notes The Monument London yields about £500 in yearly receipts with £2 700 from visitor tolls and £70 from booklet sales. Internal painting costs £500, utilities £60, gas £250, wages £1 390, clothing £228, plus a pension fund grant.
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London
Pope
City Corporation
Pall Mall Gazette
How He Won Honora and His Alchemy Society Role
One of literature’s great minds, Honora Liebnits, who died in 1716, sought a philosopher's stone group. He compiled a letter of puzzling alchemist terms and sent it to the society. He claimed he understood nothing, yet the group invited him to meetings and made him secretary.
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Honora, Liebnits
City No Less Noise and the Milkman’s Contribution
A clipped reminiscence notes that noise ranks as a bane to nerves amid modern town life. The piece hints at literary disruption from urban sounds and playfully acknowledges the milkman's role in the din.
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Eal Press
Missionary Work Faces Difficulties Aboard North Sea Fishing Vessel
The rector of Lowestoft says the mission work among British fishermen encounters trouble as five men rushed to the cabin, two jumped into the funnel, and another leapt overboard during a distressing incident at sea.
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Lowestoft
English Shoe Makers Advertise Solely on American Principles
Following American Customs, shoe manufacturers in England advertise their output by claiming their factory specializes on American principals and devotes its entire outfit to one quality of boot.
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England
Great Britain
Bridge Passaged After Guards Used as Ballast
A German skipper steered a barge through a low bridge by loading 306 Grenadier Guards as ballast from adjoining barges. The guards boarded the craft to lower its waterline, enabling safe passage under the bridge.
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Canei
Grenadier
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By Clyde H. Tavener
Senate
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Hines
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Sdrops
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Swanton Gutomatic Cure Company
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Swanson
Huntin
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