Busiest Spot in Town Grew from Orchard Apple Project
Two Norwell youths Morris Knights and Charles Hunt transformed an abandoned shed into a thriving apple drying and canning business. They bought waste apples, built a small evaporator operation using steers for power, expanded to cider and canning, and by year four ran multiple sheds with dozens of workers producing profits well over two thousand dollars.
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Morris Knights
Charles Hlunt
Charles Hunt
Deacon Bean
Charley
Morris
Con
Morris Snally
Norwell
Hunt
Aittle
New England
New York
Ko da Thin
Charles
Charlee
Steel Power
Dore Memory System Said to Build Vast Recall
The Idler recounts Dore training memory by observation and division into ordered items. Hamerton says long practice let him retain vast facts and even match a photographic image in a test comparing his drawing to a cathedral photograph with few minor errors.
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Dore
Theoge
Hamerton
Jerrold
Joseph Hatton
The
Idler
An Interesting Toy Spectrum Top Draws Interest
The spectrum top, a simple toy with black and white markings, spins to reveal rainbow colors. Inventor Mr. Benkow attributes the effect to eye fatigue, not wave theory, but suggests it could influence ideas on light as motion and the wave concept.
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Benkow
Card showing back of money sparks widespread derision
A Chicago Tribune item details a craze of printing messages on bank notes, with diverse examples from five and ten dollar bills. Slips carry jokes, marriage proposals, cryptic notes, and even a bullet hole story. The escapes reveal a humorous mania affecting merchants, bankers, and travelers nationwide.
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Carloza
Dearborn Street
Monroe Street
Randolph Street
Madison Street
Adams Street
China
Japan
Chicago
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Reuben
James
General Delivery
Boston
Mass
England
Chicago Tribune
Prince Bismarck travels and private treatment hinted
The Prince Bismarck says neuralgia makes travel difficult but he would go more if treated as a private gentleman. He has received a large wine gift and wonders if he can drink it all, noting he begrudges his heir nothing.
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Prince Bismarck
Richmond Times
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Times-Herald
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Royal African Corps
Washington
Charles Sumner
Bathurst
Scribner
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