From Jest to Earnest Love in a Summer Ruse
In a New York hotel tale, Ralph Dewey schemes to prolong a romance between Fanny White and Captain Kent Aymer. Dewey’s plan backfires as true affection blooms, Kent declares love, and Fanny affirms engagement with a ring, leaving Dewey outmaneuvered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce Trevor
Ralph Dewey
Dewey
Fanny White
Fanny
Miss White
Ralph
Trevor
Hildegarde Aymer
Baxon
Mary Bell
Hildegarde
Aymer
Kent
Theater
Vanny
Ot Comtes
Mr. Dewey
Fannie
Captain Kent
Mies White
Cedar Falia
Magilehman
Fanny Hal
War Department
Abe Sons
New York News
Fire engines through the ages and early US use
An article traces the history of fire apparatus from ox gut hoses to ancient Ctesibius engines and Hero, noting medieval neglect and later English, German, and American developments. It details early city measures in Salem and New York, the rise of ladders and hooks, and the shift to steam power with Cincinnati leading paid departments in the 19th century.
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John G. Morse
Popular Science Monthly
Mr. Morse
Christ Ctesibus of
Alexandria
Hero
Denmark
Germany
Holland
France
Great Britain
England
Nuremberg
America
Salem
Masa
New York City
Beaton
Beaside
Morse
New York
Prowlers
Boston
Be SA
Philadelphia
Hagland
Ericsson
Monitor
London
United States
Matteawan’ Insurance Company
Insurance Company
Dover Street
Cinckpati Company
Cincinnati Department
Fiat
Cincinnati
Chicago
New Orleane
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Henry Murger
Bohemia
Luxembourg Gardese
Paria
Real
Bohemiana
Latin
Murger