Tread softly o er the grave and musings of poets
A cluttered piece from a Bard of Steeletown and Taft praise blends with reflections on life and comfort. It mentions Noel the Duke of Steeletown calling from the soda water man and Teddy the East scholar, plus local mentions including Charleston, Bucksport, Weymouth and James Philips in Weymouth.
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Steeletown
Sleeping Mint
Noel
Duke of
Thrifty German Family Adrift Five Years Save 10920
A German immigrant family arrived in May 1902 in Housatonic and worked at Monument Mills. They saved 10920 over five years with six workers in wages averaging about ten dollars weekly, living frugally and pooling earnings. The daughter’s pay funded running costs while others saved, enabling plans to buy a flour mill back home. The piece notes frugal, unsociable lifestyle and emphasizes steady thrift over nightlife.
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Joseph Cuinen
Germany
America
Cuinen
Housatonic
Monument Mills
Virginia Town Burning Near Roanoke
Roanoke is sending aid to Christiansburg where a large fire broke out at the Chill Plough Foundry and spread to Graham's Lumber Yard. The blaze reached Childress & Co. livery stable and an office building, with Childress's store later affected as the fire advanced.
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Roanoke
Christiansburg
Roanoke Fire Department
Chill Plough
Graham’s
Childress & Co
Childress
Stuart
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Teddy
Heaven
Assizzy
Newtown
Taft
Pie
Charleston
Bucksport
Jas. Philips
Weymouth
City
Springfield
Mass
Union
Graham
Virginia
L. D. Wiggins
General
W. W. Taylor & Son
Little Sor
Front and Cleland Sts
Jj- J. Wineglas
Highmarket Street
J. M. Ringel
Elks