SCIENTIFIC BURGLARY AND THE LOCK-PICKER’S METHODS
A reporter interviews a young lock-picker who travels downtown demonstrating door models and revealing techniques to defeat bolts, bolts, and safes. He explains safe blowing, picking, and the need for careful study, with anecdotes from Wayne County Bank Wooster Ohio to Lafayette Hotel Philadelphia and St Louis police attitudes.
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Lafayette
Philadelphia
Penn
Pan-Presbyterian Council
St Louis
Detroit drummer proves a coin can bind a table and prove honesty
A Philadelphia saddlery drummer bet that a silver dollar placed on a room table would stay there for 24 hours. The next day the coin, dated 1879 with edge nicks, remained locked under a table screw, confirming honesty as witnesses verified the coin and its enclosure.
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Philadelphia
Detroit Free Press
Fall of the Great Republic predicted as socialist takeover
A New York 1893 review discusses Sir Henry Standish Coverdale’s imagined ruin of the United States. The fiction portrays socialist uprisings, riots in Chicago and New York, foreign intervention, and a two day battle at Gettysburg, ending in annihilation of the revolutionary forces.
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Sir Henry Standish
Coverdale
New York
Sea Lions Threaten Bay Fishing Parts Spur Legislature Action
San Francisco report notes sea lions killing fish in San Francisco Bay prompting calls for legislation to safeguard fishermen interests. Local observers urge swift official response and policy change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco
Call
The Language of the Profession at the Tuffboy Home
Jimmy bursts in with a dandy curve while the Tuffboy family naps. The father and mother react with mixed confusion as the boy claims a victory over a box and the sellers’ challenge. The scene ends with the family awake and surprised by his boast.
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Tuffboy
Tuffboy, Sr
Jimmy
Hartford Post
Odd Finds Reported in Brule County Well Boring
The editor of the Brule Indz at Kimball D T says he found a silver coin slightly larger than a dime smooth on both sides and not rimmed at a depth of 140 feet in well boring. He also mentions a socket-bone section believed to be from a man of enormous size.
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Widdie
Brule Indz
Kimball, D.T
Late Potatoes and Garden Advice Across Several Papers
A collage of tips on potato care and kitchen recipes drawn from multiple historic papers. Includes guidance on soil and salt use for potatoes, fruit-tree roadside plantings, an asparagus salad dressing, and a fruit cake recipe, with notes on digestion and farming practices.
Longevity in Horses and the Value of Firm Build
An 19th century style note from Live Stock Journal argues that thoroughbreds live longer with firm, well-muscled bodies and limited fat. It compares horse flesh to sturdy trees and mules, asserting that thick, stout structure correlates with greater lifespan and vigor under severe training.
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Live Stock Journal
Maine Farmer Quotes On Fences And Costs
A Maine farmer states that if his preference prevailed there would be no fences on farms. He estimates 64,000 Maine farmers Travis over 42,000,000 rods of fences totaling about 131,000 miles plus railroad, highway, partition and division fences. He puts fence cost at 42 million dollars, nearly equal to farm values and much of state capital in manufacturing.
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Chistian Union
Maine
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Henry Heyublican
Rae
Ctrae
Geo, Burt, Jr
Pee Vos
Somerville Journal
Persop
Burelur
Wayne County Bank
Wooster
Turnin Mere
Tonia Dragney
Ina
Timn
Reading
Lara
Ldck
Beving
Wafa Wéttt
Ceveal
Uincy
Scientific School
Lindell Hotel
Detroit
Dorking
Bis
Chicago
London
Paris
Berlin
United States
Boston
Washington
Long Island Sound
Gettysborg
Alline
Board of Euroean Administration
Bureau of Press Ceneorship
Grethel
Hans
WN. Y. Tribune
Cleveland
Boston Globe
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