Mastering the trade shows a millionaire's son at work
Franklin Farrel Jr. of Ansonia Connecticut leaves a comfortable office to work as a tool sharpener at his father's foundry earning four dollars a week. He argues wealth should not shield him from learning every detail of the business, citing examples of executives who master their craft. The piece contrasts his resolve with public figures and stresses the value of practical experience for leadership.
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Peculiar Find On Northern Pacific Train No
A curious discovery occurred aboard a Northern Pacific passenger train en route to Missoula Montana. An unusual object was found and inspected by staff, prompting a brief investigation into its origin and purpose.
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Northern Pacific
Missoula
Mont
Exhibition Opens at The Art Institute in Fall Show
The Art association’s fall exhibit opened Monday drawing attention to several paintings. A whiteboard file notes pieces on display, with works adding air to the scene and attracting viewers to the modernist canvases.
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Art Association
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Toby Z Farmer
Piney Boy Wins Fame and Success in the Metropolis
A two act drama depicts Jack Chester in hard luck with landlady Mrs Hashem. In Act II a newsboy reveals Chester’s local fame after Piney Boy is noted in Topic Magazine for a poem in a city publication. The excerpt includes humor on headlines and sports notes.
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Jack
Steve Brongon
Dave Harris
Ethel McKay
Metropolis
Topic Magazine
Jack Chester
Chester
Fat men win in schoolyard game with water ritual
A Hancock Herald fragment describes a street game where the Fat men are declared winners after a lively, humorous contest. Crowds cheer as players receive large water mittens and spectators enjoy the show amid playful banter and advertisements. The text imitates a bustling mid century newspaper voice.
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Herald
Gun once owned by Mer Longhi shown in Paris window
A Paris armorer displays an old single barreled gun once belonging to Mer Longhi. The note claims Abbe Joachim Pecchi, later Pope Leo XII, used it. Pecchi wrote a playful letter as a seminarian about buying the gun for eight or nine crowns.
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Mer
Longhi
Joachim Pecchi
Leo XII
Mgr. Longhi
Papa
Mgr
Leo XI
New York World
A Corner for the Women and Home Tips
A Boston Globe feature blends recipes for fig cake and fig dessert with domestic hacks. It covers fig cake, fig sauce, fig pudding, and fig pie, plus instructions to clean ribbons with gasoline and ideas for novelty linen, beds, and hospital bed making to reduce wrinkles and improve comfort.
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Boston Globe
Fore Gone Wrong On The Course Causes A Fall
On a breezy day Bert Fowler drives off and a gust knocks a girl from her feet. He hurries to aid her, apologizing and asking if she is hurt while she steadies herself and adjusts her golf cap. She insists the wind caused the accident and thanks him for his help.
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Bert Fowler
Bert
Grasa
Silent Golf Injury Sparks Mysterious Meeting at Club
Bert Fowler apologizes after a stray shot injures a stranger on the links then meets a pale, blue eyed woman at the clubhouse. He learns she is recovering from the impact and wonders about her identity, cousin, and Virginia ties as he contemplates asking her name. The doctor confirms the cousin will miss a week of golf as Bert wrestles with attraction and questions about the mysterious visitor.
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Bert
Bert Fowler
Virginia
Tam
Fowler
de. Hamilton
The Silent Golf Club Vows A New Life Together
Bert Fowler apologizes for a on course mishap that wounded Bess Knox and later tells her he loves her. They plan to begin a life together as the sun sets on the links, with a playful nod to the club caddy carrying their clubs.
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Bert Fowler
Bess Knox
Bert
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