Unique Notre Dame: University Town in Wilder Territory
Special correspondence from Norge Dawe notes Notre Dame as a singular college town with a university governed by the institution itself. The campus spans a mile square with 30 buildings including a large 322 by 155 feet seven story complex, and about 2,000 residents live within the university limits.
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Norge Dawe
Ind
United States
Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
St. Mary's Academy
Notre Dame’s Early Era A Harsh Poverty Stricken Founding
Notre Dame University operated as a self-contained community with strict discipline and on campus industries. Founders Father Edward Sorin and six Holy Cross priests faced severe poverty, crossing the Atlantic in steerage to establish a college amid wilderness, illness, and scarce resources.
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Notre Dame University
Little Town
Notre Dame
Ave Maria
Collegza
South Bend
Edward Sorin
Congregation of the Holy Cross
Nant
France
Father Sorin
Atlantic
Indiana
New York
Petit
Badin
Frep
R. Fores
Farewell Love Poem Echoes a Lost Promise
A damaged lyric fragment recalls a torn romance. The speaker laments unfulfilled devotion and silent sorrow after learning the beloved did not return love, choosing farewell instead of bearing further pain. The verse reflects personal heartbreak and mournful resolve, ending with an initialed signature.
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E. EL Fisntk
Solemn Interview Between Buchanan and Breckinridge
The Boston Herald notes the only interview between President James Buchanan and Vice President John Breckinridge. On a fall day in 1860, Buchanan asked Breckinridge to read his Thanksgiving proclamation draft privately before dawn. Breckinridge, Kentucky loyalist, offered cautious praise and departed, marking their sole formal encounter.
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Buchanan
Stevenson
John
Breckinridge
White House
Boston Herald
Dog Guilty Of Obtaining Goods By False Paper Orders
A dog trained to fetch crackers carries a written order from his owner to a grocer. Clerks read the blank note and charged the owner incorrectly until a complaint exposed the paper as blank. The dog’s errands continued until the ruse was uncovered in Atlanta Constitution style tale.
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Atlanta Constitution
Pressed Steel Cars Revolutionize Coal Freight Transport
Special Correspondence from Pirrsccre details the 160000 pound capacity pressed steel hopper cars. Invented by Charles T. Schoen, they cut train lengths, boost tonnage per car, and slash costs. Pittsburg area railroads and the Pressed Steel Car Co. expanded operations to over 10,000 workers, reflecting the industry’s growing impact on Pittsburg housing thousands of dependents.
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Charles T. Schoen
Pittsburg
Bessemer
Lake Erie
Bessemer and Lake Erie
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Lines
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Pittsburg and
Carnegie Steel Company
Pressed Steel Car Company
Joan R. Webster
What Did She Mean Slower Young Dabble Is Very Queer
A Cleveland Leader reader laments communication gaps as a speaker notes that her words never sink in. The quote contrasts perception and understanding, highlighting ongoing difficulty in getting through to someone described as slow to grasp ideas.
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Mies
Cleveland
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