Maynard D Co HPAN Mary Alice Brown Rescue
Mary Alice Brown is spilled with washing by mischievous boys and rescued by Francis Willett who takes her home. Her drunken father punishes him. She wanders to a country farmhouse and meets Charlie Thomas a cripple. Sam Thomas helps Mary Alice and recalls old acquaintances as Sam Brown serves a workhouse sentence. Francis is later saved from drowning by Mary Alice.
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Copper Hill
Mary Alice Brown
Calvert Street
Francis Willett
Mary Alice
Sam Thomas
Little Gharlie Thomas
Sam
Mrs.rown
Sam Brown
Chase
Francis
The Brown Family Struggles With Lem's Return and Reform
Mary Alice and Francis Willett aid the Browns as Lem Brown is released from jail. Sam Thomas pressures Lem to work at the docks and warns of jail again if he fails. Lottie Brown contemplates his reform, while Sam arranges a stern, entrenched plan to ensure Lem's employment and control.
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Francis Willett
Francis
Billy Jack
Europe
Sam Thomas
Doctor Jackson
John
Willett
Galahad Knights
John Wilett
Brown
Lem. Brown
Mary Alice
Lem
Calvert Street
Lem Brown
Lottie
Sam
Tom Brown
Irs
Ter
Erallo
Mra. Brown
Mrs. Brown
Stevedorin
Lars
Huulie
Chicago
Enduring Poverty Shapes Spirit Against Brutal Surroundings
The text argues extreme poverty imposes hardship on body and soul. It states refined individuals withstand shabby clothes and scant basics, but harsh surroundings, crass associations, and brutality intensify suffering like a thorny crown.
Lem Grows Into Iron Will at His Longstanding Post
The article questions whether Lem has sufficient iron in his soul and manhood to persevere at his job and perform well, probing his resolve and durability.
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Lem
Free peanuts in Maid en Lane dining extends to all tables
In Maid en Lane New York the jewelry district restaurant offers self serve uncharged peanut dishes on every table. The manager, likening his policy to a digestion aid, has long believed hospitality should include complimentary items.
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Maiden Lane
New York
George-Francis -Train
World largest gas mains laid in Astoria Bronz tunnel
The article describes enormous cast iron gas mains intended to supply the Bronz district of New York. Each 12 foot length weighs about 26 000 pounds, with an internal diameter of 2 feet 3.75 inches and a spigot and bell end. Pipes run 225 feet below the surface through tunnels and shafts, resting on concrete saddles six feet apart.
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Astoria- Bronz
New York
Popular Science
Astoria
Long Island
Mast River
Music at Work Lifts Cincinnati Cleaners
A Cincinnati dry cleaner installs numerous phonographs to play lively records most of the day, avoiding funeral or dreamy selections. The theory says constant music makes workers happier and more productive as they hum, sing, and speed up their pace.
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Cincinnati
Muusic
Moore
Popular Science Monthly
Wanted to Get Even A Old Timey Family Rocker
A six year old boy named Ward takes pride in his family and his baby brother. He spends his days rocking the infant when Mother is busy, yet the duty interferes with his play. He jokes that he hopes for another baby so the boy will know what it is to rock him.
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Ward
Nitrate Ore Sampling and Mining Methods
The article explains ore bed sampling in the nitrate industry. Miners dig hand holes to test ground quality while contractors load and transport material. Sampling cost depends on ground work and recent blasting methods aim to break ground without pulverizing ore.
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Saul
Aris
Remarkable beggars club rattles New York streets
In midtown Manhattan a famed beggars club gathers nightly at a quiet soy chai restaurant near Third Avenue. Members include a polished con man posing as a civil engineer, a veteran in uniform, a well dressed woman, and a deformed panhandler with a clever double act. The crew maps Broadway revenue by hour, plotting schemes across the city.
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Third Avenue
Wall Street
Meéone
New York
Mountana
New Mexico
United States Army
Apiel
Elub
Broadway
Fourteenth
Twenty-third Street
Fifty-ninth Street
European War Spurs Juvenile Metal Theft in Philadelphia
European conflict linked to a 500 percent rise in youth theft in Philadelphia. Boys aged seven to sixteen steal metals for junk dealers to supply munition plants, with 200 dealers faced in juvenile court and 500 youths arrested with stolen goods. Over $100,000 in damages reported in three months as police monitor junk shops and deter purchases from minors.
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Hiladelphia
Philadelphia
Kitten Sails to Indianapolis Hidden in Piano Box
A stray kitten traveled from New York to Indianapolis in a piano box aboard freight cars. Lacking ticket or money, the kitten rode three days without food or water, was fed milk by depot workers, and found a warm welcome at the L. E. W. freight office.
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New York
Sitters Island Near St Nicholas and Seventh Avenues
In Llanhatten near St Nicholas and Seventh, a triangular patch known as Sitters Island functions as a small park with seven seats at residents’ request. The patch draws pedestrians and motorists, with a growing local interest and a lighthearted sense of place as city life continues around it.
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St. Nicholas and
Seventh Avenues
Llanhatten
Sitters Island
Smraller
Sitters
Sapreruis
A. Tire
Dees
Liacop
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S Mlly
Thrirty
Bam
Martha
Thomases
Anece
Astoria-Bronx Tunnel
Cyuie Woulst
Aevnomads
Gotham
Philadelphia Boys
Kitten
Indianapolis
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