Milly Saves Jim on a Dark Railroad Night
Milly brave motherless girl defies danger to deliver Jim’s lunch and, when faced with would be train wreckers, shoots at the attackers to save the express and her beloved. The villains are trapped, Milly is hailed as heroine, and she soon marries Jim with gratitude from grateful passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Widow Hosmer
Pete
Milly
Rockfield
Mrs. [Losmer
Tom Kennedy
Bill
Tillie
Mike
Old Oak
Express
Jimmy Darling
The
Ex. Co
James Rosmer
Arthur’s Home Magazine
Pearls of Thought on Life and Character
A series of maxims on happiness, virtue, and human nature. It contrasts cottage contentment with royal power, urges steering in darkness, and urges using inner light over fame. It notes customs trump laws, four pillars of inequality, and the perils of pleasing others over self.
Mathematic Wheel Test Promises Power Revolution
In Pitrspurna a workshop crowd watched Joseph Wasserott test a wheel within a wheel that purportedly drives machinery without steam. Wasserott claims a patent, envisioning a ten foot unit to power farms and home industry, though says the motion lasts only as long as the machine.
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Pitrspurna
Howard Street
Allegheny
Joseph Wasserott
Germany
America
Philadelphia
Reading
Baltimore
Wasserott
Hanover
Alleghany
Mr. Wasserott
Ulm
Wurtemberg
Balloons and War Across History from Paris to San Francisco
The article surveys balloon use in war from the French Revolution through the American Civil War to speculative future plans. It cites observers like Napoleon, McClellan, and Winfield Scott era schemes, noting successful reconnaissance and aerial telegraphy, and ends musing on torpedo balloons and rapid cross continental travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Renard
Jordan
Battle of
Fleurus
Solferino
Napoleon
McClellan
Fitzjohn Porter
San Francisco
New York
Argonaut
Lincoln and the President’s cash for a sick porter
Ben Perry Poore recounts finding several greenbacks on a table and explaining that he, as a President of the United States, allocated pay owed to a sick Treasury Department porter who cannot sign his name. Poore says he cut red tape and set aside the man’s money in an envelope with the porter’s name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Ben Perry Poore
United States
Treasury Department
Adjourned The Court Heads Off Jury Excuses
A juror summoned for service resists excuses but the judge insists on duty. The man interrupts, claiming business hardship while others were playing poker. The sheriff and judge question the game and the court adjourns as the juror pledges to serve.
Early telephones made millionaires in nine years
The piece recalls how visionaries and early investors in the Bell telephone system grew rich, naming Bell himself and others such as Blake Forbes Vail Cochran Bowditch Sanders and Hubbard. It notes royalties from Western Union and totals a near forty million dollars in value, with a patent worth twenty five million and over one hundred million invested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Telephone Company
Professor Bell
Blake
W. H. Forbes
G. G. Hubbard
Theodore N. Vail
American Bell Telephone Company
Alexander Cochran
P. Bowditch
Thomas Sanders
Western Union Telegraph Company
American Bell Company
America
When He Whistles A Dismal Tone And Tears Are Drawn
A reflection on how men whistle to veil sadness or evoke emotion. A doleful tune or lively hornpipe can draw tears, as some men manage to blend melody and mood to affect listeners.
A Dog Which Hankered at the Blacksmith Shop
A farmer stops at a blacksmith’s shop with a large dog tied to a post. A smaller dog sits nearby as a crowd watches the big dog growl tug and threaten. A passerby frees the big dog who then clashes with the little one and darts off down the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Posen
Laffin
Why She Wouldn't Marry Him on a Wedding Tour
A Detroit Free Press item describes a wedding tour where a couple walks with four pairs of companions along Jefferson Avenue drawing crowds. A wholesale porter humorously questions the romance while the groom explains the bride rejects proposals due to a circus date dispute and a practical joke stingray of gum and lemonade peanuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Avenue
Detroit Free Press
How Good Writing Is Acquired
The article argues writing quality rests on legibility and speed, achieved by simple construction, single form per letter, and compact strokes. It emphasizes analytic study, copy mastering, and a clear mental model to ensure consistent handwriting rather than random imitation.
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Penman
Art Journal
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