Most Valuable Vegetable Patch in All New York
A Fifth Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street plaza hosts a thriving private garden tended by Tony Lusso and Italian laborers. The plot, fenced in marble, supplies onions radishes lettuce spinach tomatoes beets and cabbage to workers at noon daily for their luncheon. Wealthy passersby glimpse the scene as Manhattan soil proves capable of bumper crops in this unlikely urban farm.
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York
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
Manhattan Island
Tony” Lusso
Vanderbilt Mansion
Tony
Pulitzer
Thirteen-Year-Old Philadelphia Visitor Aims at Yaqui Indians
Paul Merrill a 13 year old from Tamaqua arrived in Philadelphia with a prayer book a loaded revolver and several knives hidden on his person. He told police his father a Hungarian laborer sent him to shoot Indians as they were no good. Detectives searched him and found more weapons including a pocketbook and holy cards.
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Hiladelphia
Paul Merrill
Philadelphia
Tamaqua
Paul
Rittenhouse Square
Rich
Woman Bringed Dog to Postal Savings Bank Visit
A stylish young woman enters the postal savings room with her Boston bull terrier. She deposits money, insisting the government bank welcomes her dog, contrasting with other banks that denied access. the clerk confirms no objection.
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Fanchette
Postal Savings Bank
Louise Grant
Miss Grant
Government Bank
Punctilious Burglar Leaves Card in Los Angeles Crime
Juan Basquez planned to imitate business men by leaving a card after thefts. He raided a Seventy third Street store, taking 30 pounds of chocolates 50 pounds of coffee and 15 boxes of cigars. Detectives Oakley and Eaton found his card and arrested him with much of the loot. He faced police court.
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OS Angeles
Juan Basquez
Seventy-third Street
Moneta Avenue
Oakley
Eaton
Basquez
Ghosts, Romance, and Pine Cottage Turn To Love
In Quemniss New York a haunted Pine Cottage tale ends when psychology professor John Barr reveals the ghost is a hoax. Audrey Harlow’s moonlit vigil leads to romance and a real wedding at Pine Cottage with the Barrs as owners.
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Audrey
Pine Cottage
Ella
Benjamin
Dora
Quemniss
Audrey Harlow
John Barr
Barrs
McClure
Crusoe in Thirty Languages Revealed in Collector's Chest
W S Lloyd of Philadelphia hunts rare Crusoe editions across the globe. His agents seek every edition, and his collection spans 33 languages including Arabic Persian Turkish and Hebrew with striking illustrations. A missing first folio is kept in Sir John Soane's Museum in Lincoln's Inn Fields.
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Défoe
Mr. Lloyd
Sir John Soane
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Diamonds Found in Meteors Reported by Regions
Fragmentary lines claim diamonds were found in fallen meteors from areas including Flatbush and Bensonhurst. The text mentions pawnshops and suggests local excitement or speculation about discoveries.
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Flatbush
Bensonhurst
Ihien
Charity Close to Home and a Widow's Rent Tale
A Missouri town story questions philanthropy as a local man named Smith pursues funds for a widow to pay rent. Senator Morris Sheppard notes charity is not always pure and the tale is recounted amid social banter and humorous exchanges.
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Himmelberger-Harrison Land Selling Company
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Charity
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Smith
Pessimistic View on Kisses and Marriage
A fragment quotes a fair maid asking if microbes in kisses become dangerous. An old bachelor warns they do, suggesting that marriage is often the result. The exchange casts doubt on romance and foreshadows a union.
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Fair Maid
Have a little patience even a cork screw finds its point
A thoughtful note urges steady progress and steady effort, using the corkscrew metaphor to remind readers that progress may be slow but eventual focus is achieved. The message emphasizes perseverance and methodical action.
Fifteenth Wedding Anniversary Sparks Oyster Dinner Plan
A southern congressman John Smith and his wife recall their fifteenth wedding anniversary. She reminds him as they reach the veranda, he plans to bring roses but she suggests oysters to fry for supper. The light exchange ends with a practical, affectionate note.
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John
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Los Angeles
Dora Petty
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Sukey
Long Island
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Mrs. Petty
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Stella Smith
Hila
Missouri
United States
Illinois Prairie
Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Company
Denison
Hazel
Aimee
Fair Society
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