Fireman climbs to rescue via upper-story ladder system
A detailed account describes a fireman’s ascent using ladders to reach upper floors, deploy a life line for lowering evacuees, and avoid flames by swinging along window sills. The piece praises the daring method and notes a comment by John R. Spears in Scribner’s. It then shifts to an unrelated note on Emile Reynier’s rechargeable elastic accumulator with a compact two-story high design and enhanced energy storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Spears
Scribner's
M. Emile Reynier
Lts
New York Commercial
Advex
Businessmen and a Westward Meeting in Chicago
A Chicago lumber dealer recalled a slick promoter in New York who courted trouble with customs duties and a Cleveland heir. The tale centers on a phony Colonel and his loyal aid who tried to help the traveler return home, only to be thwarted by the real Mr. Eells and a startling letter from Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buae
Chicago
New York
Fifth Avenue
Cleveland
Dan P. Eelis
Mr. Eetts
West
Eells
Chicago Mail
Color of Eyes ian Byprotise
An electrician on Randolph street notes that hazel eyes resist hypnotism, while darker eyes are linked to nervousness and concentration difficulty. The Chicago Tribune cites British tourists in Egypt and heat, with humorous asides about foreigners and living beings abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian Byprotise
Randolph Street
Chicago Tribune
Egypt
Abi
Ste
Haeper
Bexar
Cottage Design AOGGM King Destribes a Cheap Home
A fragment describes a two story cottage with a cheerful design. It notes a front elevation with large windows, two rooms on each floor, partitioned stairs, spruce frame, and priced framing members. Exterior walls use hemlock siding and sheathing paper with clapboard first floor finished in white pine.
House Elevation Detail in White Pine Construction
Side elevation of a house shows a shingled roof with XE white pine shingles five inches to the weather and lath. Exterior features include dry white pine barge boards window casings belt courses and moldings, white pine window sash with single thick glass and weight balances. Floors use 3 quarters by 4 inch tongued and pronged spruce with blind nails, first story doors are one and a third inches thick with four sunk panels hung on black japanned iron.
House Details And Local Notices From Frederick Area
Detailed descriptions of house features including doors windows plaster walls and foundation stone walls with lime mortar. Also local notices from Frederick area list auctions sales gas water works meeting farm equipment deliveries horse gear and leather goods, a cheese factory talk, a fire rescue note, and upcoming meetings of local societies and leagues.
House price and finish details for family home
The notice describes a second story, three colors for roof red sash and body light drab with dark drab trimmings. A moderate means family can erect for about 31,000 or 2754 without cellar plumbing. It covers hinges plates handles and improved door hardware for decorative effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Ene
Social World Birthdays and Parties Roundup
The article notes James Miller celebrate his eleventh birthday at Frederick Junction with friends at home. A pound party is planned this evening at Afr. Charles Blentlinger’s home near the city, by a committee. Mrs N Lochner of East Fifth Street hosts a banquet for the Doves Society and friends, with a late midnight feast and social amusements. guests include Mr and Mrs Neff of Walkersville and Mrs Nannie Michael of Washington.
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James
F. B. Miller
BLE OL. RK
Frederick Junction
Blisses Fannie
Watte Zeigler
Tannie Johnson
Afr
Charles Blentlinger
Mis. N. Lochner
East Fifth Street
Doves" Society
and Kits. Neff
Walkersville
Nannie Michael
Washington
Mystery Box Ear Report Shrouds Unionville Activity
In Unionville a member found a small pasteboard box containing what is claimed to be an ear of a colored mat. The incident is cloaked in mystery with suspicions of foul play but no conclusive findings. A separate report details dramatic sea rescue under the west coast of Ireland near Dingle bay where a lifeboat battled a 25 foot crest and lost two crew members, while others survived after a perilous submersion and buoy sighting.
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Cuba
Gabe
Matunzis
Fcr
Lathios
Matanzas
el Fayette- Talleyrand
la Fayette
France
Africa
America
M. de la Fayette
Auvergne
Louis XIV
Camelovis Selse
Centurs
Unionville
Ireland
Earl of Dunraven
Dingle Bay
Mr. Kearney
Chambers’ Journal
Family memories and mischief from a Boston household diary
A fragmented memoir recounts childhood pranks and domestic scenes. The narrator recalls tying furniture to move wagons, hair cutting a sister, and a dramatic mischief involving a brother’s love interest. Local mentions include Boston Globe style narration and a brief aside about an aluminum hand exhibit in Norwich Bulletin.
The True Study of Poetry Reflections by Canon F. W. Fartar
Canon Fartar extols poetry as moral instruction and a refuge in dark hours and bright moments. He credits poets with illuminating imagination, guiding life with noble words, and shaping inner sunshine amidst storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
F. W. Far Tar
Forum
Gas from Oil Starts New Petrochemical Method
The Chicago Journal of Commerce reports a new process to convert petroleum into gas. In Kittanning Pennsylvania a feeder and retorts heat oil and force it into water to produce gas for illumination. It is claimed four thousand feet of gas per barrel of oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Journal of Commerce
Petroieum
Kittanning
I T
Sas
Long list of local weddings and arrivals in Middletown area
The report covers multiple weddings at different churches and parsonages including the marriage of D W Hartman to Miss M Fisher at Rocks, the Sponseller Delanter nuptials in the Evangelical Lutheran church, and the Reeder Twenty nuptials at the Guy Hotel. Attendants, outfits, receptions, and guests from Point of Rocks Lime Kiln and surrounding towns are noted along with hotel arrivals in Hagerstown and Middletown area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelford
Nottingham
England
Shefford
Chesterfield
Bertagusbura
Te Ljarge
Baltimore
Sallie Rippon
Pentti
D. C
Wirtz
Forest Glen
Bertie Bear
Ella V. Kenney
Lidia Long
Elle
Blanche Fisher
Lime Kiln
Blisse& Ida
India Nichols
Salle Nichols
Mra
Rhoderick
Elliott
BE. Nichols
John Elliott
Chambers
P. B. Brauffer
Wm. Harrison
Lemuel Fisher
Carter
Boyles
Conner
L. V. Helms
Emma Fisher
Charles Fisher
Pt. of Rocks
D. O. Walling
Eleanor Chausbers
Addie Spittle
Maud Carter
Lottis
Rosa Hickman
Bro
J. Golbert
Geo
Wigher
Harry Spittle
Gus
Bernard Carter
Geo. Mercier
Harry
Snyder Hickman
Philip Compher
Wiurz Boyle
Charles Wright
Edward Fisher
B. Fisher
J.B
J. W. Williams
H. Doves
Frank Stauffer
Point of Rocks
Clara Wirty
Lovettsville
Yas Wiliam
Thos
John Fisher
Martin Hartman
Heeder
Guy Hotel
Charles N. Reeder
Clara Etwenty
Middletown
G. W. Kiracofe
United Brethrrn Church
Shoes Made of Porpelss Hide in Wet Weather
A Philadelphia Times item notes shoes crafted from poresless hide offering waterproof quality due to oil retention. The shoes are described as fashionable yet costly, with claims of durability and superior warmth for men in wet conditions. Women reportedly wear robbers or arctics, while men avoid trouble.
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Philadelphia Times
Hungarian minister ponders high speed rail plan
Hungarian minister M Baross seeks faster service between Vienna and Budapest. Proposal targets 136 miles in two hours with electric railcars starting every ten minutes from 6 am to midnight. Capital needed is about 38,000 florins. fare Vienna to Budapest estimated at 10 florins.
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M. Baross
Ert
Vienns
Buda-Pesth
Vienne
London News
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Jas. E. Walker& Co
Apri
Hamburg
Fraterick
James BE
Walker & CO
Sahm & Dill
Hanowats and Corrisz
North Market Street
Frederick, Md
Eldridge
Wanre Gross
Hamburs
Torshon
B. J. Eldridge
West Pathice
Frederick
J. A.C. Lipps
the News
Spurgeon
Paul McKillop
Inverness
Seventy-ninth Highlanders
Dingwall
Tate Dr
Paul Paul
Pauk
London
Detroit Journal
Adady
New Hampshire
Rohammédans
Spain
Great Britain
Grand Lodge of
York
Scotland
North America
Albion
E. R
Montreal
United States
Boston
St. John’s
Henry ‘Price
Lord Viscount Mortague
Detroit Free Press
King
Wall & Sueils
Union Debating Society
Jeffiero
mcLout House
Watts
Siechi
Yenes
Hurtess
Carrisue
Fla. Stottlemyer
Sisth
Diller
New Market
Jesse M. Bure Pole Do O Shayaera
Photeitte Try Goras
Wallis and Schell
Barnes
GC. Smith
Ed. Reisinger
Gem Steam Laundry
St Charlestown
Farmers’ League
Gelwick's Hall
Emmitsburg
Wallis & Schell
W. Patrick St
Prederick, Ma
D.E. Stone
Mt. Pleasant
Wilk
Kentucky
Eugene L. Derr
Wallis & Schell's
City Hotel
Progressive Endowment League
Armie of Maryland
Drum , Corps
Drill’ Association
Wallis & Schell’s
Patrick St
Loureys
Fate
Yuan
Yoaister
Astin
Father
Grother
Clathe
Taras
Sister
Brother
Imestug
Pico Clatia
Eran
Skumnachlao
Mother
Claire
Peter
Danza
Clatre
Towes
Love
Atele
Boston Globe
Levin
Gamuel Lucas
Poquetsnnoc
Willard AL Lucas
Lucas Brothers
Henry G
Mieeworta Iis
Dete
Peanieman
Starkes Street
Bach Letter Tulay
Mary Art Wester
Charles Hun
Smeyt
Lewin Ungelbeewot
Yi South Market Street
Strehsty
Humaneal
Qutet Weddlng
Ie Evangelical Lutheran Church
Luther Kuhlman
Eugene Sponseller
Amanda R. Delanter
Abe
J. Marehail Miller
John Edw. Schell
Ho@rer
Mrs. Morgan
Huntsbure—Routzabn
Mary Bminnick
P. Bergstresser
D. B
Howard
Vere
P. Bergetresser
Charles W. Rice
Eilerton
Aliss Mary
End Airs
Somuél
City Hoven
E. Bz. Heyman
Philadelphia
H. H. Brukerhoff
T. E. Carson
O. E. Lewis
C.F. Hanson
J. N. Coleman
W.H. Meador
D. M. Griffith
BM. Sonnéborn
B. A. Mason
O.F. Miller, Jr
Elgin
Virginia
J. H. Gephart
G._R. Grafton
Marietta
N.C. Price
F. R. Riley
P. J. Bonayits
H. Schafer
W. J. Clark
E. B. Eimaker
D. D. Herr
Pennyylvania
A. D. Knapp
Willisenspors
Sue Cartes House
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