Bulky horse laughed at by Vermont farmer and a bold plan
Col Caliper recalls Stephen Gazzleblank of Storkville Center recounting his bulky horse tale. Stephen tried to cure balking with a powder powered starting device using a resistance block and explosion to force the horse forward. He prepared a magazine of 10 charges for quick starts on trips when balking occurred.
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Broadway
Col. Caliper
Stephen Gazzleblank
Storkville Center
Stephen
Stephen's woodlot misadventure ends in tragedy
In a rural tale from the New York Sun, Stephen prepares a load of wood using a powder charge on a resistance block. He lowers timber, shifts powder, and lights the fuse. Instead of one charge, all charges explode, frightening the horse but fatally harming Stephen as the horse bolts away.
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Stephen
New York Sun
No Time to Love Tidbits in Warwick Castle Tale
A witty Tid-Bits item recounts an American tourist skipping the priceless objects at Warwick Castle. He buys nothing, citing a tight itinerary to Coventry Stratford upon Avon Leamington and Sheffield, preferring the catalog to view the Louvre of artifacts.
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Warwick Castle
Charles L
Vandyke
Coventry
Stratford-on-Avon
Leamington
Sheffield
Berkshire Pinehurst Hotel Ad Promises Modern Comforts
The Berkshire at Pinehurst offers cottages with modern conveniences including baths, steam heat, open fires and electric lights. Nearby are sixty acres of golf links, tennis and croquet. Car service from New York via rail lines links to electric cars for six mile transfer to the Berkshire.
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Berkshire
Fine Burst
New York
Van
R. Ro
Seaboard Air Line
Southern Fines
Pinehurst
W. BE. Peck
Mt. Everett House
Berkshire Hills
South Egremont
Maga
Store Departments and Goods Advertised in Fine Detail
A vintage store catalog lists departments including Drugs and Proprietary Medicines, Gents Furnishings, Boots and Shoes, Groceries, Fresh Meats, Hardware, Crockery, Furniture, Electric Supplies, Milling and Hay, and more. It highlights full lines of Groceries, Dry Goods and Shoes, Northern-bought stock, cold storage meats, hats and caps, and a complete Stationery section.
Pine Grove House Stone House Farm in Khar
A terse note references the Pine Grove House Stone House Farm located in Khar. No further details or context are provided in the readable text.
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Pine Grove
Stone House Farm
Khar
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J. A. Flint
The
Ing, Mass
Honse
United States
Canaida
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