Strange Scenes at the Minnesota Recruit Examination
In New York the U S steamship Minnesota serves as a training vessel for boys aged 14 to 18 seeking naval service. A journalist recalls breakfast aboard and the examination scene where doctors note birth marks and ink drawings as part of selecting recruits for future naval careers.
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United States
Minnesota
Fiftieth Street
North River
New York
Noah
Secretary of the Navy
Commodore Roeder
Pulitzer
Sonud
Theo
Milli Best
Keeney
India
Washington
Delaware
Sir John Moore
Tracy
Louvre
Sweetwater County
Wyoming
Michael Doorfinger
Long Island City
Colon
Pancrensis
Army
Ftr
Atlantic Ocean
United States Treasury
James Owen O'Conor
Washington’s Youthful Journey and a Pennsylvania House
A fragmentary feature traces a stone house near the Clarion river as a possible overnight stop for 21-year-old George Washington during his 1753 Virginia expedition. The piece contrasts Pennsylvania heritage with New York and Virginia preserves, urging state action to protect the site.
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George Washington
Dinwiddie
Virginia
Forts Venango
la Beauf
Fox Estate
Clarion River
Allegheny
Washington
Old Stone House
Ohio Valley
Woodcroft
Turtle Creek
Monongahele
Christopher Gist
Monongahels
Ohio
Pittsburg
McKee’s Rocks
Young Washington
King Shingiss
Shingiss
Logstown
New York State
Newburg
Hudson
Pennsylvania
New York
L. E. Storzetn
French Creek
Arty
Venango
Franklin
Indiso
Fort le Boeuf
le Boeuf
Washington Relic at Foxburg Faces Neglect and Debate
A weathered stone house near Foxburg, said to shelter George Washington during his 1753 voyage to the French, stands neglected and used as a cow stable. The piece urges the state to purchase the site to preserve Western Pennsylvania heritage and Washington’s early public service.
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Ohio River
Allegheny Mountains
Pennsylvania
George Washington
Washington
Pittsburg
Fort Duquesne
Fort Pitt
Duquesne
Boquet
Allegheny River
Foxburg
Venango
Shingiss
Logstown
Iith
Half-King
Waite Thunder
Hunter
Butter
Muddy Creek
Slippery Rock Creek
Sandy Creek
Butler
Allegheny
Stone House
Heaviest Locomotives Built for Grand Trunk by Baldwin
Four 195000 pound tank locomotives built for the Grand Trunk Railway by Baldwin Locomotive Works will run on 100 pound rails and haul over 5000 tons on level track. With five pairs of 40 inch driving wheels and 22 by 28 inch cylinders, they lack pony wheels and use a 2000 gallon fuel water tank on each side. The St Clair tunnel under the river connects Lake Huron and Lake Erie and will enable direct Canadian Michigan rail links, eliminating river ferries.
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Philadelphia Times
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Grand Trunk Railway Company
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Reading
St. Clair
St. Clair River
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Grand Trunk
Canada
Michigan
Two Bold Thefts in Somerville Journal Verse
A fragmentary poem from the Somerville Journal depicts a speaker accusing a woman of theft of happiness and heartache. The speaker imagines stealing love and kisses while confessing heartlessness and longing.
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Somerville Journal
Prague A Fantastic Tale Hypnotic Theories Intro
Anorna and the Wanderer walk to an ancient Hebrew burial ground seeking a second mind control under her influence. She contemplates forcing love and a brotherly bond as a means to gain control while grappling with her own moral conflict and fear of manipulation. The scene blends gothic atmosphere with questions of autonomy and desire.
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Anorna
Nooner
Anorua
Beatrice
Cerena
Thas
Israel
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Bill Nye
Happy Studies
Bath
Tob
Queen Anne
Ninth Avenue
Paris
Uncle Jiven
Elnek
Tansy
Timothy
Gabriel
Tvieth Street
Sith
Cathedral
Vanderbilt
Nersoh
Beatty
Delmonico's
Nye
Clarion County
Allegheny Valley
Ohio Country
Fox
Aaid
the Half-King
T. J. Chapman
Foxxbirg
HousEso Lp
Haven & Keenan
Water Street
Whitten
the Dispatch
St Clair Tunnel
Bera
Prague
F. Marion Crawford
Keech’s
Rock Bottom
Brussels
Keech
Great Cash and Credit House
Penn Avenue
Ninth Street
Corner Garrison Alley
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