BeSign at Last Enjoys Franklin Bequest in Boston Trade School
Boston opens a Franklin bequest funded trade and industrial school modeled after New York's Cooper Institute. The site provides free training for young mechanics with apprentice background under strict moral and surety conditions. Funds were to aid public works after two centuries, later redirected to land purchase on Berkeley Street for a dedicated trade school with a 1000-seat hall and distinctive lighted design.
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Boston
Mass
Tes. U
New Franklin Union
Cooper Institute
New York
Franklin
Duston
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Sim
Berkeley Street
Carnegie Help Provides Funds For Franklin Union Building
A large fund shortfall threatened construction of the Franklin Union building until a $408,396.48 Carnegie donation covered the gap, with about $46,000 spent on equipment. Walter B. Russell will lead a progressive school expanding on Cooper Union methods, featuring automatic ventilation, a fully equipped chemical lab, multiple drafting rooms, and a power plant. The building includes extensive labs, classrooms across floors, fireproof stairs, two fire escapes, a connected telephone system, Indiana limestone exterior, brick and white stone trim, and a rear mechanical complex for steam hydraulic and electric instruction.
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Carnegie
Franklin Union
Franklin
Walter B. Russell
Staf
Cooper Union
Prats
Remarkable Royal Walking Sticks and Unlikely Tales
A look at King Edward’s rare walking sticks including a 42 inch white rhinoceros horn cane from South Africa and a gold headed staff linked to Queen Victoria’s bonnet incident. Other anecdotes recount miraculous sticks used in payrolling builders and a carding explosive remark by Haldane.
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Edward
Royal
Louis Solomon
London
Pate
Vittoria
Tasmania
Haldane
House of Commons
Atteks
Uno
Sins Tay
Daswer the Stark
Quotations From Paris Tourists in Smart Society
A fragment depicts dialog about American girls marrying foreign nobles and a beggar not being the chooser. A guide offers sights in Paris while a tourist declines to see the inappropriate. The excerpt reflects travel wit and social attitudes.
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Newport
Paris
Ready This Time Judge Darling Christmas Gift Exchange
A light dialogue features a Todd couple bargaining gifts for Christmas. The wife promises a lovely dressing table to match her room, while the husband replies with a safely razor for his shaving stand. The exchange showcases affectionate banter and holiday generosity between the spouses.
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Todd
Trade of Christmas Orders by Undertaker Firm
A fragment shows dialogue between college students and a judge style figure about Christmas items. It references J. T. Burnett & Co. Undertakers and includes casual banter about hanging up items and getting something for Christmas. The legible content centers on a humorous miscommunication and a local undertaker firm name.
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McArdle’s
People’s Store
East
Houston St
McArdle
IES
Pariselues
Cael
the People's
East Houston
Benjamin Franklin
Hell
Judgment Inn
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Axminster Art Square
MAIN
Smart Society
Ite
J. T. Burnett & Co., Undertakers
Chapa’s
F. A
CHAPA
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