Remarkable history of Sing Sing village and its odd legends
A Wet Chester County Magazine writer recalls Sing Sing and nearby village life. The piece recounts the elephant Old Bet displayed on a granite shaft, the Baileys and Cranes in early show business, the Gerard Crane barn, Enoch Crosby, the devil loyalist Luther Kinnicut, the turnpike era with toll gates toppled, a biting court quip, and the 75 year old Presbyterian heresy trial of Dr Ebenzer White.
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Bing Sing
Wetchester
Bailey
Cranes
Baileys
Junes
Angevenes
Tituses
Somers
South Salem
Gerard Crane
Enoch Crosby
Harvey Birch
Cooper
Gomers Village
Mount Zion
Gilead
Luther Kinnicut
Sing Sing
Sodom
Presbyterian Church
Ebenezer White
Presbytery
The Disappearing Blond and Inherited Traits
A provocative column cites scientists noting brunettes increasing globally while blondes dwindle due to sunlight sensitivity. Dr Charles Woodruff links this to jail and almshouse trends in America, then a quip about individuality versus community reflects on Nature and human fate.
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Germany
England
France
Charles E. Woodruff
United States Army
America
Woodruff
Success Magazine
Carpenter Wanted For Roof Rafters and Cuts
Carpenters sought to use the Mandy Rafter Tobie with exact lengths for rafters on any pitch roof. Includes lengths and side cuts for jack hip and valley rafters. Price 60 coin. For $1.00 agents wanted. Address GEO W. RICK YORK NEER. A Chinaman has never been known to suffer from colorblindness. The islands of the world have a total length of more than seventeen times the circumference of the earth at the Equator. A German chemist passes an electric current through new wines and liquors, imparting to them aged properties.
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Mandy
Islands
World
Equator
Japanese Shopkeepers Serve Tea Before Exhibiting Goods
Michigan liquor law strict. Bartender at Marquette enters saloon at 1130 pm with proprietor unaware to write a letter for a companion. Judge Stone holds bartender’s act a crime, punishable as opening saloons at prohibited hours.
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Michigan
Marquette
Stone
Innovative Connecticut egg beater folds both ways
A Connecticut inventor's egg beater uses a cord wound around a central drum to spin blades in both directions. Pulling the cord repeatedly powers the mechanism, which rewinds as it operates, providing continuous mixing. The article also lists varied kitchen tips from stuffing a ham to refining icebox bottoms.
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Connecticut
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AED
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Tlouguis
Brockton
Mass
Wizard Oil
Piles Fae Tea. CO. Dept
Mina
Anatine Mina
Putnam Faceless
California
Fic Syrup Co
Mall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
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Waternec
Ktinxan & Marvin
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Atchison, Kansas
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Notre Dame
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Fuse Sur
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