Post Office Robbery Tale Reveals Hidden Lovers
Captain Dickson recalls a case in a Vermont village where a hidden crew of two lovers staged a banklike post office heist. A green glass pin key and a web of notes led to the revelation that Miss Lundy and Mason, the postmaster, were innocent and a dancing teacher from an outlawed background used the setup to pull the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickson
Secret Service
Green Mountains
Boston
Washington
Congress
Lundy
Mason
Miss Lundy
Waco
Texas
Postoffice
Magan
Capt. Dickson
Mar Gon
Honor Bright
Husband
President Taft Urges Swift Tariff Revision in Message
President Taft sent a concise tariff message to Congress urging prompt action to revise the Dingley tariff. He notes changed production and business conditions, warns of deficits, and stresses focusing on a new tariff bill with speed and thorough consideration. The White House note dates March 16, 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Congress
McKinley
Senate
House of Representatives
Wm. H. Taft
White House
Preventing Paint Troubles and Simple Safety Tips
A tipsy mix of paint purity advice and light humor. The piece urges testing materials, relays a free painting guide offer from National Lead Co with a Dutch Boy Trademark guarantee, and ends with a schoolchild anecdote about bringing siblings to a show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Lead Co
Trinity Bldg
New York
Pinchot Defends Forest Policy Before Colorado Legislature
Gifford Pinchot, government forester, spoke to Colorado lawmakers in Denver on March 17 defending the forestry service. He said no backward steps will be taken, laws may be amended if unjust, and new administration endorses the service’s national forest policy aligned with President Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Forestry Service
Gifford Pinchot
Colorado
Forest Service
Pinchot
Taft
Fake Hold Up Ends In Tragedy In Pensacola
In Pensacola A B Gebhart hosting a merriment accidentally shot John Maxwell during an imitation defense against a highwayman. Maxwell died on the scene as the event unfolded early Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fila
A. B. Gebhart
John Maxwell
Gebhart
Maxwell
Piecing Out the Prayer in Early Sermon Prayers
A writer notes oddities in prayers including layman amendments like upsittings and down risings, a minister translating a Latin sentence, and a preacher’s long preface before the sermon. In nonconformist churches the prayer often lasts about a quarter hour, yet one minister veered into a quick anecdote.
Here comes my little Lily in the park
A mother boasts of her daughter Lily's daily park walks and her growing sense of beauty. Lily, catching her breath, exclaims with excitement that bears smelled awful during today’s stroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lily
Nursie
Less Meat Advice From Family Physician Promoted By Grape Nuts
A New York letter cites a physician advising reduced meat and greasy foods for dyspepsia and nervousness. After two years on Grape Nuts cereal, the writer claims improved health and a happier family, attributing benefits to Grape-Nuts over prior medicines and praising Postum Company products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
Tom
Postum Co
Atta Creek
Mich
Welville
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Cult Y
Monk
Policy OF Forestry Service
Pass Christian
Miss
J. Adams
Adams
Hart’s Island
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!