The Handy Man and His Full Box of Tools
A Burlington feature on Mr. Throckmorton a self confessed handy man who repairs a boiler hole with melting lead using a crowded tool chest a chaotic display of every tool from adzes to screwdrivers and a household scene where wives groan at the chaos and the improvised repairs. The piece enlarges on the eccentric craft and the domestic embarrassment that follows from overconfidence in making do.
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Ravenna
Ohio
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Bhuller
New York City
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Mr. Throckmorton
Boundary Street
Handy Men
Jand Jaye
Atir
Mr. ‘T
Burlington
Burlington Dawkeye
Detroit Tribune
Flint
Michigan
Burt
Axford
McCall
Mr. Buck
jUnrson
Tweed Confessions Show Public Venality Belief
A lengthy extract quotes Tweed claiming public criminals assume others will take bribes. It notes Tweed paid Ex-Sheriff O’Brien $150,000 to sway Mr. Tilden, who allegedly did not let up in opposing the ring. Colfax's Beloit speech warns of currency contraction harming the U.S. economy. The piece also surveys Indian summer pleasures and a late anecdote about a tramp in Cambridge.
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Mr. Tilden
Mr.Tilden
Tweed Grimly
England
United States
Republican Party
Colfax
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Beloit
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Enor Indus
Across the East River Bridge Observations and Dares
The article recounts pedestrians crossing the East River Bridge with anchored safety lines and swaying paths. It notes women gaining boldness, men clinging to wires, and several frightful incidents as crowds test the height and movement above the river. The piece ends with a humorous anecdote about a Yorkshire preacher misquoting a biblical line.
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