The Strand Watcher and the Parson in the Dock
A veteran Strand guardian recalls three days with Bow Street, mapping street life through faces and habits. He details patrols, signaling tricks of housebreakers, and a dramatic chase ending with a return to the Lyceum where a suspected pickpocket is exposed.
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London
Strand
Bow Street
Merty
Old Temple Bar
Trafalgar Square
The
Victoria
Lowther Arcade
Parlament
Wormwood Scrubs
Law and Order
Mow Street
Bow-street
Lyceum Theater
Parson
Irving
Sir Henry
Bram Stoker
Forbes Robertson
Portland
Partridge
Difference Between Professional and Extra-Professional Points
The speaker contrasts yesterday and today noting two nicked tins versus five calor ies and a sparkier. He calls it sickening and distinguishes professional from extra-professional viewpoints. Next week references Raby KC with copyright notice by D. T. Pierce.
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Raby, K. C
United States of America
D. T. Pierce
A Plumb Pet A Case of Kindness Calming a Bad Horse
On an Indiana farm a fourteen year old livery horse, abused by men, terrorized by others. The farmer's wife, using steady kindness, regular feeding, and gentle handling, transformed him into a peaceful, reliable animal. After eighteen months the horse increasingly trusted her, becoming a docile, affectionate “plumb pet.”
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Indiana
Antiquated cures for ailments in quaint volume
A colonial era medical text is excerpted with strange remedies for headaches hoarseness itch melancholia and consumption. Recipes include boxwood decoctions nettle root treacle and ivy juice, plus a milk herb broth and a heated isinglass cow heel diet, with a note claiming Mr Masters of Evesham recovered from consumption.
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Evesham
Poetic fragment on Mary Applewhite Beacon in Lippincott's
A fragmentary verse discusses love and sacred imagery with Mary Applewhite Beacon noted in Lippincott's. It presents contrasting experiences of frankincense and myrrh through a young woman's evolving inner state, highlighting devotion and dissolution.
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Mary Applewhite Beacon
Lippincott'a
New Honey on Sale in Indianapolis Area Bees Probed by Expert
Walter S. Ponder, Indiana bee expert, says comb honey is back with a better Clover honey crop than last year but few skilled apiarists nearby. He warns against superstition and urges scientific beekeeping, proper hive spacing, and active management to prevent swarming while expanding production and avoiding adulteration claims. The piece details bee behavior, locality sense, and best practices for successful Indiana apiaries.
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Mid- Western
Indiana
Indianapolis
Walter
Ponder
Pfays
United States
Indiana corrugating plant fuels bottle cartons boom
In Anderson J W Septon Manufacturing Company shows off corrugated paper and box making machinery. The plant employs over 250 people, mostly girls earning 9 to 12 dollars weekly, with output over six carloads daily. Expansion, heating and fire safety upgrades, and a Chicago owned stock base mark its growth since founding twelve years ago.
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Indiana
Anderson
J. W. Septon Manufacturing Company
J. T. Ferris
Ferris
Chicago
Durbin
Taylor Durbin
Queer Tales By Fly Fishermen
A local Western Union manager recalls quirky fly fishing yarns about animals miscast as lures. Tales include an eagle spooked but not hooked, a bullbat snagged midair, swallows snagged by line, and a water moccasin struck near Tippecanoe river with vivid, nongraphic details.
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Mahlon D. Butler
Western Union Telegraph Company
Bird of Freedom
Mr. Butler
Thomas
Tippecanoe River
Monticello
Hass
Horace Comstock
Mr. Rocus
Broad Ripple
John T. Brush
Mr. Brush
Canada
Mr. Fontinalis
Mr. Thymallus
Kosciusko County
Lord Baltimore
M D Butlers Eagle Story Imitation Flies and Snakes Tales
In a rugged fishing piece, M D Butler known as Cedar-rod Butler narrates using imitations to lure bass while recounting encounters with water moccasins, a mossback turtle, and a dogfish. Other anglers Debates about gear and a dramatic turtle fight shape the lively tale.
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M. D. Butler
Mr. Esox
Thymallus
Mr. Butler
Indiana
Lord Baltimore
Mr. Muskellunge
Kosciusko County
Mr. Salmo
Our Girls Atchison Globe Item Echoes Parlor Dusting Habit
In an old issue the paper notes that many items from the past lie on parlor shelves unused while a few still see dusty handling when company is expected, reflecting on the era’s ordinary domestic waste and preservation.
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Atchison Globe
Heavy Life Brigge What’s your idea of heaven
Griggs answers that heaven is the simple pleasure of a man resting at home after a summer vacation. The dialogue evokes a pragmatic, humorous view of everyday contentment and the ache for ordinary comfort following travel or work.
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Brigge
Griggs
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David Christie Murray
Walter S. Ponder
Rush County
Marion County
Taggart
Bryan
Roosevelt
Bush County
Democratic
Bainbridge
Rolla Clingman
Stewart Miller
Watson
Roush County
Falmouth
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