Lights of New York of Jusnu and Van Dyck artists
A nostalgic sketch of New York artists once in the Van Dyck studios on Eighth Avenue, detailing their poverty and camaraderie, a famous illustrator’s wedding invitation fiasco, the charity of friends supplying clothes and a silk hat, and a remembered dog chewing a guest’s ivory teeth at a Long Island country place. It also recalls Dreiser’s Sister Carrie and the editor William Lengel’s path to literature.
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van Dyck
Eighth Avenue
Finn
Mel
van Osck
New York
Longsland
William
Lengel
Theodore Dreiser
Carrie
Central Park
Creiser
Indiana
Hay Ne
Terre Haute
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNY Sorvies
Prank Fire Restores Man's Lost Voice in Port Jervis
William Jones, about fifty years old, regained his ability to speak after a frightening explosion prompted by pranksters. Doctors say the shock and blast revived his speech, ending a year of muteness following an illness.
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Port Jervis
William Jones
Jones
Growth rates of dogwood in wild and open stands
Growth in natural dogwood stands may take 15 to 20 years for an inch of diameter. In openings with better conditions, trees may reach one inch diameter about 4 feet above ground in 7 to 10 years.
Home canning and jelly making ideas for berries
The article offers tips on preserving berries into jellies and jams, using sugar to enhance flavor and color, serving jelly with drinks, and gifting. It also includes practical kitchen tricks such as preserving curtain tears and handling carrots and horseradish, with a note about juniper berries for odor control.
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Ontos
Black Light Offered for U S Defense Inventions
Dayton inventor Gilbert L Bossard says his "black light" uses invisible rays outside the visible spectrum to reveal hidden personnel or ships at night. He reports experiments locating a person in a field with an observer equipped device and notes 100 patents granted domestically and abroad.
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Dayton
Ohio
Gilbert L. Bosgard
United States
Bossard
Navy
Neight
National Defense
Rubber balls threaten zoo animals and other misadventures
Cheerio Chapters and a flyer named Broccoli caused a plane to land after an unrelated patch of spin. Keeper Thurman of the Bronx zoo warns ordinary rubber balls banished near cages can harm animals as elephants gulp and suffer from ingesting them. He notes a hippo died in Cincinnati and a bronxtaple Julie was saved after swallowing a soft rubber ball. Washington tale of salesmen opening eggs hints at broader oddities.
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Thurman
Bronx Zoo
New York
Cincinnati
Julie
Curious Tales From City Life
A New York man attempted death by eating five electric bulbs, later blamed indigestion. A Chicago citizen withdrew about 10,000 dollars from a bank before its failure, storing the funds in a trunk which was stolen by a burglar days later. The anecdotes playfully question luck and misfortune.
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New York
Chicago
FOR YOUR SCISSORS Put out these pieces and make yourself a horse and rider
A fragment reads like a playful puzzle phrase about cutting and assembling a horse and rider, set in a quirky noted style. The line hints at a whimsical wordplay game rather than a straight news item or clear event.
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Wosters Newapspar Yalow
To Have Seen Better Days In Shakespearean Echoes
Jean Newton notes that the phrase To Have Seen Better Days reflects past prosperity and present reverses. She traces its roots to Shakespeare, who first used it in the early modern period, illustrating how the idiom endures through changing fortunes.
My Neighbor or Says bread and sandwiches prep guide
A reader note discusses keeping bread and sandwiches fresh by wrapping in dry cloth and chilling before use. It mentions a kitchen shower list with cheap items like apple covers straw berry hullers and measuring cups, plus a few odd tips and a misprint laden line about mashed potatoes between ash slices for a dinner dish.
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The
Associated Newspapers
British Bandits Ordered Whipped for Robbery With Violence
John Alfred Wright twenty two laborer and Clifford John King twenty butcher were sentenced to an old punishment of birching along with prison. Wright received eighteen strokes and nine months in prison while King received fifteen strokes and six months in prison.
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London
John Alfred Wright
Clifford John King
Wright
King
Birth rate in Britain hits record low for 1980
The British birth rate for 1980 dropped to 16.8 per 1,000, the lowest since civil registration began and the lowest among major nations except Sweden. The report notes the year marking a historical low in births.
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London
Sweden
Tecumseh the Shawnee Leader and the War of 1812
The article profiles Tecumseh born 1768 near Springfield Ohio, detailing his plan for a united confederation of tribes, his alliance with his brother Tenskwatawa the Prophet, and his role in the War of 1812 with British support. It covers his leadership at Tippecanoe, the Thames battle, and his forewarning of death as his forces waned.
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Teecumseh
Trumbull
United States
Springfield
Ohio
Point Pleasant
Tecumseh
Tennessee
Tenskwatawa
Ohio Valley
Shadwnee
Missouri River
Worlda
Greenville
Slullar
Wecumseh
Tippecanod
Ind
Perry
Lake Erie
Proctor
Thames River
Harrison
Lecumseh
Indoorakin
Pecumseh Hil
Palen
Fragmentary Court Docket Note Scattered in Back Page
Readable text shows a cryptic exchange about speed and travel in a legal docket fragment. Names and full context are missing, leaving only hints of a wager or travel claim and a stray remark about trimming text.
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Lights of
Jusnu
Frost
Otto Struve
Great Yerkes Observatory
Williams Bay
Wis
Edwin B. Frost
Los Angeles Plaza
Louis Byrens
Boston
U. S
Cheerio
Jean Newton
Greasge
Bell Syndicaté
WNU
Editha
Watson
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