Electric railway inventors cited for early use
The electric railway history notes Thomas Davenport of Brandon Vermont as the first to suggest electric propulsion, though Abbe Salvatore Del Negro is credited by report as having designed an early toy traction machine in 1830. Davenport demonstrated a toy motor on a circular track in 1834, with commercial practicality emerging about fifty years later.
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Thomas Davenport
Brandon
Abbe
Salvatore del Negro
University of Padua
Davenport
Springfield
Boston
Cisterns for Spring Rain Storage by SpursEck Co
The 7x7 cisterns made from select white pine hold 60 gallons and are painted inside tarred outside with a double center lid. They last a lifetime and never leak, keeping water soft. SpursEck LamMcByrt Co offers stock tanks milk tanks pumps and fittings with Harry Dalziel and W A Kerr as managers.
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Tts
SpursEck Lammcbyrt Co
Harry Dalziel
W. A. Kerr
Mgr
Living on a Warship The Food Is Good for 80 Cents a Head
The paymaster oversees meals for about 80,000 sailors aboard a battleship, describing varied menus from breakfast to dinner and the strict logistics of feeding a large crew. He manages allocations, hygiene, and equipment, with officers and enlisted men sharing a tightly regulated, well organized mess system.
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Aniff
Tlome Magazine
Virginia
Idaho
Wisconsin
Uncle Sam
Jack Tars
Uncle Law
Annapolis
Davy Department
Washington
Sam
Friendly Monkeys and Human Kinship Observed in Zoos
A writer recalls anthropoid apes preferring human company over lower monkeys in Calcutta and London. Anecdotes describe a young monkey choosing W. Rutledge for companionship, a Calcutta zoo female showing affection, and an orangutan at London zoo examining people with scientific curiosity.
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Calcutta
W. Rutledge
Calcutta Zoo
Abraham Bartlett
London’ Zoo
The Cusséednesas of a Sail
The article describes the dangerous nature of a sail when mishandled. It warns that a sail can become aggressive, fighting for every inch and even throwing men overboard. It notes that victory comes from steady effort, cunning tricks, and relentless defense, as danger tests every nerve and vein.
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T. F.day
Outing Magazine
Umbrellas in Battle and Wellington’s Strict Command
The St James Gazette recalls a Bayonne battle where umbrellas were banned in the field. Wellington frowned on the use of umbrellas by officers and the “gentlemen’s Sons,” though guards in uniform at St James’ may carry them on duty. The delinquents were bold in battle despite the rain.
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Bayonne
Grenadiers
Lord All
Lord Wellingtom
Tynling
St James
St. James
Hatpin Mystery Recovered at Millinery Shops
A fashion-conscious customer, shopping at a top millinery, missed a valuable hatpin set in a ten dollar store. Days later in a high priced shop, she found a hatpin concealed under artificial flowers on a $35 hat, matching the one she had lost. The find resolved the missing accessory case.
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New York Tribune
Lions and Fowl in African Menagerie Tale
A hunter recalls lions ignoring flesh bearing on a swan and pigeons thriving beside the big cats. He notes how lions refuse bird meat, yet pigeons enter the cage, hop on backs, and appear to entertain the felines, leaving him puzzled by the animals’ strange companionship.
Button dictates tailor shop order in Broadway tale
A sharp faced boy with a drooping eyelid hands a tailor a button in upper Broadway. The tailor wonders what it means. The boy replies to sew a pair of pants on the button, insisting the tailor wants business. He leaves swiftly.
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Upper Broadway
New York Globe
Sermon and the Book Still There
An anecdote from the St. Louis Republic tells of a clergyman who, after a sermon, is accused by a congregant of stealing it. The preacher asks for a retraction, but the man refuses, saying he would not take back his words unless he could confirm the source. On returning home, he discovers the book from which he believed the sermon came remains in its place.
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St. Louis Republie
William le Baron
Jenney
Grant
Shiloh
Acroga
Ap. 4
Chicago Tribune
Retribution of the Law in Toledo Blade style
Judge questions lawyer about a prisoner charged with stealing fifty dollars. The judge decides the prisoner will be punished by repaying fifty dollars and working out another one hundred, a light sentence meant to make him regret the dishonesty.
Ita Hard And Tough Dining Dilemma Cited
A Philadelphia Press quip contrasts a sentimental landlady and a hungry boarder over a lamb dinner. The landlady laments the lamb’s destruction for human appetite while the boarder concedes with a twist on “tough” as a pun.
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Philadelphia Press
Youthful mercy urged by prisoner before sentencing
In Mitigation the Prisoner asked the court to consider the youth of his attorney, White and Black, before the sentence was pronounced. The plea emphasized the attorney’s youth as a factor in mitigation.
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Prioner
In the Instantaneous Mind of the Face
A fragmentary note discusses rapid perception and language in the context of a magazine. It highlights how facial expression communicates instant meaning and contrasts it with verbal description, suggesting a study of perception and identity.
The Transgressor and a Rector’s Dilemma
A young rector, Rev John Courtney, counsels Marion Manning who fears taking a government clerk post after admitting she helped a friend cheat on an exam. He questions the ethics, suggesting a personal sacrifice instead, and they joke about hats as she eyes the Washington job. Ultimately he offers himself, sentencing them to a life imprisonment of sorts together.
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St. John’s
John Courtney
Miss Manning
Marion Manning
Courtney
St. John's
Marlon
Washington
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