How Safes Are Made and Burglar Proof
A historical overview tracks safe construction from 1801 to modern times. It covers early chests, iron bands, and moisture methods, then lists inventors like Richard Scott and James Conn and later improvements by Chubb, Fitzgerald, and Milner. It explains fillings such as plaster, alum, sawdust, and hydraulic cement, and contrasts fireproof with burglar resistant safes, noting common iron walls, thick shells, and prevalent combination locks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wien
Richard Scott
James Conn
Tspe
Paris
Connor
Fitzgerald
William Marr
London
Charles Chubb
Messrs
Thomas Milner
George Price
Wolverhampton
England
Brglar
Saturday Globe
An Earthly Paradise ministers divided town rumor
In Rustle I hear the Boomtown residents adore their new minister yet expect his departure. Hustle notes the minister warned the people of perdition and outsiders fearing this could harm the town. Puck comments on mixed reactions among locals and outsiders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rustle
Hustle
Perdition
Puck
Jean
Thien An
Shoes for Louisa and a single man's dates
A revival tale from the Dallas News recalls Abe Mulkey promising shoes for Louisa after a street meeting and a mortgage on wheat. In a Vermont vignette a twenty-six year old bachelor named Hiram faces his mother’s fear he will stay single as aging sends him toward fate and faded photographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa
First Methodist Church
Abe Mulkey
Abe
del Richardson
Del
Isorter
Dallas News
Vermont
Hiram
Sol
The Fata Morgana Seen Over Straits of Messina
The Fata Morgana is a rare aerial mirage near the Straits of Messina. Observers from Cala Bria may see shifting images of castles arches palaces cities ships and halos formed by refracted air layers, believed by Italians to portend good fortune for the beholder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Straits of Mesina
Sicily
Italy
Ars
Calabria
Messina
Morgana
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The Law's Majesty and Underground Wires
Citizen notices the electric wires being buried under ground as storms topple poles. Superintendent explains repeated restringing costs and cites compliance with law as the reason for the transition.
President's club debate mocks fancy words speech
In a Detroit Free Press item, a club president parodies lofty diction and erudite terms, urging plain English over pompous phraseology. He attacks terms like delirium tremens and inconsequential while lampooning overuse of grand vocabulary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inquirer
Hall
Orth Carolina
Neat de Pse
Cotte
Iewaol
Eve de Cart
Sober Dolings
Pat hCuhtoots
Whyftie Davis
Independence Dotcs
Boston
Vanderbilt
Gould
Barry
Cubootsy
John Smythe
Detroit Free Press
His Training. Browbeating Attorney-Truthful Answer Asked
A Chicago Tribune excerpt shows a tense courtroom exchange as a lawyer presses a witness for honesty. The witness struggles to answer while claiming family aspirations in law. The scene captures the pressure to tell the truth under cross examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Northcote’s Witty Reply About George IV
The sculptor Northcote was asked what he thought of George IV and answered he did not know him. A later quip recalls a querist claiming the king “knows you” and Northcote retorts “Knows me, pooh, that’s all his brag.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howre
Northern
Lushan
Pigay
Husoina
Pudhiebagaie
Palatha Herald
Northcote
George IV
Hisquerist
London
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Dames Conner
Wu. Arres & Sons
Philadelphia
Johnsons Anddywe
Ighneon S , CO
Mass
John Sill & Son
L. G. Noyes
Warren
Theel
North Fourth
St. Bbs
Bckers
Germany
France
Austria
FAO
C.&e. Bartsch
Water Street
Diamond Block
Siegel's
Ceis
Front Street
Peter Greenland
Warren, Pa
Ancien
M.D
Oxford St
Brooklyn
N. Y
Casteria
T. W. McNett
Second St
Geo
Davis’ Drug Store
Short Street
Warren, Penn
W. H. Pickett & Co
Penn’a
I. E. Noyes
AGRES
alMih
Ace
Sabia
Hoopes, Bro's & Thomas
Maple Avenue
West Chester
Athens
Georgia
Z. M. Lemar & CO
Fourth Ave
Cor, Wood, Pittsh
Qrocker
Jferiilizers
Buffalo
Farra
Glade
L. M. Hazexrine
B. G. Gregory’s
Second Street
Haentzé
Hellenize Medicine CO
Morris & Mullen
M.miles
East
Third Streets
B. G. Gregory
Diamond Furniture Company
Caltan
the Society
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