A Tinker's Story From Forty-eighth Street
Peter Daly a wandering tinker sits mending a wash boiler in front of a tenement on Forty-eighth street near Eleventh avenue. He recounts ten years in the British army and travels across Australia and Europe with his soldering forge. He married a German woman in Germany after a wound from blue eyes kept him bound, now living with Gretchen and three children on the west side while recounting old adventures.
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Peter Daly
Forty-eighth Street
Eleventh Avenue
Peter
India
County Antrim
Ireland
Pete
Australia
Europe
Germany
Gretchen
New York World
Specimens of Rare Headwritings Gathered by Mr Gratz
Philadelphia Ledger reports Mr Simon Gratz, a noted autograph expert, began collecting in 1856 at age 17. His holdings include a complete set of signers with 52 autograph letters, a second set missing only Thomas Lynch Jr.’s rare signature, and a vast general collection totaling 25 000 to 30 000 specimens from American and foreign sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Gratz
America
Gratz
He Wang
Thomas Lynch, Jr
Lynch
New York
Thomas Emmet
Emmet
Congress
Rix
Philadelphia Ledger
Florida Cabbage Tree: A Unique Saltwater Resistant Timber
A Florida tree known as the cabbage tree, part of the palmetto family, grows twenty to forty feet tall with a corky, porous wood. Its trunks support cluster leaves top, resist salt water and barnacles, making it valuable for posts and bridges. The Florida supply is rapidly exhausted per the New York Star.
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Florida
Cor
New York Star
One Certain Gitical Fallacy and The State of Criticism
The text argues that modern criticism has degenerated into polemics labeled romanticism or realism, abandoning analysis. It contends true criticism analyzes and classifies, focusing on the object rather than the critic’s stance. It faults realistic controversy for ignoring writers who explore human life and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Rider Haggard
Scribner’s
Flameless Combustion Reveals Hidden Boiler Efficiency
A New York Telegram note argues flameless combustion matters more than visible flames. It says large flames waste fuel, while small barely visible flames improve boiler efficiency by about eighty percent, as end results differ with flue filling and contact with the boiler.
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New York Telegram
Up Indian Burial Custom and Legion of Honor Details
The Cheyenne bury a dead friend in the forest using foliage or willow swathes, with food arms and tobacco for the voyage to the hunting grounds. Weekly notes mention Napoleon founding the Legion of Honor in 1802 with five grades and annual stipends from $50 to $500 for recipients.
Supplies for the Big City From Ali Quarters
Special Corresponder reports New York city’s food supply comes from across the nation and beyond. Butter and cheese largely come from New York and neighboring states, eggs from New York and other regions, and meats from the west. The article catalogs shipments of potatoes, onions, greens, apples, berries, citrus, bananas, nuts, and grain, noting the vast reach of commerce feeding the metropolis.
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Ali
New York
New York State
Illinois
Iowa
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Dakot
Empire State
New Jersey
New Eggs
Canada
California
Denmark
John Brown
Chesapeake
West
Penns
New York City
Italy
Germany
Great Britain
Nova Scotia
Maine
Spain
Egypt
Bermuda
South
Connecticut
Florida
Atlantic Seaboard
Long Island
Cape Cod
Mediterranean
New Orleans
West Indies
Virginia
Africa
Jersey
Henry
Dover
Vanderbilt builds railroad to supply new North Carolina mansion
George Vanderbilt of New York states he is sole owner and head of a railroad project meant to carry stone and timber to his planned North Carolina mountain mansion. He confirms the road’s truth and says he will not abandon it after it serves the mansion, planning to live part of each year there to pursue historical studies.
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George Vanderbilt
New York
Vanderbilt
North Carolina
Pnb
Ile
Grace
Fie
North Carolina Eyrie
George
Local Warren merchants boast unbeatable low prices and bargains
Are arriving daily. Being first in the market we went from importer to importer and selected the very best from each. As we buy more for our two great stores than all the other Warren merchants combined, we get our goods vastly cheaper. We invite you to examine the many decided bargains at every turn throughout our establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seear’s Win Kl
Shear
Gloria
Ingrain
Brussels
D. Shear
Warren
Agency Accepted for Western Pennsylvania Event
Friends and patrons note that the agency has accepted representation for Western Pennsylvania of a famous event.
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Pennsylvania
Morley English Hose and Underwear in stock this season
The store announces new spring stock including I. and R. Morley English Hose and Underwear with color and quality guarantees. Jersey suits and mother’s friend shirtwaist styles appear in the children's department along with other new spring goods.
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I. & R. Morley English
Children’s Department
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Davi
Rhea
Siegfried & Co
Rio
Java
Japan
Porto Rica
TMH
Struthers
Alron Works
Warren, Pa
Cstoria
Castoria
jLoudy McKelvy
Sugar Grove
Warren County
Donald Stuart
L. G. Noyes
Lily
Nelson Greenlund
Undertaker
P. Greenland
Hickory Street
Leonhart & Son
Amany
Tis
Brall
Max Klein
Woolford
L. G. Noyes & Co
Druscist
N. J. Wendelboe’s
C. P. Northrop
Clarkson & Parker
Distributes
P. & E. Grocery
Tun Enrron
P. O
T-A. Slocum
M. C
Pearl St. N
Gee
PENN
John L. Sullivan
Wow Pee
A. Siegel & Son
Berlin
Knox
A. Seigel & Son
Kopf & Henry
Groceries & Provisions
Water ST
GOODRICH & _FEHLMAN
Warren Ledger
Winslow, Rand & Watson High Life
Gentlanen
Farmone
Water Waters
Bornefort
Atossus
Goorrick & Polinuen
Olses & Coutts
Ledger
Crown Acme
Unio
Amd
Goodrich & Feldman
Acme Ofl CO
Akron
Goodrich & Fehlman
H. F. Schumach
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