The Special Three and a Mother's Gift
A fireman recalls a Boston line rescue by old 18 the station yard engine. Hart, a Phillips Academy student, charmed rail crews to run a special to Boston in minutes. The tale ends with pins from Hart's mother as tokens of gratitude, honoring the workers who saved the day.
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Boston
Andover
Buster
New Haven
Phillips Academy
Hart
Dan Duffy
Dan
Tom Collins
Ster
Troll
Duffy
Gome
North Station
Old 18
Reading
Jim Dandy
The Poor Child's Advantages Critique of Rich Education
McClure's Magazine cites a rich man's remark and argues that abundant material advantages and constant activity overwhelm the developing mind. It contends that no wealth of opportunities can replace quiet, reflective time and meaningful family interactions for a child's growth.
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McClure’s Magazine
Schurz
Mathematical Love in a Punny Circle
A Barnard College girl uses a playful math metaphor to test a suitor. She declares they are radii of a circle and that equal radii relate to an unknown X representing their love. The punchline: the equation yields X'tasy as a cheeky twist from the New York Press.
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Barnard College
New York Press
Spinster Declares Swift Young Men Of No Use
A wry exchange in Pick Me Up features a spinster noting no use for swift young men while a widow agrees they are hard to catch. The quip captures light social banter on aging and romance.
Coffin Smuggling Tale From Lisbon Cemetery
A Portuguese tells of a coffin smuggling legend at Prazeres cemetery in Lisbon. An officer and crew pursue a suspicious red leather coffin. it opens revealing a living corpse who explains a rain delay and the guard’s panic. A Gallego later clarifies he hid inside the coffin to stay dry.
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Cuba
United States
Lisbon
Prazeres Cemetery
Colin
Gallego
Gallicia
Spain
Prazeres
Animals as Vaudeville Stars Teach Tricks and Temperaments
A trainer explains how long various animals take to learn stage tricks from geese needing sixty hours to acting piglets in thirty hours. Ducks, chicks and turkeys require days to months, while bears learn new tricks in about four weeks.
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Clyde Powers
Powers
America
New York Hippodrome
Leslie’s Weekly
Neighbor Samuel Smithers Tries to Borrow a Gun
Atkins tells Briggs that Smithers visited to borrow a gun to shoot a cat, boasting bold cheek in the request. The tale, reported by the London Telegraph, underscores the bizarre neighborly interaction.
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Atkins
Smithers
Briggs
London Telegraph
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Ruby Douglas
Ruth Twiss
Hollister
Toluister Drua Company
Madison
Wis
Bayfield County
D.M Maxcy
Washburn
Bayfield County Plat Books
By George A. Calder
A. Doenitz
KH. Rittenhouse
Washburn, Wis
M. M. Sweet
E. C. Dewitt & Company
Chicago
Ill
Sweet’s
West End
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