Razor Beach era on Potomac excursion boat tale
A Sunday Post report describes the Razor Beach area and the River Queen excursion down the Potomac to Notley Hall. It notes orderly colored crowds, police presence, dancing on the pavilion, and a mix of revelry and danger with incidents of drunkenness and a money dispute, all amid the resort atmosphere and social dynamics of Washington’s colored pleasure venues.
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Sunday Post
Potomac
Notley Hall
Negro Plasure Resort
Razor Beach
Babe
Lincoln
No. 4
Washington
N Street
Lave Frruovedt
Er. Hager Beach
Wicole
Nat
Waa
Everouene
Howton
Voss
Virginia Sde
South Washington
Washington Park
Seventh Street
River Queen
Grandywipe
Darkies
Angecfalion
Louisson
United States
Chicago
New York
Isishan
Chile
Lucinda Finds Junk More Than Value, A Chicago Tribune Remark
Lucinda laments she rarely finds valuables while mostly discovering brass trinkets and buttons on streets and tracks. She recalls giving a dollar back to a girl, noting the joy of restitution, and compares her luck to others who find larger sums and jewelry.
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Lucinda
Claude
Rother
Street Catches Ball Thrown From Washington Monument
Preston Gibson recounts the moment Street joined him as they left in the motor. Street, facing a ball dropped from the Washington Monument, caught it almost against his chest despite immense momentum. The feat, unmatched by famed players, marks Street as historic for catching a ball thrown from the monument.
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Preston Gibson
Street
Washington Monument
Typewriting by Touch in Darkness article
The piece explains learning to type by touch using a blank key top machine and a printed keyboard. Beginners master the keyboard from the print, then type by focusing on the notes or copy, not the keys, and can type in total darkness with accuracy.
McGinnis the Mathematician in Prison Seeks Freedom
Missouri's largest prison houses M A McGinnis a frail convict labeled 9089 who, despite limited daily tasks, has drawn attention for a claimed discovery in solving numerical and natural equations. He asserts a logarithmic method reaches twelfth degree equations and seeks a pardon upon jury validation by eminent mathematicians. Governor Folk, himself an algebraist, considers the claims and may review the case.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Missouri Penitentiary
M. A. McGinnis
J. M. Greenwood
Haneas City School
McGinnis
Mc@innis
Gov. Folk
Butten
Hkansax College
United States
Great Britain
Mctinnis
Appleton
Wia
Mathematica
Colorado
Bee & Wife
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Dywine
Bil the Lass Lao
Tiver Daamere
Ark
Ac Boata
Mong
Mary
Dark Sea
Bon Ten
Washinngton
Qazor Beach
OMAK
Rerni
David B. Chmnoneton
David D. Edmon
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