Buried Ship Reveals Romance of Ancient Brooklyn Harbor
The Brooklyn Eagle reports a twenty foot underground hull found on Joralemon Street during East River tunnel work. The timbered vessel, likely pre Revolutionary War, shows Viking style construction with wood bolts and no metal fasteners, estimated around 120 feet long and 350 tons burden, stirring tales of piracy, trade, and early American seas.
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Joralemon Street
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Joralemon
Furman
John Paul Jones
Brooklyn
George Washington
America
Furman Street
Brooklyn Eagle
Destitution Tale Told by Old Rich Man and Lawyer
A lawyer recalls a incident with Eben ezer Francis, reputedly the wealthiest man in New England, seeking aid for a neighbor’s small claim. Fletcher notes the lack of sufficient evidence to win the case, remarking on Francis’s destitute condition of proof as he leaves the office.
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Ebenezer Francis
New England
Francis
George F. Hoar
Scribpet
Janitor's Excellent Reason for Moving Plane Blockade
An apartment building faces a delay as a moved plane blocks the way. Tenants are urged to leave while a female resident demands lifting the plane over banisters. William refuses, citing past injury, and the scene shifts as she climbs to the roof and returns via the next house.
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William
Darling at the Phone Leads to Unseen Affair
A wife learns her husband’s luncheon companion is Jack Darling, not the intended Darling, prompting shock when she realizes his earlier promise to join for a luncheon was with another man. The evening ends with her emotional confrontation and explanation.
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George
Darling
Jack Darling
New York Presa
Rest for the Bedridden Technique in patient care
The text advises absolute rest for bedridden patients and describes relief methods. Nurses can raise the knees and place a substantial pillow beneath to ease fatigue from lying still. After a period, relieve the position and offer fresh relief, benefiting patients partly paralyzed.
Monuments and Monuments: Hyatt's Lightfoot on the Kaw River
A Kansas crowd recalls Thaddeus Hyatt and his Lightfoot steam boat that aided settlers during a grasshopper era. The vessel struck a sandbar near Lawrence, was abandoned, then dismantled, leaving a sandbar wreck visible at low water. A Kansas post once marked freedom on the Kansas Missouri boundary, contrasting with slavery on the Missouri side.
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New York
Thaddeus Hyatt
Kansas
Mr. Hyatt
Hyatt
Kaw
Harlem
Lightfoot
Kansas City
Lawrence
New Mexico
Missouri
Blacksmith's Son Becomes Scientist and Institute Director
William Watt, named director of the Duesseldorfer Science and Art Institute, is the second son of a Port Glasgow blacksmith in Scotland. He educated himself from humble beginnings and is 32 years old.
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William Watt
Duesseldorfer Science and Art Institute
Port Glasgow
Scotland
King Leopold Described As Man Of Wide Learning And Vision
A description portrays King Leopold of Belgium as a physically formidable, broadly read, well-traveled ruler with advanced liberal views on statecraft and social science.
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Leopold
Belgium
Olmstead Invited to Architect Yale Hillhouse Park Project
Frederick Law Olmstead of New York has been invited by the Yale corporation to serve as landscape architect for the Hillhouse property. On August 1 the property passes to the corporation and will be developed into a park and botanical garden linked with the Yale format school.
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Landscape Gardner
Frederick Law Olmstead
New York
Yale Corporation
Hillhouse
Corporation
Yale
Bears Crack Down on Liquor Solicitor Thomas McHale
Traveling salesman for John Gund Brewing Company Thomas McHale was sentenced by Judge Gram in Sheldon county court to 100 days in jail and a $300 fine for violating prohibition law. He was arrested July 3 at a beer party he organized. Representatives from several breweries attended the trial.
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Thomas McHale
John Gund Brewing Company
Gram
Sheldon
McHale
Boy's Judgment Leads to Razor Prize
A boy at eleven visits an artist who gives him a gun and two coupons. His parents doubt, but the father blesses his choice to buy a razor with the coupons. The family awaits the reveal as the boy returns home.
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