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120 Years Ago: DYNAMITE ASTRAY UPTOWN- 25 Sticks, Each Can Blow Up a House, Found With Small Boys
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| 07-29-1896
| New York Tribune
Posted on 07/29/2016 1:09:40 PM PDT by NRx
A (mostly) daily posting for those interested in history and the day to day news, politics and culture of a bygone world; the full edition of the New York Tribune from Wednesday July 29, 1896 (digitized).
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My mother never let me have any fun like that. :-(
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posted on
07/29/2016 1:09:40 PM PDT
by
NRx
To: Mr. K; warsaw44; Entropy Squared; ADemocratNoMore; Nea Wood; Lee Enfield; ColdOne; GOPJ; ...
If you want on or off the ping list for the daily newspaper from 120 years ago, ping me.
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posted on
07/29/2016 1:10:36 PM PDT
by
NRx
(A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)
To: NRx
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posted on
07/29/2016 1:12:27 PM PDT
by
AFreeBird
(BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
To: AFreeBird
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posted on
07/29/2016 1:13:41 PM PDT
by
NRx
(A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)
To: NRx
In my youth we always had school assemblies to warn us of stray blasting caps.
In 1953, dad found a stick in a house we had rented in Saguache, Colorado. Since he had been in the Combat Engineers he showed us how to dispose of it by shredding the stick with a knife.
Then around 1961, some teens found a stray stick of dynamite and set it off outside the high school in Carlsbad NM. Talk about the talk of the town! It was about a block from us!
To: NRx
25 sticks missing and only one recovered. And the detectives didn’t have a “clew” (sic).
Most I ever got to pllay with was black cat firecrackers.
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posted on
07/29/2016 1:18:38 PM PDT
by
AFreeBird
(BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
To: NRx
Pennsylvania had a major flood,How did that happen without global warming?
To: NRx
The Dog vs Rooster fight was pretty good (front Page)
To: AFreeBird
25 sticks missing and only one recovered. And the detectives didnt have a clew (sic). The kids sold it to some strangers passing through town. Don't know what they did with it...
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posted on
07/29/2016 1:34:05 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: NRx
And who says kids had no fun in the olden days???
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posted on
07/29/2016 1:34:24 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(Trump will win NY state - choke on that HilLIARy)
To: Donglalinger
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posted on
07/29/2016 1:47:39 PM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(I'm not a smug know-it-all; I just want you to experience epistemological closure.)
To: NRx
Please add me to your One Pingy Dingy list. :-)
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posted on
07/29/2016 1:48:18 PM PDT
by
AFreeBird
(BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
To: NRx
In high school, some guys I knew found a case of dynamite at an old quarry. They carried it around in the trunk of a car until they realized it might be dangerous (!) and threw it in a ditch.
To: AFreeBird
Done. That will be three cents please, and a nickel on Sundays.
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posted on
07/29/2016 1:57:31 PM PDT
by
NRx
(A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)
To: NRx
Whoa, 23¢ a week! That’s pretty rich.
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posted on
07/29/2016 2:00:48 PM PDT
by
AFreeBird
(BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
To: NRx
Houses were smaller back then. It would take more than one stick to blow up a house today. But...the DemocRats can blow up the entire housing market, using no dynamite at all. Progress? I think not.
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posted on
07/29/2016 2:22:21 PM PDT
by
Cincinnatus.45-70
(What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
To: NRx
I'm old enough to remember dynamite sticks as "Redneck Fishin' gear). In fact, I can admit to tossin' a 1/4 stick or two myself! Tip..., just make sure if there is a current flowing you throw it DOWN-STREAM! Don't ask how I came by this bit of trivia!
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posted on
07/29/2016 2:40:15 PM PDT
by
ExSES
(the "bottom-line")
To: ExSES
I had an uncle who didn’t know all the ins and outs about fishing with dynamite. As I said, “had and uncle”.
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posted on
07/29/2016 2:44:44 PM PDT
by
B4Ranch
("The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.")
To: NRx
Please add me to your ping list!
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posted on
07/29/2016 3:04:21 PM PDT
by
MissEdie
(I am South Carolina Strong.)
To: MissEdie
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posted on
07/29/2016 3:10:15 PM PDT
by
NRx
(A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)
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