Out for Business (1900)

Out for Business

Horatio Alger Jr. and Edward Stratemeyer's juvenile novel follows Robert Frost through work, risk, and opportunity in New York. (Open Library)

Watches

Waltham watch

Robert consults his excellent Waltham silver watch during an encounter with a stranger.

Source text: "Here Robert took out his watch—it was an excellent Waltham silver watch—and consulted it." (Project Gutenberg ebook 54737)