Navy Cuisine And Shipboard Service In The American Fleet
The article extols United States Navy provisioning. It praises careful commissary inspection, seasonal diet planning, and strict food quality. It notes pay scales for cooks and bakers, and highlights efficient galley to table service on battleships like the Missouri. It contrasts American meals with British fare and describes modern kitchen equipment aboard ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Wis
Fay
Sonya
His Majesty
Twil
Republic
United States Navy
Uncle Sais
Oullset
Navy
Cookery Department of
Arch
Bruno
Missouri
Navy and
Maline Corps
Fox
Weather by Wireless Storm Signals Across Nations
A London meteorology conference of leading scientists from major fleets discussed wireless telegraphy weather warnings. The goal is a uniform system for marine reports and storm signals adopted by principal governments, with Prof. Willis L. Moore representing the United States Weather Bureau. The effort grows from years of European and global meteorology collaboration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U Fe
W. N. Shaw
British Meteorological Office
A. Avgat
Directo
French Meteorological Aervice
Rev
L. Free
Shanghai
China
Hirz
Deutsche Seewarte Ab
Rykatcheft
Central Physical Observatory
St. Petersburg
Russia
Confersnad
Pru. Moore
Jaind
France
Bueglund
Germany
London
Europe
United States
Willis L. Moore
United States Weather Bureau
Looked a Little Unstable Gen Buffington Tells Civil War Tales
At a Madison New Jersey dinner General Adalbert Buffington recounted Civil War stories including a December morning misadventure with a fatigued companion. He joked about Gen Mahone and described Uncle Davy’s accidental nap escape, dramatizing a chased retreat across the cold, windy ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adalbert R. Buffington
Madison
N. J
Davy
William
Davy Yeller
Cure for eczema through Cuticura ointment
A reader from Little Rock Arkansas recounts a year of severe itchy eczema on ankles feet arms and scalp. After trials with doctors and various remedies the condition improved within days of using Cuticura Ointment along with Soap and Pills, leading to a complete cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenry Searle
Little Rock
Ark
Potter Dreg & Ober
Carp
Solo Lrops
Boston
Polar expedition leaders and nations in 1908 race
The text lists 12 expeditions toward the pole with leaders Peary Cook Bernier Erichsen Rasmussen Chareot Shackleton and Geer from the United States Canada Denmark France England and Sweden. It also advertises Allan’s Poot-Hase foot remedy with a testimonial from Mrs Matilda Foltwett of Providence Rhode Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Denmark
France
Germany
England
Russia
Sweden
United States
Peary and Cook
Bernier
Erichsen and Rasmussen
Chareot
Shackleton
Geer
Allan
Among the Fighters and Odd Ads From Texas Era
Fragmented oddities from a Texas newspaper feature pugilistic snatches and bizarre ad copy. The text includes garbled names and phrases, references to a place in Big Springs, and a tongue in cheek line about vocabulary versus reach. A quirky note about a laundry branding and a jab about women.
Backache Relief Promised by Lydia Pinkham’s Compound
A fragment from an old advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for chronic backache and female health issues. It cites testimonials, including Mrs Winn Youne of Rockland Maine, claiming full recovery after three bottles and urging others to try the remedy.
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Rockland, Maina
Sing
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia H. Pinkham
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Jackers
Ebotanh
Borg
Atevican
Jan Lee
Cai
Wietdis Tyre
Wadelawerd
Fueas
OWL
Tae
Wireless
Mahone
Cutiura
Big Springs
Lydia EB. Pinkham
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