Iceberg Cavern Reveals Ghostly Face At Sea Cape Horn
A ship flees a green mist and fog near Cape Horn. In the moonlit ice field a moving iceberg opens into a vast cavern where a ghastly face appears in the wall. The crew fears a kelpie or specter as they escape to safety aboard their vessel.
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Capt. Hawkins
Barnaby Rudge
Lee Tal
Jenny Macalister
Hell
Murdoch
Maister Norris
Naethin
Sao
Murcoch
Seal
Pisa
Deil
Cape Horn
Retired Burglar Encounters Massachusetts Ghost Tale
A former thief recounts a night in a Massachusetts country house where a white ghostly figure appears in a hall and later becomes a living woman, prompting a frightful escape as she advances toward the bed and he tears through a window with a jimmy to flee.
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Liv
New York
Massachusetts
Comfortay
Cotton States Exposition Opens in Atlanta September 1895
Charles A. Collier, born 1848 and son of a Atlanta pioneer, serves as director general of the first international Cotton States Exposition to be held at Piedmont Park. The event runs from September to year end and the fair buildings will remain to embellish the park after the exposition.
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Atlanta
Charles A. Collier
Novel Experiments In Paving And Coal Coking
Two new experiments are described in this country. Compressed hay is pressed into cubes and treated with drying oil to create indestructible paving blocks. A second method uses heating under pressure to induce coking in non coking coals, preparing them by grinding to an appropriate fineness.
Cold Weather Sparks Indoor Recess at School
In a brisk exchange, Western and Eastern boys discuss the harsh winter. The Western boy notes the severe cold, while the Eastern boy agrees, recalling a day so cold he chose indoor recess.
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North Pole
Glow Lamps on Horse Drawn Vehicles Spark Little Notice
An illustrated feature shows glow lamp adaptations on horse blinders for carriages in Berlin. The lamps sit in a silvered reflector and receive power from a compact battery carried on the vehicle, highlighting the growing use of electric lights on transport.
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Berlin
Northwest European Fish Guano Industry Described
The article outlines fish guano production from herrings in Northwest Europe. It details boiling in salt water, pressing in narrow basket presses to extract oil, refining and exporting the oil mainly to France, and processing fish residue through steam drying to produce a dust-like meal. Drying uses double-bottom iron pans eight feet across with steel scrapers, noting cast iron resists acids best.
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Europe
France
Browser Declined a Drink Adds to Strange tale
A quirky anecdote asserts that Browser once refused a drink, underscoring how truth can outpace fiction in odd incidents. The tale plays on the idea that even familiar names can surprise with unexpected restraint or wit.
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Browser
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Purified Blood and Health
Purported health ad extolls Hood's Sarsaparilla as essential for good health and impurity removal. Claims 2400 disorders stem from impure blood and that the remedy cures scrofula blood poisoning salt rheum and other diseases with marked success and huge sales. It promotes spring cleansing and rising energy.
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Hood
Hood’s Sarsaparilla Recounts a Healing Family Testimonial
A Missouri minister reports three years ago a son died from impure blood and a second boy fell ill at two months. After giving Hood’s Sarsaparilla to mother and baby, the scrofulous blood cleared and a healthy 18 month old child followed. The minister and his wife both improved.
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Hood
J. M. Pare
Brookline Station
Missouri
Hood's Sarsaparilla pattern sale described for readers
Advertisement promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla patterns sold by mail at ten cents each with one cent postage. It touts latest New York styles, 24 year nationwide use, and includes full pattern descriptions, yardage, piece counts, and cut instructions. Customers order by pattern number with size and bust measurements.
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New York
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Bronx City
Els
M. Dept
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Lot Frankel Clothing CO
Eo Imat Street
Des Moines
DAVIS
Wan Davis & Rankin Bldg
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