Chief of Marine Shoemaker Appointed Chief of Division
Apt Charles F Shoemaker long service in revenue cutter and life saving services is named chief of division in the revenue cutter service succeeding Capt Shepard. Born March 27 1841 in Glen Dale Iowa Shoemaker entered Annapolis in 1858 and joined the revenue service in 1860 earning praises from Sumner Kimball for diligence and impartial consignments. In 1893 he commanded the Hudson and later received captain’s commission and orders to report to the treasury department for duty as chief of division.
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Charles F. Shoemaker
Revenue Cutter Service
Shepard
Harper's Weekly
Glendale
Jefferson County
Iowa
William R. Shoemaker
Army
Naval Academy
Annapolis
New Mexico
Sumner I. Kimball
Mr. Kimball
Shoemaker
Hudson
New York
Treasury Department
Lewis Cass
Mobile
Ala
Toredt
Atlantic
Rhode Island
Long Island
Washington
The
Seward
Ethel Matthews and Lord Vernon Calverley in London Romance
Ethel Matthews, long famed as a London beauty and frequent royal family likeness, is linked with Lord Vernon Calverley as a likely suitor. Calverley, though not young, joins a line of English nobility expressing interest in her.
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Ethel Matthews
England
Miss Matthews
Lord Vernon Calverley
Lord Calverley
Horrific Ashantee Festival Slaughters Reported by Missionary
Father Ramseyer describes the Bantama memorial festival in Ashantee where the king ordered the killing of 150 people including slaves and prisoners of war. The ritual involved desecration of ancestral remains, blood collection, and widespread slaughter amid fetichist beliefs.
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Coomassie
Ashantee
Father Kuehne
Jams
Bantama
Father Ramseyer
New York
Kuehne
Osay Aquatah
All Kinds Of Money Redeemable And Paper Currency
The piece argues paper money and its dependents improve convenience over heavy metal currency. It explains money includes promissory notes drafts checks and banknotes and that trust in redemption underpins widespread use in daily commerce.
How Wis Baby Ruled the World
Themistocles the great Athenian general, flourishing five hundred years before Christ, is cited in a quip that ends with a playful chain of rulers. It claims a baby’s rule extends from his mother to Europe and the world, concluding the infant rules the world.
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Themistocles
Christ
Europe
Rats Driven Off With Cayenne Pepper Laden Hay
A method to deter rats involves stuffing their runs with dry hay well seasoned with cayenne pepper. The practice relies on the spicy scent and irritation to discourage rodent activity.
Crowd Flee as Stand Collapses in Paris Funeral Scene
Richard Harding Davis describes a Paris crowd panicking at a toppled funeral stand near the Meurice and Continental hotels in the Rue Castiglione. Firemen and soldiers abandon duties, spectators on balconies witness a chaotic rush fearing a dynamite attack.
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Richard Harding Davis
Harper’s
Carnot
Meurice
Continental
Paris
Rue Castiglione
Tests of Ammunition at Indian Head Navy Grounds
Several tests were conducted at the naval proving grounds in Indian Head. An acceptance test involved a semi armor piercing thirteen inch shell with a large explosive charge from a lot of fifty shells.
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Winchester Arms Works
Naval Proving Grounds
Indian Head
Hints to Housekeepers and Craft Tips From a Veteran Shoemaker
A collection of home hacks covers frying eggs and bread, icing on cakes, and safe kitchen cleaning. It also includes advice on treating an irritable stomach with egg white, preserving black clothes, and a shoemaker’s method for correcting distorted feet by shaping footwear to the foot’s natural form.
Out of the Ordinary Across the World and Time
A collection of curious facts from world history and culture. Patent totals, school vision, Greek worship in New York, Lon don Times archive, Austrian passport law, phonographic desk, German Reichstag, London theatre superstition, and the first English language Bible printed in America with the Aitken imprint from 1773.
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New York City
Lenox Library
New York
London Times
London
Boston
America
R. Aitken
Pope's Head
Market Street
Piano Polish Mix for Restoring Fine Wood
Instructions mix equal parts turpentine linseed oil and vinegar to polish and restore aged fine wood. Rub in with flannel then finish with chamois skin for a gleam, removing dingy appearance from age.
Not a Subject Easily Controlled Row Up Stairs
Landlady quips that the new boarder is the professor of hypnotism seeking his wife’s permission to go out. Tit-Bits notes the backstage row in a humorous domestic vignette.
On the Right Track Lamp Chimneys
Dialogue captures a salesman and a boy choosing lamp chimneys with the suggestion the mother prefers a smokeless type. The scene shows curiosity and household practicality reflected in a domestic setting. The exchange hints at everyday shopping and family dynamics.
Breach-of-Promise Lawsuit Threat Mentioned in Candid Exchange
The dialogue hints at a breach-of-promise suit risk as Tom argues that the issue remains unsettled until a formal claim is made by an alleged suitor. The exchange underscores social norms and legal anxieties surrounding romantic commitments.
No-To-Bac advertised as a harmless tobacco cure
An advertising pitch touts No-To-Bac from Sterling Remedy Co. New York or Chicago promising to cure tobacco habits with a money back guarantee and claims no financial risk for users.
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V . Ne
Ad. Sterling Remedy Co
New York
Chicago
Enthusiastic Schoolma'am Delights in Teaching Calling
In a New York Sun excerpt, a young schoolma’am voices devotion to teaching as a holy vocation. A young man interrupts with a confession of intent, and she urges him to proceed, framing education as a vital, growth oriented profession.
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Clara
Nickel Plate adds Dining Car Service on key routes
The Nickel Plate Road announces new dining car service on train No. 6 from Chicago at 2 p m daily with connections to New York and Boston. Train No. 2 from Chicago at 9 20 p m offers breakfast and dinner, and Train No. 5 arriving Chicago at 9 35 p m from New York and Boston serves breakfast and dinner. For details contact a ticket agent or J Y Callahan. One note mentions Pilgrim's Progress as a popular Japanese illustrated religious book.
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Nickel Plate Road
Chicago
New York
Boston
J. Y. Callahan
Buffalo
J. Y. Cal General Agent
Force of Habit Catches Young Clerk in Dublin
An Irish boy quits a Dublin shoes shop for a hardware clerk position. An old farmer arrives with a mule seeking horseshoes. The boy asks for his shoe size, humorously implying he can fit the mule.
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Yorkshire
London
Calverley
Dublin
Insurance payout and praise for Hawkeye in Independence notice
A tenant near the Illinois Central line in Independence Iowa had a house fire on March 20 1595. The Hawkeye Insurance Company Des Moines Iowa paid 300 settlement via A C Simmons Independence. The note praises the company and urges others to insure.
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Newoneine
Illinois Central Railroad
Independence
Hawkeye Insirance Company
Des Moines
Iowa
A. C. Simmons
Pendence
Hawkeye Insurance Company
Thomas Epwards
A. T. McDonaLp
26th Triennial Conclave Keights Templar in Boston
The 26th Triennial Conclave Keights Templar will be held in Boston Massachusetts from August 26 to 30, 1845. To attend, the Wabash Railroad offers a round trip fare from all stations to Boston. A route map and guide will be mailed upon request to C. J. Crane, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, St. Louis Missouri.
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Boston
Mass
Wabash Railroad
Crane
St. Louis
Regional Population Figures and Patent Medicine Ads
Wyoming shows 21 302 women in population figures while New York lists 3 020 960. F J Cheney Co Toledo offers 100 reward for any catarrh cure. Parker's Ginger Tonic praised for relief of pain and sleeplessness. Pompeii sandals soles nailed. U S banks lost over 25 million to theft in year. Hindercorns promotes corn relief.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Vuece
Hall
That Tired Feeling and the Call to Purify Blood
A reader notes that waking fatigue signals impure blood and nervousness. Hood's Sarsaparilla is praised as a blood purifier that restores vitality, digestion, and strength, with a testimonial of improved health after use.
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Hood
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Wyoming
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Pompeii
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East Lev
May Manton
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New York, N. Y
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Philadelphia
Krade-Mart
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