Heroes of the Deep Captain Courage Ends in Death on the Sea
A London Answers summary honors sea captains who stayed to save their crews. It recounts Captain Sealby of the Republic, Chief Officer Paterson of the British King, Captain Griffith of the Mohegan, Captain Deloncle of La Bourgogne, Captain Craven of the Tecumseh, and others for selfless acts as ships sank or burned, with several perishing.
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Sealby
Republic
Paterson
New York
O'Hagan
O'Tagan
Griffith
Atlantic Transport Line
Mohegan
Needles
Neroiec
Loodiana
Deloncle
la Bourgogne
Captain Craven
Mobile
London
Newlyweds Buy Bread After Move In
A baker arrives at a young couple's new home and asks for trade. The wife agrees to a trial, unsure how much bread they will need. She estimates five loaves per day for two people, leading to a humorous exchange.
The Joneses Happiness and Absence
The Cleveland Leader notes a paradoxical happy couple image while marking Jones as a traveling man who is rarely at home. The brief exchange implies a tension between public contentment and private absence in the relationship.
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Joneses
Jones
Cleveland
Moving service ad from Haverly offers prompt house moves
Haverly advertises readiness to handle house moving tasks swiftly. The note emphasizes prompt service and reliability for residential relocations with the initials H C Haverly.
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H. C. Haverly
A Fighting Whale Tale From the Offshore Grounds
John R. Spears recounts the loss of the Ann Alexander of New Bedford off Chile and Peru on August 20, 1850 as a whale attack destroys boats and sinks the ship. The crew are saved by another whaling vessel and a comic yet grim note on officers arranging a funeral with six bids for graves.
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John R. Spears
New England
Ann Alexander
New Bedford
Chile
Peru
John §. Deblois
Deblois
Ihe
Kidnaping Voters in English Electoral Warfare
During historic English elections voters were abducted by rival factions as a tactic. Victims range from humble to influential, forced into confinement in mansions or coal holes, ferried by ship or train, and bribed for travel to polling places. Accounts include Newcastle shiploads to Ostend and Ipswich electors sent to Rotterdam.
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England
II Uence
Newcastle
London
Ostend
Berwick
Norway
Ipswich
Rotterdam
Pearson's Weekly
Salting Newborns Across Cultures, A Grim Practice
The ancient rite of salting newborns persists in parts of Europe and Asia, with Armenians and Greeks maintaining salt in infancy to ward off evil and ensure strength. Excess leads to severe burns, convulsions, or death, while some German regions use symbolic salting. The practice is linked to beliefs about purification and resilience.
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Eriwan
Asia Minor
Germany
Ezekiel
Jerusalem
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Naval Red Tape Story About One Coffin Absurdity
A naval joke recalls a ship twenty years ago in a foreign port. A sailor sickened and died, and under reform constraints the surgeon requisitioned a coffin from the paymaster. With no coffin in stock the process cascaded to the fleet paymaster, who also lacked coffins as the absurd chain continued.
Pioneer Days In Missouri In 1851 Huntsville
In 1851 Huntsville hosted a doctor who pulled teeth for 25 cents and a photographer who made daguerreotypes for 1.50 each, nicknamed the sciences and arts leaders. Deer and fish supplied the woods and streams as grocers sold mackerel herring and sardines in abundance, with better foods making the pioneers weary of plenty.
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Missouri
Huntsville
Macon
Angora Cat Quest Tests Budget Between Mother and Daughter
Elinor longs to bring an Angora cat from Maine to Connecticut. Her mother offers a dollar to spend in Boston to stop the idea. Elinor weighs the value of a cat against a single dollar in a wry, humorous exchange.
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Elinor
Maine
Connecticut
Boston
Train Halt Leads to Proposal Plan in Bohemia
Passengers near Tierentz station find guard pushing the engine driver who explains he delayed to propose to the young woman in the refreshment room at the next stop. The driver said he had no time to complete his toilet before departure.
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Tierentz
Bohemia
London Standard
Reminiscences of an English nurse who lived close to a century
Mrs. Andrew Crosse recalls an old nurse born at Broomfield England who reached nearly one hundred. She claims the nurse ate eight meals daily a dew bit and breakfast a stay bit and dinner a nommet and crummet and a bit after supper. She also mixed leftover medicines to swallow on the principle that what cost money should not be wasted.
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Andrew Crosse
Broomfield
England
Waldo Emerson Reappears in Odd Conversational Exchange
A fragment from Life magazine shows a playful dialogue about Waldo Emerson as a topic of polite conversation. The exchange questions whether the subject is genuinely engaging or merely a conversational prop.
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Waldo
Waldo Emerson
Bostonbeans
Don’t You Read Speeches Senator Sorghum Says
In a Washington Star quote, the politician quips that speeches are unread and unheard to avoid making enemies, as Senator Sorghum answers a jab about public reception.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Out In the Rain Hat Frustration
A light shower prompts musings on weather accuracy as an Ohio State Journal note complains that a new hat is ruined by rain despite a forecast of only six hundredths of an inch of precip.
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Ohio State Journal
Idleness and Slow Progress Slow Road to Misery
A quotation notes how idleness leads to slow progress and invites misery to take hold at the first chance. The line reflects a moral warning about wasting time and delaying action.
The Way Appendicitis Was Treated Long Ago
A medical overview traces appendicitis from ancient bowel inflammations to surgical removal. It explains the appendix anatomy, causes such as stenosis and foreign bodies, and details a careful operation from anesthesia to incision, tying off the colon, removing the organ, and closing the wound with typical two week recovery. Insights are attributed to James M. Smyth, M D.
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James M. Smyth
New York World
Worms Expelled From Pigs by Wormstor Agent
Wormstor removes worm nests and worms from pigs in a noted control effort led by Cc. A. Gamble and team. The operation aims to reduce infestation and improve livestock health.
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Heroes OF the
DEEP
NAVAL
Cc. A. Gamble
C. R. Quade
Parley
Sheidon
J. Sheiden
Ss. A
Keenan
Story Co
AMES
National Bank of Commerce
Knautie, Kachod & Kubue
First National Bank
Chicago
Marshalltown
Des Moines Savings Bank
Des Moines
Ance
Geo. E. Baker
Ames, Iowa
Bosworth
Iowa State College
City
Diamond Bluff
Creasor
H. M. Benson
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