The North Sea Trawlers and the Floating Fishing Town
A lively account of London’s Billingsgate fish market and the North Sea trawling fleets. Describes small steamers braving gales, the Royal Missions to Deep Sea Fishermen, winter dangers, boarding of catch by cutters, and fleet guidance by an admiral using color rockets.
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Acre
England
London Bridge
London
Billingsgate Market
Dogger Bank
North Sea
Royal
Billingsgate
Gravesend
Hull
Queen Alexandra
Mission
Open Dealing in Paint Exposes Lead Purity Fraud
An old article explains how paint buyers were defrauded with chalk and rock mixed lead. National Lead Company introduced the Dutch Boy trademark and a blow pipe test to guarantee purity. The firm offers a free test kit and booklet if readers write for it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Lead Company
Woodbridge
New York
Madam Wins After Debut in Smoking Car Tale
A sharp elderly traveler proves she is no has-been when she asserts she belongs in the smoking car. She lights a pipe with a shoe strike, then teases a fellow passenger about assuming her inexperience and her favorite seat, the smoking car.
Fielding and Pitchers Echoed in Boston Household
A Boston broker overheard a discussion among young women graduates about the English novel. He quipped that Fielding matters only with good pitchers and hitters, reflecting a light social moment from Harper's Weekly. Also noted is the new world’s largest rock crusher in South Pittsburg Tennessee, in operation at a cement plant. It handles 800 tons per hour with 60 percent under four inches, weighing 425,000 pounds and requiring 29 horsepower.
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Boston
Fielding
Harper’s Weekly
South Pittsburg
Tenn
Grape Nuts and Postum Help Woman Rebuild Health
An Indiana woman recalls a years long battle with indigestion and nerves after peritonitis. She credits Grape-Nuts and Postum with restoring energy, appetite, sleep, and well being, saying her health is now better than before the illness and that she and her husband continue using the products. The ad-like letter ends with the slogan There’s a Reason and a note about authentic reader letters from Postum Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AN. Y
Postum Co
Battlecreek, Mich
Wellville
Brave Deed Of Unknown Smack Crew In Barnegat Rescue
In Atlantic City New Jersey the crew of an unknown fishing smack risked breakers to rescue Walter Arbe and James Wyatt from a sinking yacht Rena off Barnegat bay. Captain Co B Thompson led a volunteer lifeboat crew through heavy seas while the Rena’s two occupants were unconscious. The rescuers delivered them to safety. the unknown smack then disappeared, with its crew unnamed. The rescued men later recovered and identified themselves. the Rena’s launch peril and fuel explosion left the craft missing.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Rena
Walter Arbe
James Wyatt
Seaside Park
Barnegat Bay
Wyatt
Arche
Arbe
Co. B. Thompson
Barnegat
Thompson
Albe
Barnegat Station
Brooklyn Pitcher Faces Dying Child In Remarkable Game
George Bell pitched a masterful 2-0 win over Pittsburgh as Brooklyn fans cheered. Amid the triumph, Bell learned his baby was near death and was rushed to Knoxville to be at the bedside, while manager Patsy Donovan praised his loyalty and resolve.
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New York
George Bell
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Bell
Patsy” Donovan
George
Knoxville
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgs
Donovan
Twins' Love Tragedy In Austria Ends In Death
In Edlitz Austria twin sisters Maria and Anne Grabner who had been deaf and dumb since birth killed themselves with poison after a suitor asked for one of them. They were found dead in each other's arms beside a letter to the fiancé explaining their reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Edlitz
Austria
Maria
Anne Grabner
Church-Step Poker Condoned In Pittsburgh Sermon
Rev Dr C L E Cartwright of First Methodist Episcopal Braddock used a sermon on Playing Cards on Church Steps to defend boys found playing poker for cigarettes on church steps He contrasted adults gambling at home trains and hotels and suggested boys play for cigarettes while noting parents may gamble and attend to religion alike.
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Pittsburg
C. L. E. Cartwright
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Braddock
Tragedy at Vaudeville as Stage Manager Killed on Stage
During the fourth act at Tour-Mile creel a stage manager named William E Nunn was fatally shocked by a defective current wire in a theater switchboard. He touched the live wire while monitoring the act and fell onto the stage in full view of several hundred spectators. The incident occurred at the Vaudeville theater with Eric Pat and others present.
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Eric
Pat William E. Nunn
Vaudeville Theater
Nunn
Cat bite fatal to Mrs. Trumbull Baldwin in L I
New York report states Mrs. J. C. Trumbull Baldwin of Long Island died from rabies contracted three months earlier after a cat bite. She suffered eight hours of severe pain before death. The cat, described as a pit, bit her nose while she played with it.
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New York
J. C. Trumbull Baldwin
L. I
Safe Password Revealed at Lodge Meeting
A young wife confronts her husband about his lodge secrets. He agrees to share the password Aldaborontiphosei phorniosticos but insists it be whispered only once and quickly. She pleads to remember and laments the burden of secrecy.
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Tohn
Tootsie
Eczema Endured 55 Years Ends in Cure
Hale Bordwell of Tipton Iowa describes a lifelong battle with a painful eczema to age 55. After eight months using Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent and Pills he reports a full cure. A endorsing witness from Tipton corroborates the testimonial and the condition prior to treatment.
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Hale Bordwell
Tipton
Bordwell
Nelson R. Burnett
A Financier
A Financier notes a puzzling scene with a lawn mower at the foot of the stairs as he enters at midnight, prompting a terse exchange about an accident policy on a life. The fragment hints at a suspenseful or mysterious scenario in a Houston Post context.
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Houston Post
Druggist Endorses Marine Eye Remedy Claims
An advertisement proclaims Marine Eye Remedy cures eyes and strengthens weak eyes, relieves eye pain without smarting, and is sold for 50 cents. The copy urges readers to consult their druggist for the remedy.
Nonsensical Patent Remedies and Quotes Highlight Ad Lines
An OCR fragment presents a collage of ad style lines praising nerve restorers and teething syrup. It includes Dr R Lt Kline’s nerve restorer with trial bottle offer, a Philadelphia address, and multiple quotable maxims from Sinclair Adams Winslow and others, ending with a teething syrup claim.
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St. Vitus
de Kline
R. Lt. Kline
Arch Street
Philadelphia
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Stile
the Colter
Angry Sea
Pitcher
Cuthura
Sinclair
Adams
Ira
Winslow
T. T. Lynch
Allen's
A.S. Olmsted
le Lroy
N.Y
Coleridge
California Lie Syrup Co
Paxton
Mass
Postal Tyfewriver CO
Norwabe
Conn
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