Living Skeleton No More Grows 50 Pounds
George Slats Bennett once famed as Birmingham’s leanest man now weighs 153 pounds after a three month course of a kidney and digestion treatment. A doctor mixed harmless drugs with Calisaya and Cardamom compounds, yielding rapid weight gain and improved health. Riker Jaynes drug stores stock all ingredients for prompt filling.
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George
Bennett
Shelter Inn
Birmingham
Bonnett
Mr. Bennett
Riker- Jaynes Drug Stores
Hands in Water Fort Fairfield Woman Recounts Skin Cure
Mrs. Blanche Dargle of Fort Fairfield Maine describes itching burning and painful skin sores on hands and the relief after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She and her nephew improved after baths with the products and mukes a strong endorsement of Cuticura for eczema rashes and scalp conditions. The ad notes Cuticura Soap 25c Ointment 50c and free samples by mail from Cuticura Boston. Tender-faced men urged to share with the shaving stick.
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Fort Fairfield
Blanche Dargle
Dept. T
Boston
Ontario Ship Beached While Aiding 32 Passengers In Fire
32 passengers and crew fought a burning Ontario after a cola cargo blaze erupted near Montauk Point. Captain Bond beached the ship to save lives while wireless operator Ingalls manned emergency transmissions and the crew kept order amid heavy seas and stifling heat. Lifesavers aided and a serious head injury to a Ditch Plain crew member was treated ashore.
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Atlantic Seaboard Revenue
Ingalls
Lynn
Ontario
Tasco
New London
Bond
Montauk
Revenue Cutters
Harriet
New York
Captain Goodale
Montauk Point
Harding
Ditch Plain Station
Onl
David H. Miller
Ditch Plain Life
George La Blanche Down and Out After Rings
The article describes George La Blanche once famous worldwide now among the down and outs with a scarred face from many ring battles and worn clothes. It notes his hands show bones and his body bears marks of past fights.
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George la Blanche
Ontario Fourth Mishap Vessel Collides and Near Foundering in Storms
The single screw steamship Ontario built in 1904 with 315 feet length, 42 feet beam, and 3082 tons gross carried a cargo worth about 300000 dollars including cotton, peanuts, eggs, spindle and kale plus resin and turpentine. This marks the fourth mishap after a collision near Boston on Oct 5 1908 and a near foundering off the Jersey coast on Nov 29, 1908. 90 passengers were aboard during the collision and 20 faced the peril of the storm.
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Ontario
Camden
N. J
Merchants & Miners' Line
Boston
Elk Garden
Jersey
Captain Bond Praised for Nerve in Sea Fire Record
Commodore Captain William J. Bond of the Merchants & Miners line and skipper of the Ontario has 19 years in command at Boston port. Born in Baltimore, he began as an ordinary seaman in 1881 and rose to master in 1893. This is his second sea fire incident after extinguishing a blaze aboard the Kershaw in 1905 during a Boston voyage.
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Merchants & Miners Line
William J. Bond
Ontario
Line
Boston
Baltimore
Mariner
Kershaw
Norfolk
Bond
Connecticut River Flood Reaches Danger Point at Holyoke
The Connecticut River hit flood stage at Holyoke with water two feet above this spring’s high mark. By 8 tonight the level stood at 8.73 feet over the dam crest, while Springfield’s river height climbed to 14 feet 6 inches. No damage expected in Holyoke as banks are viewed as capable of carrying the flood.
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Tiolyoke
Connecticut
Holyoke
Springfield
Marine fighter clings to ring hopes despite ruin
A faded boxing figure known as the Marine insists on fighting four or six rounds, while his health fails and he faces reforming jail life. Blanche La Blanche exits relief and notes his fall from the sport to squalor after a life of drinking and police court brushes.
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At Blanche
West End
la Blanche
Tewksbury
John Ll. Sullivan
Io Blanche
Kennebec River Clears for Navigation as Ice Breaks
Ice on the Kennebec river broke up and went out with the ebb tide, opening the river from the mouth to Augusta for navigation by nightfall. The update notes ships can resume travel as the stretch clears.Adamson's Cough Balsam is advertised as relieving cold or cough.
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Bath
Kennebec
Augusta
Adamson
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John Hancock Bldg
Captain Bond
Watch Hill
Post
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Ingalls Sounds
Herbert Ingalls
Naval
Newport
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Cape
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Chicago
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Kewanee, NL
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Kennebec River
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Orleans
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