Anchor Liner California Sunk Without Warning
The Anchor Liner California, a vessel of 8662 tons and 470 feet, sank without warning in 1907 marking a sudden maritime disaster.
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California
Gow
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1917
Page
8
Gets-It advertised corn remover claim to lift toe corn quickly
The ad promotes Gets-It as the easiest cure for corns claiming 2 to 3 drops dry instantly and let you wear shoes immediately. It touts painless corn death, detachment from the toe, and relieves old bandaged toes and painful salves.
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H. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Til
Use Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer for natural gray coverage
Don’t use dyes for gray hair. Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer restores original dark shade gradually and safely, improves hair growth and shine. Available at Liggett's Drug Stores in Boston Cambridge Chelsea or directly from Hessig-Ellis Drug Co Memphis. Large bottle 50c. Booklet Hair Culture sent free.
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Q-Ban
Liggett’s Riker- Jaynes
Boston
Cambridge
Chelsea
All Good
Hessig-Ellis Drug Co
Memphis
Tenn
Better Than Calomel Olive Tablets Offer Laxative Relief
An advertisement touts Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets as a mild laxative and liver aid that avoids calomel and its dental drawbacks. It claims quick action against constipation and dullness, promising clearer brain and boosted spirits for 10c or 25c.
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Dr. Edwards
Plant Juice touted by Boston user as miracle stomach remedy
The Plant Juice Man of Houghton and Dutton Company cites testimonials from Boston users to prove the herbal stomach remedy works. Charles Margera of Commercial Street describes four years of indigestion with gas and pain, saying Plant Juice restored his health and appetite, improved sleep, and ended aches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Drug Department
Houghton & Dutton Company
Charles Margera
No. 336
Commercial Street
Anchor Line Vessel Fit With Modern Comforts For Sea Travel
A historic Anchor Line ship, among Cameronia Caledonia and Columbia, measured 470 feet in length and boasted all modern conveniences for passenger comfort at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameronia
Caledonia
Columbia
Scotch Nurse on Way Home
Miss Margery Sinclair of Boston sailed from New York on January 28 aboard the California and planned to return to 14 Russell Road Leith Scotland. A 27 year old nurse employed with a Brookline family she waited for the California rather than an earlier ship. She had been in the United States about three years and had no known relatives here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margery Sinclair
Boston
California
Russell Road
Leith
Scotland
Circuit Road
Brookline
Miss Sinclair
New York
Catherine Monroe
Pearl Street
Somerville
Lynn Man Aboard California Sinking Sheds Light
James Anderson aged 45 a Lynn resident and British subject was listed as a passenger on the British steamer California of the Anchor Line bound for Glasgow. The vessel sank off Ireland with unknown rescue outcomes. Anderson had a Dundee wife and five children and had planned to bring them to Lynn. He came to the United States in 1913 to settle and recently visited his brother William in Lynn before boarding for Scotland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
United States
Great Britain
Anchor Line
Frost
State Department
New York
Glasgow
Ireland
Dudley Field Marine
John L. Henderson
William F. Alger
D. Ethrington
W. Henry
James Anderson
Lynn
Anderson
Mr. Anderson
Dundee
Scotland
Percy Hicks
Truro
N. S
William Anderson
Henry Avenue
Arabia
Mediterranean
Germany
Lansing
High Seas
Mr. Lansing
Mrs Cuthill Sails to Scotland and Files for Naturalization
Caspar Wyoming February 7. Mrs Alexander Cuthill, a passenger on the liner California, sailed two weeks ago to visit her Scottish parents. Her husband has taken out his first papers of naturalization and filed on a local homestead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caspar
Wyo
Alexander Cuthill
California
Scotland
German Raid Captures Prisoners on Beresina Front
On the Beresina German detachments entered enemy lines, destroyed dugouts, and returned with two Russian officers and 50 men as prisoners and nine mine throwers. A Kovel Lutsk attack yielded 18 prisoners and one mine thrower. Official reports note progress near Embermenil and Meuse raids netting about 20 prisoners, and a clash in the Lugana valley left arms and munitions on the ground.
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Beresina
Kovel-Lutsk
Berlin
Embermenil
Lorraine
Paris
Meuse
Lugana
Monte Maso
Rome
Submarine War Caricatured as Savagery in Parliament
At the opening of Parliament, the new submarine campaign was called savagery shocking to the world’s moral sense. King George spoke of allied aims. Andrew Bonar Law noted naval efforts and requisitioned ships. He expressed cautious hope that new tonnage could replace losses despite the submarine threat.
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London
Britain
George
United States
Andrew Bonar Law
Asquith
Bonar Law
Washington Gets Report No Warning to Liner
In the House of Lords scene King George reads a war speech as younger peers in khaki do battle ready poses. Walter Hines Page, U.S. ambassador, sits near the throne. Asquith denounces Germany’s new naval policy as savagery and a challenge to neutral rights. The U.S. moves to brace for war with ships free to sail, arming optional, amid German threats and warnings from Lansing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Lords
George
Walter Hines Page
Bryce
Northcliffe
Beresford
Mr. Page
Sunk Vessels From German U-Boat Attacks Reported
Lloyds ship ping agency lists several British and international vessels sunk yesterday near London. The losses include the British steamers Vestra Crown Point St Ninian Saxon Briton and Corsican Prince plus the Italian Ferrucio and Peruvian Lorton, along with internal British trawlers and fishing boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lloyds Shipping Agency
Vestra
British Capture Grandcourt in Somme Advance
London dispatch reports Grandcourt, a fortified position covering the western approach to Bapaume, fallen to British forces. Grandcourt’s capture enhances the push toward the important city and railway hub central to the Somme drive.
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London
Grandcourt
Bapaume
British Advance Presses Grandcourt and Miraumont
British forces report successful progress on Grandcourt and Miraumont near Bapaume. Grandcourt village is now in British possession and the advance threatens the German line at Le Transloy, signaling a significant strategic gain.
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Grandcourt
Miraumont
Bapaume
le Transloy
Port Adelaide Sunk by German Submarine
The British government reports the liner Port Adelaide was torpedoed without warning while en route from London to Australia. Passengers were rescued by the Dutch ship Samarinda and landed at Vigo. the master was captured by the submarine. The Port Adelaide was 8181 tons gross.
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London
Port Adelaide
Australia
Samarinda
Vigo
Nurse on Way Home to Visit Mother
Jessie Robertson listed as Buffalo passenger aboard the Anchor liner California sunk off the Irish coast is not American. She is a nurse from St. Andrews Scotland and had been in this country for three years on her way home to visit her mother.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Jessie Robertson
California
St. Andrews
Scotland
Crippled Teuton Steamers At Boston Port
United States coast guard Captain John B. Coyle reports German liners at East Boston harbor stripped of engines with damaged cylinder heads and twisted valves. Damage traced to December as part of a deliberate plan. six to nine months needed for repairs. Authorities consider legal action against liner owners and possible arrest of an officer for contempt of court. Ships inspected include Koln Wittekind Amerika Cincinnati tied at Federal wharf with crew reductions and immigration records under review.
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Kronprinzess
Cecilie
John B. Coyle
United States Coast Guard Service
Treasury Department
Coyle
Department of Justice
United States
Koln
Wittekind
Lloyd Line
Cecilic
Amerika
Cincinnati
Boston
Europe
Federal Wharf
Commissioner of
Henry J. Skeffington
Germany
Washington
Red Blood for Beauty Promises Health and Vitality
An advertisement asserts that women must keep blood rich and red for beauty and health. It promotes Pepto Mangan The Red Blood Builder and combines exercise fresh air sensible diet with this tonic to improve complexion energy and social presence.
Pepto Mangan The Red Blood Builder Ad
An advertises Pepto Mangan as a blood builder offering health benefits through fresh air rest and balanced diet. It claims the product restores appetite color and energy, endorsed by physicians for mothers invalids convalescents and the overworked. The genuine product comes in an original sealed bottle from M J Breitenbach Co New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gude
Allies Plan to End War by End of Summer
London reports John Hodge minister of labor said at a meeting that representatives of the entente allies have determined to terminate the war by the end of summer after the recent conference.
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London
John Hodge
Entente
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A. Smith
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Edna Smith
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A. M. Alberson
J. M. Alberson
C. Alberson
Vancouver
A. Gilchrist
Rose Martin
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Alexander Martin
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A. Cuthill
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Eady
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Eearth Radway & CO
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18Th St
N.Y
Commercial St
Lynn Man
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R.A. White Co
King George
United States of America
House of Commons
Mr. Asquith
Crown Point
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Ferrucio
Inspector
In Harbor
Pepio Mangan
the Red Blood Builder
M. J. Breitenbach CO
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