Usk Survives Nantucket Storm With Bananas and Grapefruit
Captain Henry King of the British fruiter Usk reports a terrifically electrical storm off Nantucket Shoals on Tuesday night. The ship carried 18 000 banana bunches and 200 crates of grapefruit from Nipe Bay Cuba and anchored in the upper harbor. A vivid lightning flash showed a schooner under the bows and the crew feared a collision before safety. The crew waits for another schooner to report a near miss as they pass to port.
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Man Falls From Bridge Onto Railroad Road
Michael Sheehan of 301 Cambridge Street Boston, formerly of Cambridge, lay unconscious at the bottom of a railroad embankment after falling from an iron bridge at Hills Crossing Cambridge. Passersby mistook him for intoxicated. He was found by Patrolman Nelligan at 5 40 p m, then taken to Cambridge Relief Hospital with three fractured ribs and multiple contusions.
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Boston
Cambridge
Hills Crossing
Sheehan
Boston & Maine
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Nelligan
Cambridge Relief Hospital
Warner's Safe Cure Sponsored by Mrs Simonne Godin
Mrs Simonne Godin reports long term bilious attacks headaches back pains and constipation improved after using Warner's Safe Cure. She states nerves have steadied and sleep improved and she endorses the remedy urging others to try it and allows publication of her statement and photo.
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Warner
Simonne Godin
Bright
Men exceed women in vanity and grooming says reader
Mrs. Elizabeth Bickford argues men invest more time and money in grooming than women. She describes hairpieces dyes and cosmetics and mocks male fashion, calling for equality in appearance and criticizing men who spectacle themselves with bold accessories and polish.
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Glenn
Atlanta
Jordan Studio
Elizabeth Bickford
Unruly Fashion Rules Target Men and Womens Wear
A writer critiques men's fashion faults from padded shoulders to corsets and loud neckties. The piece notes women tolerate masculine jests but vows to back a Georgia bill banning false hair and teeth, sheath gowns and related attire for men.
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Boston
Glenn
Georgia
Gas Is Blamed for Fatal Cambridge Street Fire
Expert testimony opened the second day of the arson trial of Pasquale Amenta and Pietro Ruma before Judge Duff. The 293 Cambridge street blaze killed four. Details include nightly routines, a store closure, and statements about discovering the fire at dawn.
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Pietro Ruma
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Kern Welcomed by Neighbors on Return to Indianapolis
In Indianapolis Indiana July 15 a nonpartisan reception greeted John W Kern the newly nominated Democratic candidate for Vice President on his return from Denver. About 5000 gathered in Delaware street and courthouse yard to hear Kern speak for about 20 minutes after introduction by Charles W Fairbanks. The crowd cheered Mrs Kern William Kern and John W Kern Jr during the warm welcome.
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Ind
John W. Kern
United States
Denver
Delaware Street
Kern
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Fairbanks
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Mrs. Kern
William Kern
John W. Kern, Jr
Webster's Wild Man Chases Berry Pickers
The annual Webster wild man returned to scare residents near Oxford road berry pasture. He burst from bushes with a whoop, chased Mrs Paul Lamphere and other berry pickers including Paul Lamphere Katie Langlois Wilfred Langlois and Howard Steele, but the group kept gathering blueberries and he soon disappeared.
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West Street
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Teasing Showers on St Swithin day No Deluge Fears
The article notes a light shower on St Swithin's day in Boston with only 0.04 inches of rain and a brief downpour. Farmers complain the moisture barely wets a postage stamp and fear crop impact if this continues after the saint's day.
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St. Swithin’s
Boston
Weather Reign of Jupiter Pluvius Strikes New England Coast
A vivid regional weather vignette describes Jupiter Pluvius delivering varying rain along the Maine coast while several cities like Providence Hartford and Springfield received none. The day opens sunny with blue skies and a Yale banner mood before afternoon thunderheads roll in over Boston and northern New England.
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Boston
Washington Street
Old Sol
New England
Fresh Forest Fire Rages Near Wells Maine
A renewed forest fire west of Wells Maine spread two miles across forests, burning over four miles of territory. It destroyed 1.2 million feet of Chesley McDaniel boards valued at 18000 and about 500 cords of wood owned by Wells residents. Boston and Maine crews and the town fire department battled the flames, watering nearby houses which were not believed to be endangered.
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Boston notables register at Paris Herald office
Hazel Z. Huntin Mrs. D. H. Putnam A. H. Ewing Dr. C. E. Lothrop Jay Hunt and Alfred S. Hall of Boston registered at the Herald office in Paris on July 15.
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D. H. Putnam
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C. E. Lothrop
Jay Hunt
Alfred S. Hall
Boston
Herald Office
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Essay Care
Mrs Helen Barton of 27 Pearson Street Chicago writes she was run down near nervous prostration from overwork and worry and ill in bed before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After a week she began to improve and her nervous trouble disappeared leaving her completely restored.
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Pearson Street
Chicago
Ill
Lydia BE
Facts for Sick Women by Lydia E Pinkham Ad
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a thirty year standard remedy for female ailments including displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors leucorrhea and backache. It claims to have cured thousands and asks readers why they do not try it.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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