Colonists Return From Palestine aboard Kingdom of the Holy Ghost and Us
The barkentine Kingdom of the Holy Ghost and Us Society of Shiloh arrives in Portland Maine from the Mediterranean. Rev Frank W Sandford, head of the sect, is aboard and the ship is believed to have brought back colonists from Palestine who had lived there for years and faced possible hardship. Many men women and children disembarked today.
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Portland
Barkentine Kingdom of the Holy Ghost
Us Society of Shiloh
Frank W. Sandford
Palestine
Kingdom Sails From Gibraltar With Pleasant Weather
A crewman said the Kingdom departed Gibraltar on March 17, stopped a day at St. Thomas, and that all aboard were well in pleasant weather. Mr. Sandford did not appear, busy with the captain. The Holy Land colony has existed eight to ten years, with reports of suffering. many passengers suggest the return of Pares people once the barkentine sails, and Sandford’s whereabouts remain unclear.
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Gibraltar
St. Thomas
Mr. Sandford
Holy Land
Gender Sandford
Shiloh
Pares
Newton Man Joins Mckinley Expedition to Sitovia Kenia Peninsula
Herman L. L. Tucker, 25, Newton, son of Fred H. Foote, joins the Mr. McGy expedition sailing from Seattle for Sitovia Kenia. A graduate of Newton High School and Worcester Academy, he studied at Harvard and Williams, and earned forestry credentials at Biltmore. Member of Appalachian Club, he gained mountain experience in the White Mountains and has worked in forestry in Sitkosuta Mont.
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Newton
Herman Ll. Tuck
Nso
Biltmore
N. C
Appalachian Club
Young Tucker
Mountain Mans
White Mountains
Stiesouta Mont
Police phone alert for Halley’s Comet sighting in Woodbury
May 7. Woodbury mayor orders police to awaken residents who wish to view Halley’s Comet. About a dozen families were alerted at 3 a.m. by telephone with the call Get up and see the comet.
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Woodbury
N. J
Eleven Year Old Skipper Rescued After Bay Sail
Nelson M. Cook an 11 year old boy of 49 Billings Street Atlantic was picked up by a police boat off Governor's Island after his eight foot self built scow sailed from the inlet amid rising tide and gusty wind. He was landed at City Point and placed in Station 12 custody until his family could fetch him. He described plans to become a sailor like his father, captain of a six masted schooner, and had spent months building the seaworthy craft with lead ballast to prevent tipping.
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Nelson M. Cook
Billings Street
Atlantic
Governor’s Island
City Point
Station 12
Nelson
15 Killed In Powder Explosion Shakes Cities
A massive powder explosion ripped through a main magazine causing two detonations. The blast shattered Ottawa area windows, toppled chimneys, and left dozens dead or dying. Rideau Hall and Parliament Hill suffered extensive damage as rescues commenced and victims were rushed to hospitals.
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Ottawa
Hull
Rideau Hall
Earl Grey
Parliament Hill
Hart Grey
Carrier
John Blanchfield
Louis McCann
Halley s Comet as Troubling Predictor of Calamity
A 1910 newspaper piece catalogs widespread panic over Halley s Comet tying it to prophecies of strikes, wars, plagues, and end times. It cites Mme de Thebes forecasts, Salvation Army warnings, alleged sky signs, and incidents in Chicago New York Bermuda Costa Rica and China as fear examples.
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Edward
Halley
Mme. de Thebes
Paris
America
Mme. de Thebeses
William Booth
Salvation Army
London
Chicago
New York
Bermuda
Costa Rica
Cartago
Explaining Halley’s Comet For Lay Readers
An expert outlines comet classes, explains how a parabolic and a straight course comet behave after solar flyby, and discusses tail length estimates. Earth may pass through the tail but climate impact is unlikely. cyanogen gas is not found in the tail. International efforts at Yerkes Harvard and Lick Observatory study the comet’s photo, light variations, and spectrum.
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Halley
America
Yerkes Observatory
Harvard
Reason Before Love His Theory About Marriage
Paris May 8 Marcel Prevost author and playwright has just been received into L Academe Francaise as successor of Victorien Sardou. The academy, with 40 members, admits new elect after a death. Prevosts revolutionary marriage ideas sparked debate, arguing marriage should be a matter of reason rather than love, drawing protests and supporters.
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Paris
Marcel Prevost
Immortals
L’academe Francaise
Victorien Sardou
Prevost
King Edward’s Respect Becomes Lesson From Dr Risner
The Rev Dr Henry Risner of Tyler Texas, preaching at First Baptist Church on Commonwealth Avenue, said King Edward died having conquered the respect of the world. He credited the king’s greatness to his mother and noted the Duchess of Kent and Victoria’s destined line in the Hanover house, citing genealogical curiosity and fate as reflected in history.
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Edward
Henry
Risner
Tyler
Texas
First Baptist Church
Commonwealth Avenue
Duchess of Kent
Victoria
England
House of Hanover
Cadum Cure Promises Immediate Relief for Itching
Advert claims Cadum, a ten cent remedy, stops itching instantly when applied to any affected skin. It purports to relieve imples, rash, blotches, inflammation, and chafing within a day and to aid eczema and salt rheum, asserting fast relief and healing.
Two Privates Saved After Punt Capsize At Sea
Portland Maine May 8 Two privates of the One Hundred Fifty fourth Company Coast Artillery stationed at Fort McKinley were capsized from a small punt while being carried out to sea in the ship channel last night. One member made a desperate effort to reach shore and succeeded.
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Portland
Coast Artillery
Fort McKinley
Men Tossed At Diamond Island Rescue At Cushings Island
Chester O'Connor and Charles Frederick found a punt at Diamond Island near the fort and tried to paddle to the mainland with boards. They fought the tide but Frederick tipped the boat. O'Connor, swimming on Frederick’s hair, dragged him to Cushings Island where he fainted from exhaustion. They endured until daylight before being taken to the city.
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Chester O’connor
Charles Frederick
Diamond Island
Frederick
O’connor
Cushings Island
Lowell Sails to Photograph Halley Comet at Flagstaff
Professor Percival Lowell departed aboard the American liner New York to reach Flagstaff Arizona and capture photographs and spectographs of Halley’s comet. His voyage follows a prior booking, delayed to display Martian canal photographs.
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Paris
Percival Lowell
New York
Flagstaff
Ariz
Lowell
Sorbonne
Hold Services for Thomas E Marr
The funeral of Thomas H. Marr a landscape photographer was held from his home at 16 Hiawatha road Dorchester yesterday afternoon with Rev Allan McL Taylor of the Church of the Holy Spirit officiating. Interment was in Forest Hills Cemetery. Floral tributes came from Thomas W Lawson Mrs Jack Gardner George Hanscomb Dr B Wood Andrew J Lloyd Company Dr Fred Webber and Dr Fred Abbott.
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Thomas H. Marr
Hiawatha Road
Dorchester
Allan McL. Taylor
Church of the Holy Spirit
Forest Hills Cemetery
Thomas W. Lawson
Jack Gardner
George Hanscomb
B. Wood
Andrew J. Lloyd Company
Fred Webber
Fred Abbott
Beverly man leaps from bridge rail into Merrimack River
John F E Glidden of Beverly suddenly went insane on a long Merrimack River bridge near Newburyport. He vaulted over the rail into 50 foot deep water as his brother and sister in law watched. A motor boat reached him and he fought rescuers but was saved by exhaustion from immersion.
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Newburyport
John FE
Glidden
Beverly
Merrimack River
Rescua
Glidden Rescued After River Leap From Car On Bridge
Mr and Mrs George H Glidden were in a car when it neared a bridge and he warned a wheel was coming off then jumped over the railing into the river. H B Smith and Henry W Gowen in a motor boat saved him from further danger. He was taken to the police station and then Homeopathic hospital with nervous prostration from overwork. Glidden works in the inventors department of the United Shea Machinery in Beverly. He lives on Highland avenue in Beverly and is married.
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George H. Glidden
Glidden
H. B. Smith
Main Street
Amesbury
Henry W. Gowen
Newburyport
Highland Avenue
Beverly
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