Get Everything That Will Float Seals Ghosts Fate in War Tide
The Belle River yard on the Detroit riverfront sees the end of wooden ships era as war demand spurs rebuilding. Gettysburg and other steam barges, three masters, and schooners head to Atlantic coast or coast service after June as marine builders convert relics into modern craft while veterans recall historic rescues on Lake Huron and Lake Michigan.
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Detroit
Mich
Belle River
Europe
Marine City
Atlantic
Gettysburg
Russell A. Alger
Michigan
Cleveland
Alger Lumber
Lake Huron
Lakes
Arenac
Duluth
Alex M. Anderson
Anderson
Rob
C. Wente
William H. Hazard
Ford
F. H. Knapp
McLouth
Mike Corry
Annie P. Grover
Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast
Mariner
Grover
la Belle
Girl, 16, Deemed Nation's Notable Juvenile Pyromaniac
Columbus fire officials report a sixteen year old girl near Van Wert is the department's most pronounced juvenile pyromaniac. She admits starting fires at multiple homes since age eleven and has confessed to arson including a house fire at a family she lived with. She is committed to the Girls' Industrial Home in Delaware.
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Columbus
Disinherited German Surgeon Fights Mother's Will in Lebanon
Dr. Guido Hinkel of Freiberg files in Lebanon county court to overturn his mother Rosalie Coleman’s will. She disinherited him February 23, 1915 due to his war service with Germany. Estate valued around $1,000,000, with Cornwall iron ore holdings, left to J Coleman Drayton Ronald De Reuter and Camille Besson. Proceedings appeal reg ister's court letters granting administration to Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities.
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Lebanon
Guido Hinkel
Freiberg
Germany
Rosalie Parant Coleman
Paris
France
Coleman
Crook’s Mortgage Fraud Struck Down in Dakota
After six years a Superior man’s land near Charleston North Dakota mortgaged on forged papers is restored to Andrew Byrnteson. The crook posed as Byrnteson, convinced a bank he deserved a $700 loan, and went into temporary residence here. Courts ruled in Byrnteson’s favor, clearing the title.
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Superior
Wis
Charleston
N. D
Andrew Byrnteson
North Dakota
Byrnteson
Williamses welcome twentieth child in Danville
Danville Indiana announces the birth of the Williamses’ twentieth child, a daughter. Mr Elijah Williams is the nineteenth child born to his own parents, highlighting a long family line and multiple siblings.
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Danville
Ind
Elijah Williams
Mr. Williams
International Sunday School Lesson Overview and Methods
E O Sellers directs a June 25 lesson on Philippians 1 1 11 and 31 9 from the Moody Bible Institute. The piece outlines maps and travel clubs to teach Pauline journeys, with lesson summaries and suggested class activities for all ages.
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E. 0
Sellers
Soes
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Safe Liver Cleansing
Dodson's Liver Tone offers a gentler alternative to calomel claiming it cleanses the liver and bowels without causing sickness. The ad asserts a money back guarantee, notes vegetable ingredients, and urges use by adults and children, contrasting it with calomel’s dangers and mercury content.
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Dodson
Santos-Dumont in South America for Pan-American talks
Santos-Dumont tours South American cities for the Pan American aeronautic conference. Born in Sao Paulo on July 20 1873, he backed air travel with dirigible and airplane demos from 1900 to 1906 while spending over 50,000 dollars yearly on aeronautics for 12 years.
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Santos-Dumont
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Europe
Paris
Resinol Aids Skin Comfort And Healing Claims
Resinol ointment and resinol soap are advertised as soothing and cooling for irritated skin and itching. The text asserts rapid relief for eczema ringworm and pimples and says the treatment is a doctor’s prescription used nationwide for twenty years. It notes pharmacies sell Resinol without requiring a prescription. It also mentions the Authors' club of London reporting many members in active war service and sympathy votes for fallen kin.
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Authors’ Club of London
Great Britain
Lung Vita Claim Ad From Nashville Medicine Co
Mrs. Fannie Mayberry of Columbia Tennessee reports asthma cure after doctors said no cure. Testimony claims Lung Vita cures asthma and throat trouble and consumption. Advertisement asks 31.75 for thirty days or more details from Nashville Medicine Co Department K Nashville Tenn.
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Fannie Mayberry
Columbia
Tenn
Nashville Medicine Co
Dept. K
Nashville, Tenn
Adv
Greenland Maps Grow by 150000 Square Miles
A New York Mail item notes church maps of Greenland indicate about 150000 extra square miles beyond previous estimates. The piece raises questions about whether Greenland is engaging in wartime activity and whether the land area supports such claims.
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Greenland
Gotham
New York Mail
Strong Summer Help Pitched by Patent Tonic and Remedies
A collection of dubious health ads tout Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic to strengthen the elderly and weak for summer. It also promotes Renovine as a heart cure, Hanford's Balk game of Myrrh, and a quip on silent heroes. The block includes adv lines on education versus legislation.
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Grove
Woman seeks hair dressing ad and wedding insult line
An old ad touts La Creole Hair Dressing for gray hair at one dollar. A household quip notes a husband who won’t speak is dumb and wants to talk with his fingers. Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh is recommended as an antiseptic with no prior remedy needed.
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Hanford
A Friend In Need Diarrhoea Cordial Ad
An advertisement extols Mississippi Diarrhoea Cordial for instant relief with prices 50c and 25c. A barber note mocks self styling while praising tensorial artistry. Hanford's Balm salve offered for fresh cuts. A quip comments that some men take politics more seriously than their pudding.
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Mississippi
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Saloniki
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Inez Milholland Boissevain
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Saul
Aeneas
Dorcas
Peter
Cornelius
Joppa
Cyprus
Iconium
Cchular
Christ
Parent
Min
Loton
Teston
Spohn
Spohn Medical CO
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Tommy
Hanford’s
Ady
Warste Fedeniser
Sitmer
Kiloter & Co
Setar
Harold Somers
DeKalb Ave
N. U
Memphis
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