From the Angry Sea A Ship Disaster Rescue on Shore
A 1879 Long Beach New Jersey rescue tale recounts the schooner David H Tolck wrecked off the bar with captain Irving E Sawyer and wife Ida aboard. Second mate Emanuel Clausen saved the captain’s infant Genevra Sawyer before two sailors perished and two others saved by breeches buoy and surfboat efforts.
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Life Saving Corps
Long Beach
N J
David H. Tolck
Cuba
New York
Ida Sawyer
Sawyer
Emanuel Clausen
Genevra Sawyer
No. 19
Shipboard
San
Martin
Life Station No. 19
Frank June
Richard Gordon
Life Saving Station No. 18
Wessel
Station 19
Little Ark of Safety
Grimm
Fred
June
Gordon
Clausen
Sydney
Craven
George L. Krier
New Yorker Misses Telegraph Window in Chicago Tale
A New Yorker stops at Newell's to send a message to New York. A messenger reads the note, then the man tells rushed delivery. The boy asks if the telegraph office stays open after six, the traveler jokes he will report it from Chicago.
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Newell's
New York
Sonny
Chicago
Chicago Mail
Princess Bismarck Adores English Life In Letter
In a recent note to a Brighton friend, Princess Bismarck lauds England as God’s own garden and says she would choose English nationality if possible. She admires the country’s frank, cultured spirit and outdoor life, expressing strong affection for old England.
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Bismarck
England
Brighton
Man of Blood and Iron
Old England
Ladyland
New York Women Form Poetical and Philosophic Clubs
New York social life introduces named poetess and philosopher clubs. Jean Ingelow and Sappho clubs will read or sing verses while the Hypatia and George Eliot groups pursue wisdom studies. The trend shows women creating theme clubs to simplify life and share fads.
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New York
Jean Ingelow
George Eliot
Hypatia
Elizabeth Browning
Sappho
Philosophic Cluba
Poetic and Philosophic Clubs
Ailing Women Sing of Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Mrs J Arthur of Taylor Texas praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for curing womb and uterine troubles. She describes dizziness backache irritability and restored appetite noting relief and improved health after use. All druggists sell it Liver Pills 25 cents.
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Lydia L. Pinkham
Lipra E
Pinxuram Mrp. Co
Law
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