Heroes of the Surf and Peaked Hill Bar Tragedy
Excerpts from a New York Herald souvenir volume recount heroic deeds of U S life savers. It details Keeper Atkins and Surfmen Taylor Mayo Kelly Young Fisher and Cole in rescuing the Trumbull crew at Peaked Hill Bar and the perilous capsizing and loss of Atkins Taylor Mayo. It notes the life saving dress and a Lake Ontario incident with a French reader, plus a Metropolis disaster dog that aided rescues and followed patrol patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atkins
Taylor and
Mayo
Peaked -Hill Bar
Trumbull
Taylor
Kelly
Young
Fisher
Cole
Ixcallent
Amakie Keane
Paul Boyton
Lake Ontario
Edwin Landseer
Humane Society
Metropolis
North Carolina
Reiding
Pik
Grad Thers Agasl Remging, Phdadily
Stage Pioneer Recalls Sept 26 1827 Debut at Walnut Street
Mrs John Drew recounts her first performance as the little Duke of York in Richard II at Philadelphia’s Walnut Street theater with Junius Brutus Booth senior in the crookback tyranny role. She notes a lifelong stage career and Booth’s magnetic portrayal left a lasting, unmatched impression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Drew
Walnut Street Theater
Philadelphia
Little Duke of York
Shakespeare
Richard Til
Junius Brutus Booth
Elder Booth
Edwin Booth
Crook
Booth
Richard
Ancient roots of football traced from China to world
Stewart Calin of the University of Pennsylvania notes football began with China as training for soldiers. An ancient drawing shows a ruler playing with a huable and two chamberlains in the tenth or eleventh century. The game spread from Japan and then worldwide. In a separate item, Mr. Broker reports a dining mishap over boiled codfish on a fish day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Calin
Museum of Archanology
University of Pennsylvania
Broker
B. Dee
Lizzie
Pittsburg
Agreed With His Cross Examiner
James Hyde recalls a case from a small Long Island town where a farmer jailed a neighbor for duck theft. Hyde questions the farmer who swears, by distinctive ducks, they are his. The farmer adds he has had other ducks stolen nearby, implying broader trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hyde
Long Island
Indianapolis Sentinel
Battle of Paris 1418 Between Butchers and Carpenters
In 1418 Paris faced a civil strife between two factions the Duke of Burgundy led the butchers and the Duke of Orleans led the carpenters. A street battle left the carpenters victorious driving the butchers from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butchers and Carpenters
Paris
Duke of
Burgundy
Orleans
Carpenters
The Nonprofessional Profile Head
The New York Sun quotes Mr. Bilhops noting many people draw leftward profile heads and rarely a right facing profile. He suggests a simple reason exists beyond his knowledge.
Prize watch offered to top newsboy for two month sale
An inducement prize offers a stem winding watch to the newsboy who returns the greatest cash amount from papers sold over two months starting January 1. The watch is on display at the office and described as a fine beauty.
Ten rattlers born in a zoo rattlesnake birth shock
Lincoln Park zookeepers report ten newborn rattlers in the same enclosure as a five foot yellow Florida rattlesnake. Curator Prof Baker calls the event unprecedented in captivity while noting the unlikely oviparous reproduction in a species typically laying eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Park
Milwaukee
Kulna
Everglades
Florida Peninsula
Livcola Park Commission
Pacific Coast
California
Florida
Cy de Vey
Prof. Baker
Academy of Sciences
de Vey
O. P. Hay
Field Museum
Chicago Tribune
Unprecedented Elopement Raid Alarms Croatian Town
At Delmoze near Flume on the Adriatic twenty girls were carried off on horseback in one night by several men whose parents refused consent. Organised raids to force marriages are new and have caused a sensation in Croatia, though elopement is not uncommon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmoze
Flume
Adriatic
Severs
Croatia
Cincinnati Enquirer
No Doubt About It at the De Myllions Ball
The note recalls a dramatic scene at the De Myllions ball last night where Augustus proposed to Miss de Myllions and was rejected. A tremendous crush followed as the moment played out before attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
de Myllions
Augustus
New York Times
Demorest's Family Magazine highlights and gift ideas
A fragment describes a February issue full of culture and entertainment. It lists illustrated features on Snowshoe and Hinduism, Valentine themed pieces by famous names, humorous sketches for Crogs Purposes, recitations for children and adults, and party ideas. The magazine costs $2 a year and is published by W. Denuings Denoures in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demorest
Juggermaut
Muse Melba
W. H. Gibson
Cheiro
Elizaveth Marberry
Sydney Rusentiuld
Otuuray
Bitnu
W. Denulngs Denoures
Bust
New York
Popular Monthly highlights novels and travels from Frank Leslie era
February issue highlights portraits of Nicholas II, a look at the Bosnian voyage by M. de Jewicz, and Theo Tracy's Stulkworn tale with silk district photos. It covers Edison kinetoscope wonders, Ceylon scenes, stage mechanics, and nine short notices and fiction pieces by various authors including Nora Mlarbie and Ghampion Bissell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Leslie
Nicholas II
Caur
Russia
Bosnia-Heuizegovina
Theo Tracy
Friun
Laly
Seateh
John MuncRae
Brooklyn Yacht Club
Editison
Antonia K. L. Dickson
Ceylon
F. Fitz-Roy Dixon
Oy Arhur Hornblow
Irving Allyn
Nora K. Mlarbie
Oy Ghampion Bissell
Natl
Ghurlog Ys Quaachis
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Heroes OF the Surf
Peaked Hill Bar
South Carolina
The
Life Saving Service
New York Herald
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Mt. Hope
Franklin
Seth Paull
Thames Street
R.I
Fender
Luke
Katherine T, Allen
Flushing, NY
Talon
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Bitangaide Aiteia'e
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