Cost of Yacht Racing and Its Enormous Bills
The piece details the high costs of international yacht racing, noting the $250,000 per yacht for build and repairs and another $250,000 for race expenses, with sails costing heavily and crews paid monthly. It cites the Columbia and Shamrock, plus substantial outlays for tenders, dockage, and entertaining guests, and remarks that the yachts often become useless after the races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea Island
Columbia
Thomas
Sir Thomas
Erin
Italy
Commodore Morgan
Howard Gould
John Jacob Astor
Gilson Willets
Leslie
The Baby and the Late Night Doctor Hoax
A Kansas City Star item recounts a pale medical student who is bribed by a worried husband to call a doctor at midnight about a baby. The fake diagnosis and advice lead to the man paying $2, with half going to the student. The doctor notes new parents eagerly pay for reassurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alla Pale
Tatts
H J Potts
Why He Declined in a Boston Page Scene
A brief dramatic vignette shows the Man with Freckles on his nose declining oyster stew after reading the morning paper. The landlady hopes for payment while the Man, seemingly unsettled, resists with a distant gaze as other quirky figures react with exaggerated actions in a Boston setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Bright Honest Persons Sought as Managers in County Areas
Tug Dominion Company in Chicago advertises for several managers in this and nearby counties. Salary $900 yearly plus expenses for permanent, home-based office work. References acceptable from any town. enclose self addressed stamped envelope. Dept. Tug Dominion Company, Chicago.
Sunshine of Paradise Alley at Bristol Opera House Tonight
Denman Thompson’s Sunshine of Paradise Alley returns for its annual Bristol engagement in its fourth year. The show features Mrs Charles Peters May Thompson John Walsh and W J Sulley with the Vervi Ladies Quartette and Phila May as the Sunshine. The production stresses wholesome themes and simple, genuine humor aimed at profit through art and entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denman Thompson
Paradise Alley
Bristol Opera House
Thompson
Charles Peters
Widow McNally
May Thompson
Mrs. O'Grady
John Walsh
Powers
W J Sulley
Grady
Donald Harold
Watson
Albert Brown
Sailor Lad
Vervi Ladies Quartette
Phila May Will
Sunshine
Cleveland Lung Healer Promises Cold Cure
An advertisement touts a remedy called Cleveland's Lung Healer as a cure for colds and the serpent-like consumption disease. It guarantees a money back if not effective, offers a free trial bottle, and prices large bottles at 25 cents, attributed to W H Buffington of 185 Hope St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Buffington
Hope St
Hunt
THE
Hunt's Remedy Co
Lrp
Providence E
Portrait and schedule of The Outlook writers on South Africa and the Philippines
The Outlook prints James Barnes as special correspondent to Transvaal with forthcoming Transvaal War and South Africa pieces. George Kennan Cuba series and Phelps Whitmarsh Philippines reports are highlighted, plus Whitmarsh’s Colonial America Hawaii article and Dole interview. A brief humor exchange about a husband’s status ends the snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Outlook
James Barnes
Transvaal
Barnes
South Africa
Cuba
George Kennan
Philippines
Phelps Whitmarsh
Whitmarsh
Islands
Hawaii
United States
Dole
Outlook Company
New York
New Discovery Cures Philadelphia Woman’s Cough
Annie F Springer of 1125 Howard Street Philadelphia reports Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption cured her long standing hacking cough. She praises its chest relief and sleepless nights ending. The Royal Cure costs 50 cents to a dollar with trial bottles free at J H Young & Co. every bottle guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie F. Springer
Howard Street
Philadelphia
Dr. King
J. H. Young & Co
Scientific Dentistry Painless Methods Advertised by Top Providence Practice
The large Ops U dental clinic in Providence touts painless services using the latest in scientific dentistry. It claims no sleep drugs, divided departments for extraction filling artificial teeth and crown and bridge work. The practice guarantees work and cites a past eight years in the current location with 22K gold crowns and fillings from five dollars up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Providence
Y M C A Board Hears New Members and Appoints Committees
The Y M C A Board of Managers held a regular monthly meeting and admitted 11 new active members. Committees were appointed for the year across Finance Auditing Membership Religion Education Physical Social and more. Plans progress for a gym annex and class schedules with ticket prices listed. Walter L Eccles Boston entertainer set for Nov 15 at Y M C A Hall with tickets 10 cents for members and general sale numbers limited. Women’s Auxiliary meets Nov 9 at 3 pm with Mrs O H Durrell presiding.
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Board of Managers
Dixon
Emily G. Bennett
Walter L. Eccles
Boston
Young Men’s Christian Association Hall
Eccles
Young Men's Christian Association
Association
Women’s Auxiliary
O. H. Durrell
Cambridge
State Auxiliary Board
Columbia's Crew Welcomed Home at Deer Isle
Deer Isle hosted a formal welcome for the Columbia crew Friday night after their yacht’s victory. A rain-affected procession preceded a reception and banquet at the village hall where each sailor received a medal presented by Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin. The medal features Columbia’s burgee with Iselin’s private signal and is engraved on the back with Columbia 1899 from Mrs. Iselin.
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Deer Isle
Columbia
C. Oliver Iselin
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Sold By Local Drugstore
A historic print extols Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best relief for burns cuts and skin sores. It promises rapid pain removal and healing, curing old sores fever sores ulcers boils felons corns and other eruptions, with a 25 cent box price and a guarantee of cure by J H Young & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Young & Co
Gas Explosion Destroys Warren Gas House Injures Two
A massive blast at the Warren gas house on North Main Street demolished half the building and shattered windows several blocks away. Two employees, Axel Carlson and Patrick Selain, were bruised. an Italian pedlar and several street children suffered minor injuries from flying debris. The cause is believed linked to lime ignition in the purifying department. flames were quickly put out by firefighters. A nearby gasometer remained intact, containing about 30,000 feet of gas enough for Bristol and Warren for one day. Repair work begins. gas production may resume in two to three days.
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Warren Gas House
North Main Street
Axel Carlson
Patrick Selain
Carlson
Morisseau
Bristol
Warren
The Gasoline Cookery Quip Sparks Detroit Journal Laughs
In a humorous exchange a lecturer proclaims that a woman who cooks her own meals earns angelic favor. A dissenting Detroit Journal voice interrupts with a sharp jab about cooking with gasoline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Journal
Gibbs and Tompkins Tale From Tit Bits
A snippet from Tit-Bits recounts a domestic mix up with Gibbs and Tompkins as a servant mishap leads to the wife sacking the maid in the first week, revealing marital tension and social irony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibbs
Tompkins
Humorous Advice On Noticing Missing Coat Button
A quip from Atchiaem Globe suggests a man should place a woman’s hair where a coat button belongs to ensure his wife notices the missing button. The remark uses playful gendered imagery to imply attention is drawn by an unexpected detail.
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Knights of Columbus
Fair of Bristol Council
K of C
Artillery Hall
Messrs
Eugene LeClair,Jr
Henry Dreyer
John Macintosh
Samuel Guyon
George Fortune
Edward Hughes
Manuel Lewis
George McCarty
John Callan
Fall River
Thomas Gallagher
Charles McCarty
Katie Farley
Etta DeWolf
Arthur Deslauriers
DeWolf
Frank H. Farley
Farley
George L. Hammill
K.of C
U. S. Dental Association
Westminster Street
Y.M.C. A
Finance
W E. Howe
H. F. Bennett
F. F. Gladding
G. H. Peck
C.T Sherman General Auditors
P Skinner, Jr
S W. Church Co
T Sherman OF the Association
T Sherman
R. Davis
L.L Anderstrom
Herbert L Smith
Henry C. Wagner
M. Connery
Chas
Thompson Religious Department
John S Weeden
B Skinner
Robt
A. Black
F Hodgdon
Ss. W. Church
John W Best
Peck Educational Department
Geo
A. Arnold
E Howe
OH. Farrally
W. Suydam
R Seigel
Def Brown
Williams
M McDougal
As. Ashton, Jr
Manchester
Dimon Social Department
W. R. Davis
Farrally
Cranston Worsted Millis
W S Hodgson
Worcester
Mass
Cranston
John R. Milson
Olneyville
Hodgson
Mac Go
T. M. Morris
R. I
Emery
Neral
Eeine
Mudder
Brother Jim
Chase & Sanborn
Chase & Sanborn’s Coffees
Java
James E. Cranston
D Russell Brown
John H Canby
J W Crocker
Jeffrey Davis
George W. B. Bourn
Pero Nightingale
Win & Peirce
Charles T. Howard
Lloyd C. Eddy
William E. Brayton
James C. Church
Pawtucket Insurance
Main Street
Utual Fire Company
Stucket, R. I
Dibirectors
George A. Mumford
Edward A. Greene
Edmund
Mason James L. Jenks
Benjamin F.smith
Philo E. Thayer
George W.newell
J. Milton Payne Frederick W. Easton
A. A. Mann
Chas. P. Motes
Isaac Shove
Socreta
Kinner Jr
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
DWARD
Babbitt
State Equitable Keng
Post Office
Buffington’s
W. H. Buffington
Hope Street
L. F. Gorhams
Premington
Custom House Street
Gladding’s Market
Thames Street
R. P. Williams Chiropodist
Taunton
F.acobs
Church Street
State Street
Gordon Church
Shorey
H. H. Pierce
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