Lifeboat voyage plans to sail globe in a canvas schooner
Norwegian seafarers plan a round the world voyage in a 50 foot life boat skiff rigged as a sloop. They will stock 14 weeks provisions and depart Sandy Hook then steer via the Scilly Isles to Gibraltar Suez and the Philippines before returning to New York. The voyage is expected to take 16 to 18 months.
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Atlante
Sandy Hook
Scilly
Azure Islands
Gibraltar
Suez
Sinatra
Philippines
Tawau
California
Panana
Atlantic
New York
Scientific Kiss Reveals Odd Court Testimony Details
A fragment from a Los Angeles story notes a case involving Tunes A. Murdock who advertised a clairvoyant service. Testimony describes an “Incomparable pagehiet” and a demonstration claimed by Mrs. Sarat Wackburn and her daughter Tessie, age seventeen, detailing the strange proceedings and paid advice.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Advive
Tunes A. Murdock
Sarat Wackburn
Tessie
Bear and rattlesnakes hinder New York Central train schedule
Elita New York Cen tre crews report delays on the line from Corning into Pennsylvania coal fields as a bear blocks the track and rattlesnakes interfere with times. A large bear stood on the rails and refused to move until a cow catcher nudged it aside causing a coal freight to slow.
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Elita
N. Y
New York Centre
Corning
Pennsylvania
Kissing science and suits mingle in court record
Mrs Blackburn testified that Murdock offered a room alone with her and delivered a scholarly discourse on kissing while allegedly obstructing the act. She said she paid him $100. In another case Hellingham Washington heard a desertion suit as Td TL Smith, twenty years old, sought divorce from W. KF Steith amid a cross complaint claiming a heavy burden on married life and a charge of nonsupport.
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Murdock
Blackburn
Bi Vie
Binckhurn
Hellingham
Wash
TL Smith
Wenty
Uverre
W. KF
Steith
Barden
Sonic
Princes Battle Over Chateau of Bourbon-Parma and Parma
The article details 18th century efforts by Bourbon-Parme princes to reclaim the Chateaud Chiumbois seized by France during the war. It traces the chateau near Blois, its 400 year royal lineage, and ownership shifts from Louis XV gifting to Saxe and Napoleon to Marshal Berthier and the Duke of Parma. It notes Prince Elias of Bourbon-Parma, his Austrian service, and claims by Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma, with Sixtus and Xavier serving as Belgian stretcher-bearers. It mentions a controversial Austrian emperor letter and its political fallout.
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Paris
Pwo
House of Bourbon-Paria
Chiumbois
Fec
France
Lojre
Blois
Louis XV
Mirsunt Saxe
Na- Telvon
Ber[icier
Duke of Parma
Elias of
Bourbon- Pari
Stat
Elias
4Ith
Charles
Hungary
Ater
Prince Sixtus
Hourhon-Tarma
Eline
Sixtus
Prince Eling
Sistas
Xavier
Astronomer Shapley claims universe far larger than thought
Cambridge astronomer Dr. Barlow Shapley, recently from Mount Wilson, reports discoveries that place the universe at about a thousand times larger than prior estimates. He suggests Earth lies far from the center, about 360,000,000,600,000 miles from the universe’s center, and identifies the Pleiades as distant beyond Milky Way.
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Cambridge
Mass
Barlow Shap Jey
Harvard
Mount Wilson Observatory
California
Hay
Pot of Gold Swindle Leads to Indeterminate Sentence
Chester M Pellinski, six years old? No, Chester Pellinski, in Missouri, was sentenced to one to ten years in the Southern L ions penitentiary after being convicted of swindling Weert Bauer out of 14000 under the claim he aided Bauer to locate a 70000 pot of gold buried on Bauer's farm. The treasure was to be found via spiritual seances conducted by Pellinski’s wife amid tales of a buried relative. Meanwhile, the sale of war materials after the war has reached about 16 billion dollars, according to Assistant Secretary Wainwright before the Senate Military Committee.
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Chester
Joseph Pellinski
Tyrone
St Louis
Lnots
Alton
Weert Bauer
Banat
Bauer
Washington
Wainwright
War Department
Senate
Odd Legacy Cookbook for Home Cooks and Diners
A historical home recipe roundup mixes peanut roast with eggs, toasted bread crumb mixtures, and odd pantry notes. It adds onion frittéers, nut chops, halibut with salt pork, and a chatty aside about whipped cream. Includes salad dressings, fudge wafers, potato salad, a tomato shard, canned peas, a carrot and pea dish, strawberry pie, and snuggle pudding with gelatin.
Women Avoid Surgical Operations With Lydia E Pinkham
A letter from Chicago praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing female trouble without surgery after four doctors advised operation. Vermont and Burlington testimonials echo similar relief, urging readers to request the Private Text Book on Ailments.
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Chicago
Lydia E. Pinkham
St Eirence Ave
Jil
Vermont
Burlington
Mrg
H.R. Sharon
Apple Tree Point Farm
Fragmented Political Quotation From Obscure Text
A distorted passage quotes Senator Sorghum debating disinterestedness and unselfishness. The garbled dialogue mentions Europe, voters, expenses, and a personal oath. The fragment appears from a broader satire or fiction, with unclear context and names.
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Muster and Mates’ Association
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Aoe Borter
Tannig
Ife Mont Copany
Ain Biggor
Ty Adipe
Weyal
Taya
Wehr Canary
Vaenpe
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Marshal Berthier
Dukes of Parma
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Solar
Broadway
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Missouri State University
Princeton
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Earth
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Allen
Chicago Journal
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Birmingham Age- Herald
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