Life on Spanish prize ships reveals cultured captives
The Associated Press visits the Spanish prize ship Miguel Jover off Cuba and records dinner, music, and hospitality aboard. Captain Juan Bil and officers, including Vincente Terol and Jose Gomenz, share refined manners, arts, and gratitude toward American guards. The crew of fifty eight enjoys Italian marble cabins, great dinners, and nightly songs as U.S. ships loom nearby. The captain expresses hope for humane treatment and requests word to Barcelona family.
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United States
J. M. Stripling
Associated Press
Miguel Jover
Tropics
Barcelona
Spain
New Orleans
Sampson
Gulf
Panama
Juan Bil
Vincente Terol
Old
Joseph Lavares
Jose Gomenz
Stripling
Dr. Gomenz
Cuba
Spectacle When the Schooner Michigan Went Over Niagara
A historic Niagara Falls event recounts the 1828 sinking of the schooner Michigan during a staged descent. The vessel bore American and British flags as crowds watched from both shores. Crews freed animals aboard. bears climbed masts before the plunge. only two geese survived the fall, others perished or disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Niagara Falls
Martin Cramer
Niagara County
Lake Erie
Major Frazer
New York
Buffalo
Yale’s
Canada
Niagara River
Yale
Rough
Grass Island
Lake Superior
Falls
Niagara
England
Deacons Debate Pronunciation and Respect in Dialect
In a rural exchange, Deacon Johnson vows to visit the man who "woucks" and the man who loafs with no difference. Deacon Jackson replies that the only distinction is that the loafer is called "kunnel."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deacon Johnson
Deacon Jackson
Smokeless Powder and Japanese Child Rites Amid Plain Talk
A detailed contrast of gunpowder types explains mixture, grinding, and prism formation. smokeless powder yields no smoke and primarily gaseous exhaust. The article then surveys Japanese infancy customs from birth carp symbols to age rites and family naming, plus children’s pastimes and shops. A note closes on a German soldering liquid made from zinc, hydrochloric acid, and water, neutralized with ammonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
San
Omi
Omi-san
Swift's Specific credited as cure for blood diseases
Testimony from Texas families praises Swift's Specific for curing brain fever sequelae, sores, and internal blood disorders. A Dallas firm claims S. S. S. heals deep rooted conditions without minerals, promising permanent results after using multiple bottles.
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Richard
Swift
Meyers
Clement J
R. J. McKinney
Parker Co
Texas
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
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Ae Texan
Schilling
R. M. Wilson
Kandy
L.ce
Lowney
of Brazos
Madison
Grimes
Robertson
Burleson Counties
Frank W. McConnico
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
Pacific Mutual Life
Union Life
Fidelity and Casualty of
Fort
Bryan
A. D. Alcconnico
WU. P. Franklin & Son, F
Academy For Music and Next
John Mike’s
Tyler Haswell
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