Earthquake ruling favors insurers in Kingston fire case
London May 25 The King's Bench Division ruled that the Kingston Jamaica fire of January 1907 fell under earthquake insurance clauses. The Manchester firm pursued against the London and Lancashire Company, arguing the fire followed the quake and losses should be covered. Witnesses from Jamaica testified as judges weighed the sequence of events and policy terms.
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London
Kingston
Jamaica
King's Bench
Insurance Companie {Pt
Manchester
London & Lancashire Company
Jamaca
Biggest Egg Eater Feats and Historic Catarrh Cure Ad
A garbled 1856 clipping lists Pearl Lx jckhard as the world’s largest egg eater with four thousand in a war and then a daily dozen. It also notes Joseph Wiggs of Louis holding a short distance egg-eating record of twenty five in sixty seconds. The document includes a Toledo notary oath from Frank J. Cheney about Hall’s Catarrh Cure with testimonials and a drug ad line about Hall's Fairy Tablets.
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Tsenver
Miss Pearl Lx Jckhard
Joseph Wiggs
Louis
Oui
Toledo
A. W. Gleason
Hall
Eney & CO
Old By All Druggiste
King and Czar to Meet at Whitsuntide Visit
London reports the King will pay a state visit to the Emperor of Russia at Reval during Whitsuntide. He plans to arrive on the royal yacht Victoria and Albert on June 9, escorted by two cruisers. This marks the first such royal contact since his accession, amid tension over short notice and foreign office announcement.
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London
Foreign Office
Whitsuntide
Russia
Reval
England
Falliers
France
White Wings Airship Flies Fifth Time at Hamondport
J A D McCurdy piloted Baldwin's airship White Wings in Hammondport New York on May 25. The craft covered 183 yards in 1035 seconds at 185 mph, rose about 20 feet, but due to a strong wind it careened and capsized onto its top plane. No serious injuries reported. repairs will take weeks. total airborne distance for the fifth flight reached 674 yards.
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Hammondsport
N. Y
J. A. D. McCurdy
Baldwin
McCurdy
Assrew
Amateur baseball fatal throw ends in tragedy
In St Louis on May 25 John St. Biury, an amateur player, attempted a long throw from left field to home plate to erase an earlier error. He collapsed and died after bursting a blood vessel as the ball reached the catcher and the stealing runner was put out.
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ST. Louis
Anxius
John St. Biury
James Paton Co Opens Six Packages of Goods
Jas Paton Co begins unpacking six packages of English and French goods including flowers neckwear and other items from James Paton. Huntley and Palmer biscuits arrive at Leer & Goft featuring Italian Macaroons Philippines Acorns Plantations and Short-Bread.
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Jas. Paton & Co
James Paton
Huntley and Palmer’s
Philippines
Leer & Goft
Japan Keeps Her Pledges on Immigration to Canada
Ottawa May 25 The new Japanese Consul General Mr Shimizu has told the government his Tokio issued instructions to discourage further flux of Japanese into Canada He is personally opposed to Oriental migration on economic and political grounds and reports from the immigration department indicate Asiatic immigration to Canada is now satisfactorily settled as far as the country is concerned.
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Ottawa
Canada
Shimizu
Tokio
Immigration Department
Zam Buk credited with curing severe piles
Garfield Logan of St Catherines Ontario testifies that Zam Buk salve cured his protruding bleeding piles after years of suffering and failed doctor treatments. He bought three boxes and was fully cured before finishing the third. He praises Zam Buk to friends and notes its healing soothing antiseptic qualities available for 50c or from Zam Buk Co Toronto.
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Garfield Logan
Welland Avenue
St Catherines
Ont
Zam-Buk
Zam- Buk
Zam-Buk Co
Toronto
Up-to-Date Hatter S H H Brown Promotes Hazel Cream
S H H Brown advertises Hazel Cream as a skin food that softens and smooths the skin without stickiness or grease. The product is sold by The Two Macs at 25 cents per bottle.
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S.H. H. Brown
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H. L. MUNSEY @ CO
Salem
Mass
Timothy
Carter’s “G
Carter's
Carter’s “‘C
Carter & Co, Ltd
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Walter $. Brown
Trfi
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Newton
Haszard & Moore
Czar
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Lodge
Prince Hdward
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Conroy
A.w.reddin,phm
the Square Druggist
Sunnyside
Japan
Zam Buk
Mineola
New York
A.pickard& Co
Star Steam Laundry
A. F. Webster
Kent St
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H-Grey’s
H. H. Brown
Bruce Stewart & CO
Syseto
P. E. Island
The
Rogers Hardware Company
Lit
Gordon Bennett
North Star
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Aooan
Laurant Dudier
Queen St. Charlottetown
FTC
Ols
Dufferix
ST. John, N. B. Foster Bond Co
H.bond Manager
Eee
le Warburton
Shaw
Cameron
Island
Warburton
Edgar Shaw
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