Pillar of Fire saves steamer and hearts unite
In a November storm near Graystone the Pilar o Fire beacon dies and Captain Joe Weatherby’s Neptune risks wrecking. Madison Peters braves the sea to rescue Mina Wallace and Captain Weatherby. Mina reveals she loves Madison, who returns her vow as the lighthouse light steadies.
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United States
Graystone
Simon Ieatherby
Liscom
Liscum
Capu
Joe Weatherby
Cap'n
Joe
Simon
fire sound
Tim
Pilar
Shaon Heatherby
Lisecun
Walace
Wallace
Itatus
Murdisonu Peters
Mor Liscui
sie
Rufus Weed
Mina
Madison Peters
Madison
Mina Wallace
Jim
Rufus
Liscums
Mrs. Liscum
Lida
Lida Liscum
Tim Liscum
Joe Neatherby
big mother
Minn
Cap'n Joe
Philadelphia
Savannah
Joe Heatherby
Minn Wallace
Cap
Simon Heatherby
father
Captain Weatherby
Madson Peters
John Wallace
Joe Teatherby
Simone Heatherby
TJ klader
Oyster Harbor
turo Pillar
Maadlisen Peters
Lis
Pillar of Fire
Fog Peril and the Need for Safer Ship Signals
The Cleveland Leader laments the deadly fog peril at sea and calls for universal disclosure methods to reveal ship positions in fog. With growing commerce and faster vessels, visibility and audibility fail, and current fog signals often fail to prevent disasters.
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Cleveland
Derbyshire Sunday School Tea Party Thrift Celebrated
The Manchester Guardian notes admirable thrift at a Derbyshire Sunday school annual tea party. Tickets reuse the inscription Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee, admitting ten. Most young revelers likely were not born when those tickets were printed.
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Derbyshire
Manchester Guardian
Willy Willy Destructive Australian Desert Winds
Nor man Duncan writes in Farper's Magazine about the willy willy cyclones in the Australian desert. The small powerful winds sweep swaths of dust and debris, circle back, and force observers to flee. These southwesterly blows from December to March topple boats, scatter scrub, and at times cross the continent causing heavy rains and rare refreshment to dry lands.
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Farper’s Magazine
Norman Duncan
lfe
Athle willy willy
the bush
Broome
Starting a Clock Wound Too Tight
A New York Sun tip explains how to free a spring bound by over-winding. Hold the clock upright and gently oscillate the balance wheel by turning it left and right to give the spring a little play. After ten to fifteen minutes, the spring regains power and the clock should run normally again.
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New York Sun
Aerial Pantries in Frontier Knik Alaska
In Knik Alaska on the Cook inlet frontier a patriotic town uses flagpoles to store meat. Meat hangs from ropes piled high as summer caches vanish ground storage scarce. Hunters supply moose or Alaska sheep killed nearby, with households borrowing from neighbors when needed. Milwaukee Journal reports this meat hoist setup.
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Knik
Alaska
Cook's folet
Iditarod
IXuskokwim
Milwaukee Journal
Hebrew Wheat Engraving Welcomes Duke of Connaught
A Jewish farmer in Alberta reportedly prepared a welcome address to the Duke of Connaught inscribed in Hebrew on a grain of wheat. The inscription contained about 300 letters and required a microscope to read the fine engraving.
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Alberta
Strong on Good Form Bank Teller Introduced
A Republic-Forum style exchange from the Cleveland Plain Dealer features a woman demanding introduction to a man named Jack and a teller’s insistence on proper introductions, with a sharp retort about an imagined husband.
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Jacck
Jack
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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JAMES J. ROSS
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Kent County Mutual Insurance Co
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L. IRVING JONES
Greensboro, Md
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Preston, Md
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Best Store
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Howard and
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CHARLES LEONARD
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