Work of Today in Raising Sunken Ships
A description of salvage efforts by the Pennsylvania Railroad company to recover and rebuild a sunken steamer. The piece details methods using air lifts, bags, and lifting pontoons, with notes on the operation near Pekin and the challenges of underwater salvage and transport.
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Chicago
Macedonia
Pennsylvania Rughoad Company
Aqeete
Bethers Pier
Weil
Etreet
Pekin
Caa
Virden
Man
Clifford Sifton
Ottawa
Canada
Manitoba
United States
Northwest
W. F. McCreary
Winnipeg
McCreary
Virden Board of Trade
Gedleman
Brandon
Rey Tome
Lyon County
Minnisota
Quay Boys
Lmpeierts
Ehc
Minnesota
Cistricia
Alpina Lewier
Pat Avery
Sedee Bedites
Hailway Company Ab
Liberal
Fragmentary Narrative on Thackeray and Feigned Fevers
Disjointed OCR text references Thackeray and a feverish episode, with scattered notes about poetry, prose, and a literary critique. It hints at a debate over imagined ailments, a naval setting, and a puzzled narrator discussing authors, poems, and societal observations without cohesive narrative context.
Newport Yachting Quip Sparks Light-Hearted Banter
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip notes a Newport yacht race where a yacht was damaged and her spanker allegedly struck a buoy. The joke contrasts naval discipline with yacht mishaps and paddles through humorous naval humor.
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Newport
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Miss Losebud Maude Osborne Vows Marriage
Unclear text notes a Miss Losebud Maude Osborne vowing marriage and mentions Miss Peppertone and Sydney Town and Country. The passage is largely garbled with partial phrases about medical or artistic work and public perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Losebud
Maude Osborne
Bever Medics
Peppertone-L
Sydney
Detective Hook Era Themes Spark Mockery in Westies Star
A garbled quote from Westies Star riffs on the hook detective trope with dubious sexual innuendos and grand claims. The piece parodies crime fiction tropes and presents a cynical view of detectives as inevitable catchers in a murky literary world.
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Resife
Fragmented OCR Tale of Police and Vessels in Old Ledger
A garbled OCR passage blends crime lore with maritime yard data, noting Chief of Police Bane and a detective, then shifting to a shipyard inventory. It mentions Japanese yards, vessel tonnages, and material composition of a fleet, with scattered names and numbers amid unclear prose.
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Trrederick GC
Millon
Navy
Gale
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Fertegs
Bara Persd
Cees Ter Has
Mgr
Woofer
Thackeray
Cyber
Pid. PY Pve
Cate
Art
Ram Phat
Wali Ag
Anther Im
Te Tive
Tales
Pega
Trille
Margie
Bach
Phey
Jake
Nell Waterson
Spiendad
Lowe
Gregerd
Hecernig
Py Big Deeas
Tegener
Goa
Western
Syin
Gosh
Marbis
Priadelphs Toten
Hid Neave
Te Bawiing
New York
Deliel
Priovi
Bert
Moranghry
Cape
Japan
SEI Mel Hant Marine
Mmercbert
Mars
Sadig
Nagasert Cp
Fockyards
Creiser Terest Detog
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