Winter Salvage Plans Involving Silver and Gold Hoards
Petrograd era text reports divers planning winter salvage of shipwrecks including the Merida sunk 52 miles off Cape Charles with $1,800,000 in silver bars and $100,000 in cash. It notes the Lusitania wreck holding $2.5 million in gold and $5 million in imperishable freight, with British divers recovering large sums from the Laurentic. Leavitt details conditions for deep-water diving and risks, including seven divers who died attempting salvage.
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Mr. Leavitt
Lake Huron
Leavitt
Fasad
Divers Explain Deep Sea Salvage Gear and Record Claim
Benjamin Franklin Leavitt of Brooklyn, inventor of a diving suit, details a self contained salt with a 1800 psi to 2 psi regulator, nitrogen cartridge, caustic soda filter, and 850 pound suit. He asserts a world deep sea salvage record near 861 feet and argues his armor allows four hours submergence, with a 20,000 pound lift cable and direct telephone link to the surface.
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New York
Seven Seas
Benjamin Franklin Leavitt
Brooklyn
Leavitt
Grand Traverse Bay
Michigan
John Morgan
Morgan Transportation Company
J. P. Morgan
Turner
Graves Light
Massachusetts
Mir
Tts
Grand ‘Travovco Bay
Mr. Leavitt
Holland Suffered Heavier War Toll Than Other Neutrals
Dutch industry, shipping and fisheries were hard hit by World War I as Holland faced siege by belligerents, with massive losses in shipping tonnage and foreign securities. Government loans and mobilization costs swelled public debt, while trade crippled by restricted imports and wartime disruption.
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New York
Holland
D. J. Steyn Parve
Netherlands
North Sea
Fletland
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Rhine
Russia
Europe
Hungary
Royal National Committee of Assistance
Arma
Birds in the zoo converse on journeys and food
In a zoo exchange the Whistling Kite and White Goshawk discuss travels from Australia and Tasmania, talk about bird language, feeding habits, and acting as deceivers to catch prey. They note zoo notices, differences between cockatoos and goshawks, and praise each other as a useful pair.
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Whistling Kite
Australia
Tasmania
White Goshawk
Tam
Miserable Comforters and cold bed jokes
A humorous quip noting why Job was always cold in bed. The line plays on the phrase miserable comforters as a pun on a biblical figure and bedding. It presents a brief, lighthearted joke without further context.
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Job
Mother Johnny Borrowed Tub From Mrs Naybor
A child reports asking Mrs Naybor for a loan of her wash tub. She declines, noting the tub is damaged with loose bands a leaking bottom and filled with soapy water. The dialogue is presented as a domestic aside in the Boston Transcript.
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Johnny
Only Way Aspirin Should Be Taken
Ad about Bayer Tablets of Aspirin explains directions on proper water intake after tablets and Bayer Cross marking for genuineness. It claims aspirin prescribed by physicians for over eighteen years and lists multiple pains it may help. Smaller tins cost a few cents. larger packages sold by druggists.
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Isayer Company
Bayer
Ady
How To Carve A Turkey From A Claypool Chef
A Claypool hotel chef named Charlie Baer explains a practical turkey carving method to maximize value. He demonstrates removing legs wings and then using the neck and giblets for soup and sauce, emphasizing efficiency and conserving meat for a 60 cent per pound bird.
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Charlie Baer
Claypool
Charlie
Engaged Couple Shares Vows and Jests
A whimsical exchange portrays a couple newly engaged. She declares she will share all his priefs and troubles. He retorts he has none, and she adds she means after marriage, hinting at future shared burdens.
He Was Safe Jiggs and Envy in Witty Panel
A lighthearted caper features Jiggs reacting to his wife praising her first husband. The cartoonish scene plays on jealousy and comic ineptness as Biggs contemplates envy and the absurdity of past romances.
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a fast at home remedy for colds. It claims the dose every two hours for up to three doses relieves nasal congestion headache fever sneezing and body aches with no quinine and at low cost. It emphasizes easy taste and no need for assistance.
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Pape
Grippe
Biarritz Remains Cheerful Resort Amid War Warnings
Biarritz in France, famed as a gay and popular European watering resort, blends French and Spanish influences with cream villas and crescent beaches. Once a rival to Monte Carlo for gambling and fashion, war turned its hotels into hospitals for wounded French and American troops as warships passed offshore and German submarines lurked along the coast.
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Europe
Biarritz
France
Spain
Monte Carlo
England
Edouard VII
Bay of Biscay
The Right Sort Dialogue on Training a Boy to Be Quick
In the exchange a parent objects to making his son fast, seeking guidance on training. A respondent suggests a practical path by proposing a messenger role as a fitting, disciplined option. The conversation centers on shaping a child's future through suitable preparation and purpose.
War changes lives and reveals strength in hardship
A brief exchange notes how war elevates the humble from hardship, contrasted with a remark about a prune. The dialogue suggests resilience under conflict and a moment of dry humor amid dire times.
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Chantry
J. F. Arendt
Box 44
Romitz
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Mr. Arendt
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