Fortune on the Saigon Amid the Tornado
Captain Kettle and mate Cortolvin cling to a dying salvage bid aboard the Saigon as a hurricane drives the passenger liner toward a perilous shore. The engineer McTodd reports broken propellers as engines fail, threatening the fortune and the crew.
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Kettle
James
Saigon
Cortolvin
Mr. Cortolvin
Skipper
England
Arabia
Owen Kettle
Murgatroyd
Manilla
Kettie
Orman
Awell
Cortalvin
McTodd
Witness Declares He Is Not Afraid In Peace Warrant Hearing
In Paducah Sun reporting a police court peace warrant case Prosecuting Attorney Wheeler Campbell questioned a large witness about fear. The witness denied being afraid of the prisoner saying he could defend himself and would not be swayed by threats. The judge ordered bond despite the witness’s fearless stance.
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Wheeler Campbell
Fred
Tie
Bond
Paducah
Sun
Heart Palpitation Cure Claims from Dr Williams Pink Pills
Mrs Gravel of Quebec suffered years of heart pain and fatigue before using Dr Williams Pink Pills. After eight boxes her health improved, appetite returned, and she regained strength to perform household tasks. The ad urges buyers to insist on the official wrapper and to order by mail if unavailable.
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Gravel
P. H. A. Gravel
Barry’s
St. John’s
Quebec
Williams
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
What it Takes to Shoot Pictures
An amateur quips that a camera indeed takes pictures, but warns that buying plates and fixtures also costs money. The Philadelphia Press quotes the wry observation about the hidden expenses of photography.
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Philadelphia Press
Man in Crash Coolly Explains Driving Daringly
A man rescued from a wrecked train emerges, dusts himself off and, when asked about his calm, says he operates his automobile in rocky country. A doctor observes his composure as he yawns and answers confidently.
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Philadelphia
North American
Holloway's Corn Cure Proves Effective Every Time
Advertisement proclaims Holloway's Corn Cure as a universal remedy for hard and soft corns. It urges immediate purchase with a promise of happiness after using the product.
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Holloway
Exercise For Him and the Philippine and Maya Heritage
A fragmentary page cites an exchange about a wife and golf drives, notes millions in the Philippine Islands not under Spanish rule, observes fewer miner crises, and includes a testimonial on Dr Thomas's Electric Lice. It ends with a Maya bow and arrow anecdote from the Chambers Journal about Canek and a murder in a forest.
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Lacandones
Canek
Champbers
Cummings and the Chicago anarchists hanging alert
Amos J. Cummings then editor of the New York Evening Sun oversaw a news rush when Chicago anarchists were hanged. A direct wire carried the news to press but an erroneous morning paper printed an unconfirmed report. Cummings warned of bogus extras and the Evening Sun published the correct line within minutes after the hanging.
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Chicago
Amos J. Cummings
New York Evening Sun
Evening Sun
Cummings
Mr. Cummings
Saturday Evening Post
Japanese Lacquer Viewed as Superior Art Form
Professor Rein of Bonn extols Japanese lacquer as the greatest art in the chrysanthemum kingdom noting its artful feel and skilled execution. He highlights hardness luster and resistance to acids heat and boiling water as distinguishing features from European and American imitations.
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Rein
Bonn
H. W. Vogel
Nojiro Shun Kei Lacquer Ware From Akita
A Japanese lacquer ware variety from Nojiro near Akita features a transparent yellow finish that reveals the wood grain beneath a high luster. Known as No jiro Shun Kei, it is expensive, rarely exported, and its production is guarded as a trade secret by practitioners.
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Nojiro
Akita
Japan
Jeweler’s
Do Not Criticize at Home or in Private Life
A Weekly Budget note warns against constant fault finding in domestic life. It advises accepting others and their manners, arguing that persistent criticism spoils home life and harms the critic as well. The piece emphasizes patience and restraint to maintain harmony.
Japanese Superstitions and Disease Festivals
The article notes that despite modernization, Japan sees religious festivals held to propitiate the Supreme Power during sudden disease outbreaks. Such events draw people from infected and healthy areas, aiding the spread of illness.
No, Napoleon valued aquiline-nosed generals
A remark attributes Napoleon's judgment to seeing an aquiline nose as a marker of character, suggesting he preferred officers with that facial trait among his generals.
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Napoleon
The Deacon Slumbers Through Prayer Cry
In a Detroit Free Press item a preacher ends a long sermon urging Deacon White to lead in prayer. The deacon sleeps through three appeals, waking only to reveal he misread the cue and says I just dealt rather than lead.
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Deacon White
Detroit Free Press
Early 19th Century Views on Drunkenness in Maria Josepha Tale
London Spectator discusses the mar riage era attitudes to intoxication in The Early Married Life of Maria Josepha Lady Stanley. It recounts a twins christening with neighbors tenants and laborers rejoicing, noting guests drank freely while laborers did not become swine. Lady Sheffield comments on festive social effects and the social cost of balls.
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Maria Josepha
Stanley
London Spectator
Maria
Lady Sheffield
London
No Doctor This Spring Kidney Liver Purges Urinary Health
An early 20th century health ad promotes Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills as a spring cleanse. It claims kidneys and liver purify blood, prevent eruptions, and ease back pain, lumbago, and other kidney liver derangements. Packs a 25 cent dose, available at Edmanson Bates Co. Toronto dealers.
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Chase
Edmanson, Bates 1 & Co
Toronto
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Outcliffe Hyne
Mr. McTodd
Aden
Captain Kettle
Philippine Islands
Spain
KH. J. Neill
New Armagh
P.Q
Thomas
Nature
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