Random 1907 Gazette Clippings Spark Laughs and Local Curiosities
The page surveys a mix of quirky items and social observations from cities like Philadelphia New York and Brooklyn. Notable notes include a New Jersey 81 year old man whose wife was arrested for spanking him, a California man fasting 43 days then drinking clam broth, stray hat sightings in Philadelphia and talk of liberal hats for women. It also mentions Harvard president Eliot perhaps cutting college football to two games a season and a New York physician removing a heart with no harm to the patient. Other tidbits discuss saloon doors versus schoolhouses thoughts, an airship inventor, penny press gags in London, mass coin theft from meters, and horse counts in the US with rising values. The piece closes with library use soaring in Brooklyn delaying plans for a larger building.
Mixed Crew Proves Unready for Four-Masted Howard D Troop
Captain Durkee faces a shipboard test as 14 new sailors join the four masted British bark Howard D Troop at San Pedro. Most lack sea experience, leaving seasoned crew to handle dangerous tasks while green hands manage decks lighting the binnacle. Weather to decide safety of the Tacoma voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Howard D. Troop
Durkee
San Pedro
Ept
Nova Scotia
Long-Ago Loan Repaid by Former Irish Immigrant
William Davis of Jersey City received a call from James O Leary of Chicago who traced a $25 loan from Davis's deceased father made 50 years ago to help the Irish immigrant travel to Pittsburg. O Leary, now wealthy, offered interest but Davis declined. O Leary plans to return to Chicago after a few days in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Davis
Jersey City
James O'Leary
Chicago
O’leary
Ireland
Mr. Davis
Mr. O’leary
Canary Bird Eggs of Soap on White Star Liner Republic
The library steward aboard the White Star liner Republic was duped by shipmates in Palermo. They fed a sugar coated almond as an apparent egg then replaced eggs with soap in the canary cage. The gag escalated to an electric heater and daily soap eggs until the prank's reveal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Republic
Palermo
Canary
Ring Bequest From Commodore Decatur Held by U S Museum
The U S National Museum receives a plain gold ring once owned by Commodore Stephen Decatur and given to him by Richard Somers after the Tripoli campaign of 1804. The ring, bequeathed via Stephen Decatur Smith Jr of Philadelphia, bears an inscription dated 1904 and lists subsequent owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States National Museum
Stephen Decatur Smith
S. Decatur Smith, Jr
Philadelphia
Stephen Decatur
Richard Somers
Tripoli
Preble
Somers
Fayum fossils reveal Africa as cradle of elephants and related forms
The Fayum discoveries transformed Africa into a center of ancient life. Osborn and Beadwell led American researchers who uncovered jaws and teeth of ancestral elephants, a Moeritherium skull, and Arsinostheres remains, tracing elephant evolution from Africa across continents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayum Desert
North Africa
Beadwell
Andrews
British Museum
Africa
Europe
Henry Fairfield Osborn
American Museum
Natural History
Asia
North America
Osborn
New York
Lord Cromer
Prof. Osborn
Desert
Lake Moeris
Mediterranean
Libya
Fayum
de Blainville
Darwin
el Fayum
Phiom
Les
Cairo
Moeria
Birketel- Quran
Fayum Plains
Amenemhat L
Dime
Mushim
Mother Nile
Growth of German Marine in 1906 Fleet Size
On January 14, 1906, Daily Consular and Trade Reports notes that a German steamship line operates 160 ocean steamships with 818000 gross tons and 12000 employees. The company is building seven ships totaling 62000 gross tons, and its fleet tonnage exceeds that of Spain, Holland, Italy, Russia and Sweden combined. German export trade is largely propelled by this company’s fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Holland
Italy
Rusaia
Sweden
Women bandits in garb of man charged in Bridgeton raids
Bridgeton New Jersey police seize Elizabeth Parson aka Mrs Blizzard and Mamie Parson after a two year crime spree across South Jersey. Accomplices Harry Blizzard and Benjamin Thorn confess to robberies linked to a red automobile and masked women, with thousands in goods recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeton
N. J
South Jersey
Pinkertons
Elizabeth Parson
Blizzard
Mamie Parson
Harry O. Blizzard
Parson
Ethel Parson
Benjamin Franklin Thorn
Lord
Old Man
Thorn
Arctic Ice and Milk Company
Po Ncemen Smith and Woodruff
Hog Train Stoppage Delays Governor in Havana
Governor Deneen and passengers wait as engineer John stalls a hog train near Havana. Maria argues about kitchen wallpaper while Willie and Sadie face wardrobe needs. The family council ends as the train resumes its slow journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gov. Deneen
John
Maria
Havana
Willie
Sadie
Unclear Dialogue Fragments Involving Tourists And Dervish
Fragmentary lines show a tourist questioning welcome behavior while a Howling Dervish responds with exclamations. The exchange mentions a dog and elevating the mind in a seemingly humorous or surreal context. No clear event or人物 identified.
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Dervish
Girl Crawls Along Gutter to Escape Inferno
Miss Alma Stranahan and her family faced a deadly house fire in East Orange New Jersey as flames gutted two floors. Her father Frank N Stranahan, severely burned, accidentally touched curtains with a candle igniting the blaze. Alma crawled along a gutter thirty feet to a porch roof and dropped to safety as neighbors watched. Mrs Stranahan, an invalid, was carried to the ground from the porch roof as another escape route succeeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alma Stranahan
Frank N. Stranahan
East Orange
N. J
Mr. Stranahan
Pleasent for Creditors: Leeds Builder Discharges Debts
John Blackburn of Armley Leeds once bankrupt twenty years ago and now clears all old creditors. He meets them and pays the full obligations with the earlier small dividend allowed as interest. The creditors present him with a silver tea service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Blackburn
Armley
Leeds
England
Owen
Advertisers and Vaccination Reflections
A newspaper excerpt warns readers to trust advertisements that convince them to buy. It notes a Lithuanian woman in a Free Vaccination Ward bringing her fifth baby for vaccination and remarks on citizen rights and naturalization papers.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Rewards and Testimonials
An old advertisement offers a $100 reward for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes testimonials from firms, cites product claims about curing via blood and mucous surfaces, and promotes related products and cigar ads.
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Hall
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Aids Women in Duty
A nondescript wartime era testimony highlights women’s sacrifices at home and promotes Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as relief for female troubles. Mrs F Elleworth and Mrs W P Boyd credit the remedy with easing displacements and pain, enabling them to return to daily work. The ads invite sick women to seek Mrs Pinkham’s advice at Lynn Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
F. Elleworth
A. N
W. P. Boyd
Beaver Falls
Lever
Pinkham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Goshen Daily Democrat
JOS
Goshen
Indiana
Detroit
New Jersey
California
London
Paris
Eliot
Harvard
New York Times
Earth
The
Washington Post
Baltimore American
Free Public Library
Brooklyn
ESCOR
Mar
Daring Feminine Band
Gonfar
LierriAatawa
Btay
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Waning
Kixnax & Marvix
Whotessic Draggista
Ayetom
Channing
Lewis
Gireight
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Iir
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