Brooklyn Sphinx and the U S S Brooklyn in Muscat Legend
A long naval tale recalls the old Brooklyn’s voyage from New York to the Persian Gulf via Azores Lisbon Gibraltar Suez and Aden to Muscat where the British gunboat Sphinx loomed and the Brooklyn crew plotted a secret ascent up a promontory to glimpse the palace and the Sphinx name on the cliffs while the battle name Brooklyn rose above the royal ship. Also notes on frog hibernation Victorian gifts and a pun about the soul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Drooklyn
Admiiral Cervera
New York
Azores
Lisbon
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Red Sea
Aden
Persian Gulf
Gulf of
Ormiaz
Muscat
Abraham
St. George
Sphinx
Erin
Gulf
U. S. S. Brooklyn
Sultanate
Schley
Washington Post
Winter Time Killing Suggestion From Alleghany Girl
An Alleghany girl asks Dick for the best way to kill time in winter and jokes about sleighing as a solution, per the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Grain-O breakfast drink promotion and travel ad
An advertisement extols Grain-O as a coffee substitute made from pure grains, negates stomach distress, and costs a quarter to a fifth of coffee. It promotes a Pennsylvania Railroad Florida tour departing January 24 with prices from New York to Washington and details for tickets and agents. Includes humorous local anecdotes and various small notices about products and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jacksonville
Florida
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Pittsburg
Broadway
Geo. W. Boyd
Broad Street Station
Physical strength and health in rugged plains men
A militant portrait of western endurance praises muscular vigor over sedentary living. It argues digestion, liver health, and nourishment build strength, then touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as improving appetite, digestion, and blood nourishment with testimonial gains from Ramon Sanchez in New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Ramon Sanchez
Penasco
Taos Co
New Mexico
Benevolence In Animaln Observed In Domestic Creatures
The article describes pigs and cats aiding others, dogs or cats delivering food to companions, and pets showing protective and sharing behavior toward humans. It cites England and Scotland cats delivering food to owners and recalls a Tower prisoner cat. It also includes a quip from the Washington Star about unruly children and inherited dispositions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Scotland
The Way of the World Question Dreyfus Innocence
Wallace ponders French reaction if Dreyfus proved innocent. Perry jokes the response could be a hanging, citing the Cincinnati Enquirer as the source of the quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Dreyfus
Perry
Cincinnati Enquirer
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U.S. 5
Paedlea
Bowa
Simon Henry Sage
Mr. Sage
London Globe
A. Ballard
Oxford
London Chronicle
Queen Victoria
John Brown
Miss Brown
Victoria
V. B
Victoria, R. L
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Eli
Alf Clark
Hopkinsville
Dill Perkins
Clark
EU Perkins
Feland
Li Perkins
Colonel Smith
Hli Perkins
Hunter Wood
Perkins
Campbe
Henderson Journal
Detroit
Indiana
New York Weekly
Spain
Santiago
G.w.wheeelr
G. T. Hamilton
Philadelphia St
C. W. Rink
Herrick Building
Court House
PENNA
E. W. Griffith
The
Indiana, Pa
Leghorn Food Co
Boston
Mass
Rex
J. H. Brilhart & Son
Mr. Meekton
Washington Star
ITI
Standard Oil Co
J. =. BARNES
Ben
Charcot
Daugherty Bros
Hotel Cain
Brun’s
Srotnie Park
Daugherty Pros
Williams
Grip
Herman H. Eveter
W. Main St. Jefferson, Mo
Dr. Williams
H.H. Eveler
Eveler
Fom Cole Co. Democrat
Jefferson City
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N.Y. Soc
Vogel Bros
Sixth Street
Penn Run
E. Frantz
Penn
R. E. Dietz Company
Go Laight St
Thompson
John G. Cameron
Life, Fire & Accident Insurance
Farmers’Bank
Thompsons
Frigg
Cmisis
Thompso Dipotheria Gore Col
Williamspert, Pa
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