Ocean Greyhound on the Edge of a Record Breaker
Passengers crowd the deck aboard an ocean greyhound nearing Sandy Hook as the crew and officials hope to beat the western speed record. The article contrasts deck life with the furnace and engine room’s heat driven by stokers fueling the ship’s power on the penultimate voyage. It also notes a British anecdote about General Sir Hope Grant and the cost of royal favors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Modrn
Sandy Ask
America
Woo
Long Island
Amercan
New York
Httle
New York Herald
Sir Hope Grant
England
India
China
Albert Woods
Lancasi
Herald
G C. B
Qader
Abert Woods
Lancaster Herald
Tract Missionary’s Slum Visit Ends With Lesson
A West Walnut Street young woman, inspired by tales of shamming in London, visits Philadelphia’s tough slum to distribute religious tracts. Boarding a Seventh Street car she offers one to a man leaning against a lamppost who remarks he is married. The tract titled Abide With Me provokes her vow to quit slumming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Walnut Street
Havig
London
Philadelphia
Bainbridge
Philadelphia Record
Strange Funeral Customs Across The World And Italy’s Poetic Rites
A survey of funeral practices from Chile to St Petersburg shows wild mourning, public ceremonies, and professional grievers, with Venice and Florence offering lavish rites and Misericordia masks. Italy’s medieval to modern rituals include nighttime processions, pyres, and richly adorned gondolas, while Florence and Venice showcase lasting customs for the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Paris
St. Petersburg
Italy
Styx
Misericordia Confraternity
Florence
Venice
Elaine
Astolat
Cassell
Castoria Advertisement Claims Pain Relief
An old advertisement promotes Dr Miles Pain Pills and Castoria for children and relief from monthly pains. It asserts no morphine or opium in the product and emphasizes a one cent dose. The copy repeats claims of effective pain relief and cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Miles
Miles
Saint Murphy of Washington Housekeeper Honored by Adopting Mother
Harriette P. Crabbe praises a Washington department store housekeeper nicknamed Saint Murphy for adopting a dying mother’s children. The woman, gray haired and cheerful, cares for two adopted kids despite hardship, working daily to provide food and clothes and filling their home with love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
St. Murphy
Miss Murphy
Harriette P. Crabbe
Minneapolis
Uncharted chem field tests show reaction limits hard to reach
A French chemist reports investigations into a scarcely explored field concluding that chemical reaction cannot occur between 26 and 150 degrees. Sulphuric acid and ammonia show no reaction at 50 degrees, but at 60 to 63 degrees the reaction becomes sudden and violent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Attachments in Indiana County Civil Action 1893
The document records a writ of attachment in the case J M Coleman vs G W Nelson a non resident of Indiana County Pennsylvania. Sheriff directed to seize the defendant’s real property a 110 acre tract in White township with improvements and outbuildings as the case proceeds in the Court of Common Pleas at Indiana. Also notices of executor for A L Neal estate and requests for claims and payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
U. S
Commonwealth of of Pennsylvania
G. W. Nelson
Court of Common Pleas
Indiana
J. M. Coleman
Harry White
Elder Peelor
White Township
Gawin Adams
G. Adams McLain
Penelope Dickey
James Wiggins
A. L. Neal
West Mahoning Township
Bogs
Pennsylvania Railroad schedule leaves Blairsville for multiple towns
Schedule in effect noy 207u lists departure times from Blairsville for Saltabore Paulton Allegheny Junction Freeport Springdale and Allegheny City 805 1100 and 700 am and 700 pm on weekdays For Butler and Butler Branch 805 1000 am weekdays Leaves Blairsville Intersection for Pittsburgh 533 745 1011 am 197 428 and 610 pm weekdays Sundays 533 1011 am 425 and 610 pm For Altoona 730 940 am 318 and 628 pm weekdays Sundays 940 011 am 318 and 628 pm Leave Pittsburgh for Indiana via Blairsville Intersection 525 800 am 430 pm weekdays For detailed information address Thomas E Watt General Manager Western District 110 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh Pa
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Blairsville
Saltabore
Paulton
Allegheny Junction
Freeport
Springdale
Allegheny City
Butler
B.latgsvville
Pittsburg
A. Ma
Altoona
PrrTserre
Hidiana
E. Watt
Fifth Avenue
M. Prevost
J. R. Wood
Allegheny Valley R R Timetable Starts March 20 1892 Northward
Passenger train timetable issued for Allegheny Valley Railroad. Begins Sunday March 20 1892. Northward services listed with schedule blocks and stopping points. Specific times and stations appear in the timetable lithograph for readers planning travel northbound.
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Connecticut
Georgia
Board of Trade
Santa Fe
Boston Herald
Chemistry
Chamberlain
Daugherty Brothers
M. G. Miller
W. I. Moore
Homer City
R. N. Parks
Marion Center
Pitcher’s Castoria
Alice N. Lincoln
New York Times
Castoria
Herba Manufacturing Co
Brooklyn
Jas. Anderson
E. Olive
Earth
Onberg, Indiana, Co
GW. Nelson
Watson & Keener, Attorneys
Execurtor's Notice
Harry E. Starr
Pottsville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Undii
Ana
P.m
Jenesy
Graceton
Black Lick
Smith
Gait
Cokeville
A.m
Blackle Lve
Gracete
Reed
Allegheny Valley
R. R
Ooeen
Niagara Express
West Penn Junction
Kittanning
Titusville
West Penn
Oil City
Buffalo Express
Emlenton Accom
Emlenton
Junction
Brenen
East Brady
Brady
Titusville Express
Kittaning
Aed Teeteneereenaenensens
Emienton
Wwe
C. S. Apple
Blairsville, Penna
Hall
F. J. Johnson’s
Thompson
Insurance Agency
Frank Douglass
West Indiana
PENNA
Wheeler & Wilson
Wheeler & Wilson M’f’g Co
Hiladelphia
Woe & Young
Rowe College
Main St
The
School of
Actual Business Practice
Business College
Jounetowwn, PA
Sanford
Philadelphia Street
Carpenters Alley
Gilbert Bro’s
Real Estate
Gro
W. Guszer, M
Ies Es
Baer
Lemieel Vise
Rane
Anton
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