Old Sailor's Narrow Escape From Smugglers on Jersey Coast
The aged revenue cutter sailor Jack Kimball recalls a close call with smugglers off New Jersey. He was captured and bound to a wreck, but signaling with a single fire and a timely rescue by the cutter saved him. The gang was later captured and the skipper spared him a brutal fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Kimball
Tom Marlix
Marblehead
New London
Old Jack
Revenue
Fearless
Jersey
New Jersey
West-st
Jack
Smugegler
Joe Connors
New York Press
Ireland's Beauty Beatrice Butler to Wed Pole-Carew
Lady Beatrice Butler eldest daughter of the Marquis of Ormonde and famed as Ireland's beauty is set to marry Pole-Carew a bold officer associated with Lord Roberts. Burke notes the Butler line as Ireland's history since the Anglo-Norman invasion.
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Beatrice Butler
Marquis of Ormonde
Emerald Islé
Burke
Ireland
Pole-Carew
Lord Roberts
Home Notes Improve with Spirits and Hot Water
Black silk and satin care tips advise wiping with spirits diluted in water and using hot water for complexion benefits. A cryptic note mentions fish scaling and bread mixing with soft water. The fragment promotes Dr Woods Norway Pine syrup as a pleasant harmless remedy for coughs and colds.
Widow of Maj. Holstein Led Civil War Hospital Service
Mrs. Holstein of Philadelphia, widow of Maj William Holstein, served as matron in chief at Camp Letterman and led hospital duties after Gettysburg. She aided forming the Valley Forge centennial and memorial association and worked to preserve Washington’s headquarters. Her literary work includes The Holstein family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Groverman
Philadelphia
Army of the Potomac
Antietam
Hancock
Second Corps
Falmouth
Fotomac Creek
Gettysburg
Camp Letterman
Holstein
Gettynburg
Ters
Mount Vernon
Valley Forge
Woman Pharmacist Triumphs In State Exam In Syracuse
Syracuse correspondent reports Mrs. Marietta Harmon, a Putnam Street teacher and widow, earned the New York state board of pharmacy highest possible rating as a registered pharmacist. Among 62 state applicants, she was the only woman and her perfect score cannot be surpassed. She pursued pharmacy after her husband’s death, balancing teaching with drug study to take over the family business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
New York World
Marietta Harmon
New York State Board of Pharmacy
Harmon
Putnam
Jilting a Harrison in Indiana’s Romantic Past
A World-Herald article recounts Gen. E. F. Test’s tale of Indiana’s early migration and a notable love intrigue involving Lieut. Gov Christopher Harrison and Betsy Patterson. Patterson spurned Harrison for Jerome Bonaparte, later marrying Napoleon’s brother and rejecting offers from Bonaparte and Napoleon himself, as Harrison grew heartbroken and withdrew from public life in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Test
Nebraska
Omaha World-Herald
Indiana
Christopher Harrison
Betsy Patterson
Baltimore
Napoleon
Christopher Harrigan
Jonathan Jennings
Miss Patterson
Jerome Bonaparte
Harrison
Leutenant
Bonaparte
Westphalia
Howling Wilderness
Humorous Exchanges From Early 20th Century Ragbooks
A collage of comic snippets from Tit-Bits Pick-Me-Ups Chicago Record and Boston Transcript. Jokes include flirtatious banter about supper and a clever girl, a mother offering sympathy, and an observant wife spotting a missing button.
Cream and Jam Whipped Dessert
To one pint of very thick sweet cream add three tablespoons strawberry jam and one tablespoon powdered sugar. Mix and whip to a solid froth. Pile into sherbet cups or tiny glasses.
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Nitehener
Tranzsvaal
General Gelarey
Cape Colony
Monarch
Cape Town
South Africa
the Sailor’s Yarn
My Cove
Billy
Woman Pharmacist
Hill's
Lonsdale
Hope
Masonville
Frutt
Gray Silesia
Worth Lc
Bex
Mer
Tron
Illinois
Mr. Blanche
Harold
Chicago
Grimes
Tetlow
Pilgarlic
Boston Transcript
E Pierce i
SUN
C.aneshaensel & CO
Ohio Street
California
Oregon
Joe Rere
Hoa
W. B. Kniskern
Crease & North- Western Railway
Freaney Bros
Ohiost
Central Printing CO
Mooovvehd
E. Court St
Bowenmerrill
W. Wash. St
C. Koehring & Bro
Virginia Ave
Massachusetts Ave
New York
Pearson's
Huder’s
Heeh
Bryant & Stratton
Usiness
Universi D
E. J. Heeb
Vonnegut's
Vonnegut Hardware CO
Washington St
Indiana National Bank
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