Sable Island Ship Graveyard Harbor of Lost Vessels
Sable Island off Nova Scotia is a treacherous ship graveyard with reefs and shifting shoals claimed by many wrecks. The island houses lighthouses and refuges amid 200 derelicts and famous losses like La Bourgogne and the Moravia, with storms and fog repeatedly swallowing ships and crews.
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Itimore
Falls
Bracklinn
Amship Ardberg
Lau
Horn Head
Baltimore
Europe
Sable Island
Cape Canso
Nova Scota
Ocean Navigaton
Moravia
la Bourgogne
Cromartyshire
Glasgow
Georgia
Lobe Trotter Pingree Ups Against England
Ex Gov Pingree, globe-trotter and writer, faults England’s tipping system and rail policies in a Detroit letter. He recalls a Glasgow bath arrangement, noting no in-room bath and extra charges, and compares it unfavorably with American standards. He also praises some European railway practices.
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England
Pingree
Pingreen
rBs
Europe
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Ich
Cleved
Clevelad
Ping
New Pneumonia Antitoxin Reported Saving Doctor Heiskell
Quarantine physician Dr. O. Heiskell recovers from a long pneumonia spell after two injections of the newly discovered pneumonia antitoxin. The health commissioner notes rapid relief from pain and difficult breathing, with additional injections possibly needed to save life.
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Baltimore
O. Heiskell
Noted Kent Man Involved In Tragic Hotel Incident
In Kent on March 26 Clifford Brown told authorities his wife was bluffing as she lay dying from carbolic acid in the Miller hotel. The coroner ruled suicide, Brown was released, and he formerly held a school post amid local notoriety.
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Kent
Clifford Brown
Miller Hotel
Brown
South
Lena Owen
Stewin’ Brown
Lake Shore
Tunis Medical Society Bans Mecca Pilgrimage for 1901
Tunis physicians seek to prevent cholera and plague spread by prohibiting the Mecca pilgrimage in 1901. They argue Mecca is a disease hotspot and urge the Algerian government to aid in stopping contagion, warning Europe and America would be materially safer if the pilgrimage is barred.
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New York
Europe
America
Medical Society of
Tunis
Mecca
Igeria
Confession Clears Innocent Man After Prison Year
John Randolph returns home to Washington County after being pardoned for a crime he did not commit. The Casner sisters had vilified him. the 18 year old witness later swore he was innocent, and Copple’s partner faced ruin. The pardon ends a painful chapter for Randolph’s family and the town.
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Centralia, ii
Southern Illinois
John Randolph
Washington County
Randolph
Hester Casner
Casner
Ed Copple
Copple
Dopple
Fairman
North Carolina men kidnapping thwarted by telephone help
In Alvarado Texas two North Carolina men claimed to seek a fugitive from murder. They abducted John Warnick, tied him, and boarded a train toward North Carolina. A long distance line and a quick alert by a Dallas telephone operator helped halt the plan at Mt. Vernon. Warnick alleges innocence as the captors are held for trial.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Alvarado
North Carolina
J. L. Peterson
J. M. Cooper
John Warnick
Hamilton
Warnick
Fort Worth
Mt. Vernon
Bat Causes Panic During St Patrick's Choir in New Haven
A bat swooped into the St Patrick's church choir in New Haven during a service, causing the soprano Julia Kennedy and other singers to faint or panic. The male choir members later hunted and killed the bat, and organizers planned pre service checks to ensure no bats or other vermin remain in the choir loft.
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New Haven, Conn
St. Patrick’s Church
Julia Kennedy
Frank Keenan
Charles ‘Lautenbackh
Daniel J. Sullivan
Aged Man Dies After Joy Shock in Limbert Family
Grand Rapids, Mich March 26 A dramatic tale unfolds in the Limbert home where an elderly man revealed as Clara Limbert’s father returns after years, brings fortune, collapses, and dies soon after. He left a ranch in Colorado and currency.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Charles P. Limbert
Clara Limbert
Colorado
Miss. Limbert
Limbert
Tutuila Residents Thank President McKinley for Re election
A Tutuila letter to President McKinley expresses gratitude for his re election and praise for the U S governance. The signatories MAUGA and TUITELE, governors of Falelima East and West, urgekeeping Commander B F Tilley as governor to ensure laws and stability in the territory.
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United States of America
Tutulla
Samoa
United States
B. F. Tilley
EB. F. Tilley
Cwife
Chiildren
Mauga
Falelima East
Tuitele
Falelima West
Sorghum Adulteration Question Reaches Law Officials
The attorney general received Greenfield's request on sorghum adulteration and remedies for mislabeling 75 percent sorghum 25 percent glucose versus the actual 25 percent sorghum and 7 percent glucose. Dr Hurty of the State health board replied that a law exists and can be enforced, but noted legislative obstacles to laboratory testing.
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Greenfield
Dr. Hurty
State Health’. Board
Hurty
Drunkard Mistakes Funeral for Wrong Wake
Louis Schernel a Levallois-Perret cabinetmaker, after his wife fell ill and died in a hospital, attended what he believed to be her funeral. He placed flowers on the tomb then drank for days. His wife unexpectedly reappeared, scaring him as he awoke to her in his room.
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New York
Louis Schernel
Levallois-Perret
France
Beaujon Hospital
Mme
Schemer
Cernel
Schernel
Mme. Schernel
Carrollton man swallows lamp chimney and carpet tacks
Burgin Kentucky March 26 Charles Woolridge a Milledgeville resident gained attention by swallowing a lamp chimney and two boxes of carpet tacks in under 20 minutes for a 25 cent wager. Doctors warned he could die yet he suffered only minor mouth cuts.
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Burgin
Charles Woolridge
Milledgeville
Here
Fred Compton
Woolridge
Grip Catarrh Cure Advise Urged By Doctors
Physicians describe grip as a catarrhal illness with head and throat symptoms and warn of fever pneumonia risk. Dr Johnson Ames recommends early home rest and hourly Stuart s Catarrh Tablets first day and every two hours next day to prevent deep seated trouble. Dr Gerard Simpson endorses the tablets as safe and effective for the elderly, available at drug stores for early use to break up the grip.
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Johnson Ames
Stuart
Gerard Simpson
Suffering Wife Recovers After Dr. Pierce Treatment
Mrs. McAdoo of Whiting Missouri County Missouri credits a full recovery from uterine trouble ulceration and chronic pain to Dr. Pierce Favorite Prescription Pleasant Pellets Golden Medical Discovery and Extract of Smart Weed advised by his Common Sense Medical Adviser. Her letter joins other testimonials praising the regimen as curative for female weakness nervousness and related ailments.
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Mississippi County
Missouri
Dr. Pierce
Sidney B. Oakes
Whitmell, Pittsylvania Co
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Wildcat question highlights a shopkeeper’s crime woes
Adam J. Trageser, a Washington produce store owner, asks police if keeping a wildcat is legal after four store robberies and henhouse thefts. An officer notes legality depends on location and suggests a watchdog, which leads to barking complaints and further break-ins.
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Washington
Adam J. Trageser
Dr Bull's Cough Syrup Promoted as Superior
An advertisement extols Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as superior for coughs and colds. It claims many remedies exist but positions this product as the best choice for relief.
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Dr. Bull
Message in a Bottle Reports Shipwreck Off Cape Horn
A bottle found on Galveston Beach carried a message dated August 1, 1899 claiming the New York schooner Rover was wrecked at Cape Horn. It says Joseph and James Swift were taken captive by Terre Del Fuegan Indians and written on a playing card.
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Galveston
Tex
Rover
New York
Cape Horn
Joseph
James Swift
Humors Surface in Spring Health Cure Ad
An old advertising note promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a spring health remedy. It claims the product removes humors that linger in the body during the season and wards off danger, ensuring good health.
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Hood
Fine California Wines and Brandies at Schuller's
Schuller's at 210 N. Meridian Street offers a selection of fine California wines and brandies. The shop stocks bottled goods and related spirits for local customers.
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California
Schuller’s
Meridianst
Notice of liquor license application in Indianapolis ward
The subscriber Joseph Winkler notifies voters of the Seventh ward Center township that he will apply at the April 1901 term to Marion county Indiana officials for a license to sell intoxicating malt and spirituous liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises consumption. The business is located at No. 435 Massachusetts Ave in a two story brick building fronting north on Massachusetts Ave 18 feet wide 200 feet southwest of the northeast corner of square 19 Center township Indianapolis.
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Seventh Ward
Center Township
Board of Commissioners
Marion County
Indiana
Massachusetts Ave
Northeast Corner
Indianapolis
Joseph Winkler
Chicago to Portland and Northwest Coast Rail Travel Ad
Advertises Chicago to Portland Seattle Tacoma and North Coast routes via Chicago & Northwestern railway. Weekly Tuesday sale dates Feb 12 to Apr 3 with shortest travel time and daily tourist car excursions. Details and pamphlets available from nearest ticket agent or 435 Vine Street Cincinnati O.
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Chicago & Northwestern Railway
St. Paul
Omaha
Cincinnati
Pocket Map of China Crisis Map for 2 Cents
Latest indexed map of Chinese empire with enlarged portion showing trouble area. Includes valuable information relating to present crisis. Copy mailed on receipt of two cents postage by W. B. Kniskern 22 Fifth Ave Chicago Ill.
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China
W. B. Kniskern
Fifth Ave
Chicago
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