Sharks Trail Babcock Crew Through Shark-Filled Seas
Philadelphia Inquirer reports the Babcock from San Francisco met a vast school of sharks unseen to the horizon. The vessel drifted for days amid the predators after Nov 24 departure, until another ship appeared on New Year’s Day, leaving the crew wary yet hopeful for rescue.
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Philadelphia
Babcock
San Francisco
Buares
Ewcomer
Sil
Philadelphia Inquirer
Fragmented Dialect and Oddities in 19th Century Dispatches
The excerpt presents garbled social mockery and racial terms from a period publication with odd spellings. It references a Caloral UMD meeting in Caro Ina, a self-identified penitent, and a rebuke from a presiding elder. Mentions of a split canal plan and Morazine satire appear, with dialogues on race and an odd Miss Norak exchange.
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Caro Ina
Eller
Pusson
Ilpolacott
Senate debates Panama canal lock and meat inspection bills
Senator Knox urged a Panama canal lock approach while the agricultural appropriation bill with meat inspection provisions moved to conference. The Senate passed several items under suspension, including militia enhancement and a free Mississippi bridge for St Louis, and rejected a DC franchise tax on net corporate earnings. The House advanced funding and public works measures, with debates on the pork and meat provisions and naval appropriations.
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Knox
Senate
Panama Canal
House
Spanish Claims Commission
Commission
Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Beveridge
Philippine Islands
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Laurea Court of Arizona
Ordnance Department of the
Re Entre Servica
Messrs
Proctor
Lodge
Morgan
Perkins
Nabanks
Panama
St Louis
Mississippi
Thase
Thinning Benefits and Homestead Land Prospects
The article argues thinning fruit improves quality and yields, noting that removing 60 to 80 percent of fruit can boost profit and prevent overload. It discusses homestead rights, open public domain, and vast government land available west of the Mississippi for settlement and farming under 160 acre titles after five years residence.
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Wyon
John Wertz
Fomer
United States
D’government
Horn Hye Speizes
Ariereet
Bench
Wiewteker
Depspertor
Empineer Abey Street
Ino
Informeion
Ami
Oen T. We
Len
Sheshont
Wroming
Coords & Company
FRICE
Walleland
Sinal Means
Spain
Mississippi River
Number Eight Ends Theft in London Lodging Case
A London actor tenant, noting his landlady’s habit of taking a portion of purchases, lists his belongings. He shouts from the attic for “number eight” to identify his lamp sugar, and thereafter the cupboards are left unmolested.
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London
Puble
The Young Man and The Young Woman Exchange Banter
A brief dialogue shows Miss Hope urging restraint as the bashful young man pleads to prove his less foolish nature. The scene hints at cautious courtship and mutual perception in early social exchanges.
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Miss Hope
Mr. Wrightsort
Prospective Investor Notes Earthquake Shocks Real Estate
A San Franciscan observer says the earthquake disturbed property values greatly and notes real estate fluctuated like mischief during the quake, as reported by the Chicago Tribune.
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San Franciscan
Chicago Tribune
Testimony on Cuticura for Severe Scalp Itch
An 80 year old Erie Philadelphia reader credits Cuticura remedies with curing a long lasting scalp itch and eczema after failed medical treatment. The testimonial claims relief from itching, mentions Soap Ointment and Resolvent, and urges others with similar skin conditions to try Cuticura products.
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Brie
Erie
Win
Homs
Mt Vernon
Be Improved Fish Feed and Cures Cited by Readers
Reports claim preserved fish as a more meticul ous feed than fresh cod and note a 50 percent greater punishment in taste tests. Letters from H J Henneman of Oakland Nebraska describe long stomach catarrh cured by Peruna, while Austin M Small of Astoria Oregon praises Peruna as a tonic and appetite stimulant.
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H. J. Henneman
Oakland
Neb
Austin M. Small
Astoria
Ore
Miss Mary OBrien Credits Peruna For Stomach Cure
A Brooklyn woman writes that Peruna cured her stomach catarol in five weeks after four years of illness and declares all hail to Peruna, joining other grateful users praising the remedy.
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Mary O’brien
Alyrtie Ave
Brooklyn
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