Adventures of a Deep Sea Diver Captain Olsen’s harrowing near miss in Boston harbor
Boston diver Captain John Olsen, aged sixty, narrowly escaped disaster when a ship’s propeller churned wreckage as he attached a cable to a heavy plate on the speared mer Birmingham wreck. A hook tore his left thumb, opening a long gash, but the incident underscores his decades of high risk work from Newfoundland to the Florida Keys.
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Leopard
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United States
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City of Columbus
Gay Head
South Carolina
Ike
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West Somerville
The Safest Place On Earth Railway Claim 1907 Survey
A British railway train is described as the safest place on earth with only one fatality per 70,000,000 passengers and one injury per 2,200,000, based on a Board of Trade survey in 1907 cited by Railway Magazine.
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Board of Trade
Railway Magazine
Extraordinary animal lore from Hayatat Hamayan text
Collated from AL-Damit's Hayatat Hamayan and Jay kar Translation for the London Outlook, the piece sketches legendary animal myths. It describes the hare as having male and female phases, a thousand-year blind viper saved by fennel, eagles revived by their young at a spring in India, and the phoenix cleansing itself with fire. It notes the abu salas with twelve nasal holes, whose sneeze alarms other animals or draws predators.
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Pratao Bo
India
Al-Damit
Jaykar
Dinner Disaster Prompts Bold Kitchen Veto
A Louisville social reader Mrs Fayette County faced an unexpected guest dinner. With crowd and scant food, she ordered supplies while the cook threatened the caller on the phone, shouting crude language. The cook claims he talks this way to Ike for Miss Fay.
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Law'sy
The Unexpected Truth Delineated in a Folk Tale
The scene centers on a minister visiting a member’s home. A boy brings apples from the cellar, selecting a notably large red one placed on the dish. The minister notes the cellar is warm, and the boy confesses most apples came from the cellar except one in the kitchen. He explains he hid the largest apple to avoid upsetting the pastor.
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Wmmer
Delinea
Proclamation orders appearance before Westchester Supreme Court
A 1910 proclamation from Westchester County Sheriff Henry Sciterp requires all persons bound to appear at the Supreme Court in White Plains on a specified January 1910 date. It directs recognizances or other proceedings be returned and specifies duties of justices, coroners, and officers in ensuring attendance at the court opening.
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New York
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Westchester
Supreme Court
Inn of White Plains
Sherif
White Plains
Henry Sciterp
White Paths
Wertchester
Aed
White Hain
Henry Scherd
Actinye
Origin of Blankets in Bristol Under Edward III
In Bristol during Edward III’s reign three merchants named Blanket were woolen weavers. They first produced the cloth later known as blankets, initially used for peasants’ garments. This home state note reflects early textile origins and the namesake of the material.
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Bristol
Fancy Berkshire boar prize swindle at Shawnee fair
A Farmers' Union gathering in Shawnee saw a swindle where two Plymouth loiterers printed a fake poster promising a valuable Berkshire boar as a prize. They selected a gullible winner who was told the boar died of hog cholera and billed him for burial costs, netting small profits before exposure.
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F. Yoakum
Farmers’ Union
Shawnee
Plymouth
Exnen
Lisebeck
Louisville Times
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Grocers
Irvington-On-Hudson
N.Y
M. J. Tynan
Main ST
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Bell Telephone
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Beery Bell Telephone
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