Remembering Cape Cod Lifesaving Tragedies and Heroism
A long account recalls 1902 Monomoy rescue efforts off Massachusetts where crew of the Wadena and John C Fitzpatrick perished and Keeper Widridge led lifesavers in a perilous surf chase. It also covers Captain Mayo of the Fitzpatrick saving Ellis or Rogers, and earlier Cape Cod keepers like Atkins facing failures and heroic rescues amid storms and wrecks.
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United States Life Saving Service
Massachusetts
Long Island
New Jersey
Cape Cod
Wadena
John C. Fitzpatrick
Monomoy Island
Monomoy Life Saving Station
Boston
Peter Smith
Widridge
Monomoy
Smith
Eldridge
Hldridge
Iife-savers
Tim
Olsen
Ejils
Kendrick
Foye
Rogers
Gore
Ares
Hood
Pottom
Ellis
Bpllis
Elmer F. Mayo
Chatham
Fitzpatrick
Mayo
Solly
Maya
David H. Atkins
Peaked Hill Bar Station
Boy-Hoad
Washington
Atkins
Sarah J. Fort
Origin of Alphabet Traced to 7000 B C in Petrie Talk
Professor Flinders Petrie challenges the Phoenician origin theory in a Royal Institute lecture. He argues that signs preceded pictures and that a single prototype formed the alphabets of multiple civilizations. He cites runic, Iberian, and Karlan scripts spreading by trade, while Phoenician signs remained separate.
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Royal Institute
Flinders Petrie
New York Sun London Dispatch
Petrie
Flatnose
Egypt
Points About Tools And Their Small Hidden Features
The article explains how tool designers hide simple helpers in plain sight. It describes a notch on the back edge of a carpenter’s saw used as a hook to clear obstructions. It notes a wooden button on wooden planes for hammer tapping during blade adjustment and contrasts with screw adjusted planes where tapping isn’t needed.
Toys Teach Boys and Girls With Electric Toys
The article describes modern electrical toys that illustrate real equipment. A battery powered steam ship stores a motor in its hull and can be controlled from a waterproof switchboard. A sturdy electric fan, street lamps, and electric street cars with headlight and track are highlighted. An electric range with cooking utensils operates from the lighting circuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ionn
How January Gets Its Name
January derives from the Roman god Janus who has two faces one old and one young symbolizing the past year and the new year in one mythic figure.
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Janus
Farm Visit Prompted Hens Feasting Question
Grandpa invites Dorothy to feed the chickens at dawn after her arrival at the farm. She asks in a shy tone if all hens eat with beaks noses. The moment captures a rustic morning observation on farm life.
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Dorothy
Busy Little Mary Sews Christmas Dolls Frocks
After school Mary keeps busy sewing for her dolls Bet May and Nellie. She makes Christmas presents for each doll and keeps quiet so the dolls do not hear her busy work.
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Mary
Bet
May
Nellie
Pleasure for a Maharajah
An article in Pearson's describes the Baroda ruler's arena as hosting spectacular acts. Elephants perform fights while parrots ride tricycles fire miniature cannons shoot arrows and somersaults. Also featured are 38 wrestlers 16 buffaloes and bulls 10 pairs of rams and threat displays. Numerously fighting birds and other trained animals complete the program.
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Pearson
Baroda
London
Little Toy Rabbit Jumps When Tail Is Pulled
A Pennsylvania maker designs a small hollow rabbit toy with a spring propelled leap. Pulling the tail releases a catch, firing the hind legs from the body to propel the toy forward in a sudden burst.
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Pennsylvania
Train Hazard in Quirky OCR Snippet About Nuts
Fragments describe a boy and a train scene with mentions of pecans filberts English walnuts and a passenger. The text shows garbled lines and stray phrases about teeth and fairs, lacking a clear narrative or outcome.
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Gruff Pasenger
Also Mentioned on This Page
Peaked Hill Bar
Fisher
Kelley
C. E. Trumbull
Rockport
Isaiah Young
Taylor
Clara Bell ‘Hollow
Cole
Isaiah
B. C
Carpenter
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