Old Tar Relates Hardships On Blockade Ship
A United Press correspondent in New York relays a letter from an English sailor aboard the Sydney detailing brutal cold isolation and fatigue aboard the Atlantic blockade fleet off Barnegat, including a burial at sea and a gloomy Christmas at sea. The message mentions the Melandria pursuit, Barnegat, Bermuda, and the crew’s longing for letters and home.
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United Press
New York
Atlantic
Barnegat
Sydney
Melandria
Emden
Indian Ocean
Jerry
Bermuda
Barneygate
South America
Bob Siddons
Chatham
Dogger
Bob
North Sea
Caronia
Cunard
Ely's Cream Balm for instant relief from head colds
Advertises Ely's Cream Balm as a fragrant antiseptic nasal application that clears stuffed noses, relieves catarrh, and soothes inflamed mucous membranes. Claims quick relief and night time breathing ease from a trusted druggist bottle.
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Ely
Weathered sailors recall near misses and loss at sea
A speaker recounts a fatal incident where a man fell overboard while securing a sack of lettuce aboard a cutter. He describes a previous sinking, a pilot mistaken for a tram conductor, and fears for others as they await fresh greens. He mentions a ship run down near Sandy Hook and hazy conditions recently.
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Putney
Fulham Palace Road
Hammersmith
Sandy Hook
Old Zeelander Cargo Ship Sighted Near Our Vessel
In fog the crew spotted a thick old cargo boat that looked suspicious. A near collision occurred as our ship crossed her stern and guns swept over her poop. The crew joked the gang on that ship would need nerve tonic for a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progresso
Milwaukee Harbor Faces Water Diversion Pressure From Chicago
Milwaukee officials urge Governor Philipp to protest plans to increase Lake Michigan water diversion via the Chicago drainage canal. Secretary Herman Bleyer cites 1901 allowances of 4 167 cubic feet per second and warns that current usage far exceeds that, risking navigation losses of about 1 500 000 dollars yearly from a six inch depth drop.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Herman Bleyer
Milwaukee Harbor Commission
E. L. Philipp
Lake Michigan
Chicago Drainage Canal
Sanitary District of
Chicago
Bleyer
Washington
Conservatio
Great Lakes
International Waterways Commission
Poison Pen Letters Reach Northern Illinois Women
Federal agents were dispatched to several Northern Illinois cities to probe letters from a poison pen trust. The letters urged women to meet the writers, sparking a statewide investigation into the scam and threatening mailed intimidation.
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Chicago
Illinois
Poison Pen Trust
British officials study forestry work for war cripples
L. R. Lasker of the British government and A. M. Fleming of the British Westinghouse Works visited Forest Products laboratories in Madison. They discussed providing pleasant, remunerative forest employment for cripples after the war, as part of managing forests in British possessions.
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Madison
Wis
Forest Products Laboratories
L. R. Lasker
A. M. P. Fleming
Westinghouse
Manchester
England
Lasker
Visiting Nurse Engaged To Aid City Poor
Appleton Wisconsin December 21 Miss A L Scheffer of Rochester Minnesota has taken up work as a visiting nurse to aid the city s poorer residents.
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Appleton, Wis
A. L. Scheffer
Rochester
Minn
Roosevelt Not Candidate Says Chicago Friend
Medill McCormick, once a Roosevelt ally, said on arriving in Chicago that, to his knowledge, Colonel Roosevelt is not a presidential candidate on the Republican ticket. He denied talking with Roosevelt about a convention room or plans to attend and said Roosevelt would speak for himself.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Medill McCormick
Illinois
New York
McCormick
George W. Perkins
Gary
MecCormick
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Florentine
Congress Hotel
Barber Hemstock suffers gas infection after shave
Nottingham master barber Arthur Hemstock fell ill after shaving a convalescent Canadian soldier who had been gassed in France. Doctors labeled the illness gas infection, second hand, but Hemstock is expected to recover.
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Nottingham
Eng
Arthur Hemstock
France
Hemstock
Oldest Fond du Lac pioneer Mary Cronk dies at Eldorado home
Mary A. Cronk, a long time Fond du Lac county resident, died at her Eldorado town home. The widow had lived in the county for sixty seven years and left behind a record as one of its early settlers.
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Fond DU Lac, Wis
Mary A. Cronk
Fond du Lac County
Eldorado
Judge Winslow Likely Heads University Alumni Group
MadisonWis. Dec.21 Chief Justice J B Winslow of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is expected to be elected president when Madison alumni form a permanent local organization. Burr W Jones promotes his name and friends expect he will accept if offered. About 500 UW alumni live in Madison. Winslow graduated from the law department in 1875.
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Madison
Wis
J. B. Winslow
Supreme Court
Burr W. Jones
University of Wisconsin
Winslow
Law Department
University
Eastland Auction Sells Steamer for Training Use
The Eastland was sold for 46600 dollars at an auction in Chicago to E A Evers on behalf of the Illinois naval reserve. The vessel will be repurposed as a training ship.
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Eastland
Chicago
E. A. Evers
Illinois Naval Reserve
Man Attempts Suicide By Hammer Blow In Racine
Rudolph Frandzen, 30, Hamilton Beach employee, struck himself on the head with a hammer several times in a peculiar suicide attempt. He claimed the Black Hand was pursuing him and cited distress from prosecutions. He is under observation for possible insanity.
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Racine, Wis
Rudolph Frandzen
Hamilton Beach Company
Black Hand Society
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