The Montgomery recalls its daring blockader chase
The account recalls the old Montgomery, a former merchant vessel turned warship, chasing the blockade runner Blanche off Cuba in 1862. Captain Hunter is court-martialed later at Boston, as William H. Baxter, Detroit fire marshal, relays details of the action, the burning cotton, and local shore response.
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Montgomery
William H. Baxter
City of
Detroit
Hunter
Marshal Baxter
Detroit Journal
United States Navy
Cuba
Bahamas
Florida
Havana
Pensacola
Blanche
New Orleans
Mobile
Charlestown Navy Yard
Boston
Charles Hunter
New York
Savannah
Fort Wayne
Captain Hunter Reinstated AfterVille de Havre Sinking
The captain, Hunter, was later reinstated and served for years. He commanded the ill fated Ville de Havre and perished with one daughter when the ship sank.
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Hunter
Ville de Havre
The Sense of Humor of Frances Willard
A tribute detailing Frances Willard's keen sense of humor as a leadership gift. She lightened tensions with stories and examples, never mocked others, and believed in colleagues. Her optimism extended to small acts of kindness including autograph seekers at Twilight Park and her motto for a girls club: Nothing is inexorable but love.
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Frances &. Willard
Pliny
Folka
Catskill
Twilight Park
Henry Somerset
Miss Willard
Lady Somerset
Duty of Christian life externalities and inner soul
Cardinal Gibbons argues in Ladies' Home Journal that Christian duties arise from the heart, not mere external acts. External virtue reflects soul convictions and must be backed by daily prayers and charity, though duties vary by environment and circumstance. All can perform daily religious acts regardless of life station.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Ladies’ Home Journal
Suited Snoring Solution Sparks a Punch Line
A wife nudges her husband to stop snoring and recalls a line from an article on preventing snoring. After a half asleep grunt and turn, she offers another nudge and quips that he would be fine if she kept quiet. Charie fires back with a half asleep retort ending in a punchline.
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Charlie
Charie
Not Going to Part Punch Cartoon Exchange
An old gentleman at his daughter's wedding confesses to the bride that he cannot go housekeeping due to lack of savings, and the bride reassures him not to worry as she vows to stay with her husband. The caption captures a humorous wedding moment from Punch.
How He Fixed the Time in Klondike Days
A brief exchange between two Klondike figures recalls a pivotal day last winter when a blizzard halted progress. The dialogue, framed as memory, underscores how timing and perseverance yielded a resolution.
The Vesuvius Dynamite Cruiser Tests in War Powers
The Vesuvius dynamite cruiser sails from Newport to join Havana squadrons. It carries three pneumatic guns firing nitroglycerine, with claimed destruction rivaling any ship. Critics doubt sea-worthiness. proponents see potential to clear mines and defend against fleets.
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Washington, D. C
Newport
Havana
Zalinski
New York
Niagara
One Way of Posting a Letter From St Kilda
The island is visited by summer tourist steamers but regular mail to the mainland is only by annual visits of the steamer. Locals craft a hollowed wooden boat with a bottle letter placed inside, attached to a bladder and launched to ride the wind toward Britain, yet gulf currents often carry it off course to Shetland or Norway where it is likely to be found and posted.
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St. Kilda
Great Britain
Shetland Isles
Norway
Baltimore and Ohio opens New York freight terminal at West 26th
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad launches a new freight terminal in New York City at the foot of West 26th Street on the Hudson. A large plot between 26th and 27th streets fronting on 13th Avenue was secured with tracks for 100 cars, a 300 by 25 foot warehouse, and tracks to a pier across 18th Avenue. A new bridge and other facilities streamline handling from floats to land, linking lumber yards and local manufacturers to enhanced freight delivery for nearby firms.
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The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
West 26Th Street
Hudson River
New York City
26Th
27Th Street
13Th Avenue
18Th Avenue
Soldiers prepare for Cuban climate with nurses from Boston
A historical quote notes the question about troops enduring the Cuban heat and the reply about bringing many nurses from Boston to support the soldiers. The exchange highlights military planning and medical support during the era.
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Boston
Union Pacific Promises Fast Service to Major Cities
The Greatest Railroad in the West is the Union Pacific. It makes the quickest time to Chicago, Kansas City, Salt Lake, California, Oregon and nearly all other points in the country. Ask about it at ticket office, 941 17th street.
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Union Pacific
Chicago
Kansas City
Salt Lake
California
Oregon
17Th Street
Attractive Women and Mrs Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
An extract from Mrs Pinkham's Note Book extols female health as attractive and vital. It urges women to use Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at first signs of ill health and cites a testimonial from Mrs Manen Situ of Jersey City Heights praising dramatic recovery from severe symptoms. The ad promises free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts and frames the remedy as a safeguard for women and homes.
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Brooklyn
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