Relics of Wrecks Stir New York Harbor Collectors
New York shipwreck relics collection by H. Bertram Herbert of Merritt wrecking includes a Oregon cabin clock stopped at 1 45 a.m. March 14, 1886, a flag, bottles, cannon balls, swords, candlesticks, a pistol and other artifacts from the Oregon, Merrimac, Morning Star, Viscaya, Artesia, Atlantic and other wrecks. The display, with photos of rescues and divers, sits near images of wrecks and rescues, including the Competitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
H. Bertram Herbert
Merritt Wrecking Organization
Oregon
Fire Island
Mary A. Boardman
Romer Shoals
Rhode Island
Hussar
Port Morris
Morgan
Carniehill
Brooklyn
Charles R. Flint
Morning Star
Tallapoosa
Cairo
Conestoga
Jersey
Diamond
Cape Hatteras
Wells City
Strait of Magellan
Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Sable Island
Roberts
Bramhall
Turkey
Lounty
Liberty Island
Staten Island
New York Tribune
Monster Cat Tom of Fulton Market in New York
A feature on Tom, an enormous domestic cat kept by Edward Simmons at Fulton market, New York. Tom measures about 80 inches long, stands a foot high, and weighed 24 pounds last spring though he shed some weight in hot weather. He is black and white with two white rings on his tail. Tom was found as a stray kitten two years ago. his lineage is unknown.
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New York
Tom
Edward Simmons
Fulton Market
Thomas
Mr. Simmons
Norths West
Ontonagon
L' Anse
Phillips
Hinckley
Sandstone
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Virginia
Merritt
Mountain Iron
Mesaba Range
Peshtigo
Marinette
Menominee
Pensaukee
Michigamme
Chicago
Diamond Match Company
Minneapolis Journal
Bryan
Ryan
Began
United States
Jonat
Mr. Bryan
Mr Bryan
Wilsey Gorman
Free Trade Party
Distress After Eating Prompts Hood’s Sarsaparilla Cure
A letter from Iowa praises Hood’s Sarsaparilla for curing longstanding indigestion and nervous spells after meals. The writer Joan H. Homria Havern of Wheatland notes she can now enjoy hearty meals with no trouble. The advertisement endorses Hood’s Pills as well.
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Hood
Tellurium Ore Discovery By Old California Miner
An elderly San Diego area miner, Mat Wormer, reports a likely large tellurium ore find at Boulder Creek about 60 miles northeast of the city. Assays indicate ore valued at $28,000 per ton. he has worked the Boulder Creek claim for years, previously mining free milling and sulphide ore.
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San Diego
Cal
Boulder Creek
Mat Wormer
Wormer
Colorado
San Francisco
San Francisco Examiner
Discovery Of Practical Telephony Reading Of Morse Letters
A wartime telegraphy advance by Colonel Bellon shows a distant telephone can pick up phonetic impressions from Morse code on a nearby line. After long testing, a system reads each Morse letter by telephone sound, enabling reading messages from a line without tapping signals. This could let wartime intercepts occur without signaling a leak. A curious device for espionage.
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Bellon
Hypnotic States Shaping Medieval Society and Crusades
A study argues that medieval life resembled light hypnosis driven by imposed authority and social norms. Susceptibility to suggestion kept people orderly, with limited will and strict rules, while religious ecstasy fueled collective religious mania and the Crusades, ending as pilgrims’ tide waned after Seljuk conquest in 1076.
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Mall
Ribot
Palestine
Europe
Footman's Big Income and Related Notices in 19th Century
A roundup shows the footman of the Earl of Northbrook earning 300 dollars in wages plus 2000 to 4500 dollars in tips from guests at Stratton. Other items note a Maine Express parcel cap with over 200 tags, rising American gold inflows, and a dated poem about autumn and longing, interspersed with brief financial observations.
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American Express Company
Maine
Vegetable Freaks Nature Pranks In Tropical Forests
An essay from St. Nicholas details odd plant behavior in tropical forests. It describes upside down growth, twisting vines, and the extravagant orchid clinging to hosts. The wild pineapple forms cups to store rain, aiding small creatures during dry seasons, illustrating nature's quirky ingenuity.
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Ehal
Eles
West Indies
Jamaica
St. Nicholas
The Largest Loaves of Bread in the World
The world’s largest breads come from France and Italy with loaves two to six feet long. Parisian bread carriers, mostly women, start at 5:30 a.m. brushing off dust then deliver to apartments or eateries, earning 50 to 63 cents per day and finishing by late morning.
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France
Italy
Paris
Cleveland World
Railway Puzzle on the Carolina Central Quietly Baffles Officials
For twenty years a six mile straight stretch between mile posts 49 and 54 on the Carolina Central railroad has produced a continuous squeak and grinding from every car and locomotive. Despite exhaustive inspections of engines, coaches, track, ties, and joints, no cause or theory has been found, and the mystery remains unsolved.
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Carolina Central Railroad
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Rattan Coffins Spark Debate Among Undertakers
Chicago Tribune Herald notes that rattan coffins, a fad born from rattan furniture, have appeared in window displays including a child’s coffin that resembles a sewing basket. Despite novelty, downtown undertakers predict it will never gain popularity as it looks unsubstantial for burial and lacks solemnity. Dealers reportedly hold stock at big discounts.
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Lincoln Avenue
Chicago
Tignes- Herald
Trinidads Lake of Pitch and Asphalt Lake
Scientists study Pitch Lake on Trinidad famed for vast asphaltum supplies used worldwide. The 118 acre lake yields hundreds of thousands of tons, yet excavation refills in weeks so the level remains constant. A mule and cart can traverse its surface though some soft spots exist.
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Trinidad
Sleep cure craze shifts to bed bound holidays in Paris reports
The piece surveys a sleep cure proposed as an alternative to vacations urging "sleep holidays" for stressed brains, referencing Nicola Tesla and Gladstone. It envisions inns selling unbroken rest, dreaming of a horseless carriage future, and warns against laziness exploiting the idea. It contrasts with a critique of Bryan’s tariff stance.
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Kneipp
Mra. B
Nicola Tesla
Mr. Gladstone
Gladstone
Toronto Mail and Empire
Real Estate Transfers and Historical Notices Collide in Local Listing
Weekly notes show land transfers amid scattered historical text. Listings include transfers set in Mt Carroll Savanna Milledgeville and Lanark with sums like 4000 and 8700. The section also quotes a 19th century critique and a medical testimonial fragment referencing Tonics and tonics.
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Almeda Green
Mary A. Bowman
Mt. Carroll
Jonathan
Patel Ting
Milledgeville
Lanark
Daniel Kramer
Payne
Savanna
N. Flom
Norman Robinson
Annie My Robernson
LG. Barrows
Geo N. Machen
Savane
Cherry Grove News and Early 1900s Notes
Local notes include visitors in Des Moines Iowa the marriage of Samuel Zuck to Mea Brenaman at Cherry Grove and social updates. The piece also covers a burned Northern Haimais college in Mallon a week of weather observations from Lanark Illinois and a shift toward bicycles in urban medicine and industry with Korea and U.S. railroad interest and a sparrow episode in Ludington Michigan.
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Samuel Zuck
Mea
Brenaman
Cherey
Grove
Ibinv AN
Hainais College
Mallon
Bittingwer
Fraud Alleged in Jordan Telepathy Article
President David Starr Jordan of Stanford reportedly authorized claims that his telepathic photography story in Popular Science Monthly was fabricated. A friend says the piece, built on European experiments, presented a fake successful thought photography project with a cat image on a plate. If true, the Monthly may be implicated in the fraud, undermining public trust in Jordan and the publication. The episode suggests either genuine European photoreading results or that Jordan and the magazine are hoaxes, eroding confidence in credible science reporting.
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David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Popular Science Monthly
Jordan
Europe
Wonderland literature by Northern Pacific officials explored
The Northern Pacific Railroad showcases its tourist brochure quest through Wonderland, detailing how the annual edition is rewritten with fresh material. General Passenger agent Charles S. Mee and author Wheeler voyage to reveal new destinations, from Mt Katmai to the Bitter Root Range, documenting journeys to entice readers, with six cents in stamps to obtain a copy.
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Yellowstone
Park
Chase. Fee
Northern Pacific R. R
St. Paul
Minn
Northern Pacific Railroad
Chas
Mee
Wheeler
Mt Katnier
Pacific Coast
Hitter Root
Montana
Chas Ss. Vee
Mine
Boston Court Upholds Heeband in Snoring Case
A Boston probate court dismissed Annie Mc Carter of Lynn Massachusetts separate maintenance petition against husband Charles H Carter of Charlestown. The couple married Aug 2 1904 and after brief residence apart she alleged neglect assault and foot tickling at night. Carter denied abuse insisting spirits influenced her leaving and that he never struck or tickled anyone. Court declined petition and suggested reconciliation though observers doubt.
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Boston
Annie Mc Carter
Lynn
Masax
Carter
Lyung
Charles H. Carter
Charlestown
G. M. Stearns
Mra Carter
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Cunard
Merrimac
Washington Star
Bidlack
Win Hogan
Law
Hoods
Hood’s
California
William Page
Lambertville
N. J
Dennisport
Boston Herald
Prince Consort
Prince of Wales
Earl of Northbrook
Io Stratton
Chicago Chronicle
Iim
Washington
CA Stormria
Carolina Central
Trinidad’s Lake OF
Rome
Ameer
Etta J. Smith
Mt. Carroll Qi
Loren G. Burrows
KR. M. Rowland
Bao
Republic
Silver Party
Jrovernor
Illnois
Supreme Court
Switzerland
North
Handelsblad
Amusterdans
Helen Keller
Sielen Keller
Cambridge
Radcliffs
Sullivan
Frow Demorest's Magazine
Noone
Cherry Grove
Jobo Rover
Des Moines
Lowa
I Rovers
Charles Bloyer
Billy Darlow
Sheader
Reolen Young
Oia
Mighivan Monoway
Coro Plolking
U. S. Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Weir, Vol
Observer
Germany
Bicycle Corps
Indiana
Nebraska
Korea
James S. Morse
Mr. Morse
Chemulpo
Seoul
Ludington
Mich
de Ray
Senor
Enrique de Varona
Weyler
Cuba
Spain
Jos L Bidlacis
Demorest
Eriber
Demores
Free
Dewonest
Gary Mane
Demorest Publishing Co
Fifth Avenue, New York
The
Lanark Gazette
Ss Family Magazine
Castoria
Samuel Pitcher
Cantoria
Promien
Besrods
Ade
Frezzi
Tad
Otra
Tye
Inter Ocean
MATI
Inter Ocean Prep Vray
Hellman Talkrature
Tt Wok
West
Ifrom Americana
Li Hung Chang
Polit
England
Victoria
Salisbury
Coar
Russia
Great Britain
Tishomingo
Mariia
United States Postoffics Department
Regan
Dense
America
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