How His Crew of Cripples Recov ered in a Night
The Bristol schooner Hester, chased by French privateers off the Kennebec, fakes illness aboard to deter capture. Captain John Dickey nurses his groaning crew while the five prize men board, but the crew overpowers the invaders at night and returns to Bristol Harbor with the privateers defeated.
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John Dickey
Bristol
Hester
John
Boston
Bristol Town
Pemaquid
Kennebec
Ceramin
Dickey
Mate Constant Judkins
Jud
Mate Judkins
Lee
Constant Judking
Ozarias Hodson
A. B
Bernal Joquith
Cook
Ozarias
Gerril
Mernal
Bristol Harbor
Job Brisamon
Lewiston
Through Sleepers and Chair Cara Colorado to Chicago
Train service advertisement highlights through sleepers and chair cars from Colorado to Chicago with a wide vestibule. Promises finest western train with Colorado Springs to St Louis route via Wabash Bay.
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Colorado
Chicago
Colorado Springs
St. Louis
Wabash Ba Y
Winds and sails in early American railroading
A Philadelphia Telegraph correspondent reports at the National Museum on early railroading experiments with sail and steam. Curator Mr. Watkins notes sail cars used on Baltimore and Ohio and South Carolina lines, wind affecting train timing and construction cars at nearby Barnegat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philadelphia Telegraph
National Museum
Watkins
Baltimore & Ohio
South Carolina
Malden
South Pacific
Barnegat Beach
Bureau of Intelligence
Broad Street
Philadelphia
New York
The Russian Monarchy Title and Lehi City Seal History
A discussion on rendering the Russian ruler’s title in English and a report on an 1898 Lehi City ordinance creating the city seal. It details seal design with a bee hive and the procedural record of adoption and certification by Mayor Joax Witwis and Recorder Edward Southwick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lei City
Lehi City
Lehi Tote
Utah
Joax Witwis
Edward Southwick
Conneil
Fowanp Sourhwick
Croup Fear Turns to Relief After One Minute Cough Cure
A night scene describes a brassy cough of croup in a henge, then relief after One Minute Cough Cure is given. The piece endorses the remedy for children and mentions Cascareta as a bowel advertiser while promising constipation relief and refunds.
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Chicago
Little Calumet River
Lake Michigan
Seventh Street
Devon Avenue
State Street
North Avenue
Eighty-seventh Street
Forty-eighth Street
Milwaukee Avenue
West Lake and
Canal Streets
Sixtieth Street
H. B. Merrihow
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Howter
Great Rock
Sland
Rocky Mountain
Denver
Cole
Springs
Lincoln
Osoaha
Des Moines
Devonport
Colorado Flyer
Leavis Denver " Cole
Topeka
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Wats, Ry
Arrives
J. Joseph
Sun
Omana
W. H. Firth
Age
E.E. MacLeod
Jho. Sebastian
Mineys
Bain Franaleco
Cal
H. B. Merrihew
Lehi
Milena
Ad. Sterling
Heny Chienago
Laxaural Resulta
Sam
Russia
Gossoudar
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