Leftenant Peyton's perilous rescue in the Metacomet action
In a fiery sea of grapeshot and shell, Leftenant Peyton commands a cutter to reach the Tecumseh wreck site. His flag signals friendlies to halt would be shooting, and Hartford gunners are moved to spare his boat as he pushes ahead under merciless fire.
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Brooklyn
Pleasants
Tecumseh
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Tennessee
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Admiral Buchanan
Oneida
Mullany
Bravery and Mercy in a Civil War Naval Battle
Willis and Boyd Peyton perform daring rescues amid the Tennessee River conflict as the Hartford ranks advance. A gun crew fights fear and chaos to save drowning sailors and brace the fleet, while Admiral Farragut mourns fallen men aboard the Hartford.
Hoax Bottle Note Claims Suicide by Naval Reservist
A bottle found near Pontiac Illinois carried a note from W. H. S claiming death by own action and asking to notify Moline Naval Reserves. Davenport Iowa officials called the note a hoax likely by local Reservists on a cutter party, with no verified W. H. S. in the unit.
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A. Lippincott
Mustazine
R. C. J. Meyer
New Cambridge Bank Ready for Business
The Cambridge bank formed under a state charter completed organization with a 25 000 paid up capital and 5000 surplus. Directors include H M Wier G A Vawter John L Hull A P Fragd F W Blocki J McFadden E A Pratt James K Blish and James Pollock who is president with Major John McFadden as cashier. Over fifty stockholders represent more than one million dollars in backing.
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Cambridge
Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Notice
Adv promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a fast remedy with a bold signature on every box and a price of 265 cents, credited to Dispatch Short Ads. The wording implies quick relief from a cold with a single day cure claim.
Wilmerton accuses St. Louis firm of bogus investments in corn
William Wilmerton of Preemption Mercer county claims the Merchants' Brokerage and Commission Co of St. Louis misused his funds invested in corn and later wheat, seeking $40,000 after the firm warned of ruinous losses and a $30,000 rescue. He hired lawyers and pursues closure of the company as detectives pursue evidence. A Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul deal then secures the Ashdale Thomson line for $260,000, aiming to run trains to Kansas City soon.
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William Wilmerton
Mercer County
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Rock Island
Merchants’ Brokerage and Commission Co
St. Louis
Wilmerton
Squire Wilmerton
Poe
Carroll County
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company
Ashdale & Thomson Railroad
Kansas City
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Deafness Cure
A historical medical advertisement claims deafness from inflamed Eustachian tubes can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It offers one hundred dollars for a catarrh deafness case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, with circulars and product endorsements from J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
Attorney General rules hunting invite exemption void
In response to a state game warden query the attorney general opinions that a clause exempting invited hunters on others lands is repugnant to the act and its purposes and cannot stand. He cites statutory construction that a provision repugnant to the body of the act is void and has no effect.
Local Athlete Anton Blixt Dies in Orion
Anton 8 Blixt of Moline died recently in Orion at age 29 from typhoid fever. A well known county ball player, he played for the old Browns in Moline and was a member of the Odd Fellows society.
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Anton
Blixt
Moline
Orion
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