Lusitania Inquiry Details Missteps and Commands
At the 1915 Wreck Commissioners inquiry in Westminister Captain Tarver of the Lusitania described receiving Admiralty orders to keep mid channel but later messages urged evasive routes around active submarines. He admitted zigzagging advice was misunderstood and that adhering to the latest guidance might have altered the doomed voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W T Tarver
Mersey
Westwineter
Times
Ker
Turner
Admiralty
Immaa
Rik
English Channel
Inmarines
Trelsind
Liverpool Lott Bar
Harbou
Mui
Mt Fastnet
Insh Channel
Oonibeg
Okpe Clear
Kinsale
Yaare
Poultry notes on chickenpox in Northern breeders
A 1920 South Wales Agricultural Gazette article summarizes a disease affecting poultry known as chicken-pox or warts. It advises that once infected a bird runs its course, and suggests treatment with iodine or sulfur-mold remedies and medicated water, starting this month, to control severity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hadlington
South Wales Agricultural Gazette
Mo Nny
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills Endorsement
An ad urges readers with backache and urinary issues to use Doan's Backache Kidney Pills warning of kidney decline. A testimonial from Mr. W Lyon of Gardiner Street Northam credits the remedy with curing pain and gravel, noting lasting kidney strength years after treatment. Pills sold by chemists for 26d per bottle or six for 68 3d. Foster McClellan Co. listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donn
Doan
Foster-McClellan Co
Murray-street
Perth
Doan’s
Witness Confusion Over Hen Laying Claims at West Salem Farm
A farmer named Gus Rhodes in West Salem faced allegations after a New York poultry group sent J H Benson to monitor a hen reportedly laying eggs. The judge heard Rhodes claim the hen laid fourteen eggs over two days, while subsequent days showed nine eggs as the count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Let Crosse
Gus Rhode
Isang Weir
West Salem
New York
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J. MacDonald Allan
God Alling
Dowerin
Walter J. Willcocks
Northam
GALY
Ron
Sted
Ausra
Row Rothe
Autalia
Walling
Akict Sven Troubles
Agenita
Estern Avista
Federal Trading and Engineering Co.,ltd
Forrest Chambers
Meckering
Commercial Travellers House
F.G. Markwell
Jack Higgs
H. H. Campbell
Gardner Street
Burnside Avenue
A. Broom
Ladies & Gents
Shamrock Hotel
Bonik
Alan del
Dodgers
Northam Courier and
Printing Office
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