Grace Darting of America lifeboat debuts at Brenton's Point
The Ida Lewis lifeboat, built of mahogany and named for Grace Darting, is unveiled at Brenton's Point Rhode Island. Designed for extreme storms, it features 38 horsepower, seven buoyant compartments, and self righting and self bailing systems to save lives along the Atlantic coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amie Rock Iy
Benng
Washington
Pfe Suring Service
United States
Ida Lewis
Grace Darting of
America
Brenton's Point Life
Rhode Island
Brenton's Point
Atlantic
Cape Cod
Seaboard
Snrading Stativns
Lewis
Kessler's Polar Dinner at London Hotel
George A. Kessler hosted a Christmas Eve polar theme dinner at the Suvoy hotel in London with 33 guests paying 200 a head. Eskimo servers, fur costumes, and a winter garden polar display accompanied verses by Proctor Smith and a Cook pole story on the menu. Each guest received a jewelry piece averaging 750.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Kessler
Suvoy
London
Winter Garden
Proctor Smith
Frederick A. Cook
Beasler
Cook
Steeple Searchlights Replacing Chimes At Brooklyn Church
The Rev Dr James Farrar pastor of First Reformed Church at Seventh Avenue and Carroll Street Brooklyn has installed four searchlights on the church tower. The 206 foot high beams will shine north east south and west and will replace chimes during evening services. A church member funded the installation and the lights will be visible from the Narrows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Farrar
First Reformed Church
Seventh Avenue
Carroll Street
Brooklyn
Ich
Old time champions vs modern pugilists stir up purse talk
A long account notes the growing fortunes in boxing with a $101000 purse and film earnings for a planned Jeffries Johnson bout. It contrasts today’s big sums with past eras where purses were much smaller and legends like Sullivan earned a fraction. Tex Stickard, a Texan promoter, organized the Gunge Nelson bout as part of the western bid to stage the historic match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Treenan
Tom Bayers
Neré
John L. ‘Sullivan
Paddy Ryan
Sullivan
Charley Mitchell
France
Jeffries-Johnson Ggbt
Tex Stickard
Texas
Alaska
Nome
Gunge-Nelson
Radium Watch Attracts Attention As Night Timepiece
A new radium watch claims to show time both day and night, a feature praised by manufacturers. Despite radium commanding high prices, the watch is offered at 37.50 with a glow in its hands from a composition containing radium.
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Far West
Remington
Yale Art School
Feazue
Penvil
New York
Smith
Fred
Radium
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Braunville. Ind
Belter
Tex Rickarl
Radium Watch
Franklin
Association
Park School
T. S. Brown
F. A. Connetly
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William H. Parry
Passaic
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Jefferson St
Hayes & Robinson
Chestnut, Street, Nutley, ‘Nj
C. WU. Barker
Pianga
Portland
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