Waterspout sighted off Cape Hatteras endangers ship
The United Fruit steamer Admiral Farragut reported a huge waterspout near Cape Hatteras last Friday as it passed Jamaican ports. Captain Henshaw planned to alter course to avoid the spiral, which fractured with a loud report and lashed seas into foam. In New York a boiler explosion at the Manhattan hotel killed one worker, James Doran, and injured five, while hundreds fled when darkness swept the basement.
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Hatteras
Boston
United Fruit Company
Admiral Farragut
Henshaw
Jamaican
Cape Hatteras
Eig St Terrimn
New York
Manhattan
James Doran
Doran
Various Humorous Snippets and Quips From Circulating Papers
A collage of jokes, witticisms, and light verse from newspaper funnies. It includes lines about Cupid and shoes, a banking cashier, a joker about a Pullman porter, Lucullus and insurance, birthday wishes, cigarette talk, and quips about clerics, parsons, and city editors.
Peruna Restore Health Ad Ends With Personal Testimony
A Washington D C reader Miss Mildred Keller 718 13th Street NW credits Peruna with restoring her health after years of failure to respond to other treatments. She says the remedy built up her constitution restored appetite and left her strong again. The note is part of Dr Hartman endorsements the article says.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred ‘Keller
13Th
N. W
Washington, D. C
Lias
Peruna
Amy
Mildred Keller
Barik Notes Durability Under Rough Handling
The Philadelphia Record notes the resilience of Treasury notes and sheets. It reports each note measures three and one-eighth by seven and a quarter inches and can bear forty one pounds lengthwise and ninety one pounds crosswise. A four-note sheet sized eight and a quarter by thirteen and a half inches supports 108 pounds lengthwise and 177 pounds crosswise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Treasury
Philadelphia Record
Inquiry on the Kings Cockcrower Official in Lent Times
A Notes and Queries contributor asks if a King's Cockcrower official still exists, who he is, and whether he fulfills duties. Once a feu dal office, its fate may reflect changes in modern times. The duty was to crow three times nightly during Lent, referencing a Biblical scene, a spectacle viewed as irreverent for penitential seasons.
Scalp Cure by Cuticura Ad Claims Relief
Ada C Smith reports relief from severe itching and skin sores after using Cuticura Ointment and Soap. She credits the treatment with clearing her scalp and restoring growth at 369 Grand Street Jersey City.
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Niz
Ada.c. Smith
Grand
Jersey City
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Gured
Bright
Robert G. Burke
Elnora
Saratoga Co
N. Y
Foley
H.T. Les
Rosedale
Linden
New Jersey
Elizabeth
Newark
Pennsylvania Railroad
Park
Linden Park
Linden Lodge
Washington
Moxecy
Parcus
Us Ag
Ninth Street
United States Patent Office
D.C
C.W. Barker
Plavas
Furgitare
Ehurses
Ehpy Jez
Foley Shoney
Ageas
McCale Coo
1St St
Eagelsior
Board OF Health
Fentzlaff
Harrison Avenue
Montclair
Natley
Pascuale Demarco
Boot and Shoemaker
Chestnut Street
Bridge, Nutley, N. J
Bootblack
Giggone
Domenico
Passaic Ave
C.B. Smith & Company
Broad ST
N. J
Emerson’s
Mother Goose
Pater
Hite
Dan Cupid
New York Evening Mail
Philadelphia Press
Puck
Pullman
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Lucullus
Edythe
Mae
North Dakota
Newport
Tommy
Casey
Corrigan
Smith
Blank Street
Baltimore American
Askitt
Lambley
Knowitt
Wall Street
Chicago Daily News
Cleveland
Upson
Carnegie
Detroit Free Press
Mabel
Sporty
Paris
Washington Star
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Senator Sorghum
Niblick
Boston Transcript
Miss Pyne
Champleigh
Geveland
Bealth
Ceylon
Receath
Hall
Canney & Co
Toledo
Fie
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