Real Romances Of The Sea Tales Of Survival And Fury
A vivid survey of sea legends and near disasters recounts the Anjou wreck and shipwrecked survivors on a New Zealand island, the Thornliebank kerosene voyage and heroic pumping, Mrs Bates the famed hoodoo firewoman, and other storms, shipwrecks, and miraculous rescues from maritime lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astou
Marceilles
Ernest Simoes
Marymontia
Rimpel
Ana Dernet
Sydney
Palmouth
Auckland
Island Kingdom
New Zealand
Hinomea
Mills
The
Anjou
Thornliebank
Cape of Good Hope
Thornile Bank
Smith
Thornnebank
South Cape
Thorn- Nebank
Massachusetts
Last of the Flock as Henderson Suit Helps Suitors
A father and mother lament the impending departure of their daughter Ethel. The parents discuss an arranged match with Henderson and the social stakes, noting family fortunes and the risk of losing their last child to marriage. They plan a dinner to settle the arrangement and face the emotional toll of goodbye.
Teary farewell note from Puck to a dear boy
A personal letter fragment shows Puck signing off with affection to a young friend. He mentions tears and pride in the relationship, hoping the recipient does not view the emotion as unmanly, and signs off with See you tomorrow evening dear boy.
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Ethel
Boy
Puck
Bernard Shaw Praised By Actress At Luncheon
Annie Russell described Bernard Shaw as a kind selfless man at a Women's Municipal League luncheon in the Hotel Martinique. She read letters in which Shaw urged her to take the lead in Major Barbara and not be constrained by the author while rehearsing. He joked that he would get more than his share anyway.
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Women's Municipal League
Martinique
Annie Russell
Bernard Shaw
Spiritual Gifts and How to Find Them
The article discusses spiritual gifts as the church body with Christ as head, emphasizing belief in gifts, divine distribution, and use for church edification. It notes many gifts are not just speech, cites examples of enthusiasm and perseverance, and urges believers to act to discover their gifts through work for Christ.
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Paul
Chetat Lea
Christ
Whiel Aine
Dwight L. Moody
Young Moody
Yale
Princeton
Charles Darwin
True Religious Living and the Constitutional Standard of Intelligence
The piece argues that nature and constitutional intelligence define religious living as virtuous and healthy, while irreligious behavior leads to disease and premature death. It frames intelligent living as right and blessed with immunity to despair and vice.
Venice A City of Dreams
The piece extols Venice as a city built on water offering sunset and moonlit wanderings. It highlights unique streets, bridges, and architecture, and notes St. Theodore and St. Mark as patrons with the Lion of St. Mark on prominent columns.
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Italy
Venice
St. Theodore
St. Mark
St. Mart
Piazzetta
Syria
Christian Science Monitor
An Old Neighborhood Scene on Self-Raising Chickens
A local exchange notes retirees in an old neighborhood who no longer try to save money by keeping chickens. The dialogue reflects a community habit of raising poultry as a past idea now dropped by residents.
Baby's Eczema Healed By Cuticura Remedies
Mrs. Mary W. Ramsey of Colorado Springs reports her three week old son cured from eczema and subsequent boils after stopping a physician's treatment and using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She notes dramatic improvement within days and full recovery by age two, praising the remedies and offering free samples via Cutcura Dept. L Boston.
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Mary W. Ramsey
E. Jackson St
Colorado Springs
Col
Cuticurn
Cutura
Dept
Manila to Open Public Tennis Courts in Sunken Gardens
The city of Manila plans ten public tennis courts near the city hall sunken gardens with baths, lockers, and reading rooms. The project repurposes the bastion beside Victoria Gate into an up to date club facility.
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Manila
City Hall
Victoria Gate
Cardul Credited With Averting Hospital Operation
A St Louis woman reports ten weeks of illness with womanly troubles and four doctors suggesting surgery. After taking Cardul she improves quickly, leaves bed, and remains symptom free. She credits Cardul with avoiding an operation and plans to keep it at home. The notice promotes Cardul with testimonials and a mail offer for guidance literature.
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St. Louis, Mo
Mary Herberger
Eas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Heath
Charles Moons
Il No. 3
Murrayville
Silent Actors Revival Prompts Moving Picture Phonograph Merge
A London patent grants combining phonograph and moving picture unit to synchronize sound with film. Once marketed, silent actors may speak in sync with projected images, enabling at‑home phonograph driven picture shows.
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C. Milton
London
Eng
Babek Elixir Promoted by Mr. Miller for Fever Relief
Washington writer Chas W. Miller testifies Babek Elixir cured his intermittent fever and saved his life. The letter claims the preparation can treat malaria and promotes Babek at 50 cents, via Kloczewak & Co of Washington DC.
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Babek
Chas. W. Miller
Washington, D.C
Eliate Babek
Kloczewak & Co
Washington, D. c
SPOHN
Spohn Medical Co
Goshen
Indiana
The Suffragette's Answer Hairpin Mention at Rally
A political speaker asks what instrument could unlock state doors for readers and a suffragette shouts hairpin as the answer. The page also notes that fourteen percent of the egg is albumen.
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Department of State
Caesar Crosses the Rubicon and a Witty Detour
The excerpt riffs on Caesar crossing the Rubicon with a whimsical aside about a Hudson River Tube and a seven cent fare. It then shifts to a playful invitation to view a “beautiful road” and a “dark one colored red” as if guiding an odd journey by sea and land.
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Rubicon
Hudson River
Unsure Happiness Echoes in Quiet Neighbors
A fragment from a Boston Transcript feature quotes a neighborly remark about a newly married deaf mute couple, then drifts into garbled text referencing presidential satire and a patent remedy for constipation and blouses.
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Boston Transcript
Tuberculosis Death Rate Drops Sharply in United States
Figures from a national tuberculosis association show the tuberculosis death rate fell from 291.6 in 1904 to 160.3 per 100 000 in the last decade, a drop of 18.7 percent, while overall mortality declined 3.7 percent. The ten year decline implies about 27 000 lives saved.
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United States
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
United States Bureau of the Census
Cadet Tug Of War With the Fallen Flagpole
The Saturday Evening Post recounts Col George W Goethals at West Point posing a recitation problem. He asks cadets how to raise a sixty foot flagpole with a sergeant and ten privates. His answer: simply order the sergeant to put up that flagpole.
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Saturday Evening Post
George W. Goethals
Weat Point
Engineer Corps
Goethals
Revive a drooping house plant with charcoal and potash tonic
A folk remedy suggests feeding roots with a fine mix of charcoal and potash twice weekly for a few weeks to revive a dying plant. It claims the plant regains life within a month if soil nutrients are adequate and warns against soil deficiencies.
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George Jean Nathan
Thornllebank
Glasgow
Philadelphia
Wellington
American Seamen's Society
Bates
Kate Claxton
Boston
Rio de A Plata
Dundee
San Francisco
Fanchon
Hates
Homor
Dames
Mrs. Hates
Galapagos Islands
Mrs. Bates
England
Australia
L. A. van Romondt
Cuba
Nova Scotia
China
U. S S
Miranda
Henderson
Bradstreet
Bill Smitherson
Bill Ie
Tate
City OF
Caroline
Aunt Carolina
Jupiter Pluvius
Howell
Powell
Garfield Tes
Cardul
Cardus
Cardal
Chattsscegs Medicine Co
Him
Cholly
Dally
John Jones
David Evans
John Williams
London Globe
Coca-Cola
Socom
Coca-Cola Co
Atlanta
Garfleidges
North Dakota
Mr. Smith
Fletcher
Laura
Paxton Toilet Co
Mass
Europe
MED
Maverstock
US Amrat Ead
Memphis
Keeley Institute
AK Avenue
Arkaksis
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