Survivors recount Arabic disaster and shipboard discipline
Survivors describe calm sea and well-handled lifeboats after the Arabic was torpedoed without warning near Queenstown on August 19. A Dunsley torpedo sighting and swift lifeboat deployment limited loss of life as passengers and crew reacted with orderly exits, with some sailors and a captain aiding rescued women and securing others on rafts.
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Queenstown
Dunsley
Mecn Aest
Mer
Joseph G. de Lorrimer
Monti
Marine
Dunsiey
London
Stella Carroll
Miss Carroll
Tipperary
Optimistic Thought on Candor and Restraint
A concise reflection warns against letting sincerity invite overreach by the arts of persuasion. The piece contrasts openness with prudence, urging measured candor to safeguard integrity.
Hidden Impurity in Coffee Sparks Consumer Caution
An advertisement by Denison Coffee Co. proclaims F C Harwood’s expertise in selecting pure beans. It warns that mold and decay may exist in raw coffee prior to roasting and urges consumers to buy Denison’s hand picked beans as a safeguard against impurity.
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F. C. Harwood
Mr. Harwood
Denison
F. GC. Harwood
Denison’s
Keneon Coffee Co
Chicago
Ady
Sky Marauder Stalks Sparrows From Airshaft
A maid in a Riverside Drive Victoria apartment watched a sparrow hawk wheel and dive in the building airshaft above the fourth floor. The predator circled for about two hours before vanishing, leaving sparrows in a shaken recovery.
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Riverside Drive
Ninety-seventh Street
Apology Motive Behind a Man’s Mean Action Discussed
A columnist reflects that some men commit harsh deeds to justify them later by offering an apology. The piece weighs psychology, pride, and strategy in self justification after wrongdoing.
Floating water-proof match box and doll-shaped muff patent
A New York inventor patents two items: a water-proof match box designed to float when dropped into water and a child's muff shaped like a doll, extending protective cases and novelty wearable accessories for kids.
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New York
Prayers of the Lazy Faith Comment in Houston Post
The Houston Post opines that some believers would grow stronger if they ceased asking the Lord to do their tasks and instead relied on their own efforts for daily chores like wood chopping and water fetching.
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Houston Post
Pro and Con What Sign Inference Revealed
A Wheeling Intelligencer note reports a sign writer suggests pro and con are abbreviations for producers and consumers. The quirky linguistic tidbit links common debate terms to marketplace roles.
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Wheeling Intelligencer
Africa's Vast Uncharted Lands Linger in Exploration
About one eleventh of Africa's area remains unexplored, covering nearly 1,000,000 square miles. The statement highlights the continent's large regions yet to be mapped and studied by scientists and explorers.
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Dardanelles
Admiralty
Africa
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