Rescue on Isle Wight Recounts Turbulent Sea Rescue
Features from a Nov 15 report detailing an American Shipper rescue off the Isle of Wight. Passengers and crew describe helping survivors from wreckage as the Vestris crisis unfolds. Sailors and officers issue orders while Miss Mabel Unworth oversees operations aboard.
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Stw
York
Mabel B. Unworth
Wurseal
Ellis Tslanus
Iss
Mack
Sindy
Vestris
Miss Einworth
Timor
Tig Leahant
Witchet
Clara Ball
Oil worker slain near Beaumont. brother-in-law held
In Beaumont area an oil field worker named Gonee, 46, was shot at his job southeast of town. His brother-in-law, Peeler of Sour Lake, was taken into custody after the shooting but refused to discuss details. Authorities planned to question him further.
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Beaumont
CPW
Gonee
Wollers, Okie
Here
Wredl
Peeler
Sour Lake
Pox
Vestris Boiler Room Flooded On Sunday Disaster
Nov 15 reports from New York describe the Vestris steamer disaster as the boiler room flooded carrying 23 coal trimers among rescued passengers aboard the French steamer Myriam. Crew and passengers fought to save the ship while water rose throughout Sunday, with attempts to seal boilers and keep power for radio.
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New York
Beck
Vestris
Myriam
Hoboken Wall
Evana Jhullinden
Thomas Edwards
Stewart
New York Central Agent Visits Houston on Business
H. J. Spangenberg, general passenger agent of the New York Central, was in Houston Saturday morning on business. The trip highlights the ongoing rail line interests and connections between major rail systems.
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N.Y
H. J. Spangenbere
Lie
New York Central Taines
Houstut
Sat Antollia
Four Suspects Arrested After Night of Chicago Police Action
Police cornered and captured four accused killers after a night of action in Chicago. They confessed to slaying a druggist and a spectator in separate incidents last week. Names given were Morgan Swan Napoleon Glover Van Vedder Dunfermins Michael Unirk. investigations linked to Royal, Flinn store robbery and vandalism at West Side shop.
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Wuler
Tolay
Chicago
Keey
Golleon
Phoip Vichin
Petvr
Gwens
Dogeist
Morgin Swan
Napolean Glover
van Vedder Dunferminson
Charles Mellock
Michael Unirk
S’ Heoansiry
Royal
Flinn Inn West Side
Sulyon
Fort Worth Man Loses Arm in Accidental Shotgun Discharge
Fort Worth man is wounded when a shotgun in a boat discharges. He and two companions were on Lake Worth nine miles from Fort Worth when the gun fell and fired, severing the bishop's left arm. The accident occurred as they used the rowboat. one gun went off.
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Fort Worth
Shotgun
Wort Worth
Wna
Eerie
Lake Worth
Hee
Looters of Town Get 125 Years
In Lockilatt Texas three men accused of looting a tank were sentenced to a total 125 years in prison. Joe Reling received 60 years, with Ehonins 10 and Sames Sanckez each jailed 80. Other charges remain pending.
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Lockilatt
Tex
Joe Reling
Ill poet archaeologist Charles Fletcher Founais dies or ill
In Los Angeles on November 15 CPI reports Charles Fletcher Founais noted poet historian and archaeologist is ill at home with family stating little hope for recovery sources indicate his condition has raised concern among literary and academic circles in the city.
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Wistorian
Los Angeles
CPI
Charles Fletcher Founais
Historias
Bert
Dresses for every occasion at sensational San Antonio sale
In a late 19th or early 20th century style boast, the text claims a sensational event of dresses for every occasion. It promises crisp new frocks in tailored, sports and dressy modes at prices that “tell only half the value story” and urges customers to come early.
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Eldom
San Antonio
Weighing Words and Pressure in a Typing Ad Claim
An advertisement-like fragment discusses typing effort and letter pages, claiming high pressure per page and per line. It references a stenographer lifting heavy weight in metaphorical terms and ends with a call to powder a name and apply lipstick. The garbled text includes mentions of Chicago and November 16 in a nonsensical context.
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Chicago
Blacklist required to arrive in society says Bugs
In a 1978 New York dispatch titled with a satirical edge, the piece mocks social acceptance demands by referring to a “blacklist” of debutante Daughters of the Kean Revolution and their evolving stance. The text riffs on colonial class debates, invitations, and long past quarrels, ending with an advertisement plea about Wool and delivery.
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D.ar
Bugs
Four University Students Missing After Hiking Trip
Four University of Calfordia students are missing after a hiking trip to Upper Lake north of the town. Search parties spread across the area as stormy weather hampered efforts to locate the group. Names given include Mieses Anne, Minna Kameporter, Robert M. Keeler, and John Dempat Ernihinte, all from various cities.
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Laretort
Cal
Nox
University of Calfordia
Upper Lake
Renewis
Jeff Berkeley
Mieses Anne
Minna Kameporter
Loran
Vinh
Robert M. Keeler
Los Angeles
John J. Dempat Ernihinte
Ber- Ving
IN EVERY SHADE Fashions Show Everyday Dresses and Modes
A catalog roundup lists afternoon and evening dresses, street modes, and school frocks. It notes Misses and Women's sizes including large sizes, highlighting range and styling cues across categories.
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Wight
Kory Krome
Arden Lepthar
Rampiria
Waal Nd Col
Peompe Telivers. T
Bhugs
Baer
Uy Tulversil Pervier
Geint Blister
Coventry
William Allen White
Hunetey
Recone
Signe, the Daughters of the
Kean
Jinpas
Colonigh Army
Valley Pere
Nquntaing
H. A. Klotz
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