Improved life raft for ships and war vessels in distress
An article describes a reinvented life raft designed to withstand heavy seas and avoid capsize. Two long bronze floats form a catamaran with watertight compartments for water and provisions, a mast and sail, and lockers for gear. It aims to carry fifty people and land safely on shores, though weight and cost limit broad adoption.
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Cambers
Mort Fisher
Cape Pear River
Kitcry Navy Yard
Maine
London
Veesel
Detroit Free Press
Ink stain remedy for shirt sleeves catcher’s soda
Clerks and others note ink stains on linen can become permanent if left untreated. A few cents worth of chlorinated soda rubbed in and rinsed away with water removes ink almost instantly. Apply immediately after the accident for best results.
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St. Louis Globe- Democrat
New Nuree Plea Reveals Household Strife and Racial Context
A New York Weekly fragment shows a nursemaid pleading with a mistress about caring for a crying baby. The dialogue suggests a harsh household dynamic and hints that prior nurees were nonwhite.
The Mustache Upheld in English Groom Case
A groom won a British court case allowing him to keep a mustache. Mrs. Grimshaw had ordered shaving as a condition of employment after the groom grew a mustache on medical advice. The judge ruled the demand unreasonable and noted outdoor work justifies facial hair for weather protection. Damages awarded were twenty five dollars.
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England
How the Burglar Was Reformed and Other Oddities
A Baltimore American fragment tells of a shipboard cat named Charlie who dives after the dingy to rejoin its crew, with other items noting a reforming burglar turned preacher, humorous quotes about lovers’ nicknames, and a New York World warning on cyanide poisoning in certain trades.
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Camilen Harbor
Charlie
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Uriah Heep
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New York Evening Sun
New York World
A Valuable Addition to the Toilet
The article praises using a spraying atomizer with a harmless antiseptic for the toilet and throat and nostrils. It suggests frequent use could help prevent infection from diseases such as influenza and diphtheria.
Youngest Senoia merchant runs fruit and confectionery
The eight year old Frank Wells operates a fruit and confectionery shop in Senoia weighing sixty pounds. He maintains strong patronage and profits, and retailers note his honesty. Electric cranes are expanding use for efficiency and rapid readiness.
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Senoia
Frank Wells
Modern Juliet's Bed Versus Old Fashioned Grandeur
The piece contrasts European ornate bedsteads with the cleaner modern British styles. It notes how antique canopies and silk hangings reflected luxury, while French examples from Marie Antoinette's era showcased master craftsmanship. It laments lost prices and the shift to Rococo revival and simpler iron and brass beds.
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France
Continent
Juliet
Marie Antoinette
Litebuchl
Riesener
Gauthiers
Chippendale
Rocco
Louis Quinve
Louis Selze
London Standard
Mythic horses of gods and heroes in ancient legends
The piece cites Pegasus as Apollo and the Muses winged horse and Bellerophon’s Chimera pursuit, Sleipnir Odin’s eight legged sea and land steed, the wind from eight points, Al Barak Gabriel’s winged horse with a human face, and Neptune’s first horse born from a rock, from the St Louis Republic.
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Sleipnir
Odin
al Barak
Gabriel
Mohammed
Neptune
St. Louis Republic
The Last of the Jewish Messiah Mordecai
A German named Mordecai claimed divine origin in 162. Authorities branded him an impostor and he fled, with his later fate unknown.
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Mordecai
Sleep and Death by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Poem contemplating sleep and death as sisters in a dream voyage. The speaker pleads for death to be gentle and to join spouses in an unbroken spiritual closeness, fearing separation by sleep and dreaming. The verse laments the distance between lovers and seeks a swift, united end.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Dr. Pleasant Pelleta Promoted To Cure Cold Ailments
Fragmentary text describes remedies for fevers rheumatism and colds. Mentions Dr Pleasant Pelleta and a claim of restoring the whole system with a perfectly certain method. Warnings about weather effects and daily routines appear in the garbled excerpt.
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Dr. Rare
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