Wave Saves Vessels in Narrow Coastal Near Miss
A hurricane raged off the Australian coast when the British ship Cawdor and the lumber laden schooner Golden Shore almost collided. A giant wave between them averted disaster as the Cawdor scraped past the Golden Shore. Both vessels drifted in heavy seas with the Golden Shore turning away toward Puget Sound. The Cawdor remained uninjured.
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Burch
Cawdor
Newcastle
Golden Shore
San Francisco
Golden
Puget Sound
Farm for Frogs in Massachusetts Aimed for Mass Production
Boston capitalists form the Massachusetts Frog Company to breed and supply live and dead frogs for colleges and medical schools. Artificial cemented ponds connected by locks will nurture 20 000 to 40 000 frogs annually with potential output of 100 000. The venture seeks to end winter shortages for research by providing year round supply.
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Boston
Bay State
Massachusetts Frog Company
California
Massachusetts
Makes Money Carrying Meals
Energetic 14 year old Thomas Mintzer of Conshohocken Pa. delivers meals to mills for 15 cents a week. He started with a goat drawn wagon then a push cart and finally a horse and wagon, serving about 130 customers with three daily deliveries at 11 00 11 45 and 12 05. He averages about five dollars weekly after expenses.
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Thomas Mintzer
Conshohocken
Tommy
Apothecaries and lawyers play by different scruples
A concise note contrasts how apothecaries measure remedies in scruples with how lawyers handle ethics and standards, hinting at differing professional discipline and precision in practice.
Boston Actors' Church Alliance Forms Chapter
Nearly 100 actors clergymen and laymen organize the Boston chapter of the Actors' Church Alliance. It now has 129 members including 20 clergymen. The alliance aims to unite stage folk and church people to help one another and humanity and to extend to all artistic callings, especially bohemia.
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Boston
The
Actors’ Church Alliance
Bohemia
Baron Faber Death Advances German Pencil Industry Growth
Baron Johann Faber died in Nuremberg and was a practical founder of the lead pencil factory bearing his name. His son Hé succeeded to the business, expanding from twenty workers to over a thousand across several factories. Faber drove English pencils from Germany as his enterprises grew.
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Johann Faber
Nuremberg
Germany
Faber
Bishop Potter Calls World Crusade for Physical Moral Reform
TheLeader of the YWCA in New York Bishop Potter said the crusade for better physical and moral condition extends beyond New York City and is active worldwide, joking that television should perhaps exclude Boston in such an atmosphere of virtue.
Royal Navy expected battleship program not achieved
The British Admiralty aimed to commission three battleships per year starting 1897. Caesar Illustrious and Hannibal entered in 1898, but 1899 saw only Canopus and Ocean, with Glory and Goliath in 1900. Vengeance and Albion near completion will bring the total to the target.
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Caesar
Illustrious
Hannibal
Ocean
Glory
Goliah
Vengeance
Albion
Woman Gains Legal Rights Over Her Property
A century ago a woman owned little independently while her husband controlled all. Modern law requires a husband to obtain his wife's consent to open her letters, reflecting stronger legal rights and control for women over their own property.
Smith's Sure Kidney Cure credited for bladder stone relief
Memphis resident John E. Dedman reports his son suffered eight years with a bladder stone. After medical visits in Cincinnati New York Chicago and Nashville yielded no improvement. Two bottles of Smith's Sure Kidney Cure cured him and boosted overall health. Price 50 cents. For sale by all drug gists. Also notes the German heir to Queen Wilhelmina as a royal match potential.
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Cincinnati
New York
Chicago
Nashville
Smith
John E. Dedman
Memphis
Tenn
Garfield Tea Promoted as Blood Purifier Gains Notice
The article notes Garfield Tea as a blood purifier achieving prominence unmatched by other remedies and claims complexion improvements after several days of use. It also mentions the Creek nation subsiding and Carrie Nation maintaining firm opposition.
Peruna Adverts Claim Cure for Grip and Catarrh
An extended Peruna advertisement touts its effectiveness against grip and catarrh. It cites endorsements from U S congressmen Joseph B. Crowley George H White and J P Megrew and testimonials from Anna Russell and Alice Dressler. The notice invites readers to write to Dr Hartman for free advice.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Joseph B. Crowley
Illinois
National Hotel
Washington, D. C
J. B. Crowley
George H. White
North Carolina
J. P. Megrew
U. S. Capital
Anna Russell
Loyal Mystic Legion
Endicott
Wolfe's Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps Promotion
An advertisement touts Wolfe's Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps as remedies for rheumatism liver troubles dyspepsia and debility claiming physicians recommend it for kidney and bladder issues and even baby colic. It also markets Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer promising permanent cure for fits and nervousness and promotes Russ' Bleaching Blue for whitening clothes.
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Wilhelmina
Grand Duke
Saxe-Weimar
Sophia
Holland
Carrie Nation
Alice Dressler
North
Bryant Ave
Minneapolis
Minn
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Cascarets
Sterling Remedy Co
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