Old Coaster Maria Floated Free While Bowker Staved for Debt
Bowker pursued a $26 claim against Captain John Haskell’s estate as the Maria, the ancient coaster, drifted anchor and ended up in Hancock county after a tangle of papers and naval delays. He spent nearly $40 in legal costs seeking payment, then learned heirs had sailed westward, leaving the debt unpaid.
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John Hastert
Lincoln
Ebenezer Rowker
Ebenezer
John
Howe
Bowker
Gut
Belfast
Pa Pere
Seth Pease
Mr. Bowker
Constable Pease
Maria
Knox County
Constable Pose
Camden
Hest
Islesboro
Waldo County
Constanic Pease
Stonington
Deer Isle
Hancock County
United States Navy
Stoningers
Captin Haskell
New York World
Beginning of the End
A dialogue snippet shows Bhe longing for fame and a character named Ho offering to give a name, revealing a moment of self-doubt and social pressure. The scene hints at identity and recognition themes without broader context.
Monument Built by Postum Claims Health Turnaround
A testimonial extols Postum as the cause of a man’s recovery from dypepsia and indigestion after coffee avoidance. The speaker declares becoming strong and well, crediting Postum with restored appetite, better sleep, and improved digestion. Product forms and packaging are noted.
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Postim
Postum
Portum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Temperance Unban Education and Industry Impact
A fragment cites a temperance appeal urging nationwide education on alcohol harms. It warns of job losses and economic strain across Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania and Western Australia with calls to tell farmers grocers and miners how sobriety could improve industries and safeguard families.
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Wells
Chicago Daily News
Michigan
Mainchyrotts
Dronkarde
Penne Aylvanta
Ohio
West
Chicago
A New Faith and Temperance Founding
Maj. Dan Morgan Smith of Chicago, once counsel for the Model License league, renounces alcohol and adopts temperance as a new faith. He declares his speeches for the league finished, vows to oppose the wet side, and urges building a foundation of temperance with annihilation as its cornerstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Morgan Smith
Chicago
Model License League
Fabled Sawyers Whisky Draws Miners Into Annual Drink
In Stakiyou county, Oro Fino mine foreman Billy seeks a yearly drink at Sawyer's bar judged by the moment whiskey starts to taste good. The superintendent notes the ritual as an orthodox habit among local golddiggers who favor that spot above all others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stakiyou County
Sawyer's
Bettef
Billy
Holy
Care For Children and Various Everyday Anecdotes Ad
A jumble of old advertisements and short humorous snippets. Promotions for Cuticura samples, Hanford’s Balsam of Myrrh, and horse care, plus quips about a multimillionaire Biggs and other brief vignettes. The text includes product pitches and light comic lines from an early 20th century page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanford
Lvorymen
Prohibition Debate and Labor Sides on Liquor Control
A mother questions preacher zeal on prohibition while a reply emphasizes patience for change. The Worth Brothers Steel Mills Lukens Iron and Steel Co Florence Iron Co halt alcohol deliveries to workers and forbid brewery agents from entering plants. The efficiency slogan promotes sobriety and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worth Brothers Steel Mills Company
Lukens Iron and Steel Company
Coatesville
Florence Iron Company
Morence
N. J
Homer of Thale
Ilx
Fragmented wit and quotes drift in a New York tale
A jumble of brief extracts and quips appears from editor letters and social scene vignettes. The Washington Star piece ponders life expectancy while a London Tid Bits item skewers gender roles and domestic duties with brisk humor.
Comical Letters and Local Tales In a Spare Page
A jumbled slice from a late issue features a mocked letter to a bath house owner about a third ticket, a schoolchild named Edmund asking about a boy Walter, and a humorous domestic exchange on fly swatters and folded newspapers.
Untitled exchange between Maud and Jack noted
Maud tells Jack she will not return his item until she receives one from another man. He says he never expected to get it back.
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London
Mamuod
Edmund
Walter
Maud
Jack
Ethel
The Sphinx on Natation and Oddities of Riddling
A fragment from a nineteenth century column presents humorous aphorisms about gender roles and social norms. It references a life guard, a wife, and a general in the British army, with scattered notes on Hanford's Balsam and a remark about Long Island spelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sphinx
Life In London Fragment Seeks Message Amid Chaos
An OCR fragment from Life In London depicts a tense scene in a dark cellar where a man and his wife discuss a wallet and papers. The text references a dangerous journey and a destination, the New York Evening Post mentioned, with disjointed dialogue about family and peril.
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London
Southwark
Hertia
James
Jamen
New York Evening Post
Time to fish and the stubborn delays explained
The piece notes fishing times vary from a few hours for prime catches to several weeks when awaiting ideal conditions. It adds social commentary on polish and reputation, humorously touching on a war correspondent and the proverb about reliability. It closes with a remark on the length of Egypt's railways.
Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham Medicine
Unionville Missouri woman recounts severe female trouble and nervous spells. After suffering greatly she credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health and strength. She urges other women to try the remedy and shares her years of positive results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Unionville
Lydia KE Pinkham
Mantia Seavey
Mimouri
Pinkham
Pinkham Medicine Co
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India
Reformer, & Paper
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Pnemonia
Albany
England
Saaria
Tuti
Daisy Fly Killer
Ali Deaters
Sawyer
Care For Children's
Guthura
Boston
Ady
Lola
Beribblar
Biggs
Stonyfellow
Emilie
Aosta
Taundry
Manila
Porson
Ivy
Uncle Gam
Sebriety
Sret
Rereem
Mather
Genner Worrey
New York
Gratiniece
Washington Star
Mr. Cobbins
Henry Cobbleay
Aoman
Bay Sie Teckiler
Balam, Ady
Alfonso of
Spain
Long Island
al Grivers
Adv
Pitas
Henford
Egypt
Castoria
Tne
Sonal
Ness
Castoria Castoria
Fay
Fontaine
G. A, Cook
6Th St
Kenses City, Mo
Gontee
Ntn
Ertazty
Lac
Jaeole
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