Arm Traffic and British Blockade at Muscat Gulf
An 1881 to 1909 overview describes the Afghanistan arm trade via Muscat, the 1864 treaty, and a Persian Gulf blockade. British ships and launches patrol the Muscat Mehran coast, intercept dhows carrying rifles, with a wireless Jask station aiding intelligence. The Persian Gulf division enforces a three mile rule and tightens control during the armament season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscat
Europe
Gulf of Oman
Mokran
Brussels
British East Indies
Thia
Matarah
Pertia
Karachi
Glyndar
H. M
Fox
Philomel
Proserpine
Perseus
Alert
Odin
Sphink
Redbreast
Euplegie
Persian Gulf
British India Steamship Company
India
Royal Navy
Gulf
Bombay
Colombo
A. T. Hunt
Admiralty
Kabul
Fox Newa
Persian
Hunt
Mehran
Iirely
Jask
Inter
Persia
Local North Carolina tale echoes Bluebeard tombstones
A North Carolina traveler recalls Ben Sutton in Lenoir County who kept a house of plenty and a yard of tombstones for four former wives. His wife jokes about the living being next, noting she plans to outlive him. Ben soon died, leaving a string of grave markers and a lasting legend.
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North Carolina
Lenoir County
Goldsboro
Sutton
Ben Sutton
Ben
Nen
Annie
Kate
Maggie
Jennie
Mrs. Sutton
Amile
Alt
Mage
Automobile wedding on the road between David City and Foley
Orrin A Curtis a Nebraska mechanic and Lillian P McCracken driver wed in a 60 horsepower car at high speed with Rev Cleveland Kielbauer presiding on the tonneau. Witnesses joined as the couple sped along the road causing breathless talk about a daring ceremony.
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Orrin A. Curtis
Davis City
Neb
Miks Lillian P. McCracken
Cleveland Kielbauer
Orrin A
Lillian P
David City
Foley
Cleveland Kleibauer
Terra Firma
Mystery in Tulsa as Hackman Found Hanged in Tree
Daniel Bonner a Tulsa hackman was found suspended by one foot from a tree with three bullet wounds. A Missouri businessman who hired him for a hunting trip is under inquiry. No family, roving temperament, and the pair’s finances argue against a robbery motive. The Missourian’s name withheld by officials.
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Tulsa
Okla
Daniel
Bonner
Missouri
Homer
Bis
Hackman
Missourian
Not In Their Class. Rembrandt and Milo at the game
A humorous fragment from the Cleveland Plain Dealer recounts Rembrandt and Michael Angelo playing checkers under an Elsyian Fields tree. A buyer questions the value of a painting as the artists discuss canvas quality. The piece also tells of a ballgame incident where a man hugs a stranger and is defended by expert testimony, leading to 5,000 girls attending the next day.
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Rembrandt
Michael Angelo
Elysian Fields
Remmy
Mike
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Walks Mile In Sleep
New York eight year old Francis Whittle walked from his Bay elde home in his sleep. He fell ten feet from his window into the yard and wandered a mile distant in a daze. His father found him and carried him home where he awoke. The pair have a history of sleepwalking since infancy.
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New York
Francis Whittle
Bayelde
Gorka the Deadly Hatpin Returns to Fanens City
A strange urban legend centers on Gorka, described as the deadly hatpin figure in Fanens City Missouri. The tale notes a frequent Northeast line rider who carries beer corks and avoids rear platforms, confronting hatpins with a peculiar method.
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Gorka
Fanens City
Quench Thirst With Coca Cola Ad Tip
A vintage advertising snippet extols Coca Cola as the sole thirst quencher for heat and thirst. It promotes requesting the booklet The Truth About COCA-COLA from the company in Atlanta and notes other health and domestic observations with varied product mentions and social quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola CO
Atlanta
That Liberal Congress Sparks Heated Street Corner Exchange
A fragment recalls a heated quip about adding policemen and laws in Washington. The dialogue touches on confidence of a result and a joking mispronunciation. The source shows a caricatured political street exchange with colorful slang and era tone.
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Congress
Washington
Doctors Failed to Help Her by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Compound
A Pound Wisconsin woman reports relief from dyspepsia after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The testimonial claims displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities backache and nervous prostration improved. It highlights the product as a standard remedy for female ills for thirty years and urges other women to try it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia B. Pinkham
Herman Stein
Pound, Wis
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Lydia EF. Pinkham
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Kab
Oman
Afghanistan
England
Tan
Expor
Beal ‘Ashe
Tare Beate
Matabar
Charbar
Tinga
Mazkur
Linga
Maxkur
LE Sollaws Preacp and
Zarete
Jiatak
Johni
Oklahoma Hackman
Rolcker
Brown
Rocker
Mr. Winslow
THE
Kuhn Enterprises
Backer
Puck
Lydia
Pinkham
Carter
ARTE
Daisy Fly Killer
California
Land of Sunshine
Phtsberg
Urth Ave
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