Freaks of Compass Explain Deviations Off Eastern Maine Coast
A Maine Ports mouth Chronicle report notes compass swings of one to two points along Deer Island passage and near Mark Island to Dry Halibut. Captains attribute deviations to magnetic ore on Camp’s Island and Marshall’s Island, with greatest errors at high tide, while Dry Halibut rock echoes aid navigation in thick weather.
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Maine
United States
Portsmouth
N. H
Chronicle
Deer Island
Uth Mark Island
Mark Island
Camp’s Island
Marshall's Island
Tree Friendships Dying Out In Modern Life
A reflective essay laments vanishing close friendships as modern life, hustle, and entertainment replace time for genuine bonds. It argues letter writing and shared pursuits shrink, turning friendship into a mere term among many without understanding or sympathy.
Australian Bride Marries Montana Groom Then Weds Best Man
Miss Hannah Meier traveled from Australia to Great Falls Montana to wed Christopher Schmidt. In a surprising turn she then married Schmidt’s best man Joseph Kunz. The ceremony involved Schmidt reportedly receiving $65. Miss Meier reportedly changed her mind after the initial vows.
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Great Falls
Mont
Spe
New York Times
Hannah Meier
Australia
Montana
Christopher Schmidt
Joseph Kunz
Schmidt
Allen’s Foot-Ease Ad Promises Easier Fitting Shoes
A vintage advertisement describes Allen’s Foot-Ease powder that loosens tight or new shoes and relieves swollen hot sweating aching feet ingrowing nails coins and bunions. It offers a 25-cent price and free trial by mail from Le Roy New York. It also hints at pilots earning renown from storms and tempests.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy, N.Y
Inventor Claims Sunlight Power Method
Fragmentary notice describes an inventor claiming a method to obtain motive power from sunlight. The passage also references Castoria, New Zealand meat trade bosses, and a hair product, with unclear connections to the main claim.
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New Zealand
Boston Institution and the Peabody Medical Institute
A fragment notes Boston's Peabody Medical Institute No 4 known for its medical publications with wide readership. It mentions a late philanthropist George Peabody and hints at a pamphlet offering free by mail, with reference to postage and South African tulip plank as poison.
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Boston
Pea Medical Institute
George Peaberty
Pame
Douglas Shoe Company Promotes Value and Union Labor
The W. L. Douglas Shoe Co. of Brockton Mass markets a $3.50 men’s shoe rivaling $5 offerings by cutting out middlemen. With 60 company stores, a Brockton factory employing 1,100 and a weekly payroll of $17,435, the firm uses union labor and prides itself on style and durability worn by over one million men.
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Douglas
Brockton
State Board of Arbitration
United States
Denver
Colo
Quote by Joan F Borsa on endurance and cure for consumption
A statement from Trinity Springs Indiana dated February 16 1900 asserts that he who can bear small trials is fit for great trusts and claims Piso s Cure for Consumption has no equal for coughs and colds followed by a note on prayer for daily bread being answered with daily strength.
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Joan F Borsa
Trinity Springs
Ind
Benne Plant for Children A Summer Complaint Remedy
During midsummer heat parents should be watchful as a well known remedy is advised. The advertisement promotes Bee SS One a not e 2 e and a plant labeled to ease summer ailments for children, sold by J. & G. Maguire and The Medicine Co. Lou, Missouri.
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J. & G. Maguire
THE
Medicine CO
Allen's Foot-Ease Ad Promotes Foot Powder Cure
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder to cure swollen, smarting feet corns and bunions, offering 25c purchase at druggists and shoe stores and a free sample. It notes Allen S. Olmsted of LeRoy New York and mentions the shah of Persia owning a jeweled sword valued at £10,000.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N
Persia
Putnam Face Less Dye Colors More Goods Than Others
There will be 1,522 polling places in Greater New York this year.
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Putnam
Greater New York
Magnetic Starch Ad Claims Longevity For Linen Shirts
An advertisement touts Magnetic Starch as a superior laundry aid for fine linen and shirt waists with claims of durability and 100,000 acres of peat resources in Ontario. It highlights use for starching clothes, promises no cracking, and notes a 10 cent grocer price.
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Canadian Province
Ontario
Magnetic Starth Promises Longer Lasting Starch
The ad touts Magnetic at the top laundry starch as the best in the world. It claims life boats around the British coast rescued 680 people last year and promotes Magus Starch as longer lasting than any other brand.
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Benne Plant For
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Peoria
Ill
W. P. Deppe
Shusiness College
Roharbough Bros. Proprietors
Onaha
Nebraska
Stina
srUbt Agar Bonecs
Cain
J. K. Combtock & CO
Nian
Thompson
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