Rebuilt Oxteamer Milwaukee A feat in maritime salvage
The Milwaukee oxteamer, 435 feet long, was wrecked near Abosseen in 1895. Salvage involved blowing the hold with dynamite and rejoining sections at a dry dock. A watertight bulkhead and new bow were fitted to restore the ship, with observers noting the reconstruction as a landmark in wrecking and rebuilding.
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Milwaukee
Waa
Avdiger
Swan & Munter
Wathead-on-Tyne
England
Engineering Magazine
Abosseen
Tyne
Frost Spoiled the Sport on the River Rescue
Forty men returning from Kuyoxetile on a steamboat faced freezing conditions and a failed fishing trip. With the vessel stuck near ten miles from nowhere, they improvised a shelter as the crew rationed scarce sandwiches and the men endured hunger and cold for two days and nights before rescue.
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Kuyoxetile
Savannah News
Fenort
Pandhur
Hawk and Bluefish Feast in Long Jaland Debacle
A long ago tale from Moston recounts a hawk capturing a bluefish in the woods. After a fall, the fish dropped into a farmer’s yard where a mastiff guarded it. The dog seized the fish as it landed. the hawk pursued, but the dog held on, delivering the trophy alive to a mistress at a house, where it was served that night. A dog has since kept vigil at the same spot. In Chilmdelphin Christine day a white steel car struck Giuseppe Mara, dislocating his shoulder. He was taken to a Pennsylvania hospital by wagon. the ride jolted, the shoulder worsened, and surgeons sent him back.
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Moston
Hently
Guiseppe Marassallor
Christine Day
Pennsylvania Duepital
Prince of Wales
England
Edward I
Wales
Carnarvon
Edward
Recy
Value of jeweled swords and wealth in rogland tales
The article discusses the famed jeweled blades including a sword valued at 410,000 by the Wesprians and a bejeweled hilted weapon reputedly worth over two swords of equal weight. It notes an implied annual income from such assets and mentions Italian artisans, American fortunes, and a British navy pigeon cost of four pounds per year. It also references 4,00 people named Savithy in the United Kingdom.
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Gorwoods Swain
Roglald
Wesprians
Lord Wolseley
Eusrope
Persia
Eames
Baroda
Frightened Women Wake To Midnight Burglar Alarm
In the early hours a Chicago household of two women was startled by a piercing burglar alarm. They crept through a dark house, hearing noises as curtains swayed, finally discovering the wind opened a window caused the false alert. They wonder if the intruder was simply a burglar or wind.
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Chicago
The Fire Engine Driver Story Remembered
A nostalgic view imagines future steam engines replaced by self propelled apparatus. The narrator praises past drivers and likens them to bold stage coaches as heroic figures amid evolving city fire service.
Frog and snake farm fuels local employment in Indiana
A turtle frog and snake farm run by Al Sphung in Starke County Indiana provides work for many nearby residents. Frogs cost one to twenty cents per dozen with sizes affecting price. Froggers prep and dress prey using water tanks and shears. The business draws crowds via side shows and a museum, with hotels and restaurants placing strong demand for turtles.
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al Sphung
Starke
Ind
Ireland
Chicago Exchange
Etoptoyes
Phes
Notice of Publication for Water Diversion and Mining Assessments
Notice announces an August 27 2 PM public proof for completion of Big Creek water diversion 3.2 cfs under Idaho permit held by Jane Lawley with address Fieldlurg Idaho. It includes land description 160 acres, and mentions Lost Eagle Mining Company assessment 0.5 cent per share due by August 1010 payable to George Dearden, plus delinquency sale. Co owners G Williams J McClurg notified of labor expenditures and required contributions or loss of claims under 204 US statutes.
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Leihi
Maho
QL. Cleveland
Big Creek
Idaho
Jane Lawley
Fieldlurg
Cimtwr
Idabu
Geo. Silvey
Mamcpin
Daly
Lost Eagle Mining Company, Limited
Custer
Custer County
George Dearden
Wales
Carl Malm
Goff
JA. McClurg
Williams
Dryden
Werttish
Calms
Bayhorse
State of Idaho
United States
Col. Williams
Challis
Idahowth
Dewey Day and a Nation in Small Town Haste
Chicago buzz fades to country pleasure as Dewey Day draws locals and visitors to golf courses and parks. A cross section of society notes marching bands, processions, and reflections on heroism while glimpses of Agassiz and royal headlines echo in a fragmented, nostalgic pageantry.
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Chicago
Saya
Dewey
Gridley
Manila
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Frost
Sivamied Steamboat
Ordan Artaders
Italy
Organ Grinters
America
Deme Smiths
United
Kis
United Kingdom
Savithy
Teateat
Anil
Nobbleton
Nobleton
New York
Asher
Bastion
Concord
Hint
Abd Cheriah
Indiana
Kentucky
Town Improvement Association of
Montclair, Nvd
China
Shane
Western
Canada
Dolliver
Iowa
Omtranta
The
Wicer Ag Pall
Fuentes
Ottawa
Davie
Milne Ownels
Ureyhound Mill & Smelter
Sheep Mountain
Seafoum
M Smith
Hireyhound Mill
New Shanley
Battie
Man With
the Drum
Vhicaro Chronicle
Batae
Andtomuny
Oedestra
Agansin
Saranac
W. J. Stillman
Emerson
Lowell
Agassiz
Paris
Agasaig
Salmon River
Pahsataroi
West
Snake River
Round Valley Realty Company
Idaflo
Round Valley
Pahsamaroi Valley
Blacksmith
Rodger Brasseur
Ida
Ousterstade Line
Clayton
Miratong
Salmon City, Ha
Sowiley Basin
Dickey
Singiser
U. S. Mail
Passengers & Express
C. V. Hanson
Prov
E. F. Kirk
Spring
Bath
Magnesia
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