Whale Wrecks a Vessel by Staving in Its Side
Mate Manuel de Viaria and eight companions survived eleven days at sea after their New Bedford whaling bark Kathleen was sunk by a sperm whale in West Indian waters. They reached Dominica and New York aboard the Borderer and other rescued crews, with the tale detailing harrowing hunger, water shortage, and the perilous voyage back from the shipwreck to safety.
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Manuel de Viaria
New York
Madinna
Dominica
West Indies
de Viarla
Kathleen
Wen
de Viaria
Cherry Street
Tate
Port Smith
Hobart R. Reynolds
Big Bull
Wkins
Jonking
Bla
Parrot
Barbadoes
Borderer
Baltimore
Chile
Jenkins
Pernambuco
Brazil
Isle of Dominica
When Whiskers Were Unpopular
The excerpt recalls a bygone era when facial hair, especially beards and moustaches, drew sharp social judgment. A bearded barrister at the bar was once seen as unfashionable or uncouth, reflecting changing standards of gentlemanliness and fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. P. O'Connor
Where Religion is Maturity. Moors of Tangier smallpox rite
A traveler notes in Tangier that each spring a pronounced smallpox epidemic leaves many pitted faces. Mothers seek to expose children early, even indirectly, by placing them among contagion. One woman mourns her eight or nine year old son who died after years of borrowing infected blankets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangier
Rachel
Amusing Name Combinations From Given Surnames
A column notes playful or deliberate unions of given names with surnames. It mentions the rumor of Governor Hogg naming daughters Ura Hogg and Ima Hogg, which has been denied, and reports on a Columbia case where a man named Case names his daughter Ura Cage. It also cites M A Bridge naming a son Brooklyn, highlighting the oddity of such pairings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Bridge
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
Son
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bridge
Maine Fast Day Observance Endorsed by Gov Hill
Maine maintains a traditional fast day. Gov John F Hill's proclamation honors the enduring custom dating back to the Fathers. He urges respectful observance aligned with the day’s purpose as cited by the New York Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
John F. Hill
New York ‘Times
Earthquake Devastates Schemakha West of Baku
A January shock leveled Schemakha causing a fire that reduced most of the town of 6,770 to ashes. Thousands perished, public buildings and churches collapsed, and only about a dozen houses survived. The ancient mosque was destroyed and abandonment seems probable.
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Schemakha
Baku
The Wreck and the Wrecker Tale from York 1634
An extended vintage-piece recounts the legend of a wreck and the tale of John Bartendale the hanged man who survived burial near York in 1634. It includes dubious notes on a railroad company, old judgments, and a German crafted watch from 1860. A pelican attack near Santa Barbara also features with a nine teen month old in peril and women defending a child.
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John Bartendale
York
Goleta
Santa Barbara
Cal
A Marvelous Costume at Viceroy’s Garden Party
At a Benares garden party hosted by the viceroy the Countess Palovolovetsch wore a striking gown described as blue flame with streaks of light and multicolored fire. She moved constantly, unfazed by attention, and a friend learned the dress was a rich brocade adorned with 535 fire flies in nets.
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Benares
Palovolovetsch
Remarkable Wind Freak Shovel Implanted by Norman Cyclone
A western cyclone images the force of wind with a tree section showing a shovel driven in to half its blade length. The report notes trees stripped and homes damaged, detailing the extraordinary power of Boreas witnessed near Norman Oklahoma territory.
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Norman
Oklahoma Territory
Curious Dwellings in Kap Padocia Rockscape
In Caesarea Mazaca district a lava plateau topped by a tiff bed forms broad canyons. Eons of erosion reveal sugarloaf pinnacles, many carved into dwellings. Caves served as homes and religious sites with ruined temples and Byzantine rock churches still visible.
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Kap- Padocia
Caesarea-Mazaca
Old Chest Reveals Securities Hidden in Garret
York jeweler W B Koch bought an antique chest at auction years ago and stored it in a garret. During spring cleaning the chest was opened and a false bottom yielded securities including 100 shares in a gold mine paying dividends and bonds of a railway company.
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W. B. Koch
York
Northern Central Railway Company
Queer Fishing Pond Mystery From Galesburg
Matilda Overham of Galesburg Michigan suffered years of stomach discomfort until her father fed her a string with a bite of beef. The string pulled back a six inch transparent silver eel attached to the end, and her health notably improved afterward.
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Matilda Overham
Galesburg
Mich
Eye Inside Egg Baffles North Yorkshire Resident
A Skinningrove resident reports a duck laid an egg weighing half a pound with a lengthwise measure of ten and a half inches and a width of eight. Inside the shell, an eye appeared embedded within the egg, while the outer shell contained normal substances and another complete egg was found inside.
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Skinningrove
Hug
Thirteen Performs in Coin and Card Customs Across Regions
The note describes visiting card customs in Korea and Sumatra with wooden boards and straw decorations. It then shifts to American coin trivia highlighting the 26 cent piece and the number thirteen appears repeatedly in phrases, symbols, and eagle details.
Burial Customs in Turkey and Mississippi Tax Provisions
In Turkish cemeteries water vessels on graves aid birds carrying messages to the dead. In Mississippi, few galoons in Missi pi pay about one third of the state's income from privileges under the local option system. Fourteen counties constitute the main share of the $150,000 annual tax revenue.
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Turkey
The Cat's Queer Family of Plaineville Barn
In Plaineville Indiana W H Bunch barn a cat raises three kittens along with two black kittens two fox squirrels and a wild rabbit. The devoted mother cat protects the brood while the two squirrels cause trouble with their friskiness making the family dynamics unusual and entertaining.
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W. H. Bunch
Plaineville
Ind
Man seeks divorce from stepmother in Ohio court
In Upper Sandusky Ohio Benjamin Bauck filed for divorce alleging his stepmother wife of his late father kept morphine and deserted him for weeks, creating a strange courtroom scene.
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Stenmothen
Sandusky
Ohio
Benjamin Bauck
Thunder Mountain Idaho A Mineral Treasure House
Thunder Mountain in Idaho is described as a vast mineral treasure region with rich surface indications. Three gold bearing ledges run parallel across the mountain and values range from 87 to 4000 per ton. A 10 stamp mill requires frequent cleaning, and a recent placer cleanups yielded 7600. Access routes include Ketchum Mackay Boise Weir and Bedrock Montana.
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Idaho
Thunder Mountain
W. H. Dewey
Vis Ketchum
Mackay
Boise and Weir
Bedrock
Montana
Pike's Peak
D. E. Burley
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Salt Lake City
Original Gibson Old Man Henry Bussin Moves to Boston
Henry Bussin, long known as the Mamone Model for twenty years by New York artists including Mowbray Low Castalgne Wenzell Appleton Clark Potter Reinhart Smedley Granville Smith and Charles Dana Gibson, now resides in Boston and is hailed as the original Gibson old man.
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Henry Bussin
New York
Mowbray
Low, Castalgne
Wenzell
Appleton Clark
Potter, Reinhart
Smedley
Granville Smith
Charles Dana Gibson
Boston
Gibson Old Man
Noted Cities and the Great Railway
Noted cities Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul form the name of America’s greatest railway famed worldwide for superior management equipment service and safety. The line between Omaha and Chicago is electric lighted and widely praised. Try it next time you go East. L L Downine Commercial Agent Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway Salt Lake City Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Northwest
America
Ita Superior
Ite
Ita
Omaha
Superior
L. L. Downine
Milwankead St. Paul Railway
Salt Lake City
Utub
Unusual Travel Rates and a Historic Abbey Restoration
The item notes Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe rail excursions with shore route pricing from Ogden and Salt Lake City to St Louis and Chicago, valid June 10 7 12 with a final return Sept 9 1902. Also tells of Benedictine abbey at Wessobrun founded 736 later restored by Baron Von Cramer Kistt to be reoccupied by monks after purchasing land and buildings for 960000 marks.
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Atchison,Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Utah
Missouri River
St. Louis
Chicago
C.F. Warren
Geo
F. Ry
Dooly Block
Germany
Wessobrun
Baron von Cramer Kistt
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Gallen
York & Peachbottom Railroad Company
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Ithaca
Michael Gruber
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Korea
Dahomey
Sumatra
Idano
George W. Perkins
Lile
Pat
Mike
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