Dead Spot in Caribbean Analyzed by Offshore Observers
A Brazilian official near the port describes a “dead spot” in the Caribbean between Cartagena and Kingston where currents stagnate. He recalls finding a drifting buoy from 1893 and bottles from a yacht off Grand Cayman and a ship bound for Montevideo, illustrating long floating histories and drift patterns observed near New Orleans.
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Caribbean
Custom House
Cartagena
Colombia
Kingston
Jamaicn
Abo Wien
Cape Gracias
Rio
Navy Department
Grand Cayman
Montevideo
New Orleans
Tennyson Reply on Supernatural Passage Revealed
The Nottingham Guardian notes a rare Tennyson letter where he explains a line cited as supernatural in the Bard’s Works. He says a friend misheard a parish bell in an eastern desert and the ringing arose from ear sounds shaped by old associations.
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Tennyson
Nottingham Guardian
Edward Campbell
Talish
Alfred Tennyson
Taiish
Delta
1. A
Penny in the slot gas meters gain vast overseas uptake
The piece reviews the penny in the slot gas meter introduced by the South Metropolitan Gas Company from Liverpool three to four years ago. It notes 90,000 customers across the water, 300 to 400 weekly additions, and annual revenue around £200,000 while other markets test shilling and half-crown meters. It contrasts with electric light impacts and describes operational advantages and expansion plans. It also includes a travelogue of Bluejackets touring and a Cuban journey with humorous misadventures and language mishaps.
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Euernwty Kingland
Liverpool
South
Agetom
Lannon News
A Photographer in the Antilles and Travel Woes
A narrative recounts a photographer’s Cuban voyage to document the Isle of Pines, noting Cuba’s one-third time value versus the U.S. and advising mule paths over rail to save time and money. He describes Batabano travel, sponge fishing, a child courier’s perilous mission to Havana, and a two-week island circuit with native guides and horses.
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Culan
Havana
Cuba
Batabano
Fernando
Tong
Isle of Pines
Nueva Gerona
Contrictor
Pinar del Rio
West Indies
United States
Varione Intervale
Hyan
Maxon
Peraun
Anu
Fernandez
Hasvana
Pon Landing 1
Fernando Plaziola
Clenaga
Must Women Suffer Bloats Pain and Cure Claim
Advert reads that women suffer and attribute pain to hysteria and menstrual issues, promoting Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure. It cites letters from Emma Haas of Greenpoint Brooklyn and Jenny LikeMan of Fremont Michigan praising the remedy for hysteria, nervousness, pain, and neuralgia with claimed cures after regimen.
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Pinkham
Emtiy F. Haas
Freeman St
Greenpoint
Brooklyn
Lydia
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Broadway
The
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Ian
Porto Pics
Japan
Taétenta
le Empire
Hawaii
Corea
United State
Union Pacific R. K
Overland Limited
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Denver
Omaha
Chicago
New York
Heston
Washington
Old Branch
Main Street
Nassau Benlor
Tom Brown
Allen
Lampe
Addreay Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
Memphis
Gan Company
Memphis Tenn
Selmitar
Terry
Australia
Hull
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Drugglats
Te Mall
Denver& Rio Grande Railroad
Colorado
S. K. Hooper
I. M. Cushing
West Second South Street
Rio Grands Westsoro Railway
Traseible Citizen
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Salt Lake Business College
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Fogia
Pension Wickford
Washington, D. C
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