Thirteen survivors and a body picked up from doomed liner
Survivors of the British steamer Columbia bound Antwerp to New York were picked up by the Cunard liner Franconia off Cape Rice after the ship caught fire. A body believed to be steward Matthews was recovered. one boat with 19 men and two officers remained missing as Franconia searched the sea for hours amid heavy smoke and explosions.
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Satin
N.S
Antwerp
New York
Cunand
Franconia
Liverpool
Boston
Matthews
Columbia
Cape Rice
Steward Matthews
The
McDowall
Edinburgh
Lapland
Hersham
Surrey
England
Thames
France
Goteburg
Sweden
Turkey
Harlem
North
East
Tripoli
Salvation Army
San Francisco
International Salvaion Army
Burkheiser
Detroit
Mich
British India
Onty
China
Japan
Egypt
British
Round the World Miscellany of Curious Facts
A collection of curious claims from around the world touching chickens in Burma to insulin like efforts in Iceland, Guernsey milk yields, insanity rates in Britain, U S lumber use, seacoast ear myths, women in Singapore roads, eggs from Hambury, finger print identifications in London, Panama Canal costs, London school towel washing costs, Dead Man’s Inland in Pedro Harbor, England rat swarms, Bolivia stone age tribe, German jade forgery, and other varied notes.
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Minmanote
Valencia
Spain
Philippines
Iceland
Guernsey
Great Britain
New York State
France
Singapore
United States
Hambury
Galicia
Hungary
Qnger
London
Panama
Pedro Harbor
California
England
Wales
Bolivia
Far East
House Fly Engine of Destruction Reference
Fragmentary excerpt quotes a Buffalo Express line about home rule and a cryptic figure to illustrate life spans. The readable portion centers on a perceived threat implied by a phrase and the dialogue about home and authority. The source text is highly fragmentary and presents no clear events or identifiable people beyond generic references.
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London Lancet
Play as essential growth method in infancy and myths
A compiled column fragment discusses play as nature’s method for child development and growth, cites Weir Mitchell on aversion to cats and olfactory perception, notes Tyler on myth origins, praises coffee brewing and contrasts international methods, and ends with a quip about King John and taxis. Named entities include Zechariah, Weir Mitchell, Tyler, Centur, London Chronicle, and various places.
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Zechariah
B. C
Tyler
Financial Jealousy and Witty Public Exchanges
A Louisville Courier Journal line notes the heiress reports the duke’s fear and jealousy as he shudders at her spending. A Philadelphia Record gag contrasts social classes with a quip about half the world and how the other half lives.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Philadelphia Record
Rex Theater in North Dakota Praised as Class Leader
Marion E B Cole extols the Rex theater detailing fourteen reasons for its premier status. Centrally located, with an electric sign, gas grate, ladies retreat, courteous staff, artistic decor, modern lighting and ventilation, high quality pictures, up to date projection, affordable prices, a skilled orchestra, an expensive pipe organ, and a varied program. Prize winners listed follow. The piece ends with a note on a historical decapitation in Stirling tied to Bonnymuir, citing a masked headsman and a Glasgow medical student as later identified.
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Marion EB. Cole
Rex
North Dakota
Marion E. Cole
British Isles
Stirling
Scotland
Wystery
Glasgow
New York Sun
Actress Coburn Warns Against Altering Shakespeare
Mrs Charles Douville Coburn defends serious craft over glamour praising Shakespeare as written. She rejects producers who trim or transpose plays for modern fit, calling such edits a denial of the dramatist’s art and urging performances faithful to original text.
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Charles Douville Coburn
Insance
Shakespeare
Automobile Tires at Factory Prices
Auto tire sale notice from Tire Factories Sales Co Dept A Dayton Ohio offering all sizes, non-akié tires at 15 percent extra, red tubes 10 percent above gray, new clean guaranteed tires from standard and independent makes. Five percent discount for full payment. ten percent deposit with examination allowed.
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Tire Factories Sales CO
Dayton
Ohio
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Buffalo Express
Weir Mitchell
Mitchell
Germany
Austria
King John
London Chronicle
Main
Valley City, N. D
Marion Cole
Ella May Boyd
Frank Wyttenbach
Dell Rogers
Martha Davidson
A .Anderson
Grace Taylor
B. Eckert
Ed Tierney
MayEdison
T. Edwards
J. Jackson
Mr. Fan
Pwurdye
Goodi Udeay
Jay
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