Mystery of Lost Colony Celebrations Recalled
A late 19th or early 20th century account recalls commemorations on Roanoke Island North Carolina marking the 300th anniversary of the colony s founding and the birthday of Virginia Dare. It notes Raleigh era legends, alleged campsite signs were found absent and that Raleigh sent five rescue expeditions without success.
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Manteo
Robnoke Island
North Carolina
Walter Raleigh
Virginia Dare
America
Rock
Handy With Bike Bailey Ends Cross Country Ride
William C Bailey aged eighty four cycles from Chicago to Vermont on a 1023 mile trip to visit relatives in Vermont He planned several stops but said he would pedal the entire distance himself departing from Chicago to reach his rural home in Vermont with his own effort and determination.
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William C. Bailey
Ahown Mato
Chitago
Vermont
Chicco
Ledsys
Youle Honte
Mystery of Roanoke like colony echoes through time
The fragmentary OCR recalls the fate of Sir Walter Raleighs Roanoke venture, begun in 1587, with John White returning in 1601 to find the colonists vanished. Legends abounded about intermarriage, attacks, or massacre, while only faint traces remained on the island and a carved message in a tree.
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Cov Joln Wiltz
Virginia Dure
England
Leo
Jett
Gronicon
Sir Walter Taleigh
North Carolina
Rute
Nimaolf
Ilu
Airne Abels
Miniature logging camp with steam powered sawmill
Stevens Volnt of Wisconsin describes a tiny logging camp built by Vedrowlez. A home made steam engine powers a compact sawmill on a fourteen by four foot platform. The scrap steel camp railroad uses a four driven wheel freight engine. The 32 inch long engine runs up to ten hours.
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Stevens Volnt
Wis
Eric Kedrowlex
Vedrowlez
Moon
Clear
Pastor offers prize for sermon napper in Sydney
Pastor A Nopris of a Sydney suburb promises a present to any member of his congregation who can sleep through a service. He explains sermons are too stereotyped and stolid, and his aim is to prove human attention deserts.
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Sydney
Tev
Sawmill Reopens After Four Years of War Turmoil
Fragmented OCR notes recount workers and tasks at a mill site after conflict. Mentions Wordenoppera Oshea Pood and two men operating a cross-cut saw. A barber shop closed for Kee Wrowley, aiding sawmill completion. A horse stands nearby as a man sharpens an axe. Four years of war affected operations.
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Wordenoppera
Treat
Kee Wrowley
Tropical Plant to Found That's Fatal to Insects
Gulfport Miss reports a strange plant called Yerko de la Palga or plant of the sea, observed by Commander J Mortimer Sheppard of the Pan American Society for Tropical Research. He claims the plant repels insects, shows no bites in open windows, and seems to kill pests by attracting them to the root and then releasing them.
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Gulfport
Miss
J. Mortimer Sheppard
Pan-American Society For Tropical Researchs
Sheppard
Ihab
Honduras
Colombia
Kid
Deafness Cure Found If Patient Can Take It
In Condon Oregon rancher John F Crane claims a cure for deafness via exposure to lightning. He describes a horse struck by a bolt that recovered hearing, and suggests a method to harness electricity for treatment though details remain unclear.
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John F. Crane
Jeast
Woman’s Photo Sought to Save Husband in Rebel War
Fragmentary OCR describes a plea from Dire. Wareld Wahl to Gen. Franco asking for mercy for Marcela Dahl of Chant, palgn, dL, captured by rebel forces. The original photo was sent to press as part of the appeal for her husband’s life.
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Surgent
Spanta
Fraley
Capt Heap Is Wildcat Threat In Football Notes
Captain Den Weap, one of the most talented halfbacks, is highlighted as a wildcat threat. The piece notes his role in the mids and cites Uheat in North.
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Heap
den Weap
North
FOUCHOW AND Questions For the Seansiress
Advice column style notes with household tips. Includes sewing by deferring stitching heavy materials and methods for treating fabrics. Also gives quick how tos for browning sugar, gilding drawers, preparing salad eggs, sunny window cleaning, cleaning black frocks and discouraging ants.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Ted Mandy
Gollinger Hospital
Lost Colony
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Te Main
Sten
Hula
Chacen Zimmy
Terlem Hospital
New York City
Albany
Zimpy
Amundsen
Moald Amundsen
South Pole
Sia
Tromsor
Norway
Carl E. Paulson
Lincoln Ellsworth
Amunison
North Pole
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Nejen
Menis
California
Ela
Wrancls X
Shields
Western University
John Roosevelt
Joby A. Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Anne Lindsay Clark
F. Maven Clark
Neston
Thele
Pan-America
Severn Stas
Bermuda
Newport
Conrad
Fouchow
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Ihde
Adleruca
Artia Relieven
Sali
Bert C. Palmer
LIV
Tange Bagazine
Western
Curtie Bs
Denver
Cole
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PST
HOTEL
Ben Lomond
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Peeg Rae
Mees
Ocden
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Pome
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Ugo
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