Woman Helped Navigate Vessel on 28 Days at Wheel
Captain Endresen and his wife steered the Resolute across the Pacific amid a quasi mutiny. Mrs Endresen took wheel shifts from midnight to dawn while the crew refused duty. The ship logged about 2500 miles under calm and gale, with police fining the strikebreakers on arrival at Nine Island. The couple had married earlier in 1912 after a voyage during which the Watson was driven ashore.
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Melbourne
Australia
Gray's Harbor
Wash
Altho
T. Endresen
Endresen
Mid- Pacific
Gray’s Harbor
Honolulu
Andresen
Siis
United States Conaul Magelissen
G. W. Watson
Papestes
Watson
Raiatea
Marquesas
Kansas Woman May Serve as Presidential Elector
Topeka Dec. 1 A Kansas woman likely will represent the state in the presidential electoral college. Hubert Larday, Democratic state chairman, said preparations are underway to choose Mrs. A. O. Layman of Hutchinson to go to Washington. She would be the first woman named as a presidential elector in Kansas.
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Tope
Kan
Kansas
Hubert Larday
Democratic State Committee
A. O. Laymasz
Hutchinson
Washington
Layman
Conroy Becomes Chief Chemist at Ducktown Copper Plant
A brief profile notes Hi Conroy, educated in chemistry in 1915, rose from a minor position to chief chemist at the Ducktown Copper and Acid Company in Ducktown Tennessee. The plant produces copper worth millions annually and also makes carbolic acid. The advancement underscores the important role of the head chemist in production.
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University of Iows
Crbo Hag
Conroy
Ducktown Copper & Acid, Company
Ducktusen
Tenn
Tennessee Company
Ducktown Company
Lown
Nervous breakdown touted as Vinol miracle tonic
Stamford nurse Edith R Forbes describes severe insomnia and loss of appetite then credits Vinol with rapid recovery after four bottles. Ad copy touts Vinol as a constitutional remedy with beef and cod liver preparations, promising to refund money if no benefit, and lists Waterloo and Iowa town druggists promoting the product.
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Stamford
Gonn
Vinci
Edith R. Forbes
Conn
Waterloo
Waugier Bros. Co
C. J. Miller
Iowa
Armenian refugees flee Turkey press for aid
Frantic influx of thousands of Armenians into the Russian Caucasus is reported by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief. Cables from Constantinople, Tiflis, Tabriz and Beirut urge immediate funding, citing dire needs for bedding and clothing for up to 15,000 new refugees and employment for 7,000 women.
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New York
Des
Turkey
Russian Caucasus
State Department
American Committee For
Constantinople
Tiflis
Tabriz
Beirut
George C. Raynolds
Van
Ernest A. Yarrow
Harrison A. Maynard
Thorn G Brent
Erivan
Alexandropol
Pimples and Skin Eruptions Promised Cure by Blood Medicine
An advertisement touts S. S. S. as a universal blood cleansing remedy for pimples scaly itching skin rashes and scrofula. Claims the medicine purifies the blood revitalizes red cells and improves health with direct action at the source of trouble. Urges readers to obtain S. S. S. from a druggist and write to Swift Specific Co. for expert advice.
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Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
Gasement
New York to Ship Relief Goods and Aluminum Auto Show
Dispatch describes a December shipment from New York carrying 1,000 cases of milk legumes and clothing from Bush Terminal Brooklyn, cost over a quarter of a billion dollars, while another note reports aluminum’s rising role in auto bodies and castings due to foundry advances and alloy knowledge. It mentions coats on sale at Wilhelm's.
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New York
United States Geological Survey
Department of the Interior
iMeraasa
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Hauresen
Womax
Fouis
Stamford, Conn
Tella
Ebors Visol
Hotel Radisson
Minneapolis
TRREE
Terminal
Brooklyn
Wilhelm
Washington, D. C
Matallino Aluminum
Bose
Wilhelm’s
Galloway Brothers
Burlandscore Department
Waterloo Ow
KODAK
Kodak Jr
Eastman Kodak Coo
Rochester, N
Leath
Manny
Leath's
Leath’s
Prisellia
Larga
Martha Washington
Teddy Benra
Ballers
Grafonola
Ufa
East Fourth Street
Hamilton
Camera Shop
Chauncey Heckman
Prop
Bridge Street
U.S
G. H. Hammond Company
Chicago
Illinois
Jose
Wolf
Stole Chemical CO
Quincy
A. Burger & Son
C. R. Barclay & Son
R.T. Glessner & Co
Hansen & Hansen Hengerson Drug Co
Lytle Flour & Feed Landgraf & Co
Cedar Falls
A. T. Joder
Hudson, Sa
Cal J. Miller
C. L. McDermott Red Cross Drug Store
Simpson Drug Store
A. C. Wilford Wangler Bros
Webberking Implement
Seed Co. Co
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