Jamaica Faces Total Devastation From Hurricane
A massive Caribbean hurricane struck Kingston at midnight September 6, bringing 120 mph winds and severe flooding. It left widespread destruction across the colony with charred fields, toppled trees, ruined banana plantations, shattered houses, and crippled communications. Experts estimate losses may exceed 10 million pounds, with the United Fruit and American companies suffering heavy damage and trade disruptions. The governor warned of a hard struggle ahead as Jamaica reels from this disaster.
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Jamaica
Kingston
Destrucon
Orange Street
United Fruit Company
Wrecked Houses in Kingston After Severe Hurricane
Porto Antonio reports describe nearly all structures damaged or destroyed by the hurricane. The storm wrecked large houses on hills and in town, leaving the town practically wiped out with buildings smashed and scattered.
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Kingston
Porto Antonio
Chaplains in IQ Hotels Bring Ministers to Hotels
Philadelphia hosts the first hotel chaplain Rev Frank Henry Burdick of First Baptist Church. He offers christenings weddings and funerals. Burdick says hotels faced delays as couples searched for a minister and decided hotel ministry was needed.
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Philadelphia
Frank Henry Burdick
First Baptist Church
Chaplain Burdick
Ships for War and Peace Compare Naval and Passenger Vessel Speeds
The article contrasts warships and passenger liners, noting the Kearsarge reaches 16.84 knots in trials with optimized coal and expert crews, while passenger ships achieve over 20 knots in service. It discusses hull proportions, horsepower figures, and trial conditions.
Woman Sells Hair to Help Paint Union Church
Mise Bessie Smythe, daughter of a farmer on the Orland road near Castine Maine, auctioned her hair to raise funds for a Union church paint job. The fair drew bids for half an hour with over $1,000 in cash offered before a Worcester man stopped the bidding, and a Boston merchant paid 536 dollars. She left with her hair and the church planned to paint from spire to underpinning.
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Mise Bessie Smythe
Orland Road
Castine
Union Church
Worcester
Boston
Miss Smythe
Nashville girls form a baking club rumor
A reader jokes that the Nashville girls have organized a hagging club while another wonders if John travels there on business, noting he went there yesterday. The fragment suggests small town chatter about activities and a man named John traveling to Nashville.
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Nashville
Tenn
John
Industry in Ceylon Two Key Local Sectors Described
Special correspondent reports on hill country life near Kandy highlighting the cocoa palm's varied uses for food fuel and materials the rise of tea cultivation after the coffee blight and the pearl fishery. It details plantation labor with kanganies and coolies and describes the diver operated pearl harvest and its odors and dangers.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Colombo
Atlant
Singarese
Curious flaw in the America cup vessel
The American cup stood 27 inches high with a wide base and a yard around the middle but lacked a proper bottom. At a New York Yacht Club fête an English guest’s cup failed to hold champagne as it poured through a large hole, a defect left by the makers. The cup’s history is tied to its eight shields adorning the bowl.
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New York Yacht Club
Aix
Lucky Golf Drive Ends In Cottage Window Damage
A Montreal golfer in a rural district shattered a cottage window. In a dispute over damages the window was only the start as a picture frame was broken. The dealer bought the frame for $5, then sold the Dutch Interior by Teniers for $2,500. the woman received half.
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Montreal
Art Desser
Virago
Teniers
Limited German druggists licenses drive up values
In Breslau a druggist shop sold for £19,000 with £8,000 for the license. At Danzig a druggist business yielded £8,600, including £3,000 for the license, and two weeks later sold for £9,600 with £6,500 for the license.
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Breslau
Dansig
London Answers
All Stirred Up Stray Region Dialogue
A fragmentary exchange shows a sarcastic traveler commenting on a dull district and locals debating what will happen as time passes. The dialogue hints at upcoming changes or activity in the area, with questions about future stirring and events to watch.
Flats of Long Ago The Dwellings of Ancient Cliff Societies
Special correspondence describes pre Columbian flat dwellers in the American Southwest. Moki and Zuni tribes built stone cliff towns and beehive villages on canyon shelves over 600 feet up, using rope ladders and fortified walls. They farmed, domesticated animals, and used beehive towns as communal apartmentlike living spaces.
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Columbus
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Tanger
San Juan
Mancos
la Plata
Rome
Grantle
Clffs
Rock Face
Cliffs
Zuni
Origin of Crinoline and Its Hair Linen Fabric
The article traces crinoline from its hair and flax woven origin used in shoes and bonnets to its coinage in 1830. It notes the rise of hoop steel supports by 1862, a Sheffield trade surge, and mentions deaths by fire and an instance of a woman escaping lightning due to hoops acting as conductors.
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Wheffield
Richardson
Not a Practicable Plan for English Women
The Indianapolis News questions the scheme to bring English women with tithes to America to seek millionaire husbands. It argues Americans may resist famous titles and fear English ladies cannot adapt to American appearances and styles, predicting limited success.
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America
Countesa
Indianapolis
Population figures for Transvaal and Witwatersrand
The Witwatersrand area has 125,777 colored laborers with 22,000 domiciled in the Transvaal. The overall Transvaal population is about 630,000.
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Transvaal
Witwatere
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