Palestine Sinks After Hitting Rock in Pacific Waters
The Palestine steamship of 1,400 tons, out from Tacoma with coal for Southern Pacific Co., struck a rock and sank an hour later with thirteen fathoms of water. Captain McCartney ordered lifeboats lowered. twenty one crew members reached Humber safely. The vessel, built in 1877 in Bath, Malta, valued about 45,000, carried insurance intact on hull. wreck later towed to harbor. News also notes a bridgeyard lumber fire destroying 25,000,000 feet of dry lumber with losses around 500,000.
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Palestine
Sino Sax Fansereo
McCartney
Veses
Tacoma
Southern Pavilic Co
Stravkt
Strikin
Sven
Humber
Wiesen
Bath
Malta
Sagile] Blais
Krone
Hursi
Vassar Feasts and Corridor Police in Old Bootjack Days
A reminiscence on Vassar College nights of old, recalling the bootjack days when corridor police enforced rules. Describes spreads with oysters and kitchen access, student pranks, and social life that faded with changes in policy and campus amenities.
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Vassar
The Summer Girl and Other Verse Snippets
A fragment of verses and social notes from a 19th century local page. Poems like The Summer Girl, The Philosophic Lover, Presence of Mind, and Highly Nervous are interspersed with brief society notices. The column lists residents visiting, traveling, and attending events in Weston and nearby areas, noting gatherings, transfers, and upcoming trips. The tone is periodical society chatter with multiple named individuals and locations.
Amusing gas well rumor ends in beer box spill
In Burlington Brauxorox Ohio June 27 a tale of a gas strike at Glenn's Row Oil Company caused alarm before investigators found only beer from a spigot. Local people rode out to the well while others came by vehicle. The remark about a derrick explosion proved false. Several social notes follow including visits from Bridgeport and Cambridge residents. A separate report mentions a shooting in West Surknton ending from a lovers quarrel.
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Arude
Brauxorox
Glenn's Row Oil Company
Martin's Ferry
Mattie Howell
Maggie Nelson
Bridgeport
Maggie Hilderbrand
Mabel Smith
Tha Ville
L. Ulrich
Harry Howells
Messrs. Wilson, Wilkinson and Shoemaker
Wheeling& Lake Erie
Emma Doudy
Ferry
Frank Douglas
Cambridge
Henry Ulrich
Whreaton, O
Strange Courtship On Deer Creek Amid Rural Gossip
A woodland encounter reveals Hiram and Shalo tangle over love and marriage. He debates threats of mockery and insists he will marry if she agrees, while she tests his resolve and honesty before finally agreeing to wed at Squire Beeson’s.
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Martha Ann
Tare
Abra
Marthe Ann
North Pole
la Monty
Tribune
Arctic
Harold
Tareid
Aimee
Sweet Dove
Thomas P. Montfort
Milne
Wilkox
Lalu
Hiram
Lea
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den Wasine Shirley
Alee
Roereg
Cain
Neal
Cowles Armas
Amy Dee
Tate
Morthe Ann
Michur Voltatin
Rouker
Mortie
Fehl
Anu
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Vane Peorti
Mugewherm Liew
Maribe
Ann
Jamon
DeAnna
Nimeiniink
Oboy
Hiraily Martin Aun
Talaine
Eleavily
Martie
Martha Asn
Harpers Tasin
Cragiey
Ming
Netsop Lumber Co
Burt
Bowie Bross
Harvard
X.Y
Papa
Tauma
Freddie
Orchard Jake
Namma
Baby
Bar Harbor
Sawhy
George
Funne
Wiliam Cullen
Ani
Eiadaran
Dutroit
Phosve
Phoebe
Ofrivbon
Miss Jones
Harper's Mayor
Circe
Farrersburg
W. Va
W. N. Hilliard
J. N. Damien
Brennerhassett Island
West Virginia
Sovieky
Julia Coole
Charleston
Valley of Virginia
T.G. Saunders
New York
Atlantic City
Moore
Virginia
Siva Neal
Mattawan
Ned
Ghirles Jones
Washington, D. C
Jones
Clements
Sallie Neal
Washington
Joseph B. Neal
Ann Street
Mikk Heasie Batley
Weston
Bulle Dent
Hey
Webster Springs
W.M. Straus
Fanni Bradford
Tor Baltimore
Sallie Trevor
Union City
L. B. Dellicker
Blanche
Mattie Dovener
Newark
Clara Gould
Walter McDougal
Washington and Lee University
Blanche Little
Marietta
Kleine Club
Blennerhassett Teland
Misa [da Nelly
E. S. Alderman
Burlington
West Surknton
Nellie Skinner
Nellie King
Mand Burke
Loveon Pant
Buster
Tray Livy
Maail
Prine
Aix
McLain Brothers i Jroggists
Bale
Mobaia
Mareet
Twelfth Streets
Wheenon
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