Coast Patrol Keeps Atlantic Lifesaving Service Busy
An article from the New York Sun describes the U S Life Saving Service’s coastal patrols along New Jersey from September for eight months. It details station duties at Seabright Galilee Monmouth Beach and the drills with surf boats breeches buoys and the life car to rescue shipwrecked seamen and save property.
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New Jersey
United States Life Saving Service
Broadway
Metropolitan Police
Jersey Shore
Atlantic Coast
Life Saving Service
Seabright
Sandy Hook
Galilee Station
Station of Galilee
Monmouth Beach
Mulligan
New York Sun
Remarkable Somnambulism Unearths Old Silver in Cave
In Cave City Kentucky lawyer Christopher Medway recounts a sleepwalking episode that led him to reenact a buried silver hoard, uncover a hidden case of silver weighing his family’s lost treasure from 161 war era, and confirm the box’s location after twenty nine years.
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Christopher Medway
Cave City
Medway
Kentucky
Mammoth Cave
Medways
New York Telegram
Writing Rock explored as potential museum exhibit
Boston scholars from the New York Journal report on the Writing Rock near Dighton Massachusetts on the Taunton River. They discuss removing and preserving it in a public museum. Inscribed rock allegedly predates Columbus by explorers over five centuries.
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Boston
Taunton River
Dighton
Mass
America
New England
New York Journal
Early Kentucky Oil Fountain Wells Behind Burkesville Story
In 1829 near Burkesville Kentucky the first great oil fountain well erupted while drilling for salt at 500 feet. Gas and oil blasted the tools, oil rose to tree tops, formed a river of oil along the Cumberland. A downstream ignition burned for weeks causing panic but oil flow ceased after about three weeks. Later oil was sold as an embrocation under the name American Oil.
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Cumberland
Burkesville
Kentucky
Sf Niles
Cumberland River
Harper’s Magazine
Duel Fought Over Wagner Sparks Five Child Marriage
In Vienna a duel challenge arose after a quarrel over Wagner. Dagobert Dagobert, a bachelor, marries Miss Pepi within a month to appease his friend Dr Thewalt who notes he must have a wife and three children before fighting. Within years Dagobert has five children with Pepi, while Thewalt jokes of a fifth.
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Fliegende Blatter
Dagobert
Dr. Thewalt
Vienna
Richard Wagner
Thewalt
Pepi
The Button on Your Sleeve Origin Story
A curious explanation traces sleeve buttons to British soldiers who dirtied cuffs by wiping noses with sleeves. Officers set beads on the sleeve tops to curb the habit, later locals adopted the trend, moving buttons to the back where they remain as a relic of old-fashioned manners.
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Commercial Advertiser
Coal Washing Plant in Yorkshire Produces Uniform Coke
A coal washing plant at a Yorkshire colliery handles 400 tons daily but processed 500 tons via the wet method. It uses automatic sizing and rewashing after crushing, powered by a 100 hp steam engine with a centrifugal pump moving nearly five tons of water per minute. The aim is high quality coke with ash under four percent, and the process also yields small peat fuel.
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Yorkshire
Eng
Our Army Officers and Soldiers Count
The Chicago Times notes the U S Army comprises 2,167 commissioned officers and just over 22,000 enlisted men excluding civilians. It states officers make up about one tenth of the military force.
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Army of the
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Recalled
A history of the seven wonders noting the Colossus of Rhodes, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and the Pharos lighthouse. Descriptions cover their height, features, designers, destructions, and the eras they stood as marvels to ancient civilizations.
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Hanocing
Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar
Babylonia
Amytis
The
Euphrates
Baby
Pharos
Christ
Fragmentary OCR Teo Ale Account of Ancient Statues
A damaged OCR passage describes figures and statues from an ancient site. It mentions a 30 ft statue, Nile ties, inscriptions, and names such as Vish Slone Suria while noting a large central statue and a rite or fate surrounding the discovery.
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Sistent
Ori
Suria Howe
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Siberiis
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