Specter ships and legends of haunted coastal tales
The piece surveys specter ships along the Cornish coast and American phantom vessels like the Palatine. It recounts dockside lore of wreckers and wraiths, cites Bret Harte’s Greyport Legend, and ends with a note on Paris rag-pickers and a Vermont quartz gold discovery at Craftsbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Devonshire
Specter
Whittier
Labrador
Greyport
Bret Harte
Mr. Harte
Unverified Patent Remedies and Advertisements Across Two Pages
A jumble of patent medicine pitches and commercial notices lists cures for pneumonia and croup, tobacco and coffee substitutes, and health books. It highlights Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, Kline’s Nervine, and various druggists advertising cures, testimonials, and mail orders amid unrelated items and statistics from the era.
Blood Purifier Claim by Dr. Pierce Seeks Buyer Trust
Advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as the best blood purifier with a money back guarantee. It promises year round cleansing of poisons and claims effectiveness for dyspepsia biliousness scrofula salt rheum tetter erysipelas and other disorders while denying any superior substitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
German Syrup Endorsed by Mothers for Croup and Whooping C cough
Letters from parents praise German Syrup as a safe simple remedy for croup and whooping cough in children. Mothers report quick, confident relief during sudden attacks, with many customers using it for whooping cough diphtheria and throat and lung inflammations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ep. L. Wiltits
Jas. W. Kirk
Alma
Neb
Marrodsburg
Boschee
Rain Making in Texas Drought Sparks Controversial Rainwork
A New York Sun reporter describes General Dyrenforth's government rain making trial near Midland Texas. Balloons rockets and kites were used with dynamos and rackarack explosives to induce rain amid gales and sun. Despite setbacks oxygen and hydrogen generators and balloon failures, rainfall followed within hours, validating the expedition in the eyes of its scientists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Texas
New York Sun
Dyrentorth
Ren. Dyrenforth
Secretary of Agriculture
Prof. Myers
Gen. Dyrenterth
Earth
Dyrenferth
Far East
Congress
The Sardine: A Global Tale From Shore to Plate
The article traces sardines as a seasonal, ocean roaming fish from France to Italy, noting its esteemed eatability when preserved in olive oil. It explains regional variations, substitutes like Norwegian herring and Russian sardines, and how wartime supply disruptions spurred U.S. interest in New England fish as replacements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Spain
Italy
Gibralter
Bay of Biscay
Norway
Japan
Germany
Washington Star
A Heap of Money Across the World
A sensational estimate imagines a billion dollars laid end to end reaching 23.674 miles beyond the equator. The text splits the sum into seven parts linking major cities from Washington to Liverpool and claims vast social uses from scholarships to clothing for the homeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equator
Globe
Washington
Algiers
Berlin
Edinburgh
Lima
Venice
Paris
Liverpool
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Curion* 1
Specter Ships
Bet
Jlock Island
Palatine
Seaport
Tenterden
Khan
Craftsbury, Vt
Hood
S. Stover
Charlestown
Jefferson County
W. Va
N.B
Sonic
Warren St
N.Y
Western Union Telegraph Company
Lydia B.rinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Charles Dickens
A. M. Priest
Shelbyville
Indl
Hall
KiLine
Dr. Kline
Arch St
Phila
Lydia E. Winknam
Isaac Thomson
Towa
Sige
H. Dye
Butale
N. Y
St. Jacobs
F. B. Adams
Perry, Mo
ST. JACOBS O/L
Dr. Bridgman
U.P. CO
Vandewater St
Bryant's College
Main St
Buffalo
ESMAN
Brown Bros, CO
Rochester, N.Y
G.W. House Mrc. Co
Broadway
N.y.city
Hee Jones
Binghamton
Polige
W. L. Vougise
Ina
Che Okey
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Piso
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