Giants in ancient days and wreck treasure tale rages on
An 1867 Rio de Janeiro tale recalls Chevalier Boron finding a giant skull and a mutinous wreck treasure. The narrator, a diver aboard Captain Roberts’s schooner, recalls discovering diamonds and gold in a cabin chest after a perilous shore search, aided by sharks and improvised punishment before fleeing with a fortune and with many mysteries unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabade
Montevideo
Porto Adeeste
Church of State
Roberta
Hhuenos Ayres
Roberts
Ibis Reat
Ranning Cloue
Aquall
Demen
Fort Bee
Lyi Grove
Chit
Savings Bank
Rio
Cuba
England
Aly
M. Quad
Louie Rep
Caie
Mergency
Jack
Curious fishing arts and tea lore from old Asia
A long extract surveys Chinese methods of catching fish with nets, waders, and trained cormorants, noting dangers like lung ailments and the sacred view of rival clans. It transitions to tea culture, debates brewing methods, and a humorous aside on tea drinkers, then traces word origins from Wrankets to tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ode
Dulles
Ivore
Walt
Tada Ha
Easing Wat
Ake Ring
House of All
Roe
Diay
Rome
Anc
Formosa
P. Huntington
Pale
Adelphia
Wrankets
Ster
Bristol
England
Wanda
Malabar
India
Thal
Mertany
Leo
Fragmented Dialogues and Distant Notes From a Bygone Page
A jumbled collage of overheard classroom chatter social banter and literary fragments. The text weaves classroom questions about truth art and honesty with musings on population geology and singing voice durability.
The Return and the Banished Love in Youth's Companion
A reflective poem fragment describes a lover returning to a familiar home where memories and sorrow linger. Joy returns as the wanderer finds exile forgotten, while Love remains half the grit and longing in this verse from F DeSherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sep
Ike
F-Desherman
Superstitions of German Miners Revealed in Ancient Lore
A Washington report describes German miners believing the underground realm is benevolent when treated well and angry when disrespected. Tales recount goblin-like beings guarding lodes, lamp extinguishing rituals, nose-tickling hair pulls, and spells triggering dangers. Segments note dwarfish figures and relics, including coins, linked to mine mischief and ritual protection.
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Ners
Leon
Saxony
Washington
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Chevalier Boron
Teneriffe
Prevderick Leopold
Prussia
Imperial House of Hoberstolern
Germany
Ouelda
T Hinola
West
United States
Boston
Alaske
Carolina
Tve Tome
Aiaye
Carey
Washington Star
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Devil's Lake
Orak
Missouri
Cortuce
Sodom
Boeken
John Lae
Missouri i
Montana
Fordland
Vas City
Fort Scott
Memphis
Cate
St Louis
Cnbie
Ld Jageon
Duieson
Harry
Honker
Swiden
Apa
Bis
Harry Thomas
Witte Witkins
Wittie
China
York Times
Merorke
St Lo
Detsois
Sones
Brown
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