Treasure Island Shipboard Battle and Return to Stockade
The narrative follows Captain Smollett Livesey Gray and Jim Hawkins as mutineers press the stockade at Treasure Island. They kill Tom Redruth and drive attackers back with reinforcements, discuss rations and strategy, and prepare fires and graves amid ongoing bombardment and cautious recovery. Jim reunites with Ben Gunn and the crew, faces danger, and plans for the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trelawney
Gray
Job Anderson
Equire
Hunter
Joyce
Tom Redruth
Squire
Tom
Bir
Dr. Livesey
Mantha
Storkade
Israel
Alexander Smollet
David Livesey
Abraham Gray
John Trelawney
John Hunter
Richard Joyce
Treasure Island
Thomas Redruth
Lands Inman
James Hawkins
Ji m Hawkins
Doctor
Jim Hawkins
Ben Gunn
Flint
Weill
Mate
Ben
Jim
Bltger
Widders
Marine
Hispaniola
Skeleton Island
Taft
Dmiong
Smeatlett
Redruth
Cook
Smollett
Old Tom
His Good Brother at Church Meeting
A bishop questions Brother B about family prayer and spiritual condition of his church. Brother B admits some parishioners hold family prayer while others do not. When pressed why his brother is better, Brother B replies that his brother has no family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper
Brother B
Grodt
Remark on Spiders and Tops in Tit Bits
A brief Tit-Bits style quip compares a spider weaving a web to a boy spinning a top. The exchange notes that no man can spin the spider’s web, while the boy counters by saying he can spin the top, reflecting on effort and limits in a playful, moral-toned moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Future Vengeance in a Town Banquet Snub
In a fragmented dialogue a young Millicent Mannemaker vows revenge on Bea Trice Bondclipper. She declares that once grown, her father will buy her a German prince and she will return to bar committees from inviting Bondclipper and her family to the banquet and speeches of welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millicent Mannemaker
Beatrice Bondclipper
Papa
Longevity in Terriers and Dogs Averages About Ten Years
A Pall Mall Gazette discussion notes dogs bred for early maturity often live beyond puppyhood, with many fox terriers reaching 14 or 15 years. Reports cite dogs living to 18, 23, or 19 years, though longevity often ends by accident or owner action. The piece concludes the average age of the ordinary dog is around 19 years feels incorrect in context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pall Mall Gazette
Irnkenhuyrst
Joe
Dr. Leeney
Lord Ogilvieet
W. J. Tuttle-Geach
George Carter
Bedale
How Jocko Carried Off the Jam
A Johns Hopkins man relates a country tale of a pet monkey named Jocko drenched in raspberry jam. The monkey stole jam, overturned a bowl, then rolled in it and licked jam from his paws while a neighbor chased him with a broom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jocko
Baltimore Sun
Johns Hopkins University
McCulloh Street
No Truth in It in The Sun and Sundry Ads
A garbled OCR fragment lists sensational lines from the New York Sun and Baltimore Herald items, mentioning Ted-Paint heart, Ned-It, Mr Winslow’s Soorama for Children, wind colic cures, a 20 cent bottle, and a London slums medical sales pitch with a 16 cent consultation. It reads like a collage of ads and pseudo news blurbs with no coherent article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Mr. Winslow
Noted Knight Templar Credits Peruna Remedy
A Minnesota era advertisement profile touts Colonel T. P. Moody and other Knight Templar figures as endorsers of Peruna. Moody recounts long catarrh and stomach troubles cured by Peruna, praising the remedy and urging readers to start treatment. The piece frames Peruna as a proven, undoubted cure supported by prominent men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. P. Moony
Knight Templar
United States
Buffalo
N.Y
Chicago
Masons
Johnvs Moody
Oriental Consistory
Michigan Avenue
P. Moody
Je Hartman
Accounted For. Puck dialogue on ministers marrying early
A humorous exchange features Gladys questioning why ministers marry so young and Harold replying that it is the only game of change they are allowed to play. The quip reflects a satirical take on social norms and marriage expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
Gladys
Harold
More Factories Needed In Western Towns
In Unionville Missouri a factory of Putnam Fadeless Dyes transformed a rural town into a thriving center. It employs many and boosts mail, express, telegraph, and rail business, making the area notably prosperous. An inserted dialogue fragment ends with a joke about a safety pin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unionville
North
Missouri
Putnam Fadeless Dye Company
Putnam
Tis Arm
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Haltimore ‘Herald
Bilyuns
London
Perma
Peruna
Southhwest
Permun
Ster Eough
T. PB. Magdy
Uhicago
Lo Reese
Winchester
Winchester Repeating Arms Co
New Haven
Conn
Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids, Mich
Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Bearons I
Brooktomy
Advertiser
Prued Aial Ua
Atlanta Constitution
Allen
le Roy
Cinder Charley
Billy Trucks
Buker
Fee
Gabe
Alsalter Seed Co
Libby
Wensus
McNeill & Libby
DR. Wood
Iowa
Sioux Guy
Igwa
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