Two Captains Clash Aboard in Bold Boarding
Pope directs a bold boarding of a stranger ship after arming his crew. Crystal comes up with cutlasses and pistols from the lazarette as the two captains lead ten men to seize the other vessel. They intend to lock up the crew and haul loot aboard before the horizon reveals their ruse.
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Pope
Grindal
Mr. Crystal
Crystal
Cap'’En
Yellet Pope
Captain Pope
Captain Crystal
Pirates Plot Split of Plunder After Shipboard Sacking
In the Gypsy’s aftermath Pope and Crystal discuss plans to divide loot from the sacked ship. They consider transferring treasure to a second vessel, then leaving the brig and smuggling the rest ashore. The narrative follows their tense bargaining as darkness nears.
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Pope
Crystal
Ope
Cumberland
Fisk
Pops
Col Ingersoll Outdone At Franklin Inn Club
A Philadelphia literary club at the Franklin Inn Club debated drunkenness. Col Ingersoll’s quip about a man who lay on his back and rose with the grass was cited. John Luther Long recalled a harder drinker who failed to open a door and muttered about a stolen keyhole.
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Col. Ingersoll
Franklin Inn Club
Philadelphia
John Luther Long
Ingersoll
Napoleon and Victoria Visit to London in 1885
President Loubet's London visit marks a rare state act since Napoleon III went to Windsor in April 1885 amid the Crimean War. Queen Victoria invited the French emperor to confer on his plan to lead allied forces to Sebastopol, but she secured his abandonment of that intent after honors at Windsor and the Order of the Garter.
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Napoleon
Victoria
President Loubet
London
France
Napoleon III
Windsor
Queen Victoria
Sebastopol
Order of the Garter
Crimea
Poem Notes and Manuscript Delays Mentioned
The fragment references a poem by La Montt and a manuscript held by La Moyne Oh for two years. It notes sending the piece to an elite set and mentions a possible title Spau rock Y. The lines resemble a diary or literary note rather than a full article.
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la Montt
la Moyne
Spaurock Y
Fashion Through Time Heads For The Past
Poetic reflection on changing fashions and olden styles. The speaker notes how attire and hairdos vary with eras, suggesting future amusement at current summer styles. A nostalgia-soaked meditation on beauty, fidelity, and the world’s shifting dress.
The Student's Story of a Fiendish Lab Ordeal
A professor recounts a terrifying university incident with a Greek student Agathos who laced a drink, triggering a cocaine intoxication and a hideous vivisection plan. An unstable nitro compound exploded, ending the deadly scheme as the lab nearly destroyed itself.
Scientist recalls lab blast and near death
A survivor recounts a catastrophic laboratory explosion. He describes shattered glass, ruined instruments, and a near fatal brain fever. He credits his wife nurse for saving him, notes his hair turning white, and mentions the professor Agathos destroyed in the blast and the failed attempt to discover the explosion’s formula.
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Agathos
How They Read The Paper In Different Departments
An observer notes how readers vary by age and interest. Elderly people flip to personal columns for news of friends and personal matters, young girls seek society and weddings then fashions, and sporty young men and boys head for sports. Actors favor drama, writers read reviews, clergy scan wills for charitable bequests, and many start with crimes and scandals. Poets typically skip newspapers.
Why She Liked Venus and the Burne-Jones View
A housemaid Mary chooses the armless Venus of Milo as her favorite object praised for its simplicity. The owner notes the maid’s practical taste in art and bric a brac, but regrets inviting the private view after the humorous reveal. Mary’s blunt verdict reframes art appreciation with common sense.
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Thignon
Paing
Mary
The Plots of the Irish Joke in The Plot Verse
Thomas J. Regan writes in The Plot about the enduring censure of the Irish joke and the torment of Celtic humor. The poem traces how slurs spread like a disease, mocking builders and Celtic effort, until shackles are broken and a new age rises on the roads of a future region.
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Tyrone
Thomas J. Regan
Women Brokers Break Through In New York Market
Two young women in New York have become successful stock brokers. One is a former schoolteacher, and many clients prefer female brokers for a businesslike approach. The other woman runs an uptown office and is equally discreet and systematic. Both are earning money.
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New York
The Latest Girl Fad Polished Floor Walk Debut
A brief note from the Atchison Globe describes the latest fad where girls walk with polished floor style, treating streets as stages while many keep rugs at home. The item highlights cleverness and fashionable movement as a social trend.
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Atchison Globe
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Jonathan
Duncan
Peterson
New Yorke Herald
Christ
Koryphanos
Venus
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