Pirates of the Thames Quest a Beggared Captain and His Mate
In a London tavern Captain Pope and Captain Crystal scheme to acquire the brig Gypsy by foul means. A pirate past haunts them as they weigh money, danger, and a life of crime amid poverty and rumpled hope.
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London
Mitre
Jenkinson
Cantaia
Pope
Captain Pope
Jenvinson
Captain Crystal
Crystal
Inlaw
Jackman
Thames
Admiralty
Staunton
River Thames
Dorothy
Arethusa
Piracy Schemes Stir Captain Pope and Crystal
In Chapter II of The Camperdown Public House Crystal and Captain Pope scheme to seize a fast vessel. Pope boasts of a bold plan and reveals he can muster eighty pounds and a gold watch to fund their venture as Crystal frets over funds.
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Camperdown
Crystal
Captain Pope
Pope
The Fear of Laughter and Its Rising Power
A discussion on how satire and jokes threaten dignity and authority. The Atlantic argues the comic press, caricature, and ridicule influence justice, politics, religion, and public opinion, urging discernment to avoid humorous excess.
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Atlantic
Reed and Reed Joke About a Headache and a Wheelwright
The Boston Post recalls a quip by Czar Reed about William A. Peffer, a Kansas senator, who complained of a headache. Reed suggests he should see a wheelwright rather than a doctor in a dry exchange.
In the Circus Laughs Echo With Animal Quips
A playful exchange features Miss Hippo retorting Mr. Monkey with a jab about his manners. Camel chimes in asking what it was and Jumbo reveals the Hippo’s line that the Monkey had talked too much and shown too much moush.
Ruins of Jamestown Church Site A Century Past
The article recalls the preserved ruin of the first English church on Jamestown Island Virginia built with bricks imported from England. The sanctuary hosted early services and is noted as the christening site of Pocahontas and her purported marriage to John Rolfe, with plans to replicate the ruin at a Jamestown exposition.
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America
New World
Jamestown
England
Pocahontas
John Rolfe
James River
Dream Reveals Buried Medieval Church in Serbia
A young village woman near Pirot in Servia dreamed of a buried church and urged digging at her spot. The excavation yielded a medieval church ruin, rebuilt as a chapel that attracts pilgrims, with the dreamer now a generous local benefactor.
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Pirot
Servia
Wide World Magazine
Mola Mola: The Moon Fish of Pacific Shores
A queer fish drifts in the Pacific near Santa Barbara and California lakes. The mola mola basks on the surface, with a rudder like fringe and a body sometimes ten feet long. It serves as a floating island for gulls and cormorants, but its flesh is too tough to eat.
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Ireland
Killarney
Muckross Abbey
Pacific Ocean
Isles
Santa Barbara
Lakes
California
Untitled Fractured Reflection on Law and Living
A fragmented line of thought laments that what we valued most is less law and more genuine living. The speaker hints at a shift toward a simpler, truer way of life beyond legal strictures.
A Greek Theater In America at University of California
The open air theater at the University of California seats 8000, echoes the Dionysius design, stands in a grove, and features a tile roof and colored stage. President Roosevelt spoke there on May 12 to scholars students and notable Californians.
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America
University of California
Roosevelt
Callifornia
Dionysius
Harper’s Weekly
Clever Thieves Steal Boat in Biddeford Incident
Two men stole a boat at Biddeford Maine the other night and on their way authorities pursued them as details of the waterfront theft emerged.
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Biddeford
Oldest Glassblower William Hall of Greensboro Pa
William Hall of Greensboro Greene county Pennsylvania claims the oldest glassblower title. Born February 15 1817 he learned glassblowing in Washington DC in 1822 and later blew glass for the capitol dome. Two grass milk pall s by Hall are in the Smithsonian Institute.
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William Hall
Greensboro
Greene County
Washington
D. C
Capitol
Frederick Stinger
Greenaboro
Major Cross
United States Army
United States
France
Cross
Smithsonian Institute
Hall
Monster Rainbow Trout Wins Western Newspaper Man Title
W. 8. Phillips known as El Co mancho pulls a 16 pound rainbow from the Skykomish River near Index. Dr. Young and John Schram watch as the long fight in a boiling rapid lasts twenty five minutes. Phillips used salmon eggs and a tiny hook to land the giant trout, said to be the largest rainbow ever caught in western Washington rivers.
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W. 8. Phillips
el Comancho
Field and Stream
Phillips
Skykomish River
Index
Dr. Young
John Schram
Seattle
His Majesty
W. &. Phillips
Washington
Ottawa's Remarkable Funeral Chariot Designed by Deceased
Sketch describes the funeral of J. Major of Hull conveyed to Ottawa on June 9 in a chariot he designed. The procession followed his will with coffined remains as required, and after the service the chariot was burned per his instruction.
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8 J. Major
Hull
Ottawa
Canada
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Commercial Road
Calliage
the Abbey OF
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