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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1875
Page
4
After surviving the typhoon aboard the Henry Clay, Harland saves the ship and passengers from wreck. He earns salvage and a passenger testimonial, then learns Dora’s wellbeing, marries, and becomes a successful ship-owner, forever haunted by the Saucy Maid disaster.
In a London publish, Edward Roe describes Arctic mosquitoes on the Kuloi river as monstrous and insistent. He catalogs yellow striped, brown camel, scorpion forms and laments veils, gauntlets, and sleep protection fail to deter them. He jokes a woodpecker would perish quickly against the swarms.
In a humorous exchange, coroner Mr Wheeler recalls presiding over a mummy inquest and jokes about Noah’s flood. He laments mortality and jokes the sermon’s flood imagery would not cheer him, claiming he may not be coroner for another such freshet.
A tale of the distinguished painter Jarvis spotting a dark man with a red cedar cigar box. Jarvis crowds follows and explains they accompany him to the tomb to comfort him after his infant’s death. The box actually held cigars and the man gratefully shares them with mourners.
A Detroit mother finds ink on her child's fingers after he plays with a cat near the sugar, prompting a teachable moment about honesty. The boy calmly answers that his stains come from mortifying, while the mother questions the tale and allows him to return to play.
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