Voyage of the Juno and a Shipboard Plot Unfolds
The tale follows Captain David Stout who buys the dilapidated Juno and plans an insurance fraud on a cargo to Monrovia. A runaway crewman, Smiley, and a hidden trap door in the hold hint at mutiny and foul play as the ship nears Cape Verde and later sinks into a schemed escape.
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Charles B. Lewis
David Stout
Stout
London
Monrovia
Mr. Smiley
Watch
Ben
Tve
Stont
Cape Verde Islands
Captain Stout
Bathurst
Gambia River
Pursuit and Trial of Stout on the Juno Case at Sea
The corvette Mesvee reports leaving the Gambia bound for Sierra Leone. A phantom ship sighting of the Juno amid moonlit vapor banks leads to boarding and eventual capture. Stout and the second mate are imprisoned for life after a court case where I testify as the key witness. The Jane attracts 17 000 visitors in eight weeks.
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H. M
Gambia
Sierre Leone
Stout
Mr. Smiley
Smiley
Jane
Czar’s guarded life and a city anecdote of a fashionable man
A London Telegraph observation on the czar’s perilous security contrasts with a New York Recorder vignette about a vain man on a Sixth Avenue streetcar. The piece emphasizes constant danger for rulers and the small, daily deeds that shape life, echoed by a Detroit Free Press reflection on small courtesies and steady effort.
Fashions In Food From London Print Showcases Ice Sculpture
A London print describes modern confections such as a vast block of clear ice lit by electricity containing oranges filled with different ices. The display shines in rainbow colors and is hailed as a triumph of culinary art in the century’s final decade.
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London
Paper Money in China and Early European Banks
The article traces ancient Chinese paper currency dating from 807 AD during the Thang dynasty and notes its evolving forms such as flying money and running money. It discusses metal plates, block printing, and early European banks in Italy and Venice, explaining bank notes as mixed deposits and promissory instruments, with references to the Bank of England’s origins and Mercers Hall debates.
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Klaproth
Hian-Tsoung
Peking
China
Italy
Banco
Bancoe
Europe
Venice
Amsterdam
Bank of England
William Patterson
First Council of Trade
Mercer’s Hall
London Telegraph
Question of taste echoed in a Richmond anecdote
Colonel T A Dodge recounts a story from Richmond where two men admire a city beauty. Uncle Jed, the old servant, remarks that, in truth, black women may be more handsome than white ladies, revealing a candid, racial perspective from a past era.
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T. A. Dodge
Richmond
Ded
Miss Ellen
Uncle Jed
Darky
Mars’ Tom
Too Much of an Invitation Story in a Kitchen Scene
A Buffalo Courier anecdote describes a busy mother directing her son to invite Mrs B to tea at 6. The boy returns with a cake and reports the neighbor declined, saying she would come. A Detroit Free Press quip contrasts a wealthy man with a windy blowhard, calling him a millionaire in motion.
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Armid
London Telegraph
Mrs. S
Mrs
Buffalo Courier
Sands
Brix
Detroit Free Press
Paper belt idea from Lowell factory worker
A former assistant to the superintendent of power at a Lowell Massachusetts factory describes a paper belt concept. He argues that a large belt made of paper pulp, formed with links, can develop a hard, shiny surface on pulleys after repeated use. The surface becomes very hard and is cut only by a cold chisel, enabling better pulley work.
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Mave
Lowell
Mas
Eas
Clover Leaf Route Promotes Low Fare Excursion Tickets
The Toledo St Louis and Kansas City Clover Leaf route offers one fare excursion tickets to all points south on special dates in February March April May and June with liberal return limits. Call nearest agent or address C C Jenkins General Pass Agent Toledo Ohio. N E Low rate excursion tickets to California points and to Hot Springs Arkansas.
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Toledo
St. Louis
Kansas City
R. R
Clover Leaf
C. C. Jenkins
California
Hot Springs Ark
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Shad
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Mobile
Wild Wave
Charleston
Endeavor
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le Waylard
Nan
Cape Blanco
Czar
W21
New York Recorder
Continent
Hawthorne
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
Ladies’ Home Journal
Hercules
Baudelaire
Paris
du Camp
Maxime du Camp
Munn & Co
Paner
Moon
New York
Buoinv
Lass
Onno
Telade
St. Lona
Canson
Clover Lear
Ness
Jenkins
Fpasweger Aguah
Blu
Weerwanp Trans
Binston & St. & Pass
Lacal
Ft. W
A. M
Ft. Wayne
Cowperville
Aand
New Castle
Rushville
United States
Canada
P.M
Connersville
Cincinnati
Ft.Wayne
T. Wayne
Louisville
Aring. Agt
Ft. W.C
L. Rafireld
Parker
C. F. Daly
Gen
Erie
Errect
Decatur
Ind
Traina West
Vestibule Limited
Daly
Chicago
Pacific Express
Kant
Kingsland
Huntington
Marion
Columbus
Lima
Points East
Chillicothe
Waverly
Portsmouth
Tron
Kenova
N.& W Railways
W. G. MacEowake
Lake Irie & Western
Alabama
Kentucky
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Ouie
Indiana
Sandusky
Missouri River
C.F. Daly
H.C. Parker
Gen'l Pass
Tkt. Agt
Indianapolis
Datent
Reichelt & Oltsch
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