Mopsy and Captain Brown Help a Poor Family in Boston Public Garden
In the North End tale, Captain Brown befriends Mopsy and Natty Howard, aiding a dying Jamsie and his mother Mrs. Howard. The captain arranges schooling for Natty, medical care, and a new chair for the invalid, while a lawyer and a wealthy household grapple with past secrets and the fate of Spud and Isa. The chapter ends with Jamsie’s fevered pleas and the captain’s vow to protect the vulnerable as Brown pursues redress and justice.
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Sol
America
Italy
Paris
Switzerland
Cariive
Nan
Court Street
Brookline
Thomas
Familly
Boston
Beacon Street
Julie
North Margin St
John B
Hunt
Court St
Clry
Mopsy
Spud
Brown
Fis
Tishy
Happer
Captain Brown
Bela
Natty
Irs. Howard
Mypsy
North End
Opsy
Nort
Essie
Harry
Netta Howard
Nathaniel Howard
Mr. Hunt
Howard
Bess
Leon
Geneman
Minx.” Captain Brown
Washington Street
Endicott Street
Cartain
Hind Aoe le
Netia
Maopasy
Netti
Soulgist
Janisie
India
Jamsiey
Janse
Jamsie
Jamiie
Amma
Lim
Tam
Jack
Spuc
Nevetherless
Cambridge
Mrs. Howard
Shelp
Sam
Lam
Jansie
Jamile
Netta
Inky
Kuo
Mamma
Gladstone Visits London Law Courts Enters Against Orders
An elderly man calling himself Gladstone William Ewart Gladstone arrived at London law courts. The porter barred entry citing no admittance without business. After some repetition and speculation, the man moved on, leaving staff puzzled by the tall tale of a famous name.
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London Globe Reports
London
Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone
Remarkable Orillia Woman Claims 114 Years Of Life
In Orillia Canada a local paper notes Mrs. Bovaird, living with daughter Mrs. McCullough, born early 1769 in Vermont. She was six at the Battle of Bunker Hill in June 1775 and now is reported 114. She remains active, with papers to prove her age, though some doubt her longevity.
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Orillia
Can
Bovaird
McCullough
Vermont
Bunker Hill
Epitaph Warning to Try Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery
A caller warns that a cough could lead to a coffin and touts Dr. V. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for weak lungs blood spitting night sweats and early consumption symptoms. Sold by all druggists.
Island Castaway Captain Tells Eleven Month Survival Tale
Captain Joseph Fuller recalls twelve or eleven months aboard the whaler Pilot Ride near Desolation Island after wrecking in a gale in 1881. With twenty three crew members, they endured storms, limited food, blubber-fueled fires, and improvised shelters. They sent word from a rendezvous, endured mutiny attempts, and were finally rescued by a vessel sent by owner G. A. Williams of New London, returning to Cape Town and then Danvers.
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Joseph Fuller
Danvers
New London
Conn
of Desolation
Cape Town
Australia
EF. J. Chipinal
Charters Port Harbor
Trinity
Port Harbor
Diree Island Harbor
Potts Arbor
Ae Ol Asiat Ron Pot
Huid’s Island
G. A. Williams
Warner's Safe Cure touted with extraordinary testimonials
A lengthy public offer proclaims Warner's Safe Cure as the sole remedy for Bright's disease and related ailments. It includes hefty rewards for refuting testimonials and cites multiple letters from satisfied users, including elderly residents from Cleveland and Holley, praising restored health and longevity.
On Their Way Safe After Harrowing Past Years
A traveler reflects on ongoing journeys and the endurance of people after two years of upheaval while asserting personal resilience and safety in the face of past trials.
The Garly Bird's Too Previousness
A Hartford Courant column laments the early bird's misfortune as unseasonable warmth signals a cold front, predicting snow and storm. The piece humorously muses on the bird's doomed venture, its wasted food search, and the unpredictability of nature with seasonal change.
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Hartford (Coon
Courant
la Forest
Bird
Southern Notes and Oddities From Various Regions
A Paducah note cites a hunter killing 9160 rab bits in six months. Texas claims the world’s largest sheep ranch with 800,000 sheep on 300,000 acres in Dimnet and Webb counties. Savannah river shad once traded for corn at one ear per fish. Navajo Indians in Arizona hold 900,000 sheep and 200,000 goats after a government investment of 350,000 years ago. Fairbanks near Tombstone has a vigilance committee named Twenty-thee warning rustlers. The Sacramento Bee contrasts sedition with silekens and backs a bill to prohibit the deposit of detritus. Exvy’s Cream Balm touted as a leading catarrh remedy, with many local cures.
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Southern
Paducah
Dimnet
Webb
Texas
Savannah River
Arizona
Fairbanks
Tombstone
Arizona & New Mexico
Sacramento Bee
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New York
Barry
Gortartes
Jennie
Bensiees
Bessie
Nowel
Ine
Jenole
Europe
Isa
Pet
Arry
Upton
Hit
Rob
Poe
the Island OF Desolation
Fuller
Warner
H. H. Warren & Co
Rochester
N.Y
Bright
Victor Jones
Prescott
Cleveland
Ohio
Evaneere
United States
W. FE. Sandford
Holley
N. C
Syracuse
New York City
F. A. Hayden
The
Standard
Exvy
Wilkesbarre
Penn
Union Deadan
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