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Boston Weekly Globe in Boston, Massachusetts

23 Jan 1889

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Boston Weekly Globe

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1889

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3

Foul Play A Novel chapter thirteen to nineteen summary

The Proserpine disaster unravels as Wylie’s deception, Wardlaw’s bank crisis, and Helen Rolleston’s peril converge. Wylie betrays crew and ship, while Wardlaw and son face insolvency from the Shannon’s loss. In Liverpool, Arthur learns of the Proserpine’s fate, and General Rolleston plans a Pacific search. In the Barker boat, Hazel and Helen endure thirst, hunger, and dwindling hope aided by Hazel’s leadership and improvised water-making. The story shifts toward a perilous rescue and a race across oceans to find the vanished girl.

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Slocum Nantucket U. 5 Cape Horn Maria Terra el Fuego Proserpine Buenos Ayres Wylie House of Ward-law & Son Liverpool England Wardlaw & Co Shannon Old England New England Mersey Sydney Wardlaw and Son Water Street St. George's Dock London Adelphi Rugby Euston Square Tenchurch Street Wardlaw & Son Axminster Helen Rolleston Wardlaw Arrval Verile Lloyds Gurney Michael Penfold Helen Joe Wylie Joe Nancy House Sam Mr. Penfold Arthur War Jlaw Nancy Penfold Miss Rouse M'M Lields Michael Mr. Atkins Burtenshaw Mr. Burtenshaw Morland’s Bank Bank of England Seerane Biterly Oonaw Hussand Morland Old Wardlaw Pacific Old Penfold Lloyd's Thea Burtwishaw Arthur Morland's Wardlaw Senior Rollestons Ran Penfold Lloyd’s Arthur Wardlaw First Express Sir Edward Rolleston Euston Owever Gied Varnaw Bank of Engand Morland’s Paulola Peraps Wordlaw Atkins James Seaton John Hazel Hudson Welle Ald Hiram Celia Juan Seaweses Ted Hell Palace Ardlaw Victoria Rolleston Hlestons Val Kolleston Mr. Wardlaw Wardlaws Koleston Hone Russell Square Wardlaw Junior Sophaggon Ely Wylie Persrate Cook’s Straits Hutson Nor Easter Island Juan Fernandez Valparaiso Horn Busiess Tim Greyhound Dreadnaught Tia Pegesher Hazel Cooper Welch Sam Cooper Michael Morgan Prince Frenner Mackintosh Bona Sea Corbin Medusa Bounty Bligh Havel Mr. Hazel Misa Rolleston Miss Rolleston
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Wylie and the Prosperine Mystery at Lloyd's

In a grim tale of greed and disaster a confessed conspirator clings to wealth as the Prosperine sinks. Wylie deflects questions about Wardlaw and the ship log while underwriters confirm the fatal gale and missing crew. Wardlaw mourns his missing sweetheart aboard the doomed vessel.

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Wylie Lloyd’s Michael Welle Poplar
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Doing Before The Bar Fappy Portrait Of A Lawyer

A fragmented sketch of a lawyer with a comic tone, tracing his early misgivings about craving bear meat for a Christ nine claner and his later change of mind, framed as a brief humorous column.

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Fappy
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Women Decorated with Legion of Honor Through History

A New York Times pamphlet details the list of women awarded the Legion of Honor since its founding, totaling 84. It traces early female honorees from Virginie Ghesquiere and Marie Shelling for battlefield acts, to later recipients like Rosa Bonheur and Mme Dieulafoy, noting charity workers and an explorer’s wife among the awardees.

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Les Femmes Decorees de la Legion d’Honneur M. Alesson Legion of Honor Virginie Ghesquiere Marie Shelling Jemmapes Austerlitz Jena Napel Charity Sueur Marthe Perrot
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Not His Better Half in a Richmond Despatch

A humorous exchange centers on the meaning of minute men during the Revolution. Johnny asks his stepmother about being a minute man and about being “his second” wife after his first’s death. The dialogue playfully contrasts duty with personal relation, using a misheard phrase to comic effect.

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Richmond Johnny Stepmother Johnnny—Iis Johny
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Had Feasted There Before Epoch

A dialogue-driven fragment describes Geo and a girl on a sofa. He reveals a dog bite that left him troubled and hints at fear or guilt. The scene hints at a past visit and a tense relationship, with the dog’s bite implying a strange recognition and uneasy consequences.

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Geo George
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Or in One Die

Mrs Naggleton and Mr Naggleton exchange quips about marriage and divorce in a brief dialogue. The exchange hints at a book titled How to pay Though Married and ends with Naggleton urging a divorce.

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Puck
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The Boy at the Foot Had a Head sAmerican Poultry Yard

The text presents garbled OCR lines with obscure phrases about a teacher and a coal yard reference. It appears as a fractured historical clipping with no clear event, names, or dates to anchor a factual card.

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By Charles Reade and Dion Boucicault Wilie Mr. Vel Han Glaing Giver Wylies Fenchurch Street Elm Trees Bartley Brothers Maple Cox Atlantic Trading Terry Mopley Timms Lawr Jose H Wylie White Hingson O “Hudsons Roman Vea Borinzbok Misaton Ind Olleston Women In the Legion of Honor New York Traphic
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