A Boat Hidden by the Sea Appears Near the Cave
On a remote island, Charlie, Ford, and Ethel guard a sick companion as dawn brings hope of a drifting vessel. They suspect a boat may anchor near South Cove, planning to signal or raid for a possible rescue while maintaining a cautious watch.
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Charlie
Ford
Roy
Sam
Ethel
Mrs. Milward
Cratlhe
Jock-out
Jong
Ant
Ferd
Pempe Ether Island
Khel
Itou
Castaways Escape On Dory Then Sail To Mainland
The stranded group on a remote island salvage a derelict dory with the boat’s stern bearing Uncle John’s name. Ford, Ethel, Roy, Sam, Charlie and Mrs Milward repair it, prepare oars, gather food, and plan a voyage to the mainland while facing night rowings and near disaster. A rescue schooner Matilda appears and they are saved by Uncle John, reuniting with family and promising to visit Belfast.
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Ethel
Ford
Ferd
Roy
Charlie
Sam
John
Charley
Mrs. Milward
Master Whipple
Len
Milward
Islesboro
Belfast
Reg
Whipple
Dory
Shali
Ged
Erd
Eshet
Poin
Blue
Coroners
Mrs. Mil
Mrs. Milwara
Uncle John
Charna
Miss Sympathy
Ethel Milward
Atel
Refige
Ms. Milward
Fellows
Matilda
Koy
T ‘Hen
Ladybird
Northport
St. George
Plainckett
Isse Au Haut
Sammy
Jord
Five Million of Them Lamp Chimneys Broken Yearly
Cincinnati Times-Star reports nearly five million lamp chimneys break yearly in the city. Most end in ash barrels then dumps, sold as callet to Hemingways glass works. The chimney trade spans dozens of styles, with Pittsburg and Steubenville as major production centers and many imports from abroad.
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Cincinnati Times-Star
Hemingway Glass Works
Pittsburg
Steubenville
Old Country
Illinois
Gladstone
England
Miami County
Ohio
Milan
Jerusalem
London
New York
Fulton (Mo.) Insane Asylum
United States
Mott Street
Johnstown
France
Mr. Depew
Union
Charles Dudley Warner
Harper's Magazine
Elias Miller
Manheim
York County
Penn
Piedmont
W. Va
Hart County
Georgia
Ob Boo
J. E. Vardeman
Sparta
Youghiogheny
Noedy
Florida
Washington
W. Shelly
Milford Square
Jochrim Hooper
Denver
Bedford
Bunyan
Syracuse
N. Y
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Ashley
Brooklyn Bridge
Wanamaker
Marshall Field
Chicago
Phil Armour
Edward Morrow
Bradford
Hagarstown
Nevada
Benjamin Jones
Lord Fauntleroy
Kila Connor
Lititz
New Castle
Del
Tucson
Ark
Nishni
China
Eastern
Pennsylvania
Covington
James White
Scranton
Cleveland
Todd Lattie
Bronson
Mich
Cincinnati
Mt. Piatus
Zuun
Reformed Church
Easton
A. Portia
Ore
Santa Barbara
Cal
Grover Cleveland
Penjamin Harrison
Halifax
Walter Besant
Pisa
Pia
Buenos Ayres
Dave
Vopinard
Oddities From A Century Ago Hint At Global Quirks
A long list of eccentric notes reports unusual facts and curiosities from various places. Highlights include Gladstone and other figures, a two tailed dog, unusual marriages, odd weather and river phenomena, peculiar local traditions, and humorous anecdotes from cities across the United States and Europe.
Envious Thought Portrait in a Chicago Mall Studio
A dark-eyed beauty with a wine glass is sketched as a shadowed muse by an artist. The piece explores longing, the fantasy of touching her life, and the limits of imagination versus material reality in art. The speaker envies the subject and muses on slips between ink and flesh, beauty, and desire.
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Chicago Mall
The Highest Trump Card on Rail Transit
A short exchange among boys contrasts city innovations with Pumpkinville lacking modern amenities. The New York Tribune vignette highlights histories of rail and electric lights, while Chicago and Boston claim advancements and Pumpkinville offers clean streets as a counterpoint.
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New York Tribune
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Pumpkinville
Strawberries and Coffee at New York Fest
The note extols pairing the best strawberries with the best coffee as the supreme refinement of indulgence. It explains coffee clears the palate between bites, revealing the strawberry flavor, and urges enjoying the alternating mouthfuls as the height of tasting.
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New York
James Was Doing Quits Well in Detroit Bookshop
A stray exchange in a Detroit Free Press bookstore scene shows a customer asking about punctuation and a clerk hearing her murmur about five marks under the word Dear. The fragment hints at language quirks and a humorous moment in a literary setting.
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James
Netroit Free Press
Janes
Appeared Well to Creditors Tid Bis
A dialogue about credit and expense with a young wife reproaching her husband for buying an expensive suit on credit. The husband defends the purchase as necessary to maintain his credit, despite his income limitations.
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Philadelphia Record
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Katie
W. ©. Dodson
Clarke and Crew Streets
Atlanta
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Verniense
Phewnicia
Kingston Freeman
South Fork Lake
Conemaugh Valley
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Kk. 5. Morse
Morgan County
W.J. van Winkle
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Esquimaux
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