Marvelous Life-Saving Feat Aboard the Parker
On March 5 1888 the passenger steamer James J Parker shatt ers the Indiana channel rapids near Louisville. Lifeboats Reckless and Ready reach the wreck while 105 aboard struggle on a tilting deck as water floods in. They save 80 passengers and ferried others to safety, with no loss. Crew and spectators witness a dramatic rescue praised by the master and passengers.
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Louisville
James D. Parker
Indiana
Ohio
Louisville and Portland Canal
James J Parker
Indiana Bank
George Ly Nilmer
Oil money and the social order aboard whaling ships
Conan Doyle describes the whaling crew’s economy where oil profits drive harsh discipline and strict hierarchy. Officers and crew receive shares, with even greenhands earning a shilling per ton, creating a tightly graded, unstable social order and sharp public opinion among the men.
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All Souls
Aberdeenshire
Conan Doyle
McClure's Magazine
Teasing Strange Dogs and Bite Cautions
The Buffalo Express notes that bites from animals are unpleasant and warns that strange dogs should be avoided. It argues dog handlers, who work with dogs daily, often avoid incidents due to caution and awareness.
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Uisense
Buffalo Express
Parent Sends Consent to His Daughter’s Marriage
A Missouri father, in the southern part of the state, sent formal consent to the marriage of his daughter. The Bolivar Free Press notes the gesture is unusual and prints it verbatim. The father writes that he gives his daughter to Crank-Hearts, a young man eager to wed, and leaves the couple to resolve their fate.
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Missouri
Recorder
Bolivar Free Press
Crank
Evenbeooribera
Openelon
U. S. Spi
Oance
U. S
Press Claims Company
Washington, D.C
Dorothy Drew Finds Joy in Gladstone Retirement
The Chicago Tribune notes Dorothy Drew, grandson of Mr. Gladstone, as the delighted granddaughter who cherishes his retirement from public life. Readers describe the image of the elder statesman playfully romping with the curly haired child as a favorable sight in England.
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Great Britain
Mr. Gladstone
Dorothy Drew
Winsor
England
Chicago Tribune
Little Red Wheelbarrow Story From New York Recorder
A child named Bobbie and friends send a toy to Japan across the sea. A fisherman finds Bobbie’s red wheelbarrow with a note inside, but the toys never reach Japan. The tale recalls charity and a missed connection as read in the New York Recorder.
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Bobbie
Japan
Frank
Mary
Lucy
Little
Japan Peorte
Frank Brown
All New York Recorder
Penny Fable Echoes Quiet Tease and Good News
A playful exchange centers on a penny and a mock quiet pose. Auntie asks for the penny as the prompt prompts a childlike rhythm of thoughts and a lighthearted exchange ends with a cheeky charge of good news.
Tiny Pup Sits Up Hears Cup Begs Cake In Verse
A playful verse describes a small dog that can sit up and drink from a cup. The speaker wishes the reader could see the pup with blue eyes and its antics as it chases a cat and pretends to clean a white fur coat.
Will Allen Drumgoole Tramps Through Tennessee Mountains
Tennessee author Will Allen Drumgoole walks nine to ten miles daily at her country home. Her walking outfit is simple a short skirt blouse and a gray felt hat with a bullet hole the hat carries a history from her coal mine studies. She shares how during the Coal Creek miners strike she mingled with locals and even faced a stray bullet at supper while observing.
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Tennessee
Will Allen Drumgoole
Mss
Drumgoole
Tennessee Mountains
Coal Creek
South Carolina Farm Resources See Strong Values Across Sectors
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes South Carolina farm products exceed 50 million dollars annually with 14 million from cotton and about 70 million pounds of rice produced. It cites gold mining across 60 sites and Kentucky leading hemp production with around 35 thousand tons and tobacco at 960 million pounds in 1889.
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South Carolina
Kentucky
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
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Ohio Rapids
Whaler
Bobby
Ayers Sarsaparilla
M. Hammerly
Hillsboro
Ayer
Sidney Earle
Sallie J. Batley
West 114Th Street
New York
Drs. Starkey & Palen
Arabh Stret
Philadelphia
Sutter Street
San Francico, Cal
Hatch
Crystal
Jamaica
Ginger
Bradford’s Family
Rope Street
Jarl
Isaac B. Munro
JUBSI
Frank T. Remieres
Garner of Hope and
Bradford Sts
Shellac
Eale
Seth Paull
Thames Street
Wedderburm
Atoenep
Geo. W. Easterbrooks
New England
Emery A Dunbar
Gorda
Bieteas
Baume
Aca
Philip Brads
FEA Dunbar
New York Journal
Charles J. Sanford
Williams St
Bristol
R.I
P. O. Box
Tramping
John Wedderburn
Wasrington, D. O. P. O
York,new Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
OLD Colony Railroad
Providence Division
Warren & Bristol
Providence
Warren
Fall River
Wayi
Exchange Place
Marke Square
Newport
Cwhuart
G. Len
Isaac WN. Marshall
A. C. Kendall
Wuriais Ferry
Dd. C. Lawton
T. A. Brownell
R. R
East End Union Depot
Boston
Hyde Park
Walpole
Franklin
West Wrentham
Arnold’s Mills
Adamsdale
P.m. Milford
P. m. Oaklawn
Pontiac
Artie
Quidnick
Summit
Oneco
Sterling
Coventry
Greene
Moosup
Plainfield
Jewett City
Versailles
Baltic
South Windham
Willimatic
Hartford
Waterbury
Fishkill
Norwich
Chicago
Newburgh
Erie
Couriencig
Washington
W.R. Hawmcook
Ormerly
William T. Dupwell
South Water Street
State Street
Monauny
New
Oos
T. A. Campbell
Court Street
Hope Street
Josiah F. Peckham
Brooklyn Drug CO
Fulton and Downing Sts
Brooklyn
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