The Young Telegrapher Hero at Morgan Raid
An OCR fragment recounts John Morgan’s Confederates raiding a telegraph office near Corinth. A young Jimmi Venable helps by improvised telegraph tricks, signaling trains to avoid ambush. Morgan rewards the boy with money and praise for aiding the Union supply line.
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Marlon
Morgan
Guilar
Joln Morgan
Middle Southwest
Halleck
Corinth
Tennessee
Tom Venable
Venable
Dane
Venables
John Morgan
Venabla
Jimmie Venable
Jimmie
Anden
Tie
Lttle
Morran
Last of the Slavers Haunts Atlantic Derelict
First mate recalls a fog bound voyage near Newfoundland where a derelict barkentine drifted close with no crew aboard except a woman found dead in a cabin. Log data suggest a 1854 slave trade era voyage ended with mutiny, capture or death, and the crew likely destroyed the ship and buried the bride at sea.
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Mary Goodwin
Philadelphia
Newfoundland
Halifax
Cape Race
Cape Breton
Milldalla
Canary Islands
Africa
United States
Thia
Aislantic Ocean
Europa
America
Ife
AIA
Dotto
Atu
How a Fierce American Was Appeased
A visiting American recounts an Paris music hall incident where a waiter mistreated a street child. He calms the crowd by calling for a collection for the girl, then donates his own money. The manager proclaims the American appeased and disperses the audience. The narrator reflects on how such scenes affect public perception.
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America
Europe
Hotel Des Invalides
Paris
Budapest
Toledo
Jty
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Allegheny Mountains
Atx
Agadhe
Walter
Erlei
Nem
Carl Steffens
Carl
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Centralia
F. H. Miller
P’p’r
Washington
Bix Roopera
Wall
Nite States
ROTC
ETI