The Mystery of the Pelican ship tale unfolds
An October 1974 account recounts the voyage of the ship Pelican, a prize with rifles aboard, under a neutral flag. Aboard, Helen Bradford hides a note from her father, master of the Pelican, amid pursuit by war cruisers, voyages to Morocco, and a later wedding outcome by the narrator who inherits the prize and remains unable to solve the mystery.
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Julia Gowan
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Genoa
Maly
United States
Italy
Mediterranean
Europe
Remin
France
Gowan
Pelican
Hecht
Smething
Helen
Neien
Uct
Firr
Wolner
Thait
Miss Bradford
Helen Bradford
Atlantic Ocean
Melon Bradford
Morocco
Bradford
America
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Electric Sparks From Simple Homemade Apparatus
A 19th century note explains a safe home electricity experiment using a dry glass inverted on a dry tray and a rubbed paper sheet to generate sparks. The setup yields brighter, longer sparks with drier materials and more vivid results in a dark room, as described by Pearson's Weekly.
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Pearson’s Weekly
The Average Business Man Confusion Laughs at Time
A local merchant's son poses a riddle about yesterday today and tomorrow to his father. The father finally concedes the joke and sighs with relief as the child runs off to play.
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Vanlier
Farllana
New Jersey
Globe
Virgina
New York
Washington
Abe
Joun Baer
J. T. Witsor, Calvert Co
Joh’ Baer
John Baer
Afr
Thos
Howe, Washington Co
R. T. Scott Notlowan Co
John Bier
Tomto
States
Canada
A Mean Question About a Beauty Aid in 1920s Journal
The fragment shows a garbled query about consulting a beauty expert for complexion. The line reads “To have been 10 consult a beauty f pe ter about my complexion.” It appears in a City Journal item with unclear context and attribution.
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