The Raven Became a Lake Coast Squatter and Shipyard
The Raven schooner, under Captain Ebenezer Rowell, ran aground on Lake Michigan near Cape Cod after a northeaster. he squatted on unclaimed land, built a dockyard of boatlike houses, and battled neighbors in court. Despite legal wins, city actions and vandalism pressed him to defend his fleet and dream of a voyage to the St. Lawrence.
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Raven
Lake Michigan
Ebenezer Rowell
Cape Cod
Erie Canal
Arctic Ocean
Skilligalee
Grosse Point
Rowell
Farragut
Mobile Bay
Wisconsin
Michigan
Flanders
Marla
Mrs. Rowell
Mariar
Maria
Ebenezer
Dwell
Muaria
Marlar
Bingham
Custom House
Suilor
Spectacle Reef
Salvation Army
Ebenezer Howell
Salvation Soldiers
Lake Front
Utah
Church of Latter Day Saints
Ald
Jake
Winchester
St. Lawrence
Maria Mitchell Remembered as Mother of the Stars
The New York Commercial Advertiser recalls Maria Mitchell of Vassar as an inspiring, brusque yet adored astronomy teacher and observatory director. Each spring she hosted a home party for the girls near the large telescope, with garden roses and playful nonsense poems. She warned a leaving pupil that if the chronometer stops, the universe won’t stop.
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Maria Mitchell
Vassar
Mitchell
New York Commercial Advertiser
Ambitious Plans Revealed by West Philadelphia Pupils
In a West Philadelphia school the observation class spent 15 minutes sharing future goals. A seven year old girl told the teacher she would be an actress if she remains pretty, otherwise a schoolteacher if she grows ugly.
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West Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Record
Ardnamurchan Longevity and a Polite Seat Gaffe
A Brooklyn Times anecdote praises Ardnamurchan on Scotland’s west coast as a place of long life with many residents living to 100 plus. It recounts a pensioned officer offering his seat to a woman, only to fetch his pocketbook and sit again, burying his nose in a big geometry book.
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Ardnamurchan
Scotland
Brooklyn Times
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P. H. Go.t
W.H. Denny
T. Rhodes
W. F. Pennington
Eugene Lynch
W.H. Anderson
H. C. Hobbs
W.R. Peters, M. L. Blanchard
W.S.S. Lord
I. T. Baker
J. Culver, B. W. Ingram
Wye
Denton
Greenwood, Ellendale, Milton
Lewes
Eierator
Queenstown
William M. Cone
Queenstown, MD
WM. Hopps & CO
Baltimore, MD
THE
New York
Baltimore Street
Baltimore, Maryland
John K. Calloway
East
Geo. A. McDaniel P. S
J. W. Wheatley
Dover ST
Easton, MD
Mathushek
Ludwig Bush
Gerts
Columbia
Queen
Eistuo
Wheeler & Wilson
Jtames
T. Cooper
Undertaker
Cooper
Main Street
T. W. Smith
Ridgely
Raghe
Hertford
United States
Eahrdware
I. WW
GMNB
Mammoth Hardware Store and Machine Shops
Salisbury
Maryland
Pricverme
Patapigo Guanogo
Baltimore
COON
S. C. Bone
Eor Sale
Henry W. Hughes
B. G. Stevens
Williston
W. H. Deen
Fowling Creek
A. G. Saulsbury & Bro
J. R. Hughes
Greensboro
Eng Sachin
Blackiston
Stager
James W. Chatrs
William 3. Beackiston
Enton, Marylandd
Brookland Nurseries
H. J. Dasher
Clackberties
HL J. Dasher
Rilzoly
Willis G. Johnson
Charles 0 Townsend
College Park
Morya
J. O. Taylor Withc. Lib & Company
U. H. Evans & Company, Fruit and Produce Commission
Light Street
Grace Adelaide Luce
New York Evening Post
M. Mege Mouries
Austria
Germany
Baltimore News
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