Deserter Cadet Finds Honor On The Victory
In Horta Azores Dorothy Scott befriends Theodore Blake a first year cadet fleeing navy service. After a tense morning in a convent cell and a brave return to the ship, Blake is forgiven and reconciled with duty. Dorothy learns the captain honors brave acts and Blake resumes his naval career under a compassionate framework.
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Horta
Fayal
Azores
Dorothy Scott
mid-Atlantic
Dorothy
Theodore Blake
Navy
Avon
America
Mother
Eome
Custom House
Blake
Theodore
Victory
Grace E. Johnson
Boyhood Gunner of Fire Companies Described in Reminiscence
Laurence Hutton recalls a boy in St Nicholas who served as a gunner for Pearl Hose No 28 and No 11 Hook and Ladder. He knew city fire districts, chased alarms, helped steer a truck at a false alarm, and once carried two black babies from a tenement stairs inspiring a rare moment of self conscious heroism.
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Laurence Hutton
St. Nicholas
Pearl Hose
St. John’s Park
Macdougal Street
Dr. Thompson
Grand Street
Trumpeter Fanning Hero of Sudan Stand at El Teb
The tale recalls Trumpeter Fanning who, beside Colonel Barrow, defended a wounded commander at El Teb on Feb 29 1884. Fanning fought bravely despite wounds, preserving his trumpet as comrades recovered their fallen leader. He died five days later at Victoria hospital Suez leaving a widowed mother. Colonel Barrow also died from his injuries after notable Nile service.
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Sudan
El-Teb
England
Hicks Pasha
Nile
Biker Pasha
Barrow
Fanning
Hussars
Victoria Hospital
Suez
Needlss
London
Rise of the Admiral Title in England
The text explains that the title admiral did not come into English use until the 14th century, with earlier titles like captain of the sea and keeper of the seacoasts. It notes the term likely derives from the Arabic amir and cites Prynne’s Animadversions claiming early admiralcy in England under Henry I and Saxon kings, with Edgar renowned for dominion of the sea and historic ship counts and guards. Also includes a humorous aside from a Brooklyn Eagle cartoon caption.
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England
France
Prynne
Henry I
Alfred
Edgar
Ethelred
British
London Nautical Magazine
Debutante Training Costs Five Thousand Per Year
A Boston Globe piece outlines a formidable, exacting program to turn a girl into a fashionable debutante. Scientific grooming includes diet, beauty care, hair, dress, physical training, music, etiquette, languages, charity work, and social duties, costing at least $5,000 annually.
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Edythe
Boston Globe
Magnetic crane speeds work in London foundry
A magnetic crane is used in a London foundry to lift iron and steel. Three men can finish in 15 minutes what the same trio once did in 134 hours, highlighting the crane's efficiency and labor savings. The note also cites a Detroit Journal quip about a woman described as full of animal spirits.
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Samuel W. Hall
Maryland
James N. Todd. Denton
London
Detroit Journal
Wife of ex-servant seeks better wages in Boston transcript
Mrs Mann asks if Mary is earning more at a new place. Mary replies she earns nothing now because she is married. This brief exchange appears in the Boston Transcript and reflects domestic employment norms.
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Boston Transcript
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North Carolina
Page
W. F. Pennington
Acenr
Hillsborough, Maryland
Julius Hines & Son
Baltimore
Wheeler Transportation Line
Great Choptank
Trappe and Tuckahoe Rivers
Light Street
Oxford
Trappe
Cambridge
Chancellor’s
Clark’s
Choptank
Lloyd’s
Dover Bridge
Kingston
McCarty’s
Ganey’s
Todd's
Downes
Towers
Williston
Tuckahoe Bridge
Reese’s
Coward’s
Covey’s
Hillsboro
Queen Anne
Sillshoro
Medford’s
Xu. E. Wheeler
Pier de Light St
B.B. Cows
A. HE. Gooper & Bro
Smyrna
A. E&. Cooper & Brog
Denton, Maryland
Turner & Moore
General Southern
S. Paul St
Baltimore, MD
Washington, D.C
Richmond
Iva
Atlanta, GA
ALT
the Farmers and Merchants National Building & IS
Delaware
Samuel W. Hall Newell Ball
William D. Denney
William N. Hoggs
Teller First Nat'l Bank of DelaWaRe
Richard R. Kenney
Dover
Del
Franklin C. Maule
Lewes
Newell Ball
Bridgeville
Charles H. Atkins
Milton
State of Delaware
Robert I. Holliday
Clayton
Clarence DD. Syfherd
P.W
F.R.R
Burton & Sypherd
Henry C. Conrad
Wilmington
Hiram Refdy
Farmers’ Bank
Joun Hux
Wyoming
Ninpukin
Npapapuyal
Longman & Martinez
Granby
WM. E. Brown
P. A. McShane & Son
Denton, Md
F. W. Redder
W. F. Murphy
Murphy
New Fountain Hotel
COR
Pratt & Calvert Sts
Bernard Reilly
WM. Wi. Deweese
Fred R. Owen
Attorneys-at-Law
Court House
Wn. H. Dewees
Caroline County
James Swann
Trumpeter Fanning
Rags
Pete
Peterson
Ragsey
Brooklyn Eagle
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