Assyrian Clipper Braces for Run of Heavy Seas
Aboard the Assyrian from Otago the Black Star clipper fights a relentless southern gale. The ship rides big swells and howling wind while a bluejacket named Johnson is sent aloft to recover an Irish pennant, risking life as a crew watches a yellow figure vanish from the rigging and plunge overboard in the frigid Atlantic depths.
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Otago
Great Sea
Johnson
Greaser
Dan
Greenland
Limeus
Orty
Janshun
Albatross Rescue Amid Ocean Calm and Sailor Winds
A stormy sea scene unfolds aboard a ship as Dan clings to an albatross amid a brutal rescue. The second mate triggers fury then is spared by the captain, while the crew hauls in bowlines and the albatross sails off. Post rescue, the captain disciplines the second mate and promotes morale with lemon care tips for the crew.
Debtor Claims Role in Bad Debt Budget
The daned man asserts his debt and chides the merchant for ignorance of simple commercial axioms. He argues that allowances for bad debts are necessary, and the merchant concedes, noting that trading without bad debts is impossible, prompting the debtor to state his own involvement.
The Baby’s Cries Outclassed by Neighbors in Boiler Foundry District
In a Philadelphia Telegraph item, Mrs Finnegan Shure and Mrs Murphy dispute whether a baby’s cries are from distress or laughter. The women live near a boiler foundry, and the exchange centers on who is reacting to the infant’s sounds.
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Finnegan
Philadelphia Telegraph
A Gentle Hint in a Painter's Studio
In a painter's studio X is not meticulous about appearance. He searches pockets for a pencil to jot a word on his shirt cuff. The witty artist offers a bit of chalk as a playful reply.
Americans and Play Showdowns on Defeat and Sport
A remark by Frank Sherman Peer argues Americans do not know how to take defeat in games. He contrasts American college athletics with English practice, noting English youths play far more and learn to endure loss. Americans focus on winning and often drop sports once defeated.
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Frank Sherman Peer
England
America
Two Cols Blank In East Indian Paper Editorial Gag
The editor of a vernacular East Indian newspaper printed two blank columns on its most important page claiming a powerful article could not fit. He pledged it would appear next week. A Hindoo editor also announced a four week hiatus citing fatigue from a year of reader service.
Thin Veneer Sheets From One Tusk By Paris Firm
A Paris veneer company has refined machinery to cut from a tusk thirty inches long sheets of ivory measuring 150 inches by 20 inches. Some woods like boxwood and maple yield sheets so thin they are translucent, while others lack the grain density for such fine work. In a Tennessee mountain district campaign, Daniel Webster Brown boasted of travel to Knoxville, provoking a mountain wit remark from his opponent about Maine to California.
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Paris
Croke
Daniel Webster Brown
Mountain
Tennessee
Daniel
Knoxville
Maine
Cali
The House Fly Flight Speed Revealed
A common house fly sits with slow flight yet its wings beat 800 times per second. In calm air it travels about 25 feet in that moment, while alarmed speed exceeds 150 feet per second. At that rate a mile would take about 33 seconds in a straight line.
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EULER
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J.C. Ater CO
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Masa
Trice
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Sc. A Yard
T. L. Trice
Pierce
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Carrie Banker
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Chester
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Joseph H. Bernard
Greensboro
Fred R. Owens
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A. W. Silk
Preston
Robert Jarrell
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Thomas L. Day
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Frank P. Covey
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Paul Holsinger
Francis A. Porter
Burrsville
Henry T. Nuttle
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Sian and
Colgate & Compa
Agen
Sherwin Williams
John S. Frock
Ispall
S. Howell & Son
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76&C
Easton
J.C. Godwin CO
N. Washington St
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Alariap
Domo Chemical CO
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Smith & Walls
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T. Pliny Fisher
Sarah A. Wooters
Circuit Court
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Agner, MD
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Edward Pess
Walter H
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Spear’s Wharf
Cambridge
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Choptank
Turkey Creek
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Lyfford’s
Passapae
L. B. Towers
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Concord
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Gold Medal Bakery
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Denton, Mb
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United States of
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American Surety Insurance Company
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Missioner. Insurance Com
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J. H. B. Stansfield
James T Quinlan&Co Shipping and Commission Merchants
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Meeley Institute
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North Capitol CT
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