Privateer Eaglet War Story of Ralph Bronson and Jack Drury
The privateer Eaglet captures the British merchantman Elon Boyne and burns her. Ralph Bronson joins the crew to seek safety after deserting from the British army. Jack Drury, wounded in battle, becomes a leader aboard the Eaglet but faces envy and a planned duel engineered by Parsons as crew tensions rise.
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Eagter
Nova Scotia
Elon Boyne
Tadet
Boyne
Eaglet
Stalifax
Halifax
Tralos Bronson
Ralph Bronson
Jack
Ralph
Eagliet
Jack Drury
Drury
Juck
Engand
Eagiet
Jacok Drury
Tender
Bronson
Sersion
Clements
Englet
Hon
Parsons
Morplag
The Duel Behind the Deck on the Privateer
Ralph Bronson plans to fight Parsons to displace Drury. The fight leads to Parsons's fatal wound and Bronson's disappearance. Drury, later learning the truth, vows to pursue Bronson but is distracted by a ship sighting. A disguise reveals Bronson as a woman and the pair vanish ashore at Newport with prize money split between Drury and Emma Bronson Drury.
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Ralph Bronson
Parsons
Drury
Jack
Ralph
Bronson
Httle
Ralph Bronscen
Drary
Lin
Ife
Newport
John Drury
Emma Bronson Drury
Hangman’s Stone legend tied to Derbyshire bowlder
A large bowlder near eremark England in Derbyshire is famed as the hangman’s stone. A legend says a sheep thief used the rock as a resting place and, while the sheep tried to escape, the rope tightened around his chin, choking him and creating the indent across the top of the stone.
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Eremark
England
Derbyshire
A Thackeray Quotation On A Gambling Set
A passage from Thackeray's The Four Georges describes the young fashion set at Arthur's Almelk's TDootle's and White's with decayed nobles and scheming gamblers. Charles lox loses £270,000 at play while Gibbon gambles twenty two hours straight, losing £500 an hour, the man finds pleasure in loss and wastes health over the devil's books before calmly reading Virgil on a sofa.
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Arthur's
Almelk's
Tdootle's
White's
Senators
Charles Lox
Gibbon
Thackeray
Helps Trade Do You Believe In Love At First Sight
A Detroit Free Press item notes a humorous exchange on love and business with a quip that a divorce court lawyer would be good for boosting trade. The snippet reflects a social witticism rather than a full event.
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Detroit Free Press
The world as gates and opportunities opening
A concise reflection on life as thresholds of chance and risk, framing every moment as a doorway to new possibilities. Emersonian thought suggests tension fuels action, inviting bold pursuit of paths ahead.
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Emerson
A Slight Omission Yet Fox Seen By Laird and John
A Scottish tale recounts a laird riding with his man John who spott a fox in a trench on a moor. John jokes about the hole while the laird boasts and the pair head home past work crews and a massive earthwork, ending with a devotional verse by Joba Har.
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Seatch
John
Nicket
Crockett
Balderland
Dadrd
Perfectly Sober. Anan and the Paper Roses
Anan returns home late to find a bouquet in the apartment. His wife greets him with a kiss and friendly chatter about the roses. He praises the fragrance only to learn they are not real but paper roses from the preceding evening’s joke.
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Anan
Saturday Evening Post
Love and Death in a Curious Urn Tale
A young couple wed and were deeply attached. The husband dies and his ashes are placed in an urn. After many suitors fail to win her, she marries the persistent man to escape them. A cold night and icy steps prompt her to scatter the first husband’s ashes on the steps, ensuring the second husband can walk safely. This macabre tale ends with the narrator declaring that is real love.
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Trim
Lim
Bho
State of
Maryland
General Assembly of
Annapolis
Treasury
Austin L. Crothers
Anxious Lecture Tour Tale From Dull Town
Bret Harte recalled a circuit stop where a dull city atmosphere and a fatal remark unsettled him. He asked a local official about the mortality rate and joked about surviving his planned fifty cent lecture to avoid an early death.
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Bret Tlarte
Rostrum
Tarte
Harte
Love and lust in a Lip Pinchott scene
A minister's daughter queries a suitor about attending church as the pastor prepares to preach. He muses on her past mishaps and hints at skipping the sermon to linger in a private moment, while she quotes a biblical text and ponders the offer.
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Mfe
Lippincott’s
The Magic Bottle And Other Comic Tales
A collection of light anecdotes including a magician’s bottle prank that backfires when the wife discovers the secret, a Rothschild anecdote about a grieving Jew, and a clever street canvasser misjudging opportunity with a witty reply from a housewife.
Whistler Story Tells Of Doro Nevill's Dinner Jest
In the tale Under Five Reigns author Whistler recounts a dining episode. A punctilious host waits long for Whistler who arrives late and unruffled. Whistler toys with the moment, then jokes about saving the sun, lightening the mood before joining the meal.
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Whistler
Dorothy Nevill
Ife
Recollections and a Kansas Senate Anecdote
The piece cites Mrs EL Walford on venison cooking from a Scottish novelist memory and Charley Sheldon, longtime Kansas state senate secretary, humor in the Carrie Nation era. Nation visits the Kansas Senate amid liquor law talks, and Sheldon remarks that Pye hid all the joint resolutions, prompting a learning moment for Nation.
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Walford
Charley Sheldon
Kansas State Senate
Senate
Sheldon
Carrie Nation
Kansas
Pye
Carrie
Iansas City Journal
As George Sees the Peers
A Welsh miner recalls David Lloyd George as a witty speaker heard in Carnarvon. He notes a Welsh speech mocking the House of Lords with a quip about following mercy and dwelling in the Lords. The London Globe cites his humor in family prayers.
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George
David Lloyd George
Wales
Yve
Carnarvon
House of Lords
Ife
London Globe
His Wish on Life as a Bridge Game
A Washington Star quotation contrasts a cynic who says life is a game with Mr. Meekton noting Henrietta treats life like bridge with him always as the dummy partner. The remark frames a domestic tone on relationships and control in a playful, wry manner.
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Mr. Meekton
Henrietta
Washington Star
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Promoted for Teething Relief
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a timeless remedy used for over sixty five years by millions of mothers for teething children. It claims to soothe gums stop crying and relieve wind colic and diarrhea while promising universal efficacy and worldwide use. The ad urges purchasing only Mrs Winslow's product and notes a government food and drugs act guarantee.
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Huyer
S. Roe
Halsey
Keefer
Keefer Mill
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J. . Ellwanger
Sparks
Denton
I. D. Anderson
W. A. West
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