Carleton’s Copy Story Ends in Drowning Tragedy
In a storm ravaged harbor scene Bud, a young galley boy, races to file a report on a wreck and a daring rescue. Carleton, a new reporter, saves passengers by rowing a crowded lifeboat but drowns after delivering the copy. Bud breaks the grim news to the editor at 2:30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carleton
Steve
Bud
Bud-dle
Ife
Frank
Mr. Toward
IL Street
Sle
Bus
A Confederate Artillery Captain's Vivid War Reminiscence
A congressman recounts his youth in Texas as a Confederate artillery captain. He describes capturing a battery, sinking a Union gunboat, and enduring brutal combat in Louisiana and New Mexico. Wounded, amputations narrowly averted, he survives a catastrophic ammunition wagon explosion, hides from Yankees, and returns to lead his battery in Canby’s campaign after a brutal retreat and long recovery.
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Louisiana
Thompson
Butler
Goodby
Shreveport
Bater
Texas
Canby
Jack
New Mexico
An Old Acquaintance and a Village Quip
In New England society the prophet may lack honor at home as Hubby Locke visits his grandfather for a fortnight. Aliss Martin and Widow Farrar remark how curious it is that locals call him judge while snipping sewing. The second note recalls a clergyman’s long sermon and the audience’s steady patience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Hubby Locke
Aliss Martin
Farrar
Ile
Y. C
Brighton museum cherishes locals’ wildflower donations
A public museum in Brighton England promotes a local custom inviting visitors to bring fresh wildflower bunches to an official each morning. The flowers are arranged in water filled glass vases and labeled with both botanical and English names to educate guests about wild flora they have seen but lacked information on.
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Brighton
England
Childrens Quiz Reveals Simple Senses
Four year old Emily Kingsbury in a kindergarten sample exercise answers sensory questions with innocence. When asked what ears are for she says to hear with and when asked about eyes she says to see with. The nose prompt yields the playful reply to blow.
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Emily Kingsbury
Emily
Lippincott’s Magazine
Olive Oil as Food Medicine and Sleep Advice
The article extols olive oil as a nutritious food and medicine advising a tablespoonful three times daily when weak or pale and noting it can substitute meat. It urges using oil from any country and highlights olive oil aiding digestion and nourishment. It then shifts to sleep guidance, detailing recommended hours from infancy through adulthood and warning that insufficient sleep harms the nervous system and brain.
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Spain
Italy
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Edwin C. Burt
Stewart
Stewart & CO
Lexington, Howard and Clay Sts
Baltimore
Nuttle Hardware Co
Brussels
Sui
Ee Lee
the Furniture Man
N. Howard St
Christian ‘Vaskey
King’s
Maryland
King’s Mammoth Horse
High ST
Fex
Nevius & Frampton
Easton, Md
Blais
Denton
Mr. Nowall
T. H. Evans & Company, Fruit and Produce Commission Merchants
Light Street
Queensware
Mattings
LAW Building
Anklam Mfg CO
Franklin Typewriter
Franklin
Cutter Tower CO
Boston
Mass
Devonshire St
Winthrop Square
Dulany Company
Baltimere
James
Cooper
Undertaker
Wdom, DE
Poe
ASU
Confederacy
Mississippi
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