The Medora’s Bust at Palm Island Mystery Rescue
A lone passenger aboard the Medora witnesses a mutinous crew abandoning ship as a hurricane drives the steamer toward a reef. The vessel sinks with a treasure of gold, but the captain and Sandy McAlpin improvise to salvage the wreck, leaving the ship’s cargo on a mud bank guarded by Palm Island locals.
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Medora
Caribbean
MM Firm
Trinidad Island
New York
Port of Spain
Mantner
Sasles
Blake
Cuba
Saerdy
Diack
Agidast
Sandy McAlphi
Chelee
Captain Saytes
Uply
Captain Sayles
Sayles
Smal
Rattz
Ade
Catae
Lubber
Sandy
Psion
Sands Aid
Palm Island
Sands
Captus Shanwin
H O
Pardifvetys
Toll
Sayies
Charlie Sayles
Sandy McAlpin
Scotchman
Trinidad
Tiste
Charlie
Ase
Guards at Bank of England Parade in London History
Troops guard its gold with a 130 man detachment marching from Chelsea or Wellington barracks to the Bank of England each evening. Visitors see thirty men under an officer and two sergeants in parade dress with red bayonets. they receive extra pay and blankets, while beadles keep doors guarded. The Bank’s tile cannon tradition dates to 1780 and has persisted through attacks and changes in guard routines.
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Chelsea
Wellington
Bank of England
Tower of London
London
du Conmmand
Cheswiny
Bank of
Youth
Hazardous Mail Routes Across Remote Regions
A Chicago Tribune summary notes the perilous life of postal workers worldwide. In the Sahara camel postmen risk death on each trek as prey, while Swiss routes climb to 7 000 feet and above. Postmen face avalanches in Longford, snakes in India, and predators in the Alps, making the job appear perilous yet essential.
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Sahara
Switzerland
Longford
India
Siberia
China
Tribune
The Run Came In As Sugden Fights For Record
In New Orleans Charleston played as a late delay halted play with runners on second and third and a 3 to 2 score. Joe Sugden claimed the only rival to John Anderson by arguing a tag while Denny Long urged a double play. The moment ended with Sugden refusing to touch a runner and a postgame scolding, then cold water to calm players. The piece closes with a reflective poem about righteous paths and national strength attributed to shared effort.
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Joe Sugden
John Anderson
Joe Tet
Snan
New Orleans
Charleston
Joe
Maul
Denny Long
Long
Granny Vic and the Crowned Circle of Victoria
The piece recalls Queen Victoria and her inner circle, noting that only family could Criticize the sovereign. It shares an anecdote from Mrs Stagh Fraser and Miss Elizabeth Berdan about a princess gifting a simple ring, with the princess remarking Granny Vic is stingy in comparison to grander gifts.
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Granny Vic
Miss Berdan
Bessie
Granny Vie
Shifting sands and a French orator spoof
Scoop sleeps through a lecture in a worn hall and wakes to a miscaptioned report claiming a long talk on shifting sands. The French orator confronts the editor, asking why the subject was misrepresented. The piece echoes on idle work versus real labor, citing Burton on the folly of counterfeit effort.
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Scoop
Richard Burton
Headrest for car seats aids passengers in day conches
A patented head rest attaches to the car arm to comfort sleepers during day conches. The Yonkers Statesman notes a chin rest would help the man who happens to all nest to you in such naps.
Excused Juror Claims Deafness in Court Request
A judge asks an unwill ing juror why he should be excused. The juror replies he is deaf and cannot hear more than one side of the case. This exchange occurs in a Cleveland Leader report.
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Sioner
Cleveland
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Ailsie
Charile Sayles
Ais. Sayles
Santy
Eisie
Norman Parrett
Royal Infirmary
Huddersfield
Yorkshire
England
Porritt
Scot
Aadmmiral
Macdonald
Admiral Campbell
Fitzgerald
Ol Gaul
Countries
Susan Coolidge
Daytons
Surreys
Dearborns
Washington Street
Easton, Maryland
James A. Spence
Denton
Greensboro
Ridgely
Concord
Federalsburg
Hickman
Williston
Smithville
State Road
Citizens Fire Insurance Company of
Baltimore
Royal Exchange
Liverpool
German Alliance Insurance Company
N. Y
S. GG. Nuttle
Masonic Building
Denton, Maryland
the Home Insurance Company
The
Home Insurance Co
A. G Hancock
Trome Insurance Building
Fanti ‘Ami Ysheian
Sixth ST
Depot
Denton, MD
J.H. Beer
Baltimore, Md
R. Pritchett
Och. Pritchett
Undertaker
Pritchett
Hillsboro
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