Secret Pirate Passage From a Manila to New York Tale
A memoir recounts a 19th century voyage on the Mary Blane from Singapore to the United States. The engineer describes a pirate boarding off For-moss Island, forced murders, and the crew compelled to run the engine while white sailors aided a copper colored pirate gang. The captain’s fear and the engineer’s guilt haunt him as the ship continues under deceitful disguise.
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Mary Blane
America
Singapore
England
TP Oh
Jack Cosne
Jacobson
Tate
Coyne
New York
Formoss
Pirates Escape and Fire Ship After Knife Edge Rescue
A dramatic tale recounts a night voyage where three men confront Malay pirates. They overpower captives, seal doors, and seize a ship. Facing execution if caught, they burn the vessel Mary Blane, escape by boat, and swear to secrecy as flames rise.
Unfortunate Debt Dilemma Cited by Cheerful Debtor
A cheerful debtor recounts fate and debts as he faces a nun who can identify him after a money order for 25 dollars is mentioned in Chicago. A longtime creditor questions the meaning of the ominous remark.
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Chicago
Caroline County
Denton Bridge
William H. Anderson
Denton
Contradicting a Proverb in a Washington Star Quip
A humorous exchange contrasts a proverb with rent woes. The ready-made philosopher says people cannot expect something for nothing while Mr. Growcher complains his landlord requires signing a contract to pay a full year’s rent regardless of residence.
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Growcher
Washington Star
Respect For The Aged Joke Sparks Village Exchange
A village quarrel unfolds over humor about age with a resident quoted declining to laugh at the old and decrepit. The remark cited from the Chicago Record-Herald reflects social attitudes toward aging and respect in small communities.
Mail Pouches: Costly Be Bag Innovation And Widespread Use
Harper's Weekly notes 28 kinds of mail bags with prices from 1 cent to 2156 dollars each. Bees travel in specially designed bee bags, while other bags span cotton to leather, with metal reinforcements on fast expresses.
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Uncle Sam
Uarper
Lfe
Hochschild, Kohn & Co
Marriage Notices From English Social Weeklies
A look at how English society notices record marriages with long, elaborate lists of titles and relatives. The piece contrasts these formal notices with simple U.S. traditions, citing examples and fictional institutions to illustrate the ornate style.
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England
Brown-Smith
St Josephvs Church
Mary Smith
William Browin
Ramsgate Rookery
Oakley
Stafford
Plantagenet Clutterbuck
St. Bartholomew's Church
Elephant’s Head
Chiary Lane
Derkeley
Theophilus Thaoleon Titmouse
J. C
Cavalry Church
St. Martin's-in the
Man’s Nose
Grantley
Gertrude Maude
Beatrice Constance
Grantville
Neville Bolling
Broke Boprappers
Bareknees Priory
Cholmondeley
Chairbones
Somerset
Harold St. John Evermont Stragsby
K. OG
Royal Lancers
Pumpernicle Priory
Stonehenge
Stickleneck Lodge
St. Christopher's
Mumblepeg
Hartford
Everybody's Magazine
Orgies and unrest noted in New Guinea voyage report
A Chicago News column quotes Walter Goodfellow on New Guinea tribes near the coast and headwaters. He describes palm fermented drink intoxication, daylong orgies, canoe gatherings, night fights, arrows and axes, then women joining the fray and animallike cries.
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New Guinea
Walter Goodfellow
Chicago News
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Centor Journal
D. Thorne Taylor
American Press Association
Noor
Corne
Ilness
Dewey
Hongkong
Manila
Tie
India
Wenry
Sleary
Baltimore
Howard and
Lexington
Madras
United States
Maryland
District of Columbia
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
New Jersey
Howard and Lexington Ste
Baltimore, MD
Caroline
Carter Block
William Bullock
Denton, Md
Oban,a
Wwe
Sweet i. RA. Pritchett
C. H. Pritchett
Undertaker
Greensboro
Pritchett
Hillsboro
Enmbalmer
Serio
Court House
Easton
Sherwood Mill Farm
Chapel
Talbot County
Cordova
Queen Anne
Willoughby
Skipton
Caty
John W. D. Jump
Ernest Rasp
Orpnan’s Court
Washington College
Chestertown
Register of Wills
Robert J. Jump
Ridgely
James Temple
Rairigh
Mdi
Love Point
Chesapeake
Love Point Beach& Park CO
Centreville, Maryland
Paw Anas
ARS Ae
Strou Farms
E. A. Strout Company
Strout Aclls Farms
E. A. Strout
Boston
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
John S. Barnhart
The
Baltimore American
Daily American
Felix Agnus
Sturmer
Sturmer Jeweler
Baston, MD
Royster Fertilizers
Royster
F. S. Royster Guano Company
Northern Division
Calvert Building
Baltimore, Maryland
Norfolk, VA
Spartanburg, 8. C
Tarnoro, N.C. Macon, CA
Columbia, 9. C
Columbus, GA
Montgomery, Ala
Kiigeman
Del
Western Maryland. College
Westminster, MD
T. H. Lowie
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