The Eton Boy sets adrift in a Dutch schooner voyage
Dick Rodney recounts leaving home for a life of adventure, choosing a navy or army path, and endangering himself after boarding Captain Zeervogel’s damaged Dutch schooner. A night aboard amid a rising gale, theft, and a perilous dawn ahead frame the teen narrator’s escape of danger and search for direction.
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Eton
Vilesmere
George Lord Rodney
Mity
TI Tellet
Itty
Dot
Bybll
Aton Rifle Corps
Wity
Etty
Rodsey & Co
London
Eriegmere
Eriesmere
Negrit
Erlesmere Gock
How I Got Adrift Chapter IT
A narrator awakens aboard a light, corklike schooner tossed by a heavy breeze from shore. He fears the water surrounding the ship and contemplates escape as the vessel berths near her beam end with sails in disorder. He resolves not to abandon the schooner despite the dangerous, uncertain situation.
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Lord Duncan
Jan van Zeervogel
North Sea
Woltersdyck
South Beveland
Veervogel
Lttle
Dutch Courage,” To Very Unwisely Took One Or Two More of Captain Zeervogel
Zeervogel
Cork
Ubu
Lend
Exlesmers
Ellesmere
War Correspondents Among Casualties In Egyptian Campaigns
A London Daily News note mourns journalists killed in Egypt and the Sudan. Names include Edward O Donovan Frank Visibly Power Ceph Cord on Garr et St Leger Hebert Walker Garrett and H Howard. The report covers dangers faced by war correspondents from Khartoum to Suakim and Dongola.
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London Daily News
Ovhar Dey
Egypt
O'Donovan
Daily News
Frank Visitely
Hicks Pasha
Lorer
The
Times
Dernald Stewart
Khartoum
Ceph Cordon
Marrhaster Guardian
Carceron
St. Leger Hebert
Herle
Gobet
Suakim
Mouse Causes Narrow Death in Scranton Bedroom
A mouse chewed a rubber feed connected to a gas stove in the bedroom of Kate and Lizzie Kelly dressmakers in Scranton Pa. The gas leaked and the stove ignited. One sister crawled to seek help while the other was found unconscious.
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Kate
Lizzvie Kelly
Dreslmakers
Scratton
Waiting for Death in a Din of Dynamite Tales
Two prospectors Basil C. D’Easum and George recount near death amid a dynamite scare in October 1887 at Castle Montana. A misfired fuse and a rolling box of caps avert disaster as they escape to a Nugget saloon.
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Twasal Castle
Mont
Castle
Cieovregr Ttoss
Golden West
George
Bath
Ile
Hide Town
Nugget
Magistrate Crane Handles Impromptu Deferred Weddings
In a quirky New York Journal tale, Magistrate Crane agrees to marry lovers for little or no fee. A Pennsylvania Dutch couple seeking a quick ceremony learns they are under age, prompting a move to Jersey City for a legally valid marriage. The story notes the couple securing $5 and leaving grateful.
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New York Journal
Crane
Crane Alttlug
Mr. Crane
Charlen Heenmh
Minute Doubt
Hethletem
Parente
New York
Fudge
Ute Yoorge Awald
Thia
Jerney
Jersey City
Unclear archival snippet hints at Cossing peril and engagement
Fragmentary text describes a fire incident involving Stef hed and a dangerous Sanger day in a Ur tle box of perces on caps. It mentions Veltro an Italian nobleman who broke an engagement with Count Festetics of Hungary over alleged private misconduct incl pot thor ough fmeciry.
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Iself
Perceson
Earth
Veltro
Pecl Festetics
Hungary
Window Romance Interrupted by Missed Chorus
A lover stands at a window singing to a sleeping maid about farewell and hopeful reunion until a brute upstairs disrupts him by hurling a pitcher. The incident ends with the man collapsing in the street near Chicago.
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Chicago Times-Herald
Dream Wedding Hint From Puck Quip
The poemish note quotes a playful exchange where Percy dreams of marriage to Ethel Whig and asks if it is a sign. The line suggests a mock prophetic mood typical of Puck satires with a witty tease about waking visions.
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Percy
Ethel
Whig
Algun
Puck
Kam Sparks and Sam Sparka Question Parret Path
Kam Sparks and Sam Sparka discuss a parret path and possible outcomes. They ask what will happen if one effort meets a bird on the path coming from the opposite direction.
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Kam Sparks Hrudder
Dean
Flandy I'bes Gilly and the Hill Cowlgatte Exchange
Flandy and Hillside talk in a dialect about trimming a lady and a question of wild sibhen or lace. The scene hints at a rural craft or shop interaction with regional speech and local color.
Name from Him Philadelphia Record fragment battle to the death
A fragmented quotation from the Philadelphia Record shows a caller urging a friend to join in a struggle against a social evil. The dialogue suggests a battle to the death stance with no quarter given.
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Philadelphia Record
Mystery in Pettyville Bark Lot Restored by Inquiry
A cryptic note appears about a pettyville bark lot case. Locals recall a figure six feet tall with twelve thousand dollars missing, while a judge’s description hints at a mislaid description. No clear suspect or outcome is confirmed.
Questionable Height Mention Blocks a Mysterious Likeness
A fragmented notice hints at a local inquiry into a suspect height or measurement linked to Lithia Elie and a related individual, with unclear context and missing details. No dates or clear affiliations are provided.
Leve and Theth From othe Crivegs Tribote
Fragmentary OCR text shows a quoted dialogue with names Leve Theth Rache and Andre. The snippet mentions requesting something about a band and rugs, but the passage is garbled and lacks coherent events or context. No clear date place or organization is present.
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Othe Crivegs
Andre
Breaking It Gentty Be Lets Get Engaged
A garbled exchange hints at an engagement topic with a looming question about wages, referencing the New York World.
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New York
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Dick Rodney
Dante Defoe
Regalia
Eton Riffe
Greve
Basil C. D'Easum
Fort Saskatchewan
Alberta
Northwest Territory
Aavertusnell Allen
St Leoulsele
Duke of
Monte
the Minsteol
Goodby
Bosh
Bboak
Detroit Journal
Lithia Elie
Leve and Theth
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