The Drowning of Tee Hee in Yang Tse Kiang
A satirical tale set in a Chinese town about Hang U high the father who harshly condemns a girl born into his line and orders her drowning. Ar Chang secretly rescues Tee Hee while his wife feigns a dummy baby to save Minnee Ting Loo. both mothers and servants pursue survival amid cultural mockery.
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Yang Tse
Tether
Hang Uigh
I. Ligh
Kiang
Tee-Hee
Ant
River Yang ' Se
Minneeéng Loo
Hang
Chang
Ting Loo
Hang U. High
Ar Chang
W. W. Fink
Rhadamanthus
Charles T. Brooks
Newport
R. I
Boston Advertiser
Brooks
Faust
Margaret
Ruckert
Unland
Cilley
New Hampshire
United States Senate
Jo Cilley
Gage
Burgoyne
Hawthorne
Jonathan Cilley
Graves
Kentucky
Congress
Maine
Lundy's Lane
Canada
Boston Transcript
Miss Proudiit
George
Brooklyn
N. Y. Tribune
Roland
Roncesvalles
Harper’s Bazar
Samuvel
Samuel
RUNNING A BLOCKADE How a Yankee Schooner Did It Seventy Years Ago
In summer 1814 the British seized Castine and set up a naval base to blockade the Kennebec River. Bath and Hallowell privateers fled up the river to avoid capture while the British aimed to stop them and seize fort stores and ammunition arriving from Boston or Salem.
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Maine
Penobscot
Castine
Kennebec
Bath
Hallowell
Boston
Salem
Polly Ann and Eliza Escape British Blockade at Kennebec
During a harsh wartime blockade on the Kennebec, Eben Wait and Abner Jenkins sail from Salem with the Polly Ann and the Eliza loaded with provisions and arms for privateers. After disguising the Eliza, they lure a British brig into range, enabling Polly Ann to flee upriver and later assist in the brig’s capture while feeding hungry towns and supporting defenses.
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Kennebec
Massachusetts
Hallowwell
Waterville
Gardiner
Hallowell
Polly Ann
Eben Wait
Eliza
Abner Jenkins
Salem
Mass
Bath
Jenkins
Polly
Nathan
Jim Tufts
Samuel Locke
David
Walter Davis
Charles Allen
Wood Island
Saco River
Eben Wall
Manhegan
Wait
Eben
Abner
South’rd
East’rd
Cape Elizabeth
Seguin
Captain Wait
Noted Figures and Literary Sparks Across an Era
A collage of literary and cultural notes spans Mary Anderson bowing to Wilde declined drama, Miss Helen Barry praised as America’s tallest stage actress, and Harper Brothers destroying 1880s magazine plates. Rev Edward Everett Hale contemplates a Pacific history, Miss Stone lauded as a leading Arabic scholar, and Whittier warns authors about size.
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Mary Anderson
Oscar Wilde
Helen Barry
America
Harper Brothers
N. Y. Times
Edward Everett Hale
Pacific Ocean
Miss Stone
Stone Pasha
Grafting aides praised thin gutta percha by a gardener
A Gardening Illustrated writer notes using thin gutta percha in grafting. He soaks two inch square pieces in hot water and places them around the graft, preferring this method to the common mixture.
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Gardening Illustrated
Humorous Snippets From Letters and Gossip Across Cities
A collection of light anecdotes and quips from 19th century papers. Tales range from family ironies over school reports to travelers myths about antiquities and street scene humor. The pieces feature Miss Proudiit, a Brooklyn resident, and a college rope prank, with playful dialects and dated newspaper tone.
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Dixon Sun
M. Kennedy
Dixon
Illinois
Little Tee-Hee
Cape Small Point
Haddock
Tarisio
Cremonas
Amati
Stradivarius
Guarnerius
Bergonzi
Sigmier
Pisa
Florence
Milan
Tarisia
Cremona
Charles Reade
Paris
Chanot
Vuillaume
Larisse
Lablache
Haweis
Gentleman's Magazine
Quits
Arkansaw Traveller
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