Ping Pong Balls as Postal Cards Shock England
An English fashion saw people using stamped ping pong balls as post cards with addresses and messages scrawled on their surfaces. Postmen faced chaos as balls clogged pillar boxes, prompting police intervention and new postal rules.
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England
Liverpool
Portoire
Fe & Beathampton
Tlee
Haylie Emrda
Mampatowd
Fragmented Verse Echoes War Farewell at BebritR Hut
A fragmented improvised verse recalls departure and longing amid a bloody war. The speaker and companions recount past trials and fear, then promise courage and loyalty as they face peril. A final cryptic line mentions Mr Binomin' Boort and Sidney Rom in Washington.
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Mr Binomin
Sidney Rom
Waetington
Thatcher and the Wee Theig Rescue Tale
The narrative recounts Captain Thatcher and his wife during a chilling sea ordeal. After anchoring offshore a gale robs the crew of sight, a lifeboat is tossed, and the Captain endures peril to guide a rescue. A plank-evanescent survivor and a faithful plea to God mark a dawn on Cape Ann as the family survives and returns.
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Crete
Newberg
Bilaehing
Juirinte
Anthony Thateter
Wien
Cape Ann
Spewion Bay
Rome
Wea
Jealousy Saga Tied to Cape Lore and Parson Avery
A fragment hints at jealousy tied to local lore about a cape and the Parson Avery tale learned in childhood, with Boston figures and fear referenced in passing. The text reads as a vague reminiscence without clear events or dates, leaving the core story elusive and uncertain.
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Cape
Parson Avery
Boston
A Comic Fishing Collage Of Isaak And An Angler
A long spoof of fishing lore blends verses from Leroy Carleton and Anele Wort with a meandering stream of reminiscence. It riffs on Isaak and old-time anglers, mixing playful dialogue, folk voices, and incomplete memories in a nostalgic, patchwork style.
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Cate
Anele Wort
Leroy T. Carleton
Jier Isaak
Hague
Carleton Ani
Ritan
Fitanta
Kren
Leroy
Eel
Paleontological Remnants wt Of an Oyster Supper
West Franklin Me July 3 a month ago Captain Harold Hardison cleared his pasture to remove boulders and uncovered a meteorite like stone with a hard metallic crust. Drilling and dynamite split it into pieces revealing oyster shells, crockery fragments, and silverware resembling old dessert spoons. He theorizes a fossil meteorite carried by a comet struck Earth sending this fragment to his sheep pasture with nickel steel solder sealing its parts.
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West Franklin
Harold Hardison
Kin Ebiy
Haydison
Hardison
Bickelhart
Capt. Hardison
Fim
Hardpon
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