Nelsons fleet sinks and ships wrecked through the years
The article reviews ships associated with Lord Nelson noting the Minerva wreck near Cherbourg in 1803 and the St George and the Elephant in the Baltic, the Agamemnon, Captain, Vanguard, Foudroyant and other vessels meeting fates from 1809 to 1897, with Nelson’s era remembered through these losses.
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Nelson
Trafalox
Minerva
Cherbourg
Hardy
Neilson
Baltic
St. George
Elephant
Jutland
Vanguard
Nile
Agamemnon
Maldonado Bay
Mark Twain First Public Lecture Triumph in San Francisco
The account from Albert Bigelow Paine recalls Mark Twain’s first major public lecture on October 2, 1866 at the Academy of Music in San Francisco. Twain, anxious before showtime, faced a jammed audience of friends whose roaring applause launched a flawless, descriptive, entertaining delivery praised for wit and eloquence.
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Mark Twain
Albert Bigelow Paine
St. Nicholas
Sandwich Islands
San Francisco
Mr. Paine
Academy of Music
Rocession
CONSULT TASTES IN EATING
A letter in the Woman's Home Companion argues mothers should not force children to eat disliked foods. It suggests offering acceptable substitutes to avoid distress and notes that a hollow stomach is more damaged when full, citing experiments with bullets and organ perforations.
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Woman's Home Companion
By Proxy The Domestic Telephones and Bridge Trysts
A matron confides that her husband has assigned an office helper to call her daily with endearments. She cites afternoons spent at bridge, with the maid answering the phone. The friend asks how she missed the voice wasn’t his, revealing the ruse.
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Bridge
New York Times
Definition of Good Water
Good water is colorless and free of suspended matter with brilliant luster and no smell or taste. Pad water may meet these specs yet contain germs. Rainwater is good, as is water from clear ice or from springs, lakes, rivers, and streams in unbounded areas.
Ungradeable interior monologue on acting missteps
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls a young actor on stage after his first appearance. A friend who saw the debut dismisses the performance as misbehavior rather than acting, highlighting harsh early feedback and vanity.
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Hamlet
Growing Up With Molly Multirox Engagement News
Percy Poodles congratulates himself on his engagement to Molly Multirox. Polly Pickles notes the rapid passage of time, recalling the father’s puppy remark from New York.
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Percy Poodles
Molly Multirox
Polly Pickles
New York
Consulting Counsel Opinion Costs Extra
A dialogue from the Washington Star frames a lawyer’s fee as a test of confidence. One party says twenty-five dollars, another notes a lawyer’s similar advice costs twenty more, asserting confidence justifies the higher price amid a remark on terrible weather.
Fragmentary philosophic meditation on contentment and desire
A fragmented text discusses contentment with one’s condition versus pursuing abundance. It contrasts living with mountains and manna from the heavens to a basic river’s water, questioning what truly satisfies need beyond material wealth. The passage is garbled and partial.
Life of the Narcissus as a Lesson in Thrift
A Philadelphia North American piece extols the narcissus as a model of patience and thrift. It compares fifty weeks of saving for bloom to eleven months of darkness for a few days of sunlight, praising the bulb as a storage organ and the flower as the fruit of patient preparation.
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Philadelphia
North American
Escorsial and Its Treasures A Spanish Mausoleum
A 16th century royal mausoleum near Madrid, the Escorial spans 786 feet by 623 with towers and houses a monastery church palace and tomb. Erected to commemorate Philip II's victory at St Quentin in 1557, work began in 1563 and for over two decades. It holds priceless treasures including a life size ivory Christ by Cellini and the value exceeds 10 million dollars.
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Madrid
Escorial
Europe
St. Quentin
Philip
Christ On the
Benvenuto Cellini
Paradoxical advertising banter and scattered quotes
A fragmented exchange shows an advertising poster man and assistant discussing a paradoxical case. The dialogue mentions being up against it and humor about women’s generosity with odd phrases like Ninety nine women and secret ninety nine giving it away.
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Batti
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