Night Escape in Black Man's Swamp
The narrator uses Pete the supposed aged African as a guide through Black Man's swamp then fears betrayal as plans to escape unravel. He finds shelter in Pete's cabin and later discovers Pete and Cy Walters plotting pursuit while bloodhounds close in after him. He flees by dugout, dodging trackers toward open country with danger unseen behind each bend.
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Pete
Esther Mansley
Yaas
Eber
Peto
Cy Walters
Man Bunt
Co. Thins
Walters
Deserted cabin scene in pursuit tale chapter XV
The narrator finds a deserted cabin and no reply from Pete. He notes a jatchstring, fresh water, and empty provisions. After inspecting his revolver, he suspects the enslaved man plotted treachery or delivery to white pursuers, while wondering about potential robbery.
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Pete
Tom Bulfinch
Aldine
A Persian in the market and the nightingale
A man in the market takes home a caged wren and forgets it. At night a sudden song from the cage wakes his children as the mother weeps and the father remains indifferent, muttering about the wren. Sarah Pettrin Century.
What a Work Is Man The Marvels Of The Human Body
A sensational compendium on human anatomy cites surprising facts about body size weight and speed of the blood. It notes skull and brain weights, nerve counts, and the vast distance blood travels yearly, with comparisons across genders and races. London Mail reports on astonishing physiological measurements and the limits of human motion.
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London Mail
A Curious Cane of Somnambulism
A true French case describes a gentleman missing from his room with bonds worth over £2000. The thief was not traced. The mistress, stressed by the loss, was hypnotized and confessed to stealing and burying the bonds in the garden, though she did not know she hid them. A doctor believed hypnotism exposed her guilt.
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France
Chambers Journal
Yonkers State Papers La Grippe Treated and Bird Song
The fragmentary article notes a singer at an open piano and a reference to la grippe being treated successfully by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It quotes publisher James A. Jones of Mexia Texas praising the remedy after a second attack, with sales by Emmert & Burrell. A War Atlas offer lists 16 pages of colored plates of Spanish possessions priced at 18 cents, with Cedar Rapids onward address.
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James A. Jones
Leader
Mexia
Texas
Chamberlain
Emmert & Burrell
Spanis
J. 3Orton
G. P
T. A
Cedar Rapids
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Jacob Weaver
Bushnell,Ill
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
Suvaer
Barry Phlunting
Yonkers Statesman
Gambiner Bros
Seco
One Price Clothiers
Freeport, Illine
Hub
Stephenson Street
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