Sailor Ashore for a Bold New Path in Havana Clipper Tale
A rough but fair captain, Charlie Joy, offers a chance to a quiet, tall, auburn haired boy who begs for a berth aboard an English bark bound for Liverpool with cotton from a wreck. The boy, eager to escape the island, seeks honest duty at sea and impresses Joy with his resolve.
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Aptain
Charlie Joy
Havana
Joy
Hue
Uwl
Liverpool
York
Gulf
Charlie
Fist Wharf
Arsenal
Garned
Cabin Boy Reveals Hidden Identity and Rescue Tale
A maritime excerpt recounts a ship collision near Key West with a cabin boy who proves to be a woman, Miss Julia Churchill. She was en route as a governess to Havana but fled a Spaniard’s schemes, later shipping as the captain’s wife on a Liverpool voyage. The crew learns the truth after a wreck, then continues to England.
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Helk
Eatheight House
Eis
Therr
Captain Joy
Jack
Sidiensing
Mr. Garnet
Furf
Joy
Julia
Havana
Mangrove Keys
Key West
Julia Churchill
New York
Edward
Liverpool
Strong minds and ready hands for public duty
A call for leaders with unwavering honor and resolve. The speaker laments a nation distracted by demagogues and self serving factions while justice and freedom suffer.
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Palnen
Oh God be thanked for Sunday in blessed week
A devotional poem praising Sunday as a day of rest from labor. It contrasts weekly toil from dawn to dusk with the relief of Sabbath respite and speaks of faith, prayer, and longing for the eternal Sunday beyond the skies. The reader is urged to bless the sabbath as a divine mercy.
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Reconciler
Perdition
Turkey
Paul
Child of God
God
Spurgeon
John Berridge
Stephenson County
Illinoia
John B. Shaffer
Willliam
Shaffer
Mary W. Shaffer
Court House
Freeport
Said
Reat
Township Twenty-Seven
Stephenson Street
Stephenson
I Hnoits
Ireeport
Orlandon, Bidwell
Guardian
Saint
Sinter
Forge
Soan
Ditcher
Hector
Nery
Henry Nunkemeier
County Court
Illinois
Spring Street
TIE Press
Weekly Tribune
Annie Osgood
New Orleans
Emory J. Pratt
Columbus
Ohio
Amos & CO
Nassaust. N.Y
Casper Hessenius
Clutings
Lena Ilessenils
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Young Men’s Christian Associations
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Clarkson
Nebraska
Boston
Burenar
Barton & Barndum
Attys
Thomas Coltman
Adelia Coltman
Recorder of Deeds
Iinois
State of Illinois
Pecatonica River
Knowlton
William J. Johnston
John B. Johnston
State of
Edward P. Barton
Iftenry Werre
Henry Hankemeier
T.T. Abrams
SIOO
L. D. Line
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Main
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L. D. Sink
Fifth St
Cincinnati
Mercantile Prize Association
OF New York
Holland & Co’s
Billiard
Holland
Ilinois
Bry
ST. Louis
Kansas City
North Missouri Railroad
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Omaha
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Union Depot
Pullman's Palace
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Officher
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S. D. Atkins
G. J. Bliss
C. B. Bidwell
F. W. Hance
Farmers Fire Insuranze
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Poe
Treeport
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Atranger
Sparks Randal
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Martin Hesse
M. Hesse
Medicis
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