The Greenock Sailor and the Shanghai Blood Moon Night
A mariner recalls a perilous voyage from Singa pore to Hongkong aboard a steamer. The tale details engine trouble, a deadly collision with three junks, and the crew’s desperate measures to survive. The old captain’s brutal resolve and a near-fatal turn in the crank pit mark a grim testament to sailors’ loyalties and dangers at sea.
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Singapore
Hongkong
Yokotama
China
Li Chin
Old Cremorne
Greaser
Bea
Times Have Changed on Kennebec Paymaster Practices
A Maine newspaper observes a shift in payment methods from cash and goodwill to modern security, noting a paymaster on the Kennebec ice fields now keeps a loaded revolver on his table to deter bold thieves from snatching his pile of money.
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Maine
Kennebec
Notable Writers and Works in European Letters
A digest of literary notices mentions Speaker Reed preparing an introduction to Henry Clay, Verlaine's death as he called Francois Copec by name, Cardinal Terrand's planned music morality book, Mrs. Custer's Pocono cabin writing routine, Floquet the dapper host, the London Sporting Times’ Kent church monument to Lawrence Washington, a clash over a Zola anthology, and the Rougon Macquart author defending his choice of language in depicting lower-class speakers.
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Paul Verlaine
Francois Copec
Cardinal Terrand
French Academy
Floquet
London Sporting Times
East Sutton
Kent
Lawrence Washington
George Washington
Washington
Balliol College
Oxford
John Baliol
Scotland
England
M. Zola
Rougon-Macquart
la Terre
Japanese Swords and Their Storied Craftsmanship
A description of Japanese sword making notes the long tradition, the insignia worn by noblemen, and the prized heirloom status of swords. It highlights lacquered scabbards, curved blades, pierced guards, and tasselled hilts called taba, with guards uniquely varied among thousands of pieces.
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St. Nicholas
Grandin Stowe Tales From Hartford Grandchild
In Hartford Connecticut the aged Harriet Beecher Stowe is cited by Boston Commonwealth for a precocious grandson. A neighbor warned him about a neighbor’s gate and he retorted that he did not care for Mr Smith or his ox or any rhine that is his. When asked who wrote those words he replied Grandma Stowe, I suppose.
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Grandin Stowe
Hartford
Conn
Harriet Beeeler Stowe
Boston Commonwealth
Smith
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Mac
Greenock
Scott
Stoke-Hole
Annie Laurie
New Orleans
Stenon
Owly
Chere
Terald
Aberdeen
Sysy
Speaker Reed
Henry Clay
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