When do I mean to marry a Dickens party tale
A mixed literary fragment recounts a playful poem about marriage fate and rural courting contrasted with a long prose section from a detective tale about Aunt Poffkins earrings. The narrative shifts to a social guide on Dickensian Conversation Parties with impersonations readings and tableaux suggestions.
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Dickens
Jenny Wren
Little Nell
Marchioness
Larry Gamp
Martin Chuzslewit
Miss Havisham
Heeps
Lizzie Hiexam
Dolly Varden
Wilkins Micawber
Not Appreciated Alt Honor to the Brave
A fragmented piece recalls the American soldier’s endurance in desert and snow, praising his grit, humor, and sacrifice including a drowning rescue and a gun crew action. It also notes a science report on ear balance and shark balance experiments from Washington.
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Agsio
Bunkie
Washington
New Orleans Picayune
Daring Spaniard and a Caribbean Passenger Fire on a Train
A Cuban bound passenger on a Plant steamer voyage to Tampa confronts a conductor with two revolvers after facing racial hostility from a girl indicating first class limits. The Spaniard asserts protection for the woman, paying her fare and escorting her from the car. The narrative shifts to a portrait of Claude de Forbin, famed French admiral, recounting his audacious exploits from boarding a Venetian warship to rescue enslaved Christians near Algiers and surviving a brutal storm.
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Tampa
Cuba
Matanzas
Senor
Alfedo Valle
New York
Paris
Jersey City
Pemberton Ferry
Gainesville
Octaroon
New Orleans
Florida
Claude Jerkim
Provence
France
Hore
Claude de Forbin
Mediterranean
Venice
Forbin
Iuway
Morbim
Saint Pomp
Algiers
Cough for the Lady Jimmy A Laughing Baby Stirred by Sunlight
A mother recalls a witty Irish tale about an invalid boy and a remedy of sunshine and air. A servant, Kathleen, teases Baby Bob with a brisk shake and a playful shout to wake him for the butcher’s amused greeting.
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Bob
Kathleen
Bobby
Hoston
Egyptian stone workers used tubular drills and circular saws
A year at Gizeh convinced Mr Finders Petrie that 4000 year old Egyptian stone workers used solid and tubular drills and straight circular saws. Drills set with jewels cut hard granite with no wear, making precise holes. a tenth inch cut per revolution bored through hardest and softest rock smoothly. Details of tool making remain unknown.
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Gizeh
Finders Petrie
Tolly
Whaling described as perilous and heroic in old account
An antique viewpoint extols whaling as glorious while detailing extreme dangers. A small ship nears a whale, harpoons strike the large flank, and the vessel is towed as the monster storms the sea. The whale’s thrashing blacks the water, blood reddens the surf, and the creature finally dies in a spray of foam.
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Bucs
Manure heap best place for suspends action and waste reuse
A process described for handling suspends proposes placing them on a manure heap where a chemical reaction via suds traps ammonia. It notes liquids can also be added to the heap for advantage and mentions a Good News building project in Philadelphia unrelated to the Good Shepherd who edits the Mail and Express.
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Uncle Poffkins
Dora
Aunt Poffkins
Uncle Pofkins
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Uncle Potfkins
Myod
Fle
Uncle Pattkins
Uncle Padfkins
Aunt Poltkins
Uncle Poltkins
Abraham
Potskins
Tom
Aunt Pollkins
Giy Dora
Uncle
Chiago Post
Hahawoed
Sona
Gwinging Indelatoy
Egypt
Philadelphia
Jet
Good Shepherd
Mall
Express
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