Fate of the Slaver and the Stranger's Bold Escape
An American privateer the Stranger battles a British slaver off the African coast during the War of 1812. After a brutal aboard fight, a trap of rafts and canoes imprisons them. A powder transfer and a controlled explosion create an escape, costing hundreds of lives but freeing the ships to reach open sea.
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England
United States
Africa
The
Stranger
Kt Waa
Arne
Successor of the Old Maid in Modern Society
The so called girl bachelor is independent and self supporting and seeks fulfillment beyond marriage. She finds purpose in womano clubs, social work, and travel from pole to pyramid, sharing in arts literature and civic life while rejecting the old maid stigma. After a pistol is aimed at you the question of loading carries no time for reflection.
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North Pole
Pyramids
Saved by His Nose in Cheboygan Tale of a Misidentification
A Detroit Free Press anecdote tells how a Cheboygan County man credits his distinctive nose with saving his life. In Tennessee a mob mistook him for a murderer named Jim Burbanks, forcing a hanging attempt before realizing the error due to facial resemblance and his unique nose.
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Cheboygan County
Michigan
Tennessee
Afty
Jim Burbanks
Jim
Flere
Sim Burbanks
Detroit
Free Press
Newspapers as a necessity and global property notes
A letter from Attorney Chamberlain of St Paul argues newspapers are essential life needs for almshouse and hospital support, calling them spectacles of the mind. The Chicago Post reports on global real estate values, noting vast London centers at quoted prices, along with property rents in Paris Rome Cairo Jerusalem and Athens.
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St Paul
Board of Control
County Almshouse
City Hospital
Attorney Chamberlain
London
Bank of England
Princess, Threadneedle
Lothberry Streets
Bartholomew Lane
Picadilly
Strand
Flees Street
Charing Cross
Chicago
Paris
Venice
Old City
Rome
Cairo
Egypt
The
Manchester
Shepheard
Jerusalem
Old
Athens
King George
Chicago Post
Fragmented Ad Copy With Obscure Riddles
Reads like garbled dialog from a 19th century page with advice on rising in trade and a miswritten classroom exchange. Mentions a schoolmaster and a publican with a riddle about counting pints and froth, likely an excerpt from a satirical or instructional anecdote.
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AIR Castles
Theaca
Island Geen
Angel
Golden Strand
Earth
Robert
Aquatt
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