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Mark Twain Birthday Reflections And Two Notable Crimes
Mark Twain on turning seventy recalls a strict life plan and quirky rules such as no meals after seven, coffee at dawn and minimal cigars while noting he never had a headache. A Taile rapen fire destroyed six hundred houses, thirty seven people perished. Ala Brown confesses to a prior robbery and shooting in Adelaide. George Edward Thomas, who donated to a consumptives home, is jailed for false pretences. Alexander Cook swam ashore with a lifeline from the wreck of the barque Speke in Victoria as waves reached the topgallant yard.
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Mark Twain
Geo
Taierapen
Ala Brown
Adelaide
George Edward Thomas
Speke
Victoria
Alexander Cook