Birth of Tee-Hee in Yangtze Town Ends in Plot Twist
In a Chinese river tale a baby girl Tee-Hee is condemned by Hang U. High as the family’s last link to ancient lineage. Ar Chang and Mrs Chang plot a rescue with a lifelike rag baby while Minnee Ting Loo hides. A twist leaves Tee-Hee alive as Hang U. High’s plans fail.
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Yang Tse
Hang U. H
L. Lig
Moe
Chang
Tee-Hee
River Yang
Minnee
TeeHee
Anda
Hang
Hang U. High
Ar Chang
White Chang
Tee
Fink
Running a Blockade Yankee Schooner Breaks British Hold
In 1814 the Polly Ann and the Eliza attempt a daring river run to Hallowell as Britain blocks the Kennebec. The two schooners transfer cargo to evade a brig and the Eliza sinks while Polly Ann reaching Bath unloads for privateers. The rescued stores aid Kennebec towns and privateering efforts.
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Maine
Penobscot
Castine
Kennebec
Bath
Hallowell
Boston
Salem
Kenneber
Massachusetts
Hallowwell
Waterville
Gardiner
Polly Ann
Eben Wait
Hie
Abner Jenns
Eliza
Mass
Jenkins
Wait
Nathan
Jim Tufts
Samuel Locke
David
Walter Davis
Charles Allen
Wood Island
Saco River
Eben Wall
Manhegan
Captain Wait
Eben
Abner
Thore
Elizabeth
Seguin
Abner Jenkins
Cape Small Point
Haddock
Tarisio and the Cremonas
A historical sketch details Tarisio’s eye for violins hidden in Italian convents and inns. He trades a worn Cremona for a Stradivarius in repair, sparking a lifelong violin mania that carries his finds to Paris and into the hands of Chanot and Vuillaume.
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Amati
Stradivarius
Guarnerius
Bergonzi
Tarisio
Pisa
Florence
Milan
Ems
Cremona
Charles Reade
Paris
Chanot
Vuillaume
Lablache
Haweis
Gentleman's Magazine
Personal and Literary Notes From the Era
A compendium of literary gossip and biographical tidbits. Mary Anderson refuses Wilde’s drama. Miss Helen Barry stands as the tallest American actress at six feet one. Harper & Brothers destroy magazine plates through 1880. Rev. Edward Everett Hale collects material for a Pacific history for forty years. Miss Stone, linguist and Arabic scholar, daughter of Stone Pasha, gains renown. Miss Ayer declines a European prince’s marriage bid. Whittier warns a young author against overlarge book. Rev. Charles T. Brooks lauded for German translations. Colonel Cilley of New Hampshire ties to Hawthorne circle and Lundy’s Lane memory.
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Mary Anderson
Oscar Wilde
Helen—Barry
Harper & Brothers
N. Y. Times
Edward Everett Hale
Pacific Ocean
Miss Stone
Stone Pasha
Miss Ayer
Chicago Herald
Arthur
London Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Morocco
Chicago Inter Ocean
Whittier
Rhadamanthus
Charles T. Brooks
Newport
R. I
Boston Advertiser
Brooks
Brevis
Faust
Margaret
Ruckert
Unland
Colonel Cilley
New Hampshire
United States Senate
Jo Cilley
Gage
Burgoyne
Hawthorne
Jonathan Cilley
Graves
Kentucky
Congress
Maine
Cilley
Lundy's Lane
Canada
Boston Transcript
Humorous Sayings From Daily Life and Letters
A collage of humorous vignettes and quotations from newspapers and letters. Jests about aging and dyeing hair, a father-teacher exchange on a poor report, a Brooklyn husband’s wine tale, a curious antique pistol remark, shutters and sunstruck workers, a flirtation quip about quits, and a college rope-prank response from a father.
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Miss Proudfit
George
Brooklyn
Bob
N. ¥. Tribune
Roland
Roncesvalles
Harper's Bazar
Samuel
Boston Transcript
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Henry Republican
Geo. Bury
Little Tee-Hee
Jenk
The
Cremonas
Gardening Illustrated
Tribune
Arkansaw Traveller
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