Mutiny and Rescue Aboard the Schooner Jessie
The Captain, mate, and crew retake their schooner after mutineers seize the ship. Jess, the Captain’s daughter, aids in repelling the attack, killing two mutineers and mortally wounding the cook. Battered out, the mutineers surrender, and the vessel is steered to Melbourne for authorities. one mutineer is hanged, another dies, and a third escapes.
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Jessie
Martin
Sydney
New South Wales
Hobartstown
van Dieman’s Land
Miss Martin
Cook
Jess
Cape Howe
Needham
Mr. Goring
Bill
Tom
Jen
Mr. Loring
Jens
King Island
Australis
van Dieman's Land
Oenates Ae Saeed Sea Sa
Ike Reese
Melbourne
New York Sun
Baldwin locomotive model joins national museum display
The national museum collection gains a miniature of the Old Ironsides 1832 locomotive from Baldwin works, the first to haul a train in Pennsylvania, with detailed internal and external craftsmanship and an inscription noting 60 mph in 1832. The display expands to cover early traction, locomotives, cars, paddle steamers, and an array of electrical telegraph artifacts including Morse’s instrument and the Atlantic cable pieces.
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National Museum
J. Elfreth Watkins
Baldwin 1 Locomotive Works
Matthias Baldwin
Pennsylvania
John Ball
Baldwin
Alfred Vail
Morse
Congress
Cyrus Field
Washington Star
Jealousy of Birds and a Stork Nest Experiment
A Victorian essay recounts Prof. Frescaud observing jealousy among birds with a Constantinople stork nest experiment exchanging eggs. Ducklings hatch, male reacts loudly, neighbors mob the nest and kill the female stork, sparking a scandalous, anthropomorphic verdict among birds.
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Frescaud
Constantinople
Amine Ee
Life wisdom and paradoxes from early prose
A fragmentary collection of aphorisms on life time, truth, kindness, envy, perfection, and social observation. It muses that time is always present, people seek prosperity for others, and common moralities shift with culture. It hints at human folly and nature's balance in a compact reflective style.
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London
Keep The Cow Stable Clean And Odor Free
Advice from the New York World urges regular disinfection of cow stables. After cleaning, sprinkle dry earth to absorb liquids and odors, then scrape and place the earth on the manure pile. Dry earth absorbs decay and renders matter harmless, helping keep the stable habitable.
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New York World
Firing Noustrene Guns by Nap Reveal Odd Developments
Firing Noustrene guns by Nap reveals peculiar developments in handling and training long range guns now common in practice. The bowel government has recently implemented two changes affecting deployment and maintenance of these weapons.
Ocean and science notes mix of curiosities and tech items
The fragment outlines quick science tidbits from astronomy and physiology to engineering. Topics include ocean compressibility effects on depth, Neptune's shape, deafness remediation, silk worm vulture limits, electrical organs as muscular terminations, and marine and urban infrastructure advances.
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Astrakhan
Volga
Memory prodigy Oscar Moore dazzles at Astor House
Guardian H P N Gammel records Oscar Moore born Aug 19 1885 on a Waco Texas farm. Despite a three year old appearance the blind boy demonstrates perfect multiplication, state capitals with populations, world countries and presidents from Washington to Cleveland, counts in 20 languages, and vast knowledge of biblical statistics and geopolitics.
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Oscar Moore
Astor House
H. P. N. Gammel
Waco
Texas
Washington
Cleveland
Golosien
Wren
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