Sailor-king of remote Ki island in Pacific story
King Carl Benjamin describes a California reporter tale of a sailor wrecked near Ladrone islands who founded a large island called Benjamin Island. The island hosts 600 to 700 people, Benjamin rules with three chiefs as cabinet, and he teaches English to natives. He wears shells, paints his face on state occasions, and lives in Ki village on a coral reef. He is about 30, originally from Newburyport, Massachusetts, and intends to stay. The piece blends sensational travel lore with ethnographic caricature.
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George Wright
San Francisco
Australia
Caroline Islands
Heweis
Wright
Mr. Wright
Examiner
Carl Benjamin
Ladrone Islands
Benjamin Island
Benjamin
Benjaminis
Paisie
Newburyport
Mass
Dha
Marshall Group
Odd News and Romantic Misadventures Across Regions
A collage of humorous and salacious items including Miss Georgia Rattan as a school dame, a Vermont couple marrying in secrecy and facing discipline, a Michigan man contemplating suicide over a corset gift, and a Brooklyn court awarding Miss Ely’s boarding house $620 for defective plumbing linked to typhoid cases. Also recounted are imperial domesticity rumors from Germany, a tongue‑in‑cheek Chinese fever kiss description, and a San Francisco tale of Martin Rubenis suing Joseph Drude over a $130 debt tied to Annie Swaback’s engagement.
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Georgia Rattan
Oregon
Charles Mourse
Nellie Shattuck
St. Johnsbury
Gertie
Flora Blanchard
Michigan
Rose
Express
Brooklyn
Ely
Heights
Empresa Augusta Victoria
Germany
Kaiserin
Fas
Celestiaals
Middle Kingdom
Martin Rubenis
Joseph Drude
San Francisco
Joseph
Austria
Annies Swabeck
Martin
Annie
Teething relief and cough remedies advertised in old ad
An advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup to soothe teething discomfort and ease wind colic, claiming it cures pain and diarrhea for 25 cents a bottle. It also promotes Browns Expectorant for severe coughs and colds at 50 cents a bottle with additional itchy relief noted.
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King Carl Benjamin
Jimmie
Adam
Georgie
Providence Journal
Kansas
Springfield
Nevada
Los Angeles
Guase
Gerweg
Dakota City
Neb
Odds and
Paris
London
Duluth
New York
America
Minneapolis
Messenger
East
Washington
North
Pennsylvania St
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Virginia Ave
C.D. Hoyle
Bamberger
East Washington Straat
BH. A. Stone
South
Ilinois St
Ind
Tiley & Stalnaree
Somerville
Nat's Gas CO
Pennsylvania
Grand Opera House
English’s Opera House
MR. John &. Murray
Anna Mortland
Shaun Rhoue
Kerry Gow
Langlea A
Scaene
Traveler's Register
ifneGks As
Ataacutton
City Ticket Office
Jackson Place
New York City
Cincinnati
Toledo
Detroit
Baltimore
Wd BB. & O
Dunois St
Kentucky-are
Pennsylvania Lines
Indos
Panhandle
Pittsburg
Richm’d
Columbus
Eally
N. XY
Pitts
Gayfly Wan
Mail and Express
N. Y
Chicago
Chgo
Northwest
Louisville
The
Southwest
Cairo
Vincennes
Vandalia
H. BK. Doring
Union Depot
Washington and
Merildian-sts
H. Martin
Dist
Anus Erhents
MR. George A. Baker
Comic Opera Company
ED Scagolo
Black Hussar
Robert Macaire
Boccaccio
Omerry
Normandy
Jo-Jo
Vance
Aneshaeensel & Strong
Denison House
Indiana Insurance Company
McGilliard & Dark, General Agents
Indiana
East Market Street
Ocala
Victor
Bradley, Holton & CO
Washington-st
Japanese Furniture & M’f’g CO
Pennsylvania Street
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