Sailor drama ends in mutiny as Kanaka Gus seeks vengeance
In a New York News retelling, Harry Maitland is accused after Ned Hick’s pipe vanishes. Gus Gaines, known as Kanaka Gus, accuses the crew of theft. A weapon duel and a dangerous duel on a yard lead to Gus’s attempted murder and his death, while Captain Foster and the crew condemn the killer and punish the thief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Maitland
Flying Dragon
Ned Hick
Gus Gaines
Harry
Mr. Foster
Barry
Kanaka
Gus
Kanaka Gus
Cavendish
Ben Brace
Bruce
Foster
Smade
Kana
Ka Gus
Crary
Aone
Capt
New York News
Fragmentary 19th Century Notes on Society and Fashion
Readable fragments describe Patti's routine and strange gains, a women’s carpentry college in Cambridge, life insurance for Lady Dudley, a wife connected to Talleyrand’s secretary writing her own money, Victoria's gift habits, John A. Logan donating art, and social dames in Battle Creek shaping fashion norms with dress society pledges against uncomfortable attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patti
College of Carpéntry For
Cambridge
England
Dudley
Jen
Colmache
Talleyrand
Victoria
John A. Logan
Cor
Jmestead
Neb
Reema
Atill
Ances E. Willard
Battle Creek
Odds and Ends From a Bustling Period Newspaper
Long list of trivia and statistics on work, fabrics, railways, gas mains, and global curiosity. Notes include 3,000,000 working women, veneer thickness, sealskin fashion shifts, New Jersey ribbon output, and 2,800 miles of natural gas mains. Also mentions an Alpine electric railway, salicylic acid rheumatism data, sham safes, patents by region, and Southern state inventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New Jersey
Lake Lucerne
Burgenstock
Aar
Donald C. Hood
New York
Notable Figures Daily Gossip From The Era Of Celebrities
Joseph Jefferson owns a Louisiana plantation with over 2000 cattle mostly thoroughbreds. Sarah Bernhardt drinks Vichy waters and sketches caricatures. Amelia Rives Chanler may move to Augusta Georgia for a building site. Gladstone arranges his correspondence. Fiske declines Fon du Lac bishopric. election set for November. Editor H C Bunger is 27. Fred Opper is 29 earning 10000 dollars. Dr Tanner plans sixty days in an airtight coffin then release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Jefferson
Louisiana
Sarah Bernhardt
Vichy
Amelia Rives-Chanler
Augusta
William E. Gladstone
Gladstone
George McC. Fiske
Providence
R. I
Fon du Lac
H. C. Bunger
Puck
Fred Opper
Dr. Tanner
Fragmented Opinion Snippets From Newspapers
A collection of brief quotations and witticisms from various papers. The lines mention Kant, salt air, wasps, overhead wires, brass bands, Mount Parnassus, and a wheat corner, each in a satirical or pointed tone. The comments mix fiction and reality to provoke thought about culture and society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kant
C.—Ocean
Detroit Free Press
Philadelphia Times
Merchant Traveler
Mount Parnassus
Pittsburg Chronicle
Butch
Lowell Courier
Mr. Potter
Texas
Kilgore
Washington
Short Line Travel Offers Fast Trains to Bloomington Peoria
The Short Line advertises faster through cars to Bloomington and Peoria with sleeper and reclining chair cars via Danville to Chicago, plus through tickets to Eastern cities at reduced rates. It lists departure times from Indianapolis Union Depot and invites inquiries to George Butler at 1388 South Illinois Street.
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Weat
Bloomington
Peoria
Missouri River
Danvile
Chicago
Springfield
Columbus
Ohio
Urbana
Bellefontaine
Kenton
Tiffin
Sandusky
Indianapolis Union Depot
George Butler
South Mlinolsst
Union de
Pattern-Maker Praises Doctor After Long Illness
Albert Bettcher, a pattern-maker at the American paper pulley works on 180 S Pennsylvania, describes a six year decline with chronic nasal discharge, headaches, hearing loss, and fatigue. He credits Dr Franklyn Blair of 208 North Illinois Street for his recovery and says he now feels like a new man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Paper Pulley
Pennsylvania-st
Mr. Betcher
Franklyn Blair
Ilinois St
Bettcher
South
Delawarest
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Odds and
Florida
Mississippi
Alabama
Travelers’ Register
Look Fm
Gcrnatlamitong
Dayton
Wides
E &D
Cor.linot
Kentucky Ave
Union Station
Vanes Ouulee
Taanepolis
Indianapois
Toledo
Detroit
W. HL. Fisher
Ag’t C
H&l RE
Indianapolis
Albert Bettcher
Cphe Tigress
Ramsay Morris
Morris - Fetter CO
Selena Fetter
Chas. MacGeachy
Munkacey
Christ On
Plymouth Church
Ertel
Virginia
Ave
0. G. McOmb
Massachusetts Avenue
C. Eden
STA Lin
Delaware
Water Company
Aneshaensel & Strong
Pennsylvania
Buchner
A. J
Virginia-ave
Shearer & Amos
Massachusetts-ave
Wright, W. H. & Co
Orris
Tamorris
Sand Cry
New York City
EAGLE
Louis Reibold
W.g.wasson
S.pennsylvania St
Gradley, Holton & CO
East
Washington St
Ind
E.H. Eldridge & CO
Alabama and
Maryland
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