The Domesticated Python
A Maine coast tale recaps a shipwrecked captain recounting how he befriended pythons on a deserted shore. He describes Bildad the dog, the crew of two Swedes, and how the snakes helped build a two story cottage and furnish food. The yarn ends with the captain’s rescue and a jab from the postmaster.
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South Amminersky
Circle of Nature
County Clarion
Guy Humphries
Clarion
Wild Animal
Handllers
Peru
Cap
Maine
New Jersey
Coastline rocks and safe channels cited in dialogue
A passenger asks if the exact locations of dangerous rocks along the coast are known. The reply admits uncertainty and emphasizes knowledge of safe channels instead.
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Cursone
Unclear historic jewel query appears in royal dialogue
A fragment shows Mr Madison Ques, in a royal exchange, asking about historic jewels and plans to display them someday, with archaic spelling and interrupted phrases indicating a staged or theatrical context. The text hints at a conversation rather than a definite event or record.
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Madison Bqueer
Yeou
Poor grade goods sold by mail order houses exposed
The article critiques mail order jewelry and watches for selling poor grade, low priced items. It notes cases rarely go back for exchange, supplier agreements to halt price cuts, and practice of marking cheaper imitations with brand marks. It explains plating and carved work affect value, with mall order ware often inferior to in store stock.
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Mall Order
Mail Order House Evil and Local Merchants
A historical critique argues mail order houses undermine small town merchants. It condemns centralization of capital in large cities and urges local economic protection, claiming such systems depress local industry and development. The piece frames mail order firms as harmful to communities needing local employment and wealth retention.
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Nama
Marchants
Reata
Udustry
Husband's Testimonial in Calcutta Statesman
A Burman witness in a criminal case testified in calm condition that he had no occupation. He stated his wife is a good, careful and hardworking woman who supports him.
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Calcutta
Foolscap and its fool’s-head water mark origin
The term foolscap derives from the Italian fallo capo meaning sheet. From the 18th to the 17th century this paper type was water marked with a fool's head wearing a cap and showing a rounded belly.
Bescher's Love of Booke and Home Furnishings
Henry Ward Beecher quotes favoring books over furniture, declaring books enrich homes more than ornate furnishings. The passage laments furniture not being for its own sake and endorses a house furnished with books as a higher beauty.
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Bescher
Henry Ward Beecher
Firemen's Busy Day in London Fremen Fires
A garbled report notes a Saturday with many fires in London and mentions two thousand plus incidents and a later total near three thousand with references to fire brigades and jousting imagery. The text is incomplete and fragmentary.
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London
Kane Manaty
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John Kendrick Bangs
Joseph B. Bowles
Bildad
Wotherspoon
Jos
Panama
Geome
Guasculus
Gorry
Bis
Lin
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