DANGERS OF TE SEA Two Silly Girls and a Mysterious Lord on Board
Ariadne and Selina aboard seek romance on a Atlantic voyage. A handsome young man, later identified as Lord Kingsbury by presence and charm, flirts and shares music and conversation, while Ariadne debates his real status and the mystery hobbledeboy. The voyage threads through social flirtation and evolving plans as one romance unfolds aboard ship.
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Ariadne
Selina
Lord Kingsbury
Lena
Kingsbury
Fic
Huxley
New York
J . Ariadne
Europa
America
Dack
Tye
Hobbledeboy
Ber
Insurance claim folly and railway shortcut tale
A discursive clipping recounts an insurance claim where a notary sworn claim asserts the claimant was unable to transact business for five weeks, then notes the company rejected the claim as the accident cause seemed too thin. It also describes a railway official boasting of shortening a five mile stretch in a day and a fishing anecdote about Dr Leonard Bacon and a New Haven physician ending with a pun.
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Blackstone
Smithville
Union
Leonard Bacon
New Haven
Lethlelem
Father Ruesell
Cantralia
Daniel Kerrigan
Norristown
Rosemount
Fairlamb
Chester
Oystery
George Dana Boardman
Pennsylvania Historical Society
Philadelphia
Middle Colonies
William Bradford
Philadelphia Zoological Garden Fund
Louis Gruel
Market Street Bridge
State Grange of Patrons of Husbandry
Thomas
Harrisburg
National Grange
Pattison
State Grange
Ex Gov Van Zandt Recalls Chase’s Quaker Nickname Swap
Former governor recounts a Rhode Island senator Jonathan Chase story from his House days. Congressman Myers of Connecticut sat just behind. Chase offered to call him Frederick and asked to be called Jonathan. Myers declined objections and they began saluting as Jonathan and Frederick, much to colleagues’ amusement.
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van Zandt
Jonathan Chase
Rhode Island
Chase
House
Myera
Connecticut
Myers
Frederick
Jonathan
Congregational Deacon Defends Hose Racin’ Stub
A Congregational deacon near Rutland Vermont faced criticism for hoss racing on a Sunday. He argued he disapproves of racing but felt duty to church to hinder a church member who tried to pass him on the road home from meetin by a “Seetle on ’the raing” to avoid earthly temptations.
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Rutland
Oysters and the Norfolk voyage ends in a capsized tale
A veteran's tale recalls ten cents spent on oysters that led to a disaster aboard a schooner near Norfolk Virginia. The anecdote opens Strawbridge & Clothier's Winter number with Hawthorne's Egypt scene and a focus on fashion home arts and domestic crafts.
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John
Juliet Carson
Strawbridge & Clothier
Philadelphia
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Sonny
Ning BuOre Clothing & Gents
Ays
Mae Mae
Wingert
Wanager
Het Candaster, PA
Tobreco
Seaman's Society
Guy
Germany
Boston
Leva
Frank Siddall
Warness
Bismark
D. T
John Williams
Misa Annie Bartram
Mercer County
Kulfe
Kuwo Horen
Arch Street
Josefa M. Frger
Jonathan and
Denver
Norfolk
Andersonville
Darky
the Christmas Quarterly
Tom Stayton
Society For Prevention of Cruelty
Tom
Owen 2
Brigker
Isq
Lancaster
North
Duke Street
Baer
A. B. Welgemuth
Manheim
Lang
Christmas
John Graham
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Ashland
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
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