Courageous Mate Takes Command At Sea Duel
On the Crusader bound from China to London Sandie Menzies the chief mate halts surrender by swift discipline and bold gunnery as two pirate schooners close in. He orders the crew to prepare for defense, loads a cannon himself and maintains calm to deter boarding and protect the ship.
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International Literary and News Service
China
London
Sandie Menzies
Philippines
Menzies
Menales
Mengies
Mr. Jarvis
Diana
Deck Fight with Pirates Ends In Blood and Fire
A British squadron battles a drifting pirate schooner in close quarters. Menzies leads a furious assault, guns blast, swords flash, and a brutal melee rages until a catastrophic explosion props the pirate crew into retreat.
Italian prime minister's son wins big at Monte Carlo
Carlo di Rudini, son of Italy's premier, is described as a chronic gambler who evaded his father's attempts to curb his gambling. He reportedly left a Africa expedition, returned with funds, was elected to the chamber of deputies, then joined the opposition and forced his father to buy his votes. He is linked to a China coal lands concession shared with an English and Italian syndicate.
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Menzies
TO BF
Carlo di Rudini
Monte Carlo
Africa
Aden
Chamber of Deputies
China
A Grain of Comfort in a Chatty Man
A Somerville Journal note observes that a talkative man occasionally offers a line of real wisdom, a grain of comfort amid constant chatter. The remark underscores how timely insight can emerge from everyday conversation.
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Somerville Journal
Carter's Cough Balsam Ad at Low Priced Drug Store
A brief note promotes Carter's Cough Balsam with a claim that some people choose it to get rid of a cough. The ad emphasizes value with prices of twenty five cents for a small size and fifty cents for a large size, offered by Carter & Sherburne at Merrimack and Bridge streets.
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Carter
Carter & Sherburne
Merrimack
Bridge Streets
Sandow Opens School for Women in London
The strongman Sandow launches a broad London school for young women with classes in cookery skirt dancing music and club swinging. It reports good patronage and ongoing interest from learners seeking new skills and public performance avenues.
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Sandow
London
Hood's Pills Liver Cure Promises Quick Relief
Advertisement-style note claims Hood's Pills cure liver ills biliousness indigestion and headache. Describes pills as easy to take and operate with a price of 25 cents.
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Hood
March the Gambler Who Became a Miner in London
Thomas Gillespie Marsh quits banking to gamble on a mining venture promising 50 percent gains. He clings to the dream, sells nothing, and endures hardship while the narrator watches his rise and fall. A year later the miner March ascends, a fortune seems near when a mine yields gold, and he repays a debt with interest as a steady, shrewd operator.
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Thomas Gillespie Marsh
London
Fletcher & Harrison
March
Holborn
Strand
Edith
Charing Cross
Lucifer
Surrey
Walbrook
Clark
Stark
Cincinnati Post
Society life in home checker clubs quote
Mrs Willmerding of Philadelphia says she enjoys lively times at home and notes she and her husband belong to three progressive checker clubs, reflecting social interests amid domestic life.
What made your daughter weep after her wedding over piano lamps
A short fragment from Chicago Reo asks about a daughter's tears after a wedding and mentions nineteen piano lamps despite the absence of a piano, leaving the exact context unclear. The line hints at an anecdotal or humorous vignette embedded in a newspaper feature.
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Chicago
Pleasant two story Highlands house with seven rooms
Describes a modern two story residence in a pleasant Highlands location near 0 street cars, seven rooms, selling over $2000 due to age and sickness but a desirable area for the money. Claims nearly 300 feet of land, first class construction, bath, steam heat, quality location, rental income, and potential value rise with a price tag of $8000.
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Highlands
Jewett Street
Chestnut Street
Queen Street
Fulton Shed
Franklin Street
Rock Street
HE. Dodge
Central Street
Lowell
Lear
Fish & Plummer
Willie Street
Cental Street
Fieh & Plummer
Court House
Buick
Rice
Westford Street
Gooldstable
Grice
Franklin School
Centralville
Sixth Street
Bonn
Wilder Street
Stevens Street
Nesmith Street
Merrimack Square
Isle
Smallmount Down
North Chelmsford
Pawtucket Bridge
Etory House
Pawtucketville
TT of
Elliott
East Merrimack
Nesmith
Chelmsford
Chelmsford Centre
E. Dodge
Train schedules for Boston and Maine corrected October 4 1897
The timetable lists departures from Middlesex Street Depot Lowell to multiple destinations including Boston Lawrence Haverhill Salem Lynn Newburyport Arnedoury Oxeter Dover Rochester Alton Bay Somersworth Saco Biddeford Old Orchard Portland Augusta Bath Waterville Lewiston Belfast Skowhegan Rockland Bangor St John Halifax Quebec and steamer connections. Times vary by destination with Sundays and special notes, and notes start April 1st.
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Middlesex Street
Lowell
Boston
Lawrence
Haverhill
Salem and Lynn
Neypuryport
Arnedoury
Oxeter
Dover
Rochester
Alton Bay
Somersworth
Saco
Biddeford
Old Orchard
Portland
Augusta
Bath
Waterville
Lewiston
Belfast
Skowhegan
Rockland
Bangor
St. John
N. B
Halifax
N. C
Monitors
Quebec
Undays
Westport
Castine
Deer Isle
Sedgewick
Bar Harbor
Jonesport
Machiasport
Frank Jones
Porterland
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Puffer Avenue
Mead
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J. J. Lonergan
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Mt. Vernon Street
A. J, Ryan
Old Poneman
Thomas F. Burgese
Hastings, Shaw, Purgens, Grace, Spaulding and
K Streets
M. L. Hamblet
Aieninioreter
Enist
THE
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co
Newark, N. J
D. KE. Dudley
Glidden
J. T. Rhodes & Sons
Arthur Rhodes
Merrimack Street
Courier-Citizen Building
A. L. Pendergast, Prop
Jones’ and Hidredge
van Nostrand
P. B
Consumers
Niagara
Merrimack St
Quincy
Shepard & Fuller
Belvidere
A. Je Howd Courier-Citizen Building
Railroads
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Colorado
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of American Medical Association
Denver
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
International Mining Congress
Salt Lake City
Turners’ Union
San Francisco
Oregon
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Gen’s New Eng
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry
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Mass
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New York, New Haven & Hartford
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Albany R. R
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Albany
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Conco Junction
Fitchburg R. R
Baac N. Marshall
No Noir
Ghko
W. Miller
Middlesex Street Station
Boston & Maine
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Southern Division
Woburn
Noth
Bedford
Oher
Ayer Junction
Amherst
Milford
Wilton
Sunddays
Greenfield
Peterboro
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Kepne
Hillsboro
Nashua
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Concord
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Lebanon
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Warner
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Newsport
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Claremont Junction
St. Tohnabury Mang Lyndonyitte
Wells River
Montpetier
Montreal
Essex Junction
Burlington
St. Albans
Central Vermont Line
Boston Air Line
Quebec Express
Plymouth
Sherbrooke
D. J. Flanders
Gen. Pass
H. ©. Taft
Courier
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