Monkey Sailors Stir Up Baltic Storm Tale
A historic report recalls Captain McLauchlan's Nyanga encounter when a violent squall struck the Hed sea near the Indian Ocean route to Delaware. The crew, aided by a trained orangutan aboard, managed the ship and avoided disaster while the monkey crew generated speculation about cost and efficiency in future seafaring. The Nyanga carried 17,426 baskets of sugar.
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Metavehlan
Nyanca
Sourataya
Philadelphia
Hed Sea
Nyanya
Soarabaye
Delaware
Java
Nyanza
Wien
Admiral Schiey
New York Marine Journal
Benicia
Cats and Teachers and Married Life Observed
A mosaic of anecdotes on cats and a long essay by Professor Joe McAnally argues that educated women are likelier to marry, noting varied cat tales and a statistical rise in marriage among educated women, with regional differences showing lower rates in New England and higher rates toward the mountains.
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Joe McAnally
Ladies’ Home
Jenrwal
Jhst
North Atlantic
New England
Uhl
Chinn and His Knife Ready to Defend His Honor
In Kentucky a feverish mood surrounds the Jack Chinn and Senator Bronston incident. The colonel attacked the state legislator as a redheaded thief. Bronston, attorney for Mrs Lily Crawfont, creditor of Chinn, sought Chinn's property but found it tied to his wife’s use.
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Kentucky
Jack Chinn
Senator Bronston
Bronston
Mra
Lily Crawfont
Chinn
Uae
Colonel Chinn and His Bowie Knife Myths in Kentucky Lore
A long, fragmented account discusses Colonel Chinn and his reputed use of a bowie knife, claiming tales of a back‑hidden blade and literary boasts. It references political quarrels with Col. Goodloe and Col. Swope, racing figures, Nevada politics, and Kentucky society while mixing rumors about injuries and bravado.
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Chinn
Sid Chinn
Dowlan
Egaine
Thas
Nevada
Stewart
Lady Lion Killer and Her Fearless Huntress Husband
An account of Diana Gardner and her husband Mee Gantner visiting New Zealand and tracking through remote forests. Alan Gardner, famed hunter, survives encounters with wild beasts as Diana shoots a lion to save both their lives. The couple returns with the skin, and Diana transforms from huntress to dignified hostess, popular at social functions.
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Lord Onslow
New Zealand
Gantner
Gare
Alan Gardner
Pers
Protsaver
Senaliland
Mie
Man Gardner
Toms
Panto
Minean
Lanswor
Gariner
Hart
Gardier
Ship General Grant Wreck of 1808 to Auckland Survivors Rescue
The General Grant built in Bath Maine and launched in 1808 met disaster off Disappointment Island after storms and rock clashes. About 60 aboard perished. 26 crew and passengers survived, endured wreck, drift, and cave confinement. They reached Port Auckland, New Zealand, via the brig Amherst, after months of hardship and searching for rescue. The voyage carried gold valued at about 250,000, and the survivors faced starvation, making improvised shelters and boats before rescue.
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General Rant
Bath
Ing
JP More
Boston
San Francisco
Weil
Hotman's Bay
Aus
London
Auckland Islands
Tod
Boul
Loughlin
Jewell
Wwe
Confus
Ugg
Rachel
Disappointment Island
Anon
Houta
Borhan
Howard
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Siminns
Indian Ocean
Canta
Crete
Wessel
CAT Stories
Gouss
Piney
Swan Wraely
Owener
Blue Grass Country
Chien
Mia Chinn
Bronston Ack Chinn
Sack
Jupiter
Colonel Chinn
Winto
Hel Bowie
Goodloe
Swope
China
Gondion
Latona
Jack Dowlan
General Grant
Avekland
Amherst
Gilroy
Hie Infkcers
Auckland
PA. McCann
England
Fret
Afric
Statone
McCann
Alors
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