Entwined Dialogues in Paris and Copenhagen Seafaring Tales
An excerpt features Camilla, Dick, and Colonel Estcourt at a dinner where dialogue cycles through language tricks, personal history, and seafaring memories. Dick recalls joining at age twelve and a 15 year old midshipman recounts Copenhagen and Algiers experiences aboard the 74-gun Edgar as dinner unfolds.
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Coxtrsrep
Ireland
Camilla
Estcourt
Capt
Madame de Montaut
Copenhagen
Algiers
Qld Dick
Edgar
Battle aboard the Nelson flagship and a smuggler’s name
In a vivid wartime narrative, Henry Newbot recalls the perilous pursuit of a Danish ship as Edward Bradnock leads with a daring volunteer before hero Hernan Johnstone, a feared smuggler. The tale follows the aftermath at the captain’s table and Camilla’s wary plotting with Colonel Estcourt and Dick.
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Leutenants
Bradnock
Nile
Elephant
Lord Nelson
King’s Channel
Murray
Edgar
Provestein
Wilson
Camilla
Johnstone
Hernan Johnstone
Bonaparte
Flushing
Estcourt
England
Limehouse
Trafalgar
Malcolm
Donegal
Mole
Sir Pulteney Malcolm
St. Helena
Great Summer Meeting Preparations At Galesburg Track
Galesburg IL correspondence notes heavy preparations for a major summer trotting and pacing meet from August 26 to September 7. Owner C W Williams expands facilities, adds seats, lunch counters, and transport links, with 1 000 entries and record purses totaling more than any prior meet.
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Galesburg
C. W. Williams
Chasterbush
Falfe
College City
Wil- Names
Williams
Monroe Salisbury
Mr. Williams
Ferron
Domino
Nancy Conkling
Speedy Domino
Murrange
Bell Pilot
Muscoute
Allerton
George Belmont
Belmont
Harold
Mercer
Frank Stickney
Abel Muscovite
Harry L
Green Trotter
Joe Fifer
Ed Trask
Doles
Florisand
Geo. Mosheroma
Hanover
Kewanee
Minnie A
Jr. Rains
Lyman
Human Nature and social habits observational fragment
A quip filled excerpt discusses lying, bluffs, knowing people, unusual sensations from amputated fingers, and the social cue of laughter. It contrasts how men and women laugh, and notes politeness in conversation. It reads like a vintage column snippet on behavior and etiquette.
Tobacco Chewing Dog Prompts Treatment Plan
A Crawfordsville Argus News clipping reports Supt. McAlvey owns eight month old English mastiff pups weighing 135 pounds with an unusual tobacco craving learned by watching Amos. The dog chews and breathes tobacco like a man and has never fallen ill. A No-to-bac treatment is planned to curb the habit.
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McAlvey
Amos
Crawfordshile Argus News
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ARED
SONS
New York
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Chicago
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Winer Venaion
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aSie
Stark Nurseries
Parture Pines
Stame Bos handeCe
Louisiana
Rasieart
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