A Ship of ’49 Life on the Marshalla Ship Pontiac
The excerpt follows Nat Nott and his daughter Rosey amid life on the ship Pontiac in San Francisco’s harbor. A new lodger, a young contractor named Ren Shaw, arrives. Rosey’s curiosity and her father’s blunt wit collide as a bond forms. A secretive, cautious mood lingers over deck depths and hidden compartments as letters reveal motives and plans.
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Pontiac
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Yuey
Sacramento
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Ulysses
Circe
Montgomery Street
Misa Nott
Bishk Abyra
Amerikan
Fifth Avenue Dudes Meet in Duplicated Attire Glamour
On Fifth Avenue two young men known as Berry Wall and Bob Hilliard encountered each other in nearly identical outfits in a public spectacle. Both men initially wore matching frock coats, trousers, gloves, and a large white rose, provoking a crowd and mutual astonishment. They parted after a tense exchange, each visibly unsettled by the uncanny wardrobe coincidence and rumors of shared tailoring.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
Twenty-ixth Street
Twenty-seventh Street
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Berry Wall
Bob Hilliard
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Victoria Hotel
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Mr. Hilliard
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Mr. Wail
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New York Sun
Legends in the Piste Glass at Waves Battle Creek
A diamond owner has etched messages into plate glass in Waves at Battle Creek causing amusement for him and wrath among victims. Inscriptions include Saloon for drug stores Undertaker two doors west for doctors offices Poker room up tall for saloon windows We are all 2 for clothing stores and Come early a avoid the rush for banks. Chicago News reports the odd vandalism and its impact on local businesses.
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Fanny
Battle Creek
Chicago News
Pious Western City Winnipeg Exceeds Sabbath Claim
Fragmented report notes Winnipeg as an exception to the saying about Sabbath observance. It mentions churches being full and a proposed plan for a church expansion to accommodate a population around 35,000, with a projected 15,000 capacity.
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Winnipeg
MD Oeili
Dense Alaska Vegetation Impresses Explorer in Alaska Passage
Lieutenant Bchwatka's inland voyage through the Alexander Archipelago reports lush growth and a sponge like dampness. Mosses ferns and lichens blanket the land with trees reaching above a man’s height. Totem piles host mossy drapery while Bitka spruce seeds germinate on poles and climb down to earth. A vivid, almost unbelievable landscape narrative from Youth's Companion.
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Bchwatka
Alaska
Alexander Archipelago
How Men Buy Overcoats In A State Street Store
In a Chicago Mail quotation, a salesman says the overcoat season is the worst of the year and men are more particular than women. He notes nine of ten men won’t accept his coat choice, and six of eight try every coat before buying elsewhere. An old man recalls feeling mean buying overcoats, fearing they are pawnshop bait.
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Chicago Mail
A Choice of Terms, De M Delights in Cutting Up the Dead
A boastful surgeon at St Marys hospital arrives from the dissecting room with hands in his pockets to treat a mangled patient. The wounded man jokes that he is only an object, not a subject, as the doctor grimly nods and extends careful care despite his own morbid whimsy.
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Washington
Texas
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Detroit Free Press
How Ancient Egyptians Moved Obelisks and Rocks
Arnaudeau in The Revue Scientifique argues Nile rise aided transport of heavy stones. They used wooden rollers and shims to slide blocks into position, lifting obelisks horizontally then removing supports to tilt and set them upright. This method explains how temples and obelisks were placed.
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Arnaudeau
Revue Scientifique
Chicago Herald
An Unfortunate Heroine. Omaha Dame-How Proud I Am You
An Onahs World blurb depicts a dramatic incident in which a woman defended herself by striking a burglar with a rolling pin, saving herself and delaying the assailant. The heroine laments harming him and fears it may ruin her prospects of marriage, while the paper hails her courage.
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