The Missing Speedwell rediscovered after long drift
The Speedwell of Liverpool, lost in a 1867 typhoon near Magellan's archipelago, is found anchored in a Dragon's island bay by the American bark Victory. Charles Lane, sole survivor aboard, recounts four years of isolation, a failed rescue attempt, and salvage operations that recover ship and cargo for eventual port at Yokohama.
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Charles Tt. Lewis
Speedwell
Liverpass
Yokobanta
Lag Choo Islands
Speertwell
Go'elock
Victory
New York
Yokohama
Loo Chins Islands
Charles
Lane
Japan
Waathera
Andy
Caplin Bulwell
Lulou
Visitis
Japa
Horo
Dragon’s Island
Waa
Nana
Liverpool
Charles Lane
Bidwell
Atres
Italgo Bete
Sax Uone
Coral
Toi
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Daughter Visit Highlights Silent Indian Meeting
Cor. Indianapolis News reports Representative Holman recounting a visit to Rozebud agency in South Dakota. An 18 year old pupil met her mother after a 10 mile trek once a month, with no spoken words or visible emotion as the mother offered gifts and departed silently across the plains.
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Rozebud
South Dakota
W. §. Holman
Daughtur
Indianapolis News
Cactus Leaves Create Everlasting Visiting Cards in Cape Town
A Cape Town custom uses cactus leaves as living visiting cards. Leaves are grown on a plant at a doorway and scratched with a hat pin or knife to mark names. The marks turn silver white and endure for years, with New Year visits boosting the practice among hostesses.
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Cape Town
St. Loni Globa-Democrat
Well Painted Baboons and Catherine the Great’s Crossing Tale
A fragment describes Catherine the Great observing weathered wooden baboon statues on a Chinese bridge in Tsarskoe-Selo. She ordered repainting, making it a yearly custom during her life, with the baboons later covered in thick coats of cobalt or vermilion.
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Catherine the Great
Bridget Tsarskoe-Selo
Annual Tax Sale Proceedings in Calhoun County Michigan
The Circuit Court of Calhoun County Michigan hearings on September terms for tax liens on parcels listed in Schedule A. The State seeks decrees against delinquent parcels for taxes and costs with public sales planned for December. Objections must be filed by the term start. otherwise liens are confessed.
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State OF Michigan
Cancun
Calhoun
Michigan
Li Ia
Marshall
Mihigan
Trenaurer
Cathrun
Ahali
Sear
Calhoun County
A. D
Clement Smith
Willliam J. Greco
Register
Auditor General
Aod
Imw
Branley W
Fragmented OCR: school item and numbers in a row
Readable fragments show a school item with numbers and codes like 103 and 17 amid a garbled line. No clear event or names emerge to identify a full item or summary.
Worth Knowing Celery King advertised cures and free samples
A fragmented ad copy touts Bacon's Celery King for ailments from dyspepsia to nervous exhaustion. It offers three free nerve tonics, lists names and addresses for sample requests, and promises free sewing machines with no rent costs, prompting readers to mail for details.
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Bacon
M.B. Powell
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