The Girl With The Bonny Brown Hair Storm Tale
A Naples to Gibraltar voyage recounts a deadly Mediterranean storm. The narrator, a second mate, describes how the girl with bonny brown hair calmed panicked passengers by organizing games and keeping minds occupied. The ship saved a doomed steamer as the girl proves a steady influence amid peril.
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Tommy
Otee
Naples
Mediterranenan
Gibraltar
Secon An Khe
Teta
Asinghiou
Mae
Grandma
Plorence Gilburt
Three kinds of lightning and a curious house tale
A faint house intrusion tale unfolds with a glass pane broken, a culprit suspected to be the resident, and a basement window repair cost. The piece shifts to notes on three types of lightning, then traces the word nice through history, and ends with a warning about savage poison from green pineapple juice used in the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura
Mr. Fergusen
Mrs. Ferguson
Mercy
Chiango
Java
Philippines
Far East
The Meanest Man Confounds a Good Citi Zen Act
A mean man in Philadelphia dropped a large roll of money on the street. A boy who found it returned the money to him. The owner counted the bundle, thanked the boy, and said he would not charge interest for the time the money was misplaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yentee
Enouch
Philadelphia
Contingun Feast Advertised for London Visitors
A fragment from St James Gazette notes a Contingun feast described by a visiting country pair in London. The notice lists meal times breakfast to suppers with prices and hints at limited sightseeing time, reflecting period travel commerce and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. James' Gazette
Question of animal pain echoes in human relations
The Chicago Record-Herald cites a remark about how animals may not ponder pain as humans do, noting Pye never studied the subject. The piece suggests we often neglect concerns that count in making life happier in our interactions with others.
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Pye
Chicago
Record- Herald
Advertised Notice From Postmaster Jous F Corz
Persons calling for above will please say advertised. Jous F Corz P M.
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Jous F. Corz
P.M
New Cure Reported for Epilepsy by Dr King’s Pills
J B Waterman of Watertown Ohio reports his daughter was cured of epilepsy by Dr King’s New Life Pills. She has had no attack for over two years. Also advertised are best body cleansers and a tonic pill priced 25 cents at Sexton Bros. drug store.
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J. B. Waterman
Watertown
Eye Clinic At American National Bank
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat department reports eye examinations, glasses fitted, and operations performed at the American National Bank location.
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American National Bank
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Chaucer
Spenser
Capital
First National Bank
Marshfield
Wisconsin
United States
Express
P. O
Carney
Oxford
K ‘Kersey
City
Fioliday Gifts
Neckawear
Moderaie
J. W. Burns
Psvente Tekro Phrough Munn & Co
Scientific American
Munn & Coser
New York
F St
Washington, D
LaFranco
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