Waiting’s Struggle and a Parting at the Station
Esperance endures a painful farewell with Gaspard as he faces hunger and danger in wartime. She hides distress to spare him, while Cornelia and the dean scrutinize her, urging restraint. The scene shifts to a station departure where tension, pity, and resolve mix amid poverty and fatigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monsieur Lemerciet
Gaspard
Andred Gaspard
Theo
Ft, Erie
Monsieur Lemereier
Esperance
Madame
Monsieur
Geepard
Lemerefert
Cherie
France
Lim
Dover
Sam
Baperance
Rilchotter
Ma’meollc
Cornelia
Dean
Sperence
Raspard
Gald
Esperines
Cyperance
Rilchester
Amy
Bertha
Gaspard de Mabilica
Moncleur de Mabillop
Ifree
Cornella
July Fifth Ghosts Merge at Charon's Ferry Gate
A fragmentary poem describes two spirits meeting on July Fifth near Charon's ferry by Peter's gate. They discuss missing limbs and features, propose merging to become one man, and Saint Peter finally grants entry to rest without sin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charon
Charon's Ferry
Great Ocean Pillasters and Historic Ship Disasters
A list of famous shipwrecks and sea losses across years and oceans. Notable casualties include La Bourgogne at Halifax with 30 lost, Royal George and Captain, City of Glasgow, Arctic, Birkenhead, Ville de Havre, and both world war era calamities. Names, dates, and casualty figures appear, tracing a long history of maritime disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Bourgogne
Halifax
S. George
Jutland
Royal George
Spithead
Admiral Kempenfelt
Pacific
Glasgow
Boston
New York
Liverpool
J. Halomon
London
City of Glasgow
Philadelphia
Southampton
Scilly
Arctic
Capt Race
Birkenhead
Queenstown
Cape of Good Hope
Simon's Bay
South Africa
Boant
Pergang
Livernood
Austria
Hamburg
Atlantic
St. Paul
Penard
Hong Kong
Bidney
Australia
Rossel
Northfeet
Waite Star Line
Meagher Rocks
Sambro
Joal
Ville de Havre
Havre
Scilly Isles
Kenly Wilhelm
Metropolis
Para
Brazil
Currituck Beach
North Carolina
Mettropolis
Gravesend
England
Barking
Victoria
River Thames
Trenton
Southlampton
Cape Town
Cimbria
Wamburg
Sultan
Holland
Cunard
Oregon
Fire Island
Camperdown
Syria
Sir George Tryon
Bremen
Crathie
North Sea
Dom Pedro
Cape Cortobedo
Gallacia
Pacific Mail
Collma
Mexico
Drummond Castle
Queer Cuban water monkey jug described
A shortened Cuban water monkey jug of gray porous clay is made in Malaga and used in homes and hotels. It cools water by absorption, with two apertures for pouring and drinking, allowing the user to intake water without touching the spout. The device delivers a continuous stream until the drinker finishes, then is shut off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Malaga
Tia
Cuban Bloodhounds in Southern History and Law
A Chicago Times Herald piece traces the Cuban bloodhound’s role in U S slave era policing and crime pursuit. It contrasts Cuban and English bloodhounds, notes their use in Louisiana hunts, and discusses scent tracking, stamina, and methods to halt a dog once blood is drawn, with historical context and description of the breed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Hart
South
Virginis
North Carolina
Maryland
Scott
H. S. Canfield
Chicago Times Herald
Water Mastery Instructs Gentlemen To Drink Gracefully
A fragment cites the Chicago Inter Ocean advising beginners to drink from a stream of water down the neck rather than the throat. The guidance, repeated four times out of five, aims to teach a graceful technique until mastered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Death in Poverty Left Odd Will Detail
A distressed man known as De Muggins starved to death with only his dress suit remaining. He left a will directing he not be moved to the cemetery until after a specified time, with other details described as exhausted and odd in the fragment.
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de Muggins
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sen-Simee
Pach
Tor Tha
Leadleghinos
Tami
Betla
Bismarck
Lady Worthington
Misa “Neville
Wsperance
Rayo
Skaggs
Sonny
Saya
Number One
Number Two
Usdu
St. Peter
Lenceford
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