Single handed Piracy on Schooner Ends in Wreck
Joseph Mortimer a Belgian cook seized control of an American schooner with help from cabin boy George Jackson. Mortimer forced captain and mate to walk the plank and attempted to sail to an Australian port, but ran aground on Gilbert Islands reefs. Both crew members were captured and held for trial.
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Sydney
Joseph Mortimer
Kidd
Gilbert Islands
Bourh Pacific
George Jackson
Calla
Peru
Mortimer
Cook
Jackgop
Seal
Enok
Jackson
German musician jailed over wife kept in dark room
At Nice a German musician, famed for his talents, was arrested on charges of neglect and mistreatment after neighbors reported his wife was confined in a dark room for months. Police found her emaciated on an iron bed. a German doctor said medical help had been requested three months earlier. The husband is in custody as inquiries proceed.
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Paris
Nice
Monite
Nice Sone Fly
Avenue Barrigilone
Alcazad @Ete
Wes
Belny O
Snake slaughter in Friendswood shocks town rumor mill
In dry Friendswood Indiana residents swear to Frank Daly’s tale of a venomous short spotted snake slain on a road near town. Daly says the creature was about three feet long and four inches thick. when stepped on its body, its mouth opened and fifty young snakes emerged. Neighbors corroborate.
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Friendswood
Ind
Frank Daly
Daly
Cow Survives 70-Feet Collapse In Mines Near Wilkesbarre
A Plymouth cow owned by Steuben Lod survived a cave in at Delaware and Hudson workings No 2 colliery area. While mining men James Wolfe and Frank Krause walked a 70 foot underground gangway they heard a cow’s bellows and found the animal in a chamber unhurt after being carried down with the sinking earth.
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Mink
Wilkesbarre
Steuben Lod
Plymouth
Delaware & Hudson
James Wolfe
Frank Krause
Mrs Kern's Child Focus Shapes Civic Work in Indianapolis
Indianapolis society notes Mrs John W Kern wife of the Democratic vice presidential candidate dedicates herself to children. She visits Eleanor hospital and supports free playgrounds and fresh air camps while leading women’s clubs to aid the Children's Hospital. Her home at 1522 North Meridian houses three children and her husband, a teetotaler, cherishes family life and public service.
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Eleanor Hospital
Karn
Children’s Hospital
Balxac
Wom
Kern
W J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Mr. Kern
Aolunteer
United States
Cuba
Denver
British Egg Imports Reach 36 Million Dollars Annually
Great Britain imports eggs worth over 36 million dollars yearly from Russia Denmark Germany Belgium Canada and the United States. This cross border trade highlights the diverse sources feeding British markets and the scale of poultry product imports in the period.
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Great Britain
Russia
Denmark
Germany
Belgium
Canada
United States
CHABE'S COACH GIFT TO NATION
Washington reports a retired carriage once owned by Salmon P. Chase from the 1850s will be donated to Uncle Sam for exhibit in a Washington museum. Charles Young’s carriage house kept the old coach for 24 years before Mr Young offered it free of charge for national display. The coach, likely built about 60 years ago, has been saved for posterity.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Salmon P. Chase
Charles 9. Young
Young
National Museum
Old Washington coach preserved from Chase era carries grand memory
An 1869 Washington coach, once ridden by Selmon P. Chase and occasionally by Abraham Lincoln, remains remarkably intact reflecting antebellum design. It features ivory and silver handles, Rhode Island coat of arms, a rear trunk platform, and a six-person capacity, with steel springs and heavy satin lining.
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Cubs
Chase
The
Treaasury
Abraham Lincoln
Colonia Coachéa
Rhole Island Wea
Kate Chase Sprague
Mr. Young
Sprague
New Governor of Maine Bert Fernald Named Leader
Portland Maine Bert M Fernald has been elected governor of Maine He is a wealthy farmer and cannery owner with an 800 acre South Poland farm He left school at 13 to work and later served in the legislature He once sought the Republican nomination for governor two years ago Zinc poisoning cases on board ships traced to zinc slabs in filter tanks
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Portland. Me
Bert M. Fernald
Maine
South
Poland
Fernald
The Boaster and His False Gears of Glory
A poem styled portrait praises a boastful man who claims mastery of many arts and success in all he attempts. It contrasts ambition with impracticality and hints at a hidden life of energy spent on peasant tasks rather than grand works in theater or poetry.
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Geedsman
Royal Magasine
Family uses postcard gesture in rural exchange
Mrs Mugwump chides Toto about her husband’s absence from family life as they note he travels to the city daily. She laments the children’s neglect and asks for a souvenired postcard, highlighting domestic strain and the gap between rural home and urban routines.
The Lady's Opinion and Northern Campaign Tales
A lighthearted exchange featuring Miss Mature and Mr Shy about animal fondness and bread preferences. A New England congressman visiting a northern state recalls a dinner joke about hot bread versus cold bread and a shopworn line. Included are Punch and Royal Magazine quips on sculpture studios and renters.
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New England
Lady Passenger Questions Arrival Time Aboard Ship
In a London Telegraph excerpt a lady passenger asks the captain how long until Liverpool. The captain deflects and suggests asking the cook, prompting the passenger to apologize and explain she mistook the speaker for the cook.
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Liverpool
London Telegraph
Lemonade and baked macaroni at summer resort hotel
A Chicago Tribune snippet quotes a regular boarder complaining that lemonade at a summer resort hotel comes with macaroni instead of a straw. A new boarder notes the baked macaroni tastes strongly of lemon juice, highlighting odd service at the inn.
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Chicago Tribune
Go by Contraries in a Dreamt Exchange
Egbert advises Bacor that dreams are culinary and the dialogue explores a surreal exchange. Uninga teases Yonkers about saving money as the scene shifts through whimsical lines. The fragment hints at a lyrical or absurd performance piece with named speakers.
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Egbert
Yonkers Statesman
Almanac Dispute Over Weather Prediction Sparks Debate
A farmer quarrels with an almanac peddler over yesterday's weather. The farmer insists it predicted snow yet was hot, while the peddler claims it snowed at the north pole. The farmer concedes if the almanac was truthful, noting its accuracy.
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North Pole
Chicago Daily News
Passenger jokes on matches aboard crowded steamer
A chaotic aboard scene on a steamer features a grumpy passenger and a youth with a coffin nail stuck in his face. The crowd of 3,000 passengers jokes about bringing matches, with a sly nod to the Chicago Tribune’s humorous parade of quips.
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Villian
Chicago Tribune
Reformer cites risk of sedentary life on streetcars
quip quotes Dustin Stax urging more exercise to prevent humans becoming "creatures of brain" and lacking arms or legs. a Washington Star exchange frames the idea as a plea to stave off an awful fate.
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Dustin Stax
Inypr
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