Anchor Dragging Crew Finds Hidden Treasure on Shoal
In a Cape Cod style harbor tale, the Lizzie and Captain Ezra Titcomb drag for an anchor lost by the Mary D. off a shoal near Setuckit. They recover a bell buoy frame and a bronze bell, musing on future riches as they plan another attempt. The narrative follows Bradley and Barney, their hopes for big finds, and Bradley's strained romance with Gus and Miss Baker as they discuss dancing and decoration day plans.
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Retuckit Point
Polnut
Cape
Setuckit
Lizzie
Barney Small
Ezra Titcomb
Dory
Bradley Nickerson
Mary D
Bradley
Titcomb
Barney
Titecomb
Ezra
Santa Claus
Brad
Simmons
Baker Girl
Baker Homestead
Gus
Bennie D
Annie Rooney
Georgiana Bailey
Scott
Winfield
Town Hall
A Reindeer Hunt Ends in Comical Mistake at Farm
Alfred C. Gathorne-Hardy recalls a late afternoon deer hunt in Cornwall where a shot aimed at a large deer turns out to be a veld doe. After a long trek home by night, the party preserves the animal and returns to the farm exhausted and wiser about misjudged horns.
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Martinus
Alfred C. Gathorne-Hardy
Cornhill
English Ousted by Aliens in East End Boot Trade
G. R. Askwith, Board of Trade arbitrator, told a House of Commons select committee on home work that the East End boot trade was formerly run by women but they were ousted from the trade by aliens.
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G. R. Askwith
Board of Trade
Select Committee
House of Commons
East End
London
Discovering a Singer Signor Huggins Goes to Europe
In dialogue from the Lenox avenue express a reduced version of the New York Press tale follows Mr Huggins a church singer with grand opera dreams who seeks discovery in Europe A manager notes the need for a stage name and a publicity break while hinting at a future contract once he gains notice abroad.
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Mr. Huggins
Huggins
Lenox Avenue
Tas
Europe
Persen
Signor Hugginzino
Guessagainzo
New York Press
Engaged On Sight Story Of A Bright Office Boy
A freckled tiny 13 or 14 year old, wiry and keen, seeks work with a store proprietor. He demands a big wage, claims months without meals, and volunteers to stay awake at night to learn a job while attempting to pursue a thief with a lead pipe.
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Washington Sts
British Navy Salutes Duel Equal Rank Fire Sixty Gun Salute
A royal salute in the navy marks rank: identical ships fire equal numbers, while unequal rank vessels use fewer rounds by the superior. The royal salute begins with twenty one great guns, then officers lower their swords and finally dip the colors.
Marconi Demonstrates Wireless Transmission in Paris Workshop
The Paris Revue describes Marconi in a chamber strewn with strange instruments where he prepares a high voltage setup. He signals to a distant station, emitting Hertzian waves that travel at 390000 kilometers per second and cause bright sparks and loud noises, with improvements to reduce the noise later noted.
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Paris
Paris Revue
Marconi
Cow Rosa and Fiddler Gordon Cady Erec on Connecticut Tombstone
A Connecticut cemetery marks a unique tombstone for Rosa the cow and its owner Gordon Cady the famed fiddler. The stone bears a fiddle motif and reads All Ready Mr Cady At Rest, noting Rosa’s milk record of two pounds fifteen ounces from thirteen quarts in one day. Cady’s career as a traveling dance accompanist is recalled with recalls of Marm Kenney’s inn and lively antics from Stafford to the Connecticut valley.
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Connecticut
Central Village
Plainfield
Conn
New England
Rosa
Jersey
Mr. Cady
Gordon Cady
Massachusetts
Long Island Sound
Providence
Connecticut River
Marm Kenney
Stafford
Cady
Hull
New York Sun
Odd Name For a Mile In Burman Terms
Burman mile equals about two English miles and the term mile means to sit. A wile is the distance a man travels before he deems sitting down necessary.
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