Bradley Joins the Thomas Doane on a New Voyage
Bradley enters duty aboard the Thomas Doane under Captain Titcomb. He meets first mate Bailey and the red headed second mate, moves from trunk to sea bag, and prepares to work the lumber schooner as they sail toward New York amid seasickness and bustling crew life.
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Chayter
Thomas Doane
Bradley
Cap'n
Brad
Commercial Street
Wharfinger
Titcomb
Minot
New York
Long Island Sound
Williama
Mias Tempy
Dr. Thomas
Hemming
Tempy
Miss Tempy
voyage of Bradley aboard the Thomas Doane and the captain Titcomb
Bradley chronicles life aboard the Thomas Doane with Captain Titcomb. The skipper guides bold, brisk operations, secrets and small bribes, and a theater night with Bradley. Bradley writes truthfully in his log as he learns seafaring values and looks toward promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Doane
Mr. Williams
Bradley
Elevated
Brad
Perdition
Titcomb
Orham
New York
Optain
Smokestacks In Italy And A Dusty Horizon
A travel note from the Exchange describes Italy’s cities ringed by active factories and thick smoke. Venice shows thirteen chimneys over the lagoon, Verona glows with fumes near the station, Florence’s Brunelleschi and Palazzo Vecchio rise against a brown sky, Genoa’s former orange gardens now foggy from soap making, and Rome is spared only by exemption, leaving Rome lovers reluctant to return.
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Italy
Rome
Venice
Lagoon
Verona
Brunelleschi
Florence
Palazzo Vecchio
Genoa
Sue Rome
The Sun Moon and Tides Explained in Plain Terms
The article explains that solar gravity aids tides, with the sun’s force about four tenths of the moon’s. Spring tides occur at new and full moons when sun and moon align, raising tides. neap tides happen at first and third quarters with weaker tides due to opposing forces.
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Earth
Tailor Solves Trouser Fit Quip in Chicago Exchange
Mr Meehan jokes that ill fitting trousers require his wife to return them. The tailor answers that they were likely intended for him, wrapping up the pair as a light quip from a Chicago Record-Herald column.
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Mr. Meehan
Chicago Record-Herald
A sharp solution to ink on white flannel
A reader asks how to remove ink stains from white flannel. The editor suggests a simple fix: use a pair of scissors to cut out the stained area. The exchange captures a dry newspaper tone and practical quick tips.
Baron Alderson Frees Deaf Juror From Jury Box
Baron Alderson released a juror who admitted deafness in one ear. He ordered the juror to leave the box remarking that hearing both sides was necessary for justice. The incident underscores the judge's insistence on fair hearing.
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Baron Alderson
Compromise verdict in a rural jury case
In a small town jury trial the rural jurors split twenty hours over the verdict. Asked how they settled, one juror explained they could not agree between 4000 and 3000 dollars, so they split the difference and awarded 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waal
Prayers Before Battle From Ancient to Cromwellian Times
The article surveys early records of battlefield prayers by figures such as Childeric and Attila, the Fighting Bishop, Sir Jacob Astley at Edgehill, Edward I at Bannockburn, and Oliver Cromwell, noting the absence of land battle prayers in the English prayer book while sea prayers exist.
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Childeric
Gaul
Zuelpich
Attila
Hungary
Edgehill
Jacob Astley
Edward
Bannockburn
D’ampbhraville
Oliver Cromwell
Dunbar
OLD BIRDS Nests and repeated use of homes by year
A bird fancier explains that many species reuse nests across years and even generations. Wrens swallows bluebirds and some owls and woodpeckers often repair and reuse nests while others build anew or lay in others nests or in sand.
Ishmaelite of the Plains Nostalgia and Critique of the Coyote
James W. Steele in Outing Magazine recalls the coyote as a solitary, despised figure of the West. He portrays the animal as a harsh symbol of frontier life, a thieves and vagabonds of the animal world, enduring from Lewis and Clark era to the present.
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Plains
Lewis and Clark
Transmisseuri
James W. Steele
Outing Magazine
Old Oak Jail of Brown County Built in 1837
The Brown County jail, erected in 1837, features three foot thick white oak walls. Built like a log house, the logs are hewn square and laid with interior timbers standing upright, creating a sturdy two story structure. Floors consist of twelve inch thick square timbers with nailed lumber. No prisoner could dig through the three foot walls.
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Brown County
Led
King Edward Visits Cardiff on Dock Progress
King Edward praises Cardiff's rapid growth from village to metropolis and honors Lord Mayor Sir William Crossman for public service. Alexandra dock opens, boosting Welsh coal trade with deeper water and Lewis Hunter cranes enabling up to ten thousand tons loaded per day.
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Cardiff
South Wales
Edward
William Smith Crossman
Tavistock
John Crossman
Gunnislake
Cornwall
Alexandra Dock
Bute
Lewis Hunter
Sir Wm. Thomas Lewis
Queen Alexandra as Gardener at Sandringham Gardens
Queen Alexandra designs shape Sandringham gardens with a South African flower section and a wild flowers plot. Violets and other specimens were gifted from soldiers after the Boer War and the Czar, with daily violet bunches sent to the Queen during the violet season.
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Queen Alexandra
Sandringham
England
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Lincoln, the Tide
Williams Bros
Cape Cod
Orthodoxer
Dr. Reglar
Lippincott’s
His
Great Dock
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