Old Man Primus Fares At Circus To Hear Clowns
At a Chattanooga performance an elderly man named Primus, famed for enduring seventy winters, sits front row. A young acquaintance jokes at his age, but Primus says he attends for the clowns to relive childhood memories and hear the jokes as told by his grandfather years ago.
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Bate
S. Clark St
Court House
Chicago
United States
Oxson
Chattanooga
Primus
The Bisque Dog Craze In Philadelphia Shops
A Philadelphia trend sees women collecting bisque dog figurines with pug, terrier, and spitz breeds favored. One shopper boasted 141 pieces of bisque china and glass priced from five cents, arranged on a display shelf and described as “too cunning.”
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Philadelphis
Brisk Seafaring Bargain Seaman Joins Brigs Crew
A young man, newly bereaved, signs articles with Captain Franklin of the brig Little Loo after a night in a hotel smoking room. He recalls rough talk by traveling merchants, meets a confident skipper, and sets sail from the harbor with plans to earn money and seek adventure aboard a brisk, uncertain voyage.
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Captain Franklin
Franklin
Mae
Menythrig
Gommeril
Sucre Lonnerre
Jude Loo
Ain
Sydney
Wes Ain
India
China
Frank Min
Chadburn
Aboard the brig I Sign Articles and Inspect Its Crew
The narrator visits a London slop shop to join a brig as an able seaman. He boards the vessel to inspect deck fittings, boats, and crew, noting a plain solid setup and the mate challenging his presence while the captain appears.
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London
Franklin
Australia’s rabbits spread from Spain to overwhelm vast lands
The passage traces the rabbit’s spread from Spain to the Mediterranean and then to Australia where they multiplied rapidly. It notes economic and agricultural damage, government and public concern, and the shift from a minor pest to a global curiosity by the late 19th century.
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New York
Spain
Mediterranean
Ipsulh
Asaitan
Australia
Sydney
Eneh
Juggernaut car at Benares shows festival use and safety limits
Witness describes a Juggernaut cart in Juggernaut festivals near Benares. The frame, twelve by ten feet, carries tiered seats for the Himoo god on festival days. Some carts rot and pose danger but the British government refrains from interfering with religious observance, though voluntary immolation by car wheels is prohibited.
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Benares Cor
Pioneer Press
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