Micah Clarke and the Marshes Ambush Turnabout
Micah Clarke details a tense night in Sedgemoor country. Derrick the spy fights back, is slain in the marshes, and Micah with Reuben and Saxon save Reuben and capture the traitor, guiding a young marsh girl to safety as dawn nears.
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Ayr
Derrick
Timewell
Taunton
Taunton Foot
Springald
Ruth
Reuben
Stephen
Lfe
Sedgemoor
Micah
Deciuus Saxon
Saxon
Child Hero of the London Ragged School Tale
A philanthropy friend finds a ten year old boy abused by his father in a filthy London room. The starving child, saved by ragged school teaching, sings a hymn before dying in the night, leaving a shilling at his side and a brave smile.
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John B. Gough
London
Watter
Suggestions for keeping hens out of gardens
The Port land Express agricultural editor offers a humorous method a correspondent can use to deter a neighbor's hens. Scatter small cards reading Please keep your hens at home with strings and grain to lead hens toward the reminder.
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Portland
Ossified Piano Invented by Private Lashway in Camp Black
Private A W Lashway of Company E Twenty second Regiment N G N Y at Camp Black Hempstead has created an inventive instrument called the ossified piano. Using old soap boxes wires and nails he crafts a tuned percussion device played with two felt hammers. Lashway practices between drills and mess, building a repertoire from On the Banks of the Wabash to Yankee Doodle.
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A. W. Lashway
Twenty-second Regiment
Camp Black
Hempstead
England
Hempstead Plains
Lashway
N. Y. World
British Cartoonist Snubs Brother Jonathan in Punches
The text notes growing English friendliness to the United States but says London Punch cartoons show ongoing coolness toward America. It references Mr. Atwood of Life and a cartoon reproduced atop the page as illustration of the mood.
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United States
Mr. Atwood
Life
London
Jonathan
Ghost Ship Seen in Caribbean Mystery Appears at Noon
A Caribbean sighting tells of a phantom steam vessel. Natives in a rude boat report a massive gray ship gliding through clear air without engines or water noise. The ghost vessel is said to appear at various times, with mystery remaining unsolved. Love is cited as a human bond in the tale.
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Granny
Monmouth
Reuben
Caribbean Islands
Spain
United States
Water walking boots plan to defeat Spain at Havana
Cleveland and Boston adventurer Capt. Bob unveils a bold water walking scheme to Secretary Long. He claims to equip a regiment of water walking soldiers in sixty days to approach Havana by night, with no warships able to resist the Maine and to rout Spanish forces.
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Robert Cook
Bob
Cleveland
Boston
Navy
Long
Capt
3Ab
Havana Harbor
Havana
Bureau of Equipment
Washington
N. Y
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Micah Clarke
A. Conan Doyle
Doe
Van
Anya Hoc
Giles Martin
Camnichel
Vosteel Cap
Reuben Anwro
Emsworth
Satan
John Derrick
King's Highway
Feversham
Bridgewater
Jesus
Private Lashway
New York
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