Dream Prequel to a Tragic Ship Disaster Foretold
A narrator recalls a vivid dream of a corpse in a metallic casket and a fatal ship collision on the Mississippi voyage to New Orleans. Henry Mi Zcinens, the brother, survives initially but dies after a misjudged morphine dose as doctors struggle with a surge of injuries. Local Memphis ladies raise funds for coffins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Mizciemens
Yunger
Locust Street
Thirteenth
Fourteenth
Orleans
Mr. Brown
New Orleans
Alyays
Llenry
Wwe
Ship Island
Memphis
Mississippi
Alos
Peyton
Phys Sian
Meilient’ College
Minsters Had It Hard and a Lively Autobiography Tale
A fragmented reminiscence opens with a man finding Henry in a metallic case wearing the speaker’s dress. A bouquet is laid on the chest by an elderly woman before a quotation from Mark Twain and a 1795 advertisement appear. A Scottish widow’s coffin tale ends with a carpenter’s wary question and a late proposal.
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Henry
Sé Loula
Mark ‘Twaia
North American Review
St. James
Gray's Inn
W.B
Pe Angeles Times
Pennsylvania Senate Passes Railroad Bill After Amendments
Harrisburg May 1 The Duns report the Pennsylvania senate voted 37 to 2 to pass the railroad bill as amended by the senate railroad committee. It heads to a conference committee to reconcile with Governor Stuart who opposed the original amendment. If the conference report is adopted the bill will proceed toward final action.
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Mark Twain
Sue
Ladies of
London
Summer Quarterly
Style Book
Ladies’ Home Journal
America
The
Ladies' Home Journal Patterns
Doll Bros
Taffeta Ninon
Saxony
Stantland
Autay
Groetry Bualoesa
Besant & Kot
GEO. L. Cramer & Son
Bale
Kent
Liberty
Pearl
Feaxarile
Singatore
Martinsbore
Routh Street
Woodsbore
Ladiesbore
West Union Bridge
Walkersrilis
Camtral National Bank
James E. Doll
NAT
Sane Lunding
Frederick, MD
Jaz Kk
Frederick Co
Alsdewis
Geo. H. Wiener
Gourt Street
D. F. Feigley
Shety Mache
Market Street
Sadaetr
Daan
Aay i Gelman
Carty
Carty’s
Patrick Street
Bennett's
City Hall
Frederick
Ank
Oshera
Moendal
Chambrey
Matoh
Lowenstein & Wertheimer
Schloss Bros
B. Rosenour & Sons
Etchison
W. H. B. Etchison
DWE
Devilbis
Clary
Ernest Helfenstein
W. Patrick
Frodench, Md
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