Buried Treasure Venture Across the China Sea
In 1866 I joined Semyo, a Luzon native with Spanish blood, to locate a buried treasure after a failed prior life. We sailed aboard The John with Captain Wheaton, recruited crews of American runaways, and faced Spanish gunboats, feluccas, and native patrols while moving the cache from Luzon toward Shanghai. The hoard, guarded by deception and risk, yielded about $32,500 each after evading pursuit and authorities.
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Hong Kong
Done Day
Semyo
Luzon
Japan
Consur
Semya
Stacy
Firetman
Yankes
John
Yellow Sea
Phillippines
Lau Sailora
Captain Wheaton
Pinncelt
Wheaton
Biegline
Manilla
Balioan
Sam
Bashee Islands
Ylug
Ratanen
Aish Vossel
Wetal
Baboyana
Sue
Beniyo
Jelucia
Atredm
Aomen
Zebu
Bemyo
Am Leutenant
Mr. Stanleys Mission and the Congo Quest
The article lauds Mr Stanley as a man of action and loyalty in the relief expedition. It details his formal instructions from the Khedive of Egypt King Leopold and the East African Company, his route choice to extend Congo state sovereignty, and his efforts to escort Emin the governor. The piece notes a failed mission due to Emin's choices, while praising Stanley's leadership during a perilous retreat with refugees and Casati and Emin in his debt.
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Mr. Stanley
New York Tribune
William MacKinnen
Stas
Gordon
Ulfila
Emin
Stanley
Khedive of
Egypt
East African Company
Equatorial
Leopold
Congo
Nile
Thie
Aruwimi
Albert Nyanza
Victoria Nyanza
Carsati
Vasle
Nyanza
Provincea
Enin
Casati
The Rise and Rules of Jonathan Wild the Robber
An early depiction of Jonathan Wild, famed thief leader, detailing his control over a vast network. The piece describes how Wild conducted investigations, collected confessions, and arranged returns for stolen goods, all while maintaining a veneer of official propriety. It notes his title as prince of thieves and his omniscient awareness of every crime, shaping a vast criminal web with brutal efficiency.
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Donathan Wild
London
Hogarth
Mr. Wild
Moorfields
Jonathan Wild
Tyburo
Jonathan
Bow Street
Claysea
Hit
Old Bailey
Wild
Wadelat’s Transformation and Reflections on a Mannered Mission
Wadelat grows peavish and suspicious on the coast trip while Mr. Stanley shows notable kindness. In his book, Stanley offers charitable judgment, praising the mission as noble and a guiding law for the conscience across every stage of their journey, despite growing misgivings.
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Wadelat
Stanley
Auctioneer Tricks Overpriced Goods in Legal Sale
A reader recalls a scheme where a rogue pretends to offer goods at double price to force a higher bid, then delays payment and delivery. Two more visits and a firm offer followed, with the porter collecting money and goods arriving at the exact promised time. From Harper's Magazine July.
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Apes
Frony Harper's Magazine
Superstition About Cats at Boston Will Trial
The Beston Globe reports on a Boston will trial where sanity hinges on belief in a cat with alleged supernatural powers. Testimony described the cat dancing to band music and praying, sparking debate over the testatrix's mental state and old witchcraft lore contrasted with modern judgment.
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Boston
Beston Globe
England
Butterkin
Brielly
Hectaso
Bis
Sitilore
Weather Bureau
Egyptia
Cata
Pays
New York Tornado Ravages Platteburg Area
A severe tornado hit Platteburg New York and surrounding areas on the 9th, causing immense damage. The storm uprooted enormous trees and wrecked telegraph, electric light and telephone lines, marking the worst storm in the region in living memory.
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New York
Platteburg
Storm wrecks hit county with widespread damage
The Delaware and Hudson lines were crippled with no wires left. The Chaplige hotel at Black Point suffered damage and trees downed in the park. A man named Ryan near the village had a leg and arm broken. Several deaths were reported in northern parts. damage is extensive and hard to estimate. Large ice houses and Camp Idlewild were wrecked. Grand Isle County Vermont also reported damage.
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Delaware & Hudson
Chaplgie
Blam Point
Ryan
Fordham
Cumberland Head
Brown Bros
Camp Idlewild
Grand Isla
Grand Lale County
Vermont
Our Gain and Settled at Last in The Kicker
Extracts from The Arizona Kicker reprint a lurid tale of a drunken Col. Thompson killed by a dancing bear after a boozy wager. The piece then recounts a chaotic settlement with Professor McCall, praising him as an honest gentleman who subscribes to the Kicker, and ends with a visit from Dr. Belinger the purported cure-all who ends up run out of town after a public confrontation.
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Detroit Free Preas
Arizona Kicker
Dorian Thompson
Adolictant Register of Deeds
West
Kicker
McCall
Coroner
Judes Knight
Lane 'S'Ree
Uugey
de, B
B. Belinger
Royal College of Medicine
London
Boya
Belinger
Detroit Brea Press
Seale Will Be Cheap Behring Sea Seal Rights
The San Francisco Chronicle reports the Alaska Commercial Company has secured an exclusive contract with the Alaskan government to capture seals on the Berian coast. The Karluk steamship will sail to Petroiski for sealing, with yearly catch and fierce competition expected to lower seal prices.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Alaska Commercial Company
Behring Sea
Augalan
Biberian
Karluk
Petroiski
Aldaka Commercial Company
North Creieans Commercial Company
Waa Raeho Sealing Pivlae
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Buried Treasure
Felucca
St Dade
Shanghai
Tsaw
Manila
Arizona
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