Major Stede Bonnet Turns Pirate in Bridgetown Tales
In St Nicholas sketches, Frank R. Stockton recounts Major Stede Bonnet of Bridgetown Barba dos who, though a respected landsman and former British officer, buys a ship, sails as a pirate, hoists the black flag, and terrorizes Virginia coastal waters. He captures ships as far north as New England and practices marooning and other ruthless acts.
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Stede Bonnet
St. Nicholas
Frank R. Stockton
Blackbeard
Stockton Seys Harry
Bridgetown
Barbados
Bonnet
Major Bonnet
Virginia
Green Hand
New England
Table Talk And The Dinner Table Gossip
A Philadelphia Times inspired piece argues that dinner table talk should avoid unpleasant topics as digestion and health depend on agreeable discourse. It counters a sweeping claim that women alone fuel gossip, noting men often spread gloom, while praising tasteful gossip and referencing Stevenson. A brief humorous exchange about New York ends the column.
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Philadelphia Times
Mr. Stevenson
Metropolis
Backus Woods
New York
Tarmer Staumpley
The Chinese Flag and War Costs Through History
A satirical note compares the Chinese flag to a grotesque green dragon on yellow, urging Hostetters Stomach Bitters for liver regulation. The piece lists historic war costs, citing the Revolutionary War at $135,198,708 and other conflicts totaling billions, including the War Between the States at $8,560,000,060.
Two Costly Trains The Pioneer Limited Debut
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Road unveils two new trains named The Pioneer Limited, ready for service between Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Minneapolis. The trains boast luxurious Empire style interiors mahogany finishes marquetry and intricate woodwork with Westinghouse lighting and ornate exterior in deep yellow and gold. The two trains cost $350 080 and include buffets smoking and library cars standard sleepers compartment cars day coaches dining car and reclining chair cars.
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Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul Road
Pioneer Limited
Chicago, Milwaukee
San Domingo
St. Jago
Piorear
Colonel’s Love and Wealth Motives Questioned
Conversation hints at tension between loyalty to country and pursuit of money. Jones asserts the colonel’s patriotism, while Smith suggests he seeks financial gain, implying conflicting motives amid national duty and personal gain.
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Ike
Jones
Smith
No-Lo Bac Promises Cure for Tobacco Habit
An advertisement touts Ten't Toknera Spit and Smoke Your Life Away to quit tobacco easily. It claims No-Lo Bac makes users strong and vigorous, offering a guaranteed $1 cure and a free booklet from Sterling I mery Co of Chicago or New York. It also mentions unrelated scenes of a wood-chopper in Marshfield, Maine and Spanish conscription fears from frontier provinces.
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I _mery Co
Chicago
New York
Allen
Arlen
Allen Olmsted
le Roy NY
Immigrant attractor promotes Montana farmland values
An extended prospectus describes the River Valley of Montana with fertile lands, numerous ditches, and free homesteads priced 2 to 4 dollars per acre, urging settlers to form colonies. It touts water rights, stock growth wealth potential, and rail access via Great Northern Railway while noting nearby metals and timber. Moses Folsom, immigration agent, Des Moines, is cited. A Chicago nurse candidate joins war service interest. Railway ballast work by Chicago Great Western is outlined with gravel car innovations and track elevation. A London phrenologist opens a matrimonial bureau aiming to match couples through phrenological endorsements.
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ML River
Montana
Havre
Chinook
Hariem
Tabor
Irriza
Great Northern Railway
Union
Moses Folsom
Walnut St
Des Moines
Town
Chicago Great Western Railway
Marshalltown
St. Joseph
Berwick
Iowa
Great Western
Wreck of the Betsy of Yarmouth near Gorton
A powerful late winter storm wrecked the little smack Betsy of Yarmouth off Gorton near Lowestoft. Two crewmen, Walter Collins and James Walf, died. others were rescued by the coast guards. Skipper Wright recalls the peril as six men battled freezing conditions and collapsing masts before the vessel struck the breakwater.
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Betsy
Gorton
Sengland
Yarmouth
Galveston
Wright
Lowestoft
Walter Collins
James Walf
War Atlas and A Beard that Got Stuck
An antique ad notes a 16 map war atlas of the West Indies Cuba and Iberian regions plus a world map. A bemused story recalls a man with a ten inch beard entangled between railings during tower repairs and a church sermon in Missouri ends with a humorous exchange about hot peppers.
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West Indies
Cuba
Spain
Portugal
Havana
Morten
Cedar Napids
Iowa
Yehrnews and Shoe Fixes in Odd Ad Mix
A quirky snippet laces a mock dialogue about love and enemies with a cheeky ad for Allen's Foot-Lace and Arlen's Foot-Hose promising relief for painful feet. The text also notes a British Museum shelf count of thirty-nine mule shelves and 1,759,000 volumes.
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The
British Museum
Cleansing Blood and Beauty Pills and Coastal Note
An advertisement touts Cascarets Cand y Cathartic as cleansing the blood and improving skin by stimulating the liver while promoting benefits of Cosmo Buttermilk Soap. It also notes the coastal lengths of Spain and mentions Massachusetts adopting the electric chair. The jumble includes Constipation cures and generic musing lines about hunger and ambition.
Strong statements from women praising Lydia E Pinkham remedy
Letters from Mrs A W Samus of Maine and others describe relief from female ailments after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Women report back pain, fatigue, despondency, and weakness improving after treatment, with renewed energy and ability to work.
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A. W. Samus
Summer St
Widdeford
Lydia E Pinkham
Menissa Paipries
Lexington
Ind
Marie HE
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul R'y
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TH. Heafford
Mount Clare
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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Thousand Islands
St. Lawrence River
Adirondacks
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Berkshire Hills
Valley of the Hudson
Catskills
Atlantic Coast
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Chisago
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Grand Central Station
New York City
Boston
Goiten Ring
Constehecked
Piches
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Wanle
Tannibal
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Onan
Miss Miami
Mr. Pinckley
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Denver
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Butte
Spokane
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Tacoma
J. Francs
Pasecuver
Omaha, Neb
Thompson’s
Dr. Kay
Coe
Sevel-cear Chaintess Bicycles
Colambia
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Spreio
Pieter Eapes
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Ray's Renovator
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Upainen
Iver
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