Lost Through Liquor and Treasure on the Northeast Coast
A sailor named John Andrews, an ablishman, recounts a voyage where a mutiny motive and a wreck led to discovering a Chinese junk inland. He salvaged silver bars worth about 50 dollars each, hiding the treasure in bushes and planning to bury the hoard after assessing the wreck’s cargo.
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Rodney
John Andrews
Yegarages
Andrews
Paracel
Triton Island
Isla
Jana
Triton
Treasure and Tragedy on a Faraway Island Quest
A narrator recalls pursuing a mysterious treasure with Andrews, a responsible seaman who drinks lightly. In Singapore they charter a multi nationality crew and hide their mission. Andrews grows drunk and fears he rushed vital information, a Malay dhow leaves, and a search ends with Andrews dying and buried near a silver bar. A scattered paper clue hints at the treasure’s location and the fateful outcome.
Divorce Decree Sought Reversal Amid Georgia Matrimonial Discord
Atlanta correspondent reports Mrs. Byrd of Georgia forged documents to aid her husband Charles P. Byrd in obtaining a divorce. The ex-husband later pursued reunion, but she refused marriage, naming another suitor. he now seeks to set aside the divorce decree. Also notes Welsh Lourdes miracles at Holywell and a European power balance near Africa. UK marriage rate rises in early 1895.
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Georgia
Byrd
Charles P. Byrd
Atlanta
Holywell
Wales
St. Winefride
Fragmented moral reflections amid spring’s renewal
A long, disjointed monologue reflects on publicity, fame, and the reception of a man’s life. It contrasts polite ignorance with blunt criticism and touches on death, memory, and literature across English and French sources.
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Hoth
John E Beerbower
City Hotel
West Side House
Brittain’s Hotel
Scotch Plains
H. Hand
Hotel
Grenada
North Avenue
Geo, and
Wallace V. Miller
Henry F
Windham
Hotel Arlington
Somerset St
Green Brook Road
Pemas
Bobeers
Crescent Hotel
Rude Spiegel Ieter
North Choice Wines
Segars
Central
E. GC
Malford’s
North Ave
P. O
Kensington Ave
LaGrande Ave
Passaic Valley Dairy
E, E.;cooper, Plaleyrel
East Bront Street
Charles B. Lewis
Singapore
Korea
Shim
Bish
Dhow
Gulf of Siam
Africa
England
France
Germany
Portugal
Italy
Cape Town
Cairo
Pall Mall Badget
Prince of Wales
Prince Kuacku Edukuma
West Africa
Albert Edward
Ormene
Marcus
C. Mulford
D. T. Vail
Eto
M. Dunham
Leroy
Mreets, &c
AL Bate Ent
Cag
Seal Estate
Insurance
Marth
Cater
York City
Rogers
West
Ballartine’s Cash Market
Watchung
Pubber
John Neagle
W. Fifth St
York
Acher
ray ny fee cares @ Co
Inet
Parker
Coumrel Co
Eg West
Deteity
le Ee Hinders S&s
Cory Pinder Cor Ates
Ripans Chemical East
Masons Hamlin
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