Widow's Cow Aboard Pirates Save Lucky Sally
Captain Noah Hutchins of the Lucky Sally sails from Salem when a pirate crew seizes the brig for its rum and sugar. A nervous milking cow on deck provokes a chaotic rescue as the cow charges the pirates, four are tied, and the brig escapes to Salem. The town greets the tale with cheers as Noah plans a marriage with widow Nancy Skinner.
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Caribbean
Trinidad
Havana
Nassau
Bay of Honduras
Gulf of Florida
Ba- Bama Bank
Yarssan
Windward Channel
Salem
Florida Cape
Noah Mutvhins
West
Noah
Nancy
Wee
Caicos Bank
Tuck
Nash
Sally
Avklin
Santa Cruz
Noah Hutchins
Skinner
Criter
Fancies of fashion in the spring of 1901
Fashion notes describe radical changes in shirt waists with new sleeve styles, boleros, and front tacking. Emphasis on panne velvet, satin, tulle, and embroidery for coats, hats, and tea gowns. Futuristic sleeves trend toward Elizabethan puffing. skirts grow voluminous with shaped flounces. Tea gowns and Empire styles remain popular with jeweled embroidery and crepe de chine.
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Epretat Chicago
Maria
Abobe
Romber
Paris
Leas
Mate Gardner
Rhythm Captures Terrapins: Drums Move Turtles in Maryland Pond
An observer recounts Capt. Charles Corkran using a stick and rhythmic tunes to lure terrapins at a pond on Oxwell Creek. The pond keeper demonstrated how Old Hundred, Old Dan Tucker, Dixie and Auld Lang Syne triggered distinct marching movements and head motions among the terrapins, while other instruments failed to affect them.
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Baltimore Sun
Messrs
Robvet Lowry
New York
M. T. Goldsborough
Oswentt Tighimn
Talbot Envity
Oxwell Creek
Charles Corkran
Phin
Corkran
Dan Tucker
Corkrah
Miles River Trid
Southern speech debate sparks clash over dialect portrayal
The Augusta Chronicle critiques a northern publication story for depicting a southern heroine with unconventional vowels such as saying ah for I and muh for my. The letter argues southern speech varies by speaker and warns against stereotyping, citing familiar pronunciations and stage representations.
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South
Augusta
Avenstomed
Wit and Wisdom From Quotations Across Papers
A collage of wry lines and exchanges from various papers notes humor on opinions, age, editors, and politics. It lists snippets about discerning others viewpoints, family records versus Bible notes, a decapitation joke, and a candidate for legislature who jokes that the house always meets a speaker.
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Chicago Daily Ns
Syracuse
Theodore
Harriet
Beaton Eript
Sieve
Atebiaon Globe
Somerville
Mass
Chlem
Blue — Wright
Philadphia Record
Philadelphia Press
Alten County
The Keyfitter and the Missing Hotel Keys
A New Orleans hotel manager explains the importance of the key fitter role, noting staff average 25 keys per day and guests often depart without returning keys. Many keys vanish into hotel channels, from room keys to furniture and locker keys, with duplicates issued and kept in a special drawer.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Times Democrat
Seagon
Yepter
Parody Loan Scheme Aids Impoverished Authors Near Paris
The Herald notes a remarkable loan system founded by Mie Jeanne Robin in a Paris suburb. It offers small loans of five to twenty francs with no security or interest and no fixed repayment time. Borrowers sign I pledge my honor to repay the sum, with defaults said to be rare in this generous refuge for impecunious writers.
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Mie
Jeanne Robin
Paris
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Twile
Chiffon
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