Peck's Bad Boy in an Airship
The narrator recounts a wild episode in France with his father Pa Peck involving an experimental airship. After a messy cattle ship voyage, they tour Paris, then launch a trial flight that ends with Pa stuck in a thornapple tree while women with hoes and pitch forks protest below. Police, a consul, and a hook and ladder crew are summoned to rescue him. The tale blends humor and danger as Pa boasts of American wealth and plans for airship battles.
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W G. Chapman
France
Paris
Ballyvards
Portugal
Hennery
America
Rockefeller
Bob Evans
Fortress Monroe
San Francisco
Lfe
Gallagher
French Territorial Delivers Livestock to Camp by Cart
A French territorial summoned for nine days service arrived at Privas barracks in a mule drawn cart carrying his goat, two rabbits, several fowls, and 12 chickens. The colonel's decision remains unreported.
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Privas
Dead Sea Bathing Horrors and Rash Remedy
An account from a clergyman describes Dead Sea bathing as brutal to the body. He notes being knocked off balance by waves and rough stones, with skin and eyes burning from brine and bitumen. The advised antidote is a swift river Jordan plunge to wash away the salt.
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Dead Sea
Jordan
New Xork Tribune
Tiger cub tames in India then guards man incident
A tiger cub raised by hunters in India becomes tame and befriends camp terriers. One night a chain keeps the tigress from harming two women visitors, and next morning she guards a thief until guards release him. The tale ends with a Wall Street Journal quote on banks and emergency reserves.
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India
Sle
Wall Street Journal
Obeying Orders in a World of Consequences
A dialogue between a convict and a kind woman shows conflict over following parental guidance contrasted with seeking independence. The exchange hints at deep social pressures and the pull of external advice versus personal choice.
Hoisting Devices Used In Building The Pyramids
Circle Magazine explains ancient hoisting by shear legs derricks in Assyria and Egypt over 6,000 years ago. The A framed lift used two timber legs, rope at the top, and oxen or workers to raise stones step by step for early pyramids.
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Bailey
Pyramids
Assyria
Egypt
Circle Magazine
Little Dot and the Pillar of Salt Joke
A Chicago News quip and a Bible tale with a practical child asking what Lot did after turning his wife into a pillar of salt. The mother replies with a sly prompt about finding a fresh wife, reflecting old city humor.
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Willie
Chicago
Chicago News
Father and Son Clash Over Heaven in London Sketch
In a London Sketch snippet a father orders Master Richard indoors and warns of heaven for misbehavior. The boy refuses to go to heaven, insisting he does not want to go with his father.
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Master Richard
London
Seedy Gentleman and Butcher Exchange Jeering Cuts
Seedy Gentleman taunts the butcher about cuts for all purses. The butcher counters with a cold shoulder remark.
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Peck
Hon. Geo. W. Peck
Great Britain
Satoe
New York
Newport
Florida
Ballyvard
Parla
Aid Kin
Deanted
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