A Triumph of Medicine in a Midnight Insomnia Case
A young doctor recalls treating a noted insomnia sufferer who paid in advance and exploited the arrangement. The patient’s sleeping draught led to a clever ruse by criminals, the night siege of the physician’s home, and the arrest of the gang, framing the tale as a paradoxical medical triumph.
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Dr. Macpherson
Macpherson
Chelaea
Irl
Rome
Jim
Leaast
Thomald
Skeep
Vo Pointblank
Eifeak
Miseele
Hughes
Micpherson
Pall Mall Gugette
Preservation of an Irish castle ends in sudden ruin
A tale from Treland recalls a lord’s effort to halt peasant stone theft from a historic Irish castle overlooking Lough Swilly. He ordered a six foot wall to protect the ruins, then left Ireland for years and returned to find the castle gone, replaced by a bare enclosing wall. The agent insists orders were carried out.
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Treland
Ireland
Paymaster Clark’s London banking ordeal during Civil War service
Paymaster Clark of the United States Navy, amid Civil War duties with a Delaware-based unit, faced a British bank sting while trying to convert drafts for coal provisions and liberty pay. In London, Bank of England officials balked at honoring drafts drawn on the New York sub-treasury, prompting Morgan & Co. to intervene and the paymaster to press for gold. The incident ends with Clark accepting gold after a humiliating delay, exposing tensions in foreign currency operations for U.S. officers abroad.
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Clark
United States Navy
Delaware
Eee
New York
J. 8. Morgan & Co
Old Broad Street
London
Plymouth
Bank of England
Sub-Treasury
Nervou
Bentleman
United States
Morgan
Henan
Royal Bores
Claris
Frederick May
May
Atlas No 3 derrick pontoon to unload Thames coal for William Cory
A new coal handling craft named Atlas No. 3 arrives in the Thames to serve William Cory & Son at Charlton. The 600 by 47 foot pontoon carries a powerful derrick system designed to speed unloading of sea-borne coal, promising faster rates than existing floating derricks.
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Thames
Tyne
William Cory & Son, Limited
Charlton
Atlig No. 1
Myer Davidow's Steam Collier Pontoon for Coal Handling
Myer Davidow describes a steam colliers pontoon with nine hydraulic grabs and weighed coal through nine chutes on twin rail pairs, capable of about 5000 tons daily. The vessel includes workshops, a kitchen, dining rooms for crew, cabins for captain and engineer, a directors' room, and full electric lighting. Cory Company ships five to six million tons yearly to London and surrounds, with gas companies importing additional coal for lighting and railborne house coal flowing from Yorkshire and Midland fields.
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London
Cory Company
Yorkshire and Midland
Sale of Importance Shoes Lot Bargains Across Men Women and Children
A shoe sale lists multiple lots with prices ranging from 12c to 5 for various men women and children footwear. Enormous discounts include ladies Dongola and French Kid shoes and boys and children's shoes at under dollar levels. The ad invites customers to view goods to save money.
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Meun
Costs and Craft of Armor Piercing Shells Revealed
The Philadelphia Record details Reading steel works on armor piercing shells for navy and army. From casting to grinding and lead tempering, workers produce 10 inch to larger shells with precise sizing, copper rings, and special tools before shipment to arsenals. Also a light animal clash scene shows a duck escaping a pelican in a humorous pond incident.
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Reading
Navy
Army
United States
Pelican and Duck Battle Settled by Pouch Fight
In Kew Gardens a public affair of honor between a pelican and a duck ends with the pelican catching the duck in his pouch after a brief water duel. The crowd watched as the combatants exchanged quick thrusts and parries before the decisive capture.
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England
Kew Gardena
Piracy Report From Maracaibo Nineteenth Century Sea Robberies
Consul Plumacher reports the German bark Hedwig was seized by locals near Fort San Carlos after drifting ashore on the Parrana shoals. The crew fled with no firearms, prompting officials to urge coastal vessels to carry breech loading rifles and signal guns and to declare weapons before the Venezuelan consul to avoid confiscation as contraband.
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Cone Sul Plumacher
Maracaibo
Hedwig
Mexico
Guajira
Parrana
Fort San Carlos
Rudecinde Gonzales
Cachimbo
Kinamala
Parjana
Maracaibe
Gore
Heddie
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Londonderry
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Paris
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Philadelphia Press
Prem
Londonmouth
Myer Davidow
Lackawanna Ave
Eteel
Philadelphia Record
Pelican and Duck
London Telegraph
Piladelpha
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