A Romance of Matanzas Cuba and the Valor of Captain Prior
In Matanzas a Cuban revolt tale unfolds as American Captain Prior of the Nellie and Ancle lands ashore. He encounters patriot allies, a Cuban woman, and old seaman Bowlin. A fierce night battle ends with Capt Prior fleeing by river, the senorita left grieving, and Bowlin hailed as a steadfast comrade.
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WY Marlton Downing
Anl
America
Americans
Assintamece
United States
Zive m Mber
Tripic Isle
Matanzas
Customs
Army
Escer
Spalo
Cuba
Cubas
Nellie
Ancle
Wiliers
Consignee
Istorm House
Chandier'’S
Matanvas
Charre
Fred
Bill Bowlin
Bowdin
Lim
Son
Oro
Blates
Priog
BI Bowlin
Waite Bowl
Max
Roslin
Bowlin
Walt
Belog - Solder
Abe
Bill
Ile
Spenford
Bil
Print
Berlin
Bul
Pear
Tle
Senoris
Klameo
Jils
Cannes
Cube
Senorita Googaler
Catan
States
Captain Prior
Bill Bowln
Do Your Best Work and Grow in Worth
Lyman Abbott argues that true character and advancement come from always giving one’s best effort, not from pay. He contends specious wage-based thinking harms personal growth and that consistent, best effort builds skill, conscience, and future opportunity.
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Ties
Lyman Abbot
Odd Whim Describes Lawyer Gifford's Expanding Jersey House
In a New Jersey court tale from the United States circuit court, the New York Telegram reports on Lawyer Livingston Gifford, famed patent counsel, and his father who built a room after each win. The dwelling, sprawling in Jersey City heights, is said to rival a New England village in size with many rooms.
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United States Circuit Court
New York
Gilford
Jersey City
Gifford
Livingston Gifford
Hope for a Storm Weathering Pleasant Days
An exchange between a wife and husband hints at rain as a hopeful outcome while teasing Mrs. Bently. A caption references Adolph’s bad blunder and a comical line about new shoes as two families take a week to patch up a peace.
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Detroit
L’ress
Wart Remedies From Folklore and Folk Belief
The article surveys home and superstition based wart cures from the past. It recounts methods such as tying thread around a wart causing it to die, burning with caustic, applying fish blood, stealing a piece of meat, and faith cures. A boy’s tabloid style recounts trials with pebbles and prayers.
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Tom Sawyer
Tammy
Tam
Domestic Hints From A Historic Pantry Menu
A kitchen miscellany lists croquettes oysters and waffles with instructions for making batter and fillings. It includes gumbo style ghghanham gems, coconut cookies, marow pudding, omelette souffle, and egg plant prep with steps on frying browning and baking in a vintage home-cook tone.
Ideal convalescent food: chopped beef sandwiches
A medical column endorses chopped beef as the best convalescent nourishment. It describes using raw beef finely chopped with onions, seasoned, spread on rye bread, and eaten as sandwiches for strength and easy digestion. Celery is warned as nervine with downsides.
Too Intellectual a Flavor Frying up a Heaton Cook
A playful line from Rostox Cuzette mocks an outsider cook as he dismisses intellectual flavor in cuisine. The quoted exchange centers on a request to avoid refined tastes and return eyeglasses and a teller to the subject.
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Heaton
Rostox Cuzette
Lawns and Anglomania in American landscapes
The author argues that in coastal Maine the goal of creating English park like lawns is impractical. Natural rock, sparse soil, droughts, and native flora make pristine velvet turf unattainable. They warn against costly efforts to imitate English grounds and advocate embracing local conditions instead.
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United States
Mnne
Newport
England
North America
A Lesson in Butter From the Farm Ledger
The piece relays a parable about patience in butter making with a farmer advising to churn slowly to avoid wasted effort and injuries. It ends urging readers to apply the farmer’s lesson to life, to avoid haste and work steadily. A Lincoln Journal style reader’s anecdote blends practical cooking with moral guidance.
Belf-Made Man Elevates From Labor to Fortune
William Webster of the Thames embankment contractorship rose from a laborer to a prosperous contractor, amassing a fortune exceeding 9655.00 after years of perseverance. He began as a bricklayer’s laborer and, though initially unable to write, taught himself to read and write and pursued steady work to secure a comfortable future.
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Willam Webster
Thames Embankment
Dac
Perseveragen
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Curie
Baku
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