The Sea Scourge Ends in Nagasaki Court and Vows
Mary Laroon and Paul are united in happiness after Col. Stephen Humphrey exposes Marl Laroon as the pirate captain of the Scourge. Buffo Burnington is revealed as an undercover ally, and Laroon is captured and executed. The tale closes with wealth shared, family ties renewed, and the fleet home restored to peace.
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Otehewa
Buffo
Mari Laroon
Cast
Warda
Col. Humphrey
Marl Laroon
Humphrey
Mary Laroon
Pirate
Mary
Paul
Nagasaki
Billy Mason
Col
Delaney
George Lattimore
George
Helen Larson
Helen
Marl Dut
Lattimore
Marl Delaney
Marl
Boston
Laroon
Nagaesaki
Silver River
Stephen Humphrey
Humphrey Park
Lfe
Mason
Billy
Pirate Captain Confronts Paul at Castle in Escape Quest
Paul and Buffo join Fox and Burnington to infiltrate a castle, slipping past guards and slaves through an unlocked postern. They move toward Marl a roon as the pirate Marl La roon confronts Paul and demands surrender, while the rescued old gentleman eyes the pirate warily.
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Tetus
Lute
AL Ors
Paul
Ared
Buffo
Burnington
Bufo
Emsil
Fox
Garonne's
E Castle
Gurnington
Col
Jasano
James Fox
Marl Laroon
Gintieman
Water cures the insane in New York asylum
Article describes a novel hydrotherapeutic treatment at Manhattan State Hospital on Ward’s Island where insane patients are placed in a cradle tub and bathed at about 99 degrees. Attendants manage the process under physician supervision, with longer stays for certain cases and a range of specialized baths and devices used as alternatives to drugs.
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New York Asylum
Manhattan State Hospital
Ward's Island
East River
His Fears Realized In An Atlanta Optician Shop
A Georgia statesman recalls overhearing a conversation in an Atlanta optician shop. An elderly Black customer eyed a strange instrument on the counter and asked its name. The optician called it an ophthalmometer, prompting the man to mutter that he feared so as he left.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Darky
Drawing out the mind power in pupils and language
A Brooklyn Eagle piece recounts how teachers draw latent understanding from students. A Latin student, asked to recite, learns a preposition can intensify a verb. The lesson ends with a remark that a widow may rightly be called a relict.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Bar n ey McCoy and Norah Ballad and Peculiar Smell Note
A fragmentary excerpt blends a sentimental lyric about Barney McCoy and Norah with a stray scholarly prose passage on senses and memory. The lines describe leaving Ireland for the west and a conditional romance, interspersed with unrelated observations on smell and memory.
I’d Be a Butterfly Poem by Thomas Haynes Bahly
An 1830s style verse fantasizes a butterfly life avoiding wealth and power. The speaker envisions roaming among roses and flowers, sleeping in a rose, and lamenting autumn and aging as sweetness fades.
VAGARIES OF SMELL AND ITS FADING SENSE IN HUMANS
Physiologists discuss a weakening olfactory lobe in civilized men and compare human smell to other species. The piece notes dogs rely on scent, odors fade with continuous exposure, and nostrils may perceive different smells separately. It also contrasts human color and pitch perception with animal sensitivities.
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Society of Psychical Research
London Spectator
Use of Pigeons in War and Their Traveling Lofts
The article describes Japan's successful use of traveling pigeon lofts for military messaging. Birds are raised and kept in lofts moved to bases, then released to scout and relay reports. Scouts carry bamboo cages with pigeons, and messages are written on light rice paper in celluloid holders attached to the birds.
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Japan
Belgium
Weather Inspired Jewelry And Swamp Drainage Factoids
The text notes a weather themed approach to jewelry wearing with stones selected to match seasons and conditions, highlighting pearls on sunny days and opals in rain. It then discusses eucalyptus trees in southern Europe and northern Africa draining swamps, clarifying leaves transpiration is lower than other trees, and ends with an unrelated saying about painting wagons not affecting horses.
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New York
Europe
Africa
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Cilapter
Mars Lagoon
Utehewa
Parti
Ett
Eloe
Marl Iaroon
Tierce
Larcon
Stephen Llumphrey
Steve Stephen
Mars
Manila
Bufo Burlington
Haiden
Serventh
Humphey
Buffo Burnington
Wee
Pter Nniii
Barney McCoy
Norah
Darling
Ireland
Barney Darling
Barney MccCory
Barney
Barneys
West
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Thomas Haynes Barly
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