Struggle at Sea Ends in Mexican Capture and Escape
Clarence and Max resist a brig commanded by a Mexican captain after a clash that leaves many dead aboard a schooner. The Mexicans seize the crew, search for valuables, and sharpen suspicions as guards wheel through a night aboard the longboat before dawn.
Prisoners Free Themselves After Silent Boat Escape
In a midnight bid, Clarence and Max unlock the chain barriers of Peters, Sloan, and others aboard a brig. They saw apart iron restraints using improvised tools while a watchful crew nears discovery, then prepare weapons and ropes for a perilous escape at sea.
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Clarefice
Max
Clarence
Peter
Sloan
Adams
Migdon
Howard
Simpler Furnishings for Sleeping Rooms Urged
The Ladies Home Journal advocates minimal, airy sleeping rooms with only essential items. It argues clutter hinders air flow, health, and comfort, urging readers to avoid unnecessary furniture to reflect good taste and practicality.
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Rye Edward
Bok
Home. Journal
The Boy Webster. A lad from the Webster family
Daniel Webster as a boy is described by John Bach McMaster in the Century as the youngest of ten children with frail health and traits that set him apart. While working on a farm he preferred reading aloud at times, reading during tasks like plowing and haying.
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Webster
Daniel Webster
John Bach McMaster
Topics at a Prison Congress in Brussels
At the Brussels international prison congress there was lively discussion on securing offender reparation for the injured party. Proposals included allocating fines or prisoner earnings or guaranteeing repayment upon release. Debate touched on manual labor and sloyd instruction urged by Mr. Haymann of New Orleans, with English delegates noting agricultural training and open air labor.
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Brussels
Haymann
New Orleans
The Madman Could Pun Too
Horace Mann faced an insane intruder who challenged a fight. Mann declined, noting he is a man by name and nature, outnumbered four to one and it would be unfair. The madman persisted, insisting they all fight as men together.
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Irene
Gonvales
Jacar Nampa
Sim
Xanoa
Clarence
Max
Senor
Howard
Vera ‘Gras
Syhe
Vera Cruz
Stoward
Peter
Migdon
Sean
Horace Mann
Mr. Mann
Mann
A Boy Names an Animal of the Order Nnnatae
During a lesson on the animal kingdom a pupil asks for a name meaning animal. A student answers with a playful line about his grandmother, provoking laughter as the teacher seeks the correct term.
Truth Is Often Spoken in Jest in Detroit Free Press
A fragmented Detroit Free Press item notes witty remarks about fashionably cold women and warmth in manners. The quote contrasts social formality with blunt, humorous advice about marriage and temperament.
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Detroit
Royal Pageant and Venezuelan Gunboat Tension Reported
The article describes a royal ceremony with the King and Queen, state robes, and the procession to Westminster. It also notes the gunboat La Guira and tensions involving Venezuela, with warnings of possible trouble despite protests from departments.
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Victoria
Mall
Rade
White Hall
Westminster
Victoria Tower
Duchess of Cornwall
Duke of Devonshire
Edward
Lord Salisbury
Queen Alexandra
House of Lords
St. James
Commons
House'of Commons
House of Commons
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Fragmentary Echoes From A Distant Press Clippings
A patchwork of 1920s clippings touches on politics and society. Notes mention Venezuela’s leadership, English theater mourning, American press responses to prohibition and reform, hazing at West Point, and imagined canal politics in Central America.
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Trista
Prams
Cleveland Press
Pax
Newark’ News
Venezueldss
Venezuela
Chicago
Brockton
Congress
Christon Neys
Gourier
Syracuse Telegram
Oklahoma
Kansas City World
Sour Houblens
Troy Press
London
Spectator
America
Vailéa States
Nicaragua ‘Canal
Cea
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