Remarkable Memory Tales and Old Steamship Anecdotes
A collection of quirky reminiscences about notable figures and maritime workers. It recalls Vieeshareelior Bacon of the Maglix Courts famed memory, courtroom pranks, and a telling tale of a bungling visitor mistaken for royalty. It shifts to early steam days with a Scotch stoker who naps on duty, nearly derailing a voyage before a high-spirited exchange with the captain clarifies his error.
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Clyde
Ble
Mysterious Break In Ends With Escape During Piano Song
In a tense neighborhood incident a gang plans murder to seize valuables from a house. A female singer feigns life and distracts the assailants, allowing a quick retreat as two men back away, and the would be crime dissolves amid the music.
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Fue
Fig
Win
Tales Of Marrying And Cat Fear In A Humble Parish
A clergyman performs a marriage with informal humor and patient wit as guests, brides, and grooms engage in playful vows while the bride and groom echo cautious optimism. A separate anecdote recalls Cat Fear, a genuine phobia, including a tale of a cat’s friendly warning during a night incident and the shock of a fall and recovery.
Family Cat Tales and Sudden Deaths in Old Narratives
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls a warning about cats and a string of eerie incidents. The narrator cites a girl who defied orders keeping a rat in bed, a cat’s weighty presence during a fatal moment, and a quizzical question about where the family cat was before a death occurred.
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Tetou
Armared
Posay
Oliver Twist Recalled Dickens on Dickens Case at Law
A confusing case before the King’s Bench Division involves Mr Dickens and others in a Tarensie style contest with his father. Judges Mr Lawrence presiding. Lawful officers from the Medway Union referenced alongside Thomas Macnamara of Woolwich Workers’ Union in connection with a relief matter.
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Dickens
Droweht
Tarensie
Buard Lafely
King’s Bench
English Supreme Court
Juatics Lawrenes
John Sctace
James Rawlings Bimhit
Chatham
Borhewter
Medway
Fhe Baroueh
Woolwich
Woolwich Workers’ Union
Old Times from 1838 Sydney Herald excerpts
Selections from June 3 1838 issue recount a London whaler gang remanded for alleged conduct and a Raymond Terrace chief constable assault. Reports cover a Melbourne Port Philip burglary by runaway convicts, a Ranger pursuit, and a guilty verdict. Plus editorial notes on publishing schedule and jury deliberations in Sydney.
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London
Raymond Terrace
Kent-Street
James Simpson
Melbourne
Port Philip
Childe Harold
Abey
Stylesmol
Bydney Herald
Legislative Counel
Cowell
Counel
Sydney Herald
Gas Light Company
Jas
Lettes
Vaanway
Wilson
Yass
Sydney
Air
Mary
Thomas Robinson
C. Wilson and Company
George-street
King-seet
Port Marquart
Henry James Sloman
Lin
King George the Fourth
Terry
Rosaleye
Pitt Street
Royal Hotel
Legislative Council
Berry
England
Supreme Court Sydney
Ales
Morrison
Port
Weil
Vickery
West
Vickory
Tadir
Coures
Forper
Eseral
Derby Market Hall Fire In Kid Arson Plot
Police halted a spate of arson fires at Derby Market Hall as two young boys aged 7 and 8 were found trapped behind boxes and near the balcony. Investigators suspect deliberate lighting with paper and toys used as fuel, while the hall filled with smoke and the fire brigade contained the flames.
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Derby
Comstad Clay
Ataira
Bony
Libel suit cites Dickens and Medway Union cruelty case
A defamation case in which Mr Mancamara accused the plaintiffs of harsh treatment of Mrs Evans, stepmother to a child, with references to Oliver Twist and Bumble. The jury awarded the plaintiffs damages after testimony from Charles Dickens’ son and others, while defendants argued public interest and fair comment.
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Lamages
Chatham
Rochester
Gillingham
Sstter
Woolwich
oMic'aham
Hogland
Medway
Dickens
Ic.c
Sop
Caries Dickens
Macnemara
Clavell Baker
K-C
Mancamara
Evans
Mr. Macnamare
Oliver Twist
Amina
Mr. Dickens
Genius At Home Actor Breaks Silence In Dark Exchange
A fragmented OCR text depicts an actor’s confrontation with a mysterious payer scene. A jokey reference to a theft request and a dramatic remark about escape are followed by a grim note of a murder tied to a conspiracy or crime at a men’s cell.
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Thorn Ware
Amaton
Tim Toretop
Rag
Sheia
John Bun Fer
Lebookor
Faraugh
Majoriqua
Lebooker
Samuel Wicks
Edward Stevens
John Marshall
John Peterson
Thomas M'Culley
Sydney
John Huser
Jobs Jones
Rover Jack
Islands
Wiliam Crass
Wiliam Crass, ‘Wesleyan Lasionary, and J. Hy Eagieston
Brig Mermaid
Frederick Paybury
Shiney
Fy Brodie
Bay
Grendlyon
St Charlotte Place
Joan William Gosling
Graves
Tyey
Lrintley
John Gremmsmith
Greensmith
Brindley
Flerk
Marcizie Rence
X Cosipatrice
Caneda
Goring
Ani
Beecham
Melbourne businesswoman prescribes Peruse to cure long cough
A Melbourne businesswoman details a prolonged dry hacking cough and failed cures by doctors before taking Peruse. She reports improvement after months, noting her heart and throat symptoms eased, while she credits the remedy for steady health gains and a return to normal activity.
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Finena & Weill
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