The Mutiny at Sea Ends in Bold Escape Plan
On a wrecked ship the boatswain proposes a bold scheme to scuttle the vessel and escape with Miss Robertson. Boyle and the boatswain plot a ruse to mislead Stevens, plan a swift dash toward the Gulf of Mexico, and signal a staged accident to vanish with promised rewards.
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Miss Robertson
Miss
Boatawain
Stevens
Gulf
Albany
Tribett
Thireen
Gull
Boson
Banks
Andale
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Jay
Boskin
West End
London
Beautify the Cemeteries ws God’s Acre
Colman’s tired World urges beautifying cemetery grounds as worthy, serene places where the departed rest. It argues that care in burial grounds reflects love for ancestors and should rival beauty of earthly weddings, seeking ever more refined graveyards.
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God's Acre
Amar
Colman
Moon Hoax Sparked by New York Sun Report of 1835
Ben Perley Poore recounts the moon hoax that gripped readers when the New York Sun published a series claiming Sir John Herschel observed the moon with a seven ton lens. The piece notes Arago and Europe debated the fiction, Herschel’s mild reaction, Bennett of the New York Herald criticizing the Sun, and eventual public reversal.
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New York Sun
John Herschel
Cape of Good Hope
Johan
Edinburg
Scotland
Journal of Science
St John’s
Allan Poe
Usu
Virginia College
America
Europe
French Academy of Sciences
Arago Alwayth
Ton
Chiethy
Herschel
Ats
New York
Calet Weeks
United States
Cape
James Gonlon Bennett
New York Herald
The
Sun
Sen
Richard Adam Locke
Springfield
Mass
Missionary Society For
Perley Poore
Boston
Tea as a Beverage A Chinese Gentleman Tells How It Should Be Prepared
Wong Chin Foo the Cook extols traditional tea Craft in a porcelain pot with clean tin if used Do not boil Infuse with one teaspoon tea to 1{ cups boiling water Five minutes steep Serve plain no milk or sugar Milk harms tannin and turns tea turbid Tea drinkers risk evoking leather tannate as a disguise for boots and shoes
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Gulf
New Orleans
Stevens
Bermuda
Whart
Ead
Tam
Mr. Stevens
Grosvenor
Wong Chin Foo
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Costixren
Fie
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Fhat
Trun
Talysidea
P Taye
Coxon
Papa
Mr. Borle
Abilene
Gash Capital
J. E. Bonebrake
Nathan Blevins
Theo. Mosher
I. S. Drake
H.C. Orton
City Bakery
T. S. Barton
Allene
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Como & Lazare
Long & Wilson
W. P. Seeds
Haas
Attorneys AT Law
J. E. Rosenmake
Topp. Mosmen
First National Bank
Capital
Abilene Bank
Lesold
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Herbs & A. Herbs J. Cashier
Lebold, Fisher &C., Bankers
Thomas Kirby
Abilene, Kansas
Kansas Farm
Buckeye Avenue
M. L. Potter
Hope P. D
Kansas
C. W. Liggett
Kawsias
B. Wilson
W. Wilson
F. B. Wilson & Son
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Russell
Lincoln
Ottawa
Morris
Western Home Nursery
F. Garcelon, M. D
Citizens’ Bank
Matott & Company
A. W. Rice
D. R. Gorden
John Johniz
W. B. Giles
T. H. Malott
F. ¥. Close
Poland
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Car
Mth
D. S. Beemer
Ofice
Broadway
Shockey & Snider's
A. C. Spickler
Kalsomining
L. G. Vanscoyoc
Spruce and
Fourth Streets
Kan
M. Kirsch
Fifth
Bixth
Abueno
Commission
WG. Coles
G. W. Carpenter
See’y
DRS
Pelty & Shollenberger
Jefferson Medical College
Nnte
Hucksie
de Sarceion
M. P. Jolley
Marion
Saline
Clay Counties
Dickinson County
Peel
Palace Drug Store
Ma. Wishlart
L Williams
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Stacker
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