The Pawnticket voyage memory and a stormy voyage home
Jesse Smith narrates childhood in Labrador and a sea voyage with Captain Smith. A hurricane wrecks the Pawnticket, his mother’s brave rescue, and a perilous salvage, leading to Invicta City misadventures with Bull Durham and Affable Jones. The tale closes with a chaotic chicken costume episode and a long continued cliffhanger.
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Invicta City
Bull Durham
Youth on the Beach with a Dog and Memories
The narrator recalls a dog settled in his skin wagging tail and possessions on the shore. A man sits on the beach with a cap jersey overalls sea boots and a bag of peanuts beside a beached pawnticket wreck, with two graves behind.
Gambling Spirit at Mor ris Park Auction and Family Woes
A lively Mor ris Park real estate auction shows bidders sweat under pressure with a loud auctioneer cry and frantic bids. The piece also recalls excerpts from New York Post and Woman's Home Companion about elderly relatives abusing kin, arguing age does not guarantee virtue or respect.
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Morris Park
New York
Pont
Organist objects to blower during London preacher visit
In a village church service the organist complains the organ blower makes noise after the organist finishes. A note asking the blower to stop is misdelivered to a London preacher, who reads that the people came to hear the organist's music, not the blower.
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London
Doctors Did Not Help Her In Detroit And Philadelphia
Two women describe relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs. James G. LeCleer of Detroit reports long suffering ended and better sleep after trying the remedy. Mrs. Chas. Bort of Philadelphia says two bottles eased back and side pains before periods and relieved former inflammation.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. LeClear
Detroit
Mich
Lydia E.' Pinkham
James G. Leclear
Hunt St
Detroit, Mich
Philadelphia
Mrs
Chas. Bor
Chadwick St
Phila., Pa
Masters of English Lit Set To Chant Music
West London ethical society is pairing Swinburne Whitman and Wordsworth poems with chant music. The society president hopes to introduce readings from literary masters into English church services.
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West London Ethical Society
Swinburne
Walt Whitman
Wordeworth
Respect Worthiness Of Aged Persons Debated
The text argues that respect for the elderly should not be automatic. it notes encounters with obstinate and unkind elders and asserts that decent behavior should earn respect rather than be assumed due to age.
Imagination In Dreamland
A man waking from a dull mind awakens to vivid internal theatre. He imagines a story with human and animal characters, each speaking, creating dramatic scenes in his sleep or waking thoughts. The passage explores the paradox of mundane minds generating rich imagined worlds.
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