Light Freights and a Question of Habit on a Melbourne Voyage
A ship’s crew recounts a aboard a Melbourne bound voyage where a new boy Enery Mallow is revealed as a girl named Mary Mallow. Skipper and mate stage a dress fitting for a frock, a committee debates ladies presence, and Miss Mallow’s humor and romance with two officers lead to social chaos aboard. The tale ends with Miss Mallow’s disappearance and a public reveal that she is in fact a girl, prompting laughter from nearby captains and crew alike.
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Tower of London
Albert Docks
Melbourne
Enery Mallow
Enery
Bill Dowsett
Bill
Mr. Fisher
Langwidge
Mr. Scott
Scott
Mallow
Agin
Mr. Jackson
Hart
Eavens
Didun
Ses
Rascal
Jeece
Woman Recovers From Kidney Ailment After Using Dean's Pills
Mrs J Bennett of Gardiner Maine says severe back pain dizziness headache and bladder inflammation forced bed rest but after three months of Dean's Kidney Pills she was completely cured and has remained well. She notes the remedy sold by dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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J. Ho“ Bennett
Fountain St
Gardiner
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Portraits and Beauty Averages in a Quotation Row
A party remarks that beauty is skin deep while a peevish speaker counters with portraits of handsome women. The exchange centers on appearance and the tone suggests witty social banter about looks and human charm.
Gruet Characterized as Stops for Mars Question
Juet describes Gruet as a curious, evasive figure who would pause a traveler to ask whether Mars is inhabited. The exchange showcases Gruet’s quizzical, probing nature and quick interruptions of ordinary conversation.
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Hewitt
Gruet
Jewett
Mars
Free The New Cook's Book Promotion In Chicago
An advertisement offers a free cook's book from Jaques Manufacturing Company Chicago edited by Mrs Hill to any woman reader of the paper. It notes a K C Baking Powder ad elsewhere and praises mildness as nobility. A Latin proverb is quoted about despising insults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaques Manufacturing Company
Chicago
Fragmentary poem fragment about Lydia and a patient journey
A disordered verse fragment recalls Lydia, a vegetable, and a patient’s struggle with medicine. The speaker mentions taking bottles and seeking power or relief, but the meaning remains unclear.
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Dodd, Mead Company
Wea
Dowsett
Botton
Raemantic
Lewis
Peoria
Gakmee
Lydia
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