Captain Billy Van Shaick Returns From Sing Sing
Capt Billy Van Shaick, paroled from Sing Sing after three and a half years of a ten year sentence for the Slocum disaster, is back in New York seeking his wife and life. He plans a cautious return to work, recalls his shipboard life, and is greeted by old friends as Mrs Van Shaick, now a nurse, supports him in recovery and hopeful reunion.
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Sing Sing
Slocum
Grand Central Station
Tre
Willeh Hy
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A. L. Link
Pierce
van Sehywok
van Schaick
Nix
Wick
Supreme Cent
Henry Y Vher Whither
Wil Vion Osean Lemmond
Union
Stewart
Oman
Priso Tn de Wineh
Alm
Bey
Bryson City
Mowe
OC Rowe
Monrow
Ydon
Aiidale
A Dreadful Sight and Healing by Arnica Salve
A Freeville man endured a fever sore for years until Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed it leaving only scar marks. The ad claims relief for Healy burns boils eczema cats bruises swellings corns and piles. Available for 25 cents at English Dray Co.
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Barnum
Freeville
Bucklen
Senate Burglars: Irreverent Visitor Shocks Capitol Guide
A towering visitor with a gray beard and slouch hat roamed the Capitol, muttering grunts as a guide led him through statuary hall and the rotunda. He mocked senators as burglars and questioned statue costs, prompting the guide to lament a loss of patriotism after twenty years as a guide. The exchange ended with a shaken guide recalling the remark and fearing future reactions.
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National Capitol
Capitol
Statuary Hall
Rotunda
Senate
Daniel Webster
United States
Supreme Court
Webster
Hayne
Tve
Washington
Kansas City Star
Lightning versus Steam Testing the Telegraph Invention
In the early days of electric telegraph use a Bank of England deficit of 100 pounds prompted a 40 hour telegraph test. A clerk suggested checking boxes sent to Southampton for a ship. The chief ordered checks by telegraph and a box weighed one pound ten ounces heavier, revealing the missing sovereign. The ship was allowed to sail and the Bank regained peace.
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Bank of England
West Lnes
Southampton
Casie Tay
Tharper
Hallucinations of Henbane and Monastic Mayhem
Hallucinogenic effects from henbane and fontane bean noted by Dr Houtton. Monks who ate the substance allegedly transformed their monastery into a terrifying asylum. A bell rang at matins and some saw people and objects that were not there, while others claimed unseen happenings around Westminster.
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Houtton
Tanath
Westminster Gazette
Wits Popularity in Charles Era Sighted by Adoration
The Beans and the Dandies author notes wits thrived under Charles. He recalls an anecdote about Colley Cibber playing Sir Fopling Flutter with a wig so tamely admired it was carried to the footlights each night in a sedan chair and handed to him for donning.
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Tean
Duke
Ao Dishpan
Wey
Charles
Cibber
Sir Fopling
Placing the Blame in Courtroom Tale
A burglar tells the judge he acted on his doctor’s advice to take something before bed. The exchange presents a quip rather than a serious legal argument, reflecting a humorous or ironic courtroom moment from the source.
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Boston
Transcript
Trouble In the Air and the Faith in Something
A brief, stitched exchange on shopping habits and life’s value. The judge notes faith and enthusiasm give life meaning, drawn from an O. W. Holmes quotation. The fragment preserves a humorous domestic vignette and a philosophical aside.
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O. W. Holmes
Hippo Sneeze Drops Cook Overboard Aboard Hamburg-American
A New York Dispatch report recounts Max Harvest, a cook aboard the Hamburg-American Line steamship President Grant, toppled into the sea when a hippo in a display box sneezed and shook him from the deck. A lifebuoy and two lifeboats were dispatched. Harvest survived after 15 minutes adrift.
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New York Dispatch
Hamburg-American Line
President Grant
Chroniclers
Max Trarvest
Harvest
Welcome Chance to Those who Suffer in Monroe
An advertisement promotes Dr Francis S Packard of Gloucester Hotel Monroe inviting public consultation and examination for his Jesus Treatment and Cure of Chronic Diseases. It claims a statewide reputation, notes affordable charges not exceeding seven dollars monthly, and promises potential cures within four to six months with free initial talk and no charge if not treated. SEPT 11 date promoted.
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Monroe
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Gloucester Hotel
Francis S. Packard
Packard
North Carolina
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