Ingenious Navy Sailor Tricks to Escape the Brig
The New York Sun describes how U S Navy rules ban flogging but permit confinement in the brig. Sailors evade punishment by abusing liberty, smuggling food and liquor, and even inventing schemes like molasses jug drugging and a starboard cocktail made from shellac and lime juice.
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United States Navy
Navy Department
Government of
Navy
New York Sun
Jack Tars
Marine Guard
Shere
Jack
Mai
Ruler of the Navy Claims Vast Unchecked Power
A naval officer cites Secretary of the Navy as the most powerful American figure, able to fine officers without courts and to dismiss and demote from $400 to $4,000 yearly. The piece contrasts navy pay with army fixed salaries and recounts a hypothetical sequence of punitive actions against a rear admiral for slight slights.
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Herbert
United States
New York Advertiser
Navy
Army
North Atlantic
Bureau of Navigation
Bowline
Secretary of the Navy
Wanted Her Walley Case in Which Feminine Logic Fails
In a New York trimming store a woman who lost her pocketbook confronts another shopper who has it by mistake. The reasoning exchanges end with the rightful owner reclaiming her monogrammed purse and the other woman apologizing, begging forgiveness after the desk clerk identifies the item.
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New York
H. L
Intuition and a Pinch of Snuff Showed Character
An old Scotchman visits an office and offers snuff to several men. Most decline or accept reluctantly. One man takes a pinch and the old man departs, noting the gesture as tactful. The narrator reveals a belief in intuition guiding social bonds.
Clever book canvasser taunts farmer with flirt question
A sharp young book canvasser tries to quiz an old farmer on pretty girls. The farmer replies there are many beauties and few respectable men, noting some girls prefer book canvassers and similar trash. The youth leaves the topic.
Touching Generosity in a Humorous Exchange
A brief humorous exchange shows a tramp appealing for clothes and a courteous response offering a worn necktie and kid gloves as the “latest style.” A separate joke about family resemblance reveals a man misunderstanding a husband’s statement about a baby’s looks and a nonexistent brother who died at two days old.
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Cholly Chapleigh
Fellah
Our Boys and Girls Summaries in Nature and Craft
A miscellany of child friendly writings and lessons on oysters in science class, spinning towels made by a girl at six, a heroic little girl saving her baby brother from fire, a spider’s patience tale, a jumping merrythought game, and a smallpox vaccination note told in a child’s view.
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Mamma
Rosy
Jane
Mary Elmer
Elr
Bright Eyes
Brighteyes
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Africa
Walley
Philadelphia Times
Aye
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Joe
Freda Johnson
Darling Chip
Freda
Baby Joe
Ten Post
Crofts
Papa
Tom
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