Four-Point-Seven: last stand and doomed gun of warship
Amid mud and shellfire, Lt Reeder and crew cling to Four-Point-Seven as a desperate plan unfolds. With wounded aboard and ammo gone, the crew sacrifices their gun to delay pursuers, triggering a shell blast that scatters the attacking force and draws aid from their own. In the end the gun is buried, and Reeder is carried away, clutching a fragment as a memento of the doomed weapon and a heroic last stand.
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Anerart
China
Anid
Tie
Ae Kot
Troperdal
Stragulora
Jock
Crim
Reeder
Boodhy
Farry
Harry
Jack
Tye
Heeder
Pie
Rald -Meeder
Rald -Meeder, “Tees Eabat I'm Not—Not Yet, Vine Rock Sare, Xitempke & Eh, Owler
Moutenant
Thor
Barry
Pima
Tizeself
Wall
Ramera
Warthy
Reetley
Deeldie
Leutenant
Reader
Neutenant
Insect Life Quips and Theatrical Quips Across Wits
A fragment from period dialogue contrasts a nature study club anecdote with moth-hole misfortune and stage wit. The New York Times quote imitates a playful exchange on bughabits and home study, while Judge comments on actors forgetting an audience.
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Dorcas
New York Times
One Appreciated Benefit
A town native notes that a flood calamity brought some good to their town while a stranger surveys the ruin. The remark recalls history of 1844 high water and contrasts with the stranger’s skepticism.
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Chicago Tribune
We Invented a New Guessing Game at Tent Stop
A fragment from a period piece shows characters Fred and Joe in dialogue about a new guessing game while referencing newspapers and a weather almanac. The text includes dialect fragments and stray quotes from the Plain Dealer and Chicago Post.
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Fred
Miss Golding
Joe
Ieveland Plain Dealer
de Taven
Chicago Post
Orchid Gift Sparks Love and Deception in Virginia Drew Tale
Paul Harvey arranges an orchids gift for Virginia Drew to impress her while courting her sister Sylvia Carr crafts silk shades. The plan unravels as Audrey’s kindness and social pressure reveal hidden feelings, altering loyalties in a refined New York social circle.
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Paul Harvey
Virginia
Tich
James
Paul
Paris
Carr Flat
Shoreley’s
Sylvia Carr
Sylvia
Ebades
Tai
Drew
James Drew
Mrs. Donnelly
Virginia Drew
Iron Tree of Vienna and its tale of luck and nails
The iron tree of Vienna symbolized apprentice luck as nails driven into its trunk foretold success or failure. Once many nails lined the remaining remnant, leaving the surface as hard as walls and the legend of paths to fortune through perseverance.
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Vienna
Fragmentary dialogue from Narrow Encape item
A clipped, muddy extract shows a garbled dialogue about yawns and a tiny hat, with characters named Philadelph and Trem. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events or context.
Botanic Balm Claims Cure for Blood Poison and Cancer
An advertisement touts Botanic Balm as a cure for blood poison skin diseases and cancer. It promises relief from pimples ulcers boils hairs loss and pains and offers a free sample and medical advice from Botanic Blood Balm Co Atlanta Ga.
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Botanic
Botanic Blood Teli Co
Atlanta Ga
Point of a Joke Remains Elusive as Gough Recalls
The Boston Post recounts John B. Gough telling of two poets one old one young who debated a collaboration. The young poet proposes a joint volume while the old poet resists saying would you hitch a horse and an ass together. The punchline centers on misreading the moral of the fable and the difficulty some have in seeing a joke.
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John B. Gough
Boston
Gough
Mr. Depew
Boston Post
What Are You Doing Here Prompts Odd Exchange
A well known physician, famed for belief in the future, performed a surgery on a man who woke under ether and exclaimed the line What are you doing here. The doctor responded with a jocular but evasive answer, leaving the patient asking where he was. Philadelphia Ledger reports the incident.
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Naat
Batten
Philadelphia Ledger
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Walter Wood
C. McChure
Roscius de Hamme
Horatio Tiewalker
Brags Herald
Wong
Ole Uncle
Sir Cupid OF the Purple Heart
T. C. Smecture
Grub Street
Gunton
Philadelph
Ars
Bat Ek
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