Ocean Tragedy of the Central America and the Bucket Line
A vivid reminiscence of the 1857 sinking of the Central America after leaving Havana, detailing bucket brigades led by Captain Herndon, the heroic endurance of officers and passengers, the selfless acts of women, the Marine rescue, and the ship’s final plunge as gold and fate intertwined in a storm at sea.
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Central America
California
New York
Havana
Herndon
Marine
Moston
Billy Birch
the Marine
Ow York Herald
Daddy and Willie: a boy’s clever mischief and reform
A Boston Courier tale shows Willie boasting of chores and small acts of mischief, then declaring he will be a better boy for a while. The anecdote shifts to Paderewski’s extreme practice routine, noting 15 to 16 hours daily and eight programmes in days, plus relief found in billiards. A Cincinnati Gazette vignette follows about a gym novice dodging laundry and a thrown umbrella, and a Harper’s Bazaar note explains the origin of the term stationer from medieval times.
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Siaden
Willie
Willes
Ella
John
Blue Bay
Poe
Billy Button
Tommy Todd
Boston Courier
Paderewski
M. Paderewski
New York
London Daily News
Trial by Ordeal in India Reveals Postal Thief
A Western coast Indian postal division officer recounts a village theft. Rama, a runner, was forced to endure an ordeal in a deserted Mahadeo temple where a supposed magic wand and a Brahman’s rites were used to trigger guilt. Rama confessed and led to the hidden money. the ploy exposed superstition as the motive behind the ritual.
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India
Rama
Cheyla
Mahadeo
Times of India
Overdressed Vagrant Bound Over for Simple Larceny
A Justice of the Peace case notes a man arraigned for vagrancy. The defendant's fine clothes prompt the judge to suspect concealment of larceny, binding him over for trial. The dialogue highlights latitude in provincial offices and perceptions of wealth influencing charges.
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Bira
Charma
New York Herald
Lost Bride Seeks Husband Who Overslept Rome Georgia
In Rome Georgia a groom forgets his wedding date and oversleeps missing the ceremony. The bride’s father rejects him as a son in law and the engagement is broken according to the Dijon Free Press report.
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Rome
Rat Skin and Bone Uses in Art and Industry
From the North American Review: rats are used in manufacturing with valuable fur and skins for gloves, especially thumb skins. Rat thigh bones were once used as toothpicks, now outdated. Tendons and bones are boiled to make gelatin wrappers for bonbons.
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North American Review
Battered Legend Becomes Paying Sign in Swiss Hotel
A Swiss hotel wall bore a welcome inscription "Elospes salves" but after rebuilding a painter altered it to "Hos pes solyel" meaning "Pay, stranger." The playful misrun turns a hospitable message into a prompt for payment, preserved in a San Francisco Argonaut note.
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Switzerland
San ‘Francisco
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Pittsburg Exposition
Jewett
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Warren
Penna
Bai
Rery Seed CG
Munsonic Femple
Chicago
Salem Warren Pa
Noyes Drug Store
Siegfried & Co
Hoxsie
Hoasie C. C. C. CO
Buffalo
N.Y
Brown & Friend
Henry Friesa
Water Street
Warren, Pa
Gast Court Street
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Harper's Bagur
Trial BY
Wolff
Aid & Béttle
Bo Tents
Dikfor
Piso
Iso
Lam
Ros
Laces
E. Parrenson
Asxawrow
Towa
Jane 20
U. S
C.a.snow &Co
Patent Office
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Arial
Marty
du Mont
Dt_ MONT
Halsted St
Ill
EAGLE
Anc
Mse Street
Lucy Anderson
AbbUn St
Cambridge
Mass
Phys A
Partic Lars
Willard Remedy Cos
Boston
Farquhar
York
Leeger
Pacel Pyruies
Rine
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