Snakes Aboard Ship In Tale Of Aboard Reefing
The crew in a salty tale recount a shipboard encounter with big snakes during a voyage. A ratty melee ends with a gun misfire sending the mate overboard, snakes securing themselves in the lazaret, Gallagher and crew using capstan bars and a hook to kill and haul the serpents from the foretop and rigging.
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Hara
Weill
Babbage
Mr. Richardson
Belige
Orig
Honduras
Mr. Gallagher
Barger
Gallagher
William Strange
Hichard- Bo
Sittie Carder
Simpson
Ireland
Cook
Gil
Patrick
Snakes on a brig crew recount a long sea tale
A derelict brig tale recalls an onboard menagerie of snakes and other creatures that frightened crew during a voyage. The narrator, Captain Babbidge, describes a night when snakes leaped into the ship and caused chaos amid fears of prohibition and fever, with crew members recalling distant ships and wild scenes in port and on deck.
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Yucatan
Gulf of Mexico
Eludin
Ashort
Lisha Richardson
Gilkey's
Mr. Richardson
Cask Floated Past the Pole in Arctic Drift Tale
A 19 year old Popular Mechanics note tells how 80 casks adrift in the Bering Strait near Alaska were found off Sera Island north of Norway after drifting northeast through Arctic waters. Rear Admiral Melville and Henry G. Bryant, president of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, are connected to the tale of a single barrel’s long voyage toward the Pole.
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Popular Mechanics
Melville
Henry G. Bryant
Geographical Society of Philadelphia
Bering Strait
Alaska
St Sera
Norway
Arctic
Fraud and Fraudsters Describe by a Banking Expert
A long discourse on bank fraud details various swindles and methods seen by cashiers from ringing payments to forged checks. It recounts cases of a clever cashier, a handsome female cashier, a deserting clerk, and a soldier selling forged notes, plus remarks on detection and risk.
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Seldors
Stmelf
Tetlsra
America
Flre
Oll Selller
Canh A Ehark
Blood and Barroom Justice in California West
Hank Martin recalls a gunfight and vigilante myths near Yankee Jim and Caribou. A Kentucky man defends a friend, a confrontation at a bar escalates, a firing stops a crowd, and Judge Higbee sentences a man to life in penal servitude for murder in a dramatic codified justice tale.
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New Fork
West
Hank Martin
San Angeles
Yankee Jim
California
Bay
East
Salem Scudder
Boucicault
Jai
Caribou
British Columbia
Alta
Thia
Chancelloraqitia
Besgeraton
Barranm
Asalre
Carihou
Sopper
Uist
Higbee
Her Majesty's Lawa
Made Record Balloon Ascent by James Glaisher in 1862
The article recounts James Glaisher's 1862 balloon ascent under the British Association, highlighting a record climb from Wolverhampton reaching about 1,000,000 feet and detailing the dwindling temperatures, cloud passings, and rapid ascent as observed from the pilot's report.
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Coxwell
Wila
Aida
Mx Coxwell
Agi Llying
Wolverhampton
New York
James Glaisher
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Todd
Walker opposes book agents campaign in Kansas City Journal
In a Kansas City Journal item Bert Walker voices strong opposition to book agents. He advocates universal rejection of the agents, declaring against their campaigns with blunt rhetoric.
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Kansas City Journal
Bert Walker
Wagner's glove sparks fans amid Pirates lore at Expo Park
The article ponders why Hans Wagner wears a worn glove as he plays for the Pirates. Manager Clarke notes most infielders cut holes in gloves. Wagner keeps his with a hole near the palm. The piece cites superstition loyalty and penny‑pinching as reasons, while fans debate if the old mitt affects pennant chances.
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Orittabars
Gasetta Hana Wagner
Xleo
Eixposition
Forbes Field
Wagner
Wag
Expo Park
Hans
Hans Wagner
Shout
Herman Long
Boston
Clarke
Hana
Ling
Forks & Uellef
Pittaburg
Pirates
Sway
Paignton's Great Pudding Festival Recalled In Local History
An account recalls Paignton’s Jubilee pudding festival dating from 1819 and earlier rites. The siege of meat and bread treats, weighty ingredients, and a rambunctious crowd at Paignton Green led to a chaotic scene as police protected the dismembered pudding while vecinos sought slices, with letters and sticky packets traveling nationwide afterward.
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Mr. Coxwell
Are
Paignton
Doomenday Hook
Ace of
Exeter
Torbay
Miles Coverdale
Torquay
Dartmouth
Westcote
Wevonshere
Hingorian
James Young
Whitsun
Jong Eunk
Crown and Anchor Inn
Berg
Torauey
London
Paignton Green
Genteman
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Cap'n Bebbidge
Earith
Cornwell
Oress
Clineas
Mies
Dane
Glagner
Mit
Teagan
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