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...steamer Manilla, between Spain and Porto Rico, has been wrecked off St. John, Porto Rico...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 5/13/1882 | See Source »

...town itself, and a race of fierce savages, called "Port peelers," who infested a high mountain near the place called "Mt. Auburn," whence they frequently descended, and bearing away every one whom they met, buried them alive on the slopes of the hill. Query: Was "port" an abbreviation of porto? The men had also a feud with a certain Yale, of which nothing more is known. Men are often spoken of as "deading"; may they not have been killed in these contests...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STORY OF HARVARD. | 4/7/1876 | See Source »

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