Mystery of a Proposal in a Mountain County
Aunt Jemima Meaders and Mrs Latimer discuss courtship and envy among lovers. Edgar Taggart faces a forged marriage proposal letter, believed written in a sleepwalking state, as lawyer friend reveals the forgery and hints at naming a future son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jemima
Edgar Taggart
Grace
Dolly Madden
Cricks
Tiger Taggart
Imma Salyers
Hila
Fred
Vanceburg
Edgar
Emma
Jemima Meaders
Latimer
Howard
Salyers
Phewe
Prickly Pear Pest Plagues Australian Lands
The prickly pear is described as a major land settlement obstacle in Australia, rivaling rabbits as a serious pest. It invades vast tracts, resists drought, and multiplies from each fruit, threatening vegetation and prompting a national concern over its eradication and impact on Queensland.
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Australia
Queensland
United States Consul Norton at Harpoot
Dr Thomas H Norton United States consul at Harpoot is forty nine years old and a Hamilton College graduate He spent seventeen years as a professor of chemistry at Cincinnati University and later served in diplomatic postings
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Onr
Harpoot
Thomas H. Norton
United States
Hamilton College
Cincinnati University
Modern Jerusalem Seen as Fortress and Street Labyrinth
Cleveland Moffet’s description in Popular Monthly paints Jerusalem as a vast rambling fortress with continuous walls and iron cages. From elevated streets observers glimpse the diverse crowd and the unfolding maze of stairs arches and markets as pilgrims soldiers priests and beggars mingle under sun and awnings.
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Cleveland Moffet
Frank Lesle
Jerusalem
Christian Street
David Street
Sisters of Charity
Syria
A Page of Legends and Military Psych News
A collage notes Edward Rutland sill propels heroic valor with a shattered blade rally, then shifts to medical psychiatry urging vigilance in military leadership. It recounts Gen De Wet mobility, a Boer trek, and endurance, plus curiosities from shipbuilding, health tonics, and a Berlin copper hair anomaly.
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de Wet
James Searle
Searle
Messrge
Moulting Birds and Seasonal Color Changes Examined
Mr. Witmer Stone of the Biological Club at the University of Pennsylvania discussed birds moult, noting annual post-nuptial feather replacement and its gradual nature. He described wing and tail moult patterns, exceptions such as woodpeckers, and the scarlet tanager that shifts from green in winter to red in summer, clarifying pigment-change arguments. The lecture covered plumage progression from egg to adult, with specimens and a discussion among Montgomery Calvert Conklin and Harshberger.
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Witmer Stone
Biological Club
University of Pennsylvania
Dwight
Stone
Drs. Montgomery
Calvert
Conklin
Harshberger
From a Small Beginning Coffee’s global journey through centuries
The coffee plant origin lies in Kaffra Abyssinia with Arab influence spreading its use. A Java tree sent to Amsterdam in 1706 yielded a seedling to Louis XIV, leading to seedlings reaching Martinique Jamaica Cayenne San Domin go Surinam. From the Amsterdam line the French possessions and West Indies sprouted, tracing the plant’s spread from Arabia in the late seventeenth century.
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Kaffra
Abyssinia
Java
Amsterdam
Louis XIV
Martinique
Jamaica
Cayenne
San Domingo
Surinam
van Hoorn
West Indies
Arabia
Growth of a Paris Library and Salvation Army Corps
The Paris National Library, opened in 1648 with 1300 volumes, now houses over 2,000,000 books including about 280,000 on French history and 611,000 on world history. In America, the Salvation Army operates 765 corps with 2,598 officers.
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Paris
Salvation Army
Old Ironsides Bell Tale From the Guerriere Fight
The article recounts how a ship bell salvaged from the Guerriere after the Constitution battle was installed atop Old Ironsides. The bell, forged in Amsterdam in 4963, long served in a Hagland convent before passing through naval hands, being nearly scrapped, then mounted on a Rhodesland factory door and later recovered by the government to inspire national pride. It also notes the later meeting between Hull and Dacres and Dacres’ gift of a Bible to Mrs. Hull.
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Constitution
Peter
Amsterdam
Peter Secest
Hagland
Quest Rate
Navy-Yard
Rhodesland
Dacres
Guerriera
Bays
Asa Wreck
Ull
Hull
Ohio
Gibraltar
Qyas
Pushand
Ible
H. D. Smith Panion
Penalty In Army Camel
Mental disease in military life may be more common and more productive of evil than we think. The fragment hints at concerns about mental health in army settings and potential impacts on conduct and efficiency.
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Ap Insaye
Hing a Fighting Reocord of Sir James Willcocks
The Ashanti campaign hero Sir James Willcocks prepares to return to England for rest after his successful command in Africa. His long career started in 1878 with Afghan service, then Mahsud Waziri, Soudan, Burma, Manipur, Tochi, and finally Ashanti, earning multiple mentions and the DSO. The piece credits his leadership and resourcefulness in campaigns and notes the military class shaping Russian policy through its power and the czar's plans.
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James Willcocks
England
Africa
Prah
Sir James
Soudan
Burmeh
Manipur
Tochi
Ashanti
Kassie
Caar
Russia
Omcora Anxious to Retire and G A R Post Elects Officers
The adjutant-general notes many 30 year officers seek retirement though law allows the president to retire them. refusals persist without clear cause. Also Phil Sheridan post G A R of Oak Park elected 1901 officers including Commander Albert Sibley and chaplain B F Bodey.
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Omcora
Adjutant-General’s Department
Phil Sheridan
Oak Park
Ill
Albert Sibley
D. L. McDaniel
D. L. Hall
Joseph Schlund
Orin Peak
B. F. Bodey
P. Hotchkiss
W. B. Phelps
Veteran Crane Narrates Old Soldier Cure Tale From Tacoma
A Tacoma veteran Moses B Crane describes using Dodd's Kidney Pills to treat heart disease after war exposure. He credits improved health and sharper memory after three months, noting life felt renewed. The account promotes the pills amid other ads for patent medicines.
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Moses B. Crana
Tacoma
Wash
Dodd
Dodd’s
Moses B. Crane
Odin Lodge
Crane
Mr.Crane
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Philadelphia Medical Journal
Lmw
America
Berlin
Chicago
Muge
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Kamloops
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Plymouth
Mass
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Avery
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Robb
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