The Reporter Who Made Itself King and the Massacre Plot
A serialized tale follows Gordon and Stedman as American correspondents in a tense chase of sensational cable dispatches. They faultily publish a dramatic but exaggerated report from the island of Opeki, surge toward a warlike outcome, and face consequences as truth clashes with ambition. The narrative blends journalism, danger, and a twist ending with a dramatic naval retribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stedman
Wees
Dodge
Gordon
Leonard T. Leavie
Opeki
Sted
Ariat
Albert Gordon
Fate
Thomas Brad
Thomas Pane
Ndon Times
San Francisco
Gordon Sesperetny
Home Secretary
Pemnepton
Englis
Tellaman
Octavia
Ollypybus
Messenwah
Ois
Yokohama
A Good Deed and Its Results
In Joliffe a miner's son Henry Newbury rises from boyhood miner to respected doctor after aiding miners in a cave in rescue. The 20-year journey begins with free lessons, culminates in a heroic underground medical effort, and a community fund of 5000 dollars for his medical education.
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Henry
Thomas Boundy
Joliffe
Dr. Newburg
Burgess
Henry Newbury
England
Newburg
Willoughby
Mad Moose of Miramichi Strikes Fear Across New Brunswick
In the Miramichi region of New Brunswick, a legendary mad moose haunts spruce and pine woods, feared for its tree-like antlers and fiery eyes. Reported incidents describe victims gored and trampled as villagers speculate the creature dwells in remote yards and forages beneath snow. A 15 year old, George Adams, attempted to return home at sunset when he disappeared into the dense forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Gordon
United States
Europe
San Francisco
Yokohama Cable Company
Albert Corresent
Cap
O. K
Miramichi
New Brunswick
Canada
Hugh
George Adams
Moose Burdened Night Watch Ends With Bear Rescue
A boy clings to a tree as a moose guards him through a brutal night in the forest. By dawn a bear arrives, trounces the moose, and devours the creature before the boy, exhausted, stumbles toward home, where searchers converge on his path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opeki
White Squadron
Stedman
George
Hns
Fashions in kissing and the art of the bold response
A dated guide favors boldness over struggle in kissing, urging girls to project confidence with a proud gaze and cold moonlit silences. It argues the right man will respond instantly, and advises switching tactics to suit each partner while warning against fixed methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Belle
Aver
Exaggerating Girl Says Surf Was Perfect Morning
A humorous exchange quotes the Exaggerating Girl from the New York Herald praising a morning surf as perfectly lovely. She recalls being in the water for about five hours in a minute and enjoying it except for swallowing several waves.
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New York Herald
Butter sculpture artist Mrs Brooks to exhibit Sleeping Iolanthe
The article profiles Missouri farmer Mrs Caroline Brooks, who rose from dairy butter sculpting to marble achievement. Beginning with blue ribbons at county fairs, she created the famed Sleeping Iolanthe, traveled to Paris and Chicago, then faced setbacks including a shattered castle of ice and a failed exhibition entry. She later produced life size busts in butter and marble, trained in Carrara, and pursued a Columbian expo showing despite hardships, with Iolanthe and other works in progress and on display plans.
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New York
Iolanthe
Caroline
Brooks
Philadelphia
Missouri
Cincinnati
Alto Relieve
Chicago
Department of Farm Products
New York City
Gen. Grant
George Eliot
Carlyle
Thurlow Weed
Weed
Tolanthe
Rene
Henrick Hertz
France
Jolanthe
Beauty in Distress and the Garter Mishap Tale
A stylish Chicago woman recounts embarrassing garter slips on the street and in offices, lamenting the lack of private spaces for women. She recalls hiding in stairwells and a Rookery office, fearing men could appear at any moment as onlookers laughed at her misfortune. Her tale contrasts men’s easy fixes with women’s public discomfort.
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Rookery
Kate Field Defends Corsets in Her Washington Column
In Kate Field's Washington, Kate Field faces critics who call corsets abominable. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps argues corsets compress the waist by eight inches even when worn modestly. The exchange centers on personal regard versus sensational claims about corset distortion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Field
Washington
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Cape May Blue Pig Poker Legend and Nelson Summer Gambles
Cape May’s Blue Pig gambling den on Congress Hall lawn drew elites from Baltimore, New York and beyond. Bob Nelson wooed luck with a load of hundreds, taking over a thousand in a stud game while Major Crump recalls the 1856 royal match at Cleveland’s table where Schuyler Halsey won a $32,090 pot after a bluff misread.
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Cape May
St. Louis
Stockton House
Ee Vahr
Baltimore
Ashington
New York City
John G. W. Ware
Cape Island
Bob’’ Nelson
Nelson
Cape
Nient
Congress Hall
Lehr
Bob Nelson
Ducati
Henry Clay
Reverdy Johnson
Congress Hall Lawn
Harry Cleveland
Pettibone
Joe Hall
Ned Pendleton
Coc Martin
Maj. Crump
Shakespeare Club
Buchanan
Cleveland
Harry
Blue Pig
Schuyler Halsey
Philadelphia
Whitneys
Whitney
Halsey
New York
A London ad for birch rods shocks editor Labouchere
Henry Labouchere reads a London advertisement offering birch rods by post. Miss Ida Weston replies with a note admitting a plan to sell rods to reform English youth, claiming the work will make boys better though the idea risks teasing and mockery.
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Harper’s
Henry Labouchere
London
Ida Weston
Taylor
Hawthorn Terrace
Canterbury
Miss Weston
Righteous Indignation in a Domestic Dispute
A humorous exchange shows a washerwoman refusing to wash tomorrow due to mending chores. A jab at the suburbs follows about a barbed wire fence around an apple orchard, illustrating tensions between neighborly duties and property changes.
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Childer
A Trial Indeed Epoch Dialogue Sparks Banter
A quoted exchange shows Hicks praising a versatile man and Mawson proposing a playful, teasing invitation to test his talents with a humorous remark about kissing the back of his neck. The lighthearted banter highlights personalities and social camaraderie.
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Hicks
Mawson
Do You Subscribe To A Magazine A Weekly Story
A historic broad appeal ad offers combining subscriptions to The Weekly Globe with various magazines and journals at reduced rates. It promises postage paid by The Globe, urges one-year minimum terms, and requires including a yearly subscription to The Weekly Globe. It lists numerous magazines with prices and notes limits on multiple subscriptions per address.
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Weekly Globe
The
Globe
CLOBE
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Richard Harding Davis
Gallagher
Mr. Raegen
Don
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Goodby
Oneki
Onyhyons
Y.C.C
Tam
Pos
Kaiser
Newfoundland
Ae Henry
Willoughbee
New
Burton
Edmund Collins
Atlantic
Beauty
Chicago Times
News Journal
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Christian Leader
Secesevbass Rose
Cassell’s Magazine of Art
Csseceee
Porney's Progress
Ssue
Prank Leslie's Illustrated
Teres
Germantown Telegraph
Green's Fruit Recorder
Gardner's Monthly
Godey's
Arthur
Peterson's Lady's Magasine
Atlanta Constitution
Gurlington Hawkeye Panol Satoetsered Te Suceti
Donahoe
Golden Days
Herald of Health
Popular Science News
Harper's Magazine
Popular Science Monthly
San Francisco Chronicle
Home and Farm
Ourproig
Cieakavecasies Cares
Home Journal
Indiana Farmer
Illustrated Companion
Town Homestead
Trish World
Journal of Microscopy
Ladies’ World
Life
Locomotive Engineer
Seve
Louisville Weekly Courier-Journal
Lippincott's Magazine
Littell’s Living Age
American History
North American Review
N. Y
Georg Ss Vivescesc
Bedavece
N.Y
Weekly Post
Weekly World
Weekly Sun
Weekly Herald
Ohio Permer
Uscs+eeveseese
Puck
Phrenological Journal
Esssaus
Philadelphia Weekly Times
Philadelphia Medical Times
Philadelphia Practical Farmer
Rideout’s Magazine
Saturning Post
Ecs
Bohool Times
Ewes i Bombeess Magazine
Mickolas
Ballou
Chautauqua Young Folks Journal
Harper's Weekly
Presbyterian Review
Spirit of the Times
Texas True
Vick's Floral Magazine
Wide Awake
Waverley Magazine
Ato Cs
Welcome Frien
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Youth's Companion
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