Lost Photograph Sparks Train Romance Comedy
A man on a fast moving train wakes to find a photograph of a beautiful woman missing from his lap and, through a series of letters and social calls, discovers that the traveling companion he shared the car with is the same woman. The tale follows mistaken identity, courtship, and a surprising reunion that resolves with the couple recognizing true affection beyond money and appearances.
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Chalice
Fay West
Boston
Charley
Harley
Brookline
Charley Tear Neds
Vendettas Across Regions Through Blood Feuds History
A New York World excerpt discusses vendettas as historic and ongoing in Sit, Sardinia, Corsica, and southern to western states, with mentions of England, Ireland, and Arabia. It explains the vendetta origin as retaliatory murder requiring retaliation by close kin, creating a cycle of blood for blood and ordered violence.
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Sit
Sardinia
Corsica
England
Ireland
Prince
Arabia
New York World
Banker Lounsbury Rejects Hairy Applicant
Ex governor T Lounsbury, head of Merchants Exchange National Bank, rejected a job applicant for having a football haircut. His gesture and whispered remark led to the clerk not hiring him, with later notes that Harlem barbers saw a surge in business as staff altered coiffures. The piece also nondescriptly notes street manners and Christmas irritations.
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Vinnear
T. Lounsbury
Connecticut
Merchants’ Exchange National Bank
New York
Mr. Lou
Heroes of Two Wars Rise in British War Rally
A long account praises Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener as leading British generals in Africa and Asia. It notes Roberts as Kandahar hero and Kitchener for conquering Sudan, detailing early careers, key battles, promotions, and their roles in South Africa’s looming conflict, with emphasis on their fame and service.
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South Africa
England
Lord Roberts
Lord Kitchener
Kandahar
Asia
Omdurman
Africa
Bobs
Europe
Amarcb
Lord Frederick S. Roberts
Royal Military College
Sandhurst
India
Bengal Artillery
Delhi
Roberts
Leutenant
Lian Kaow
Debhie Roberts
Coli Camryhall
Lucknow
Colin
Outram
Lieut Roberts
Khodagunge
Kitchemer
Admiral Dewey
Gen. Kitchener
Egypt
House of Commons
Kerry
Ireland
Sir Evelyn Wood
Soudan
Dongola
Lord Wolseley
Nile
Kitcheher
Suakim
Gemaizab
Toski
I Isso
Vast Ammunition Use Across Conflicts Cited
In a sweeping review, officials note that heavy consumption of projectiles and ammunition marked wars from Crimea to modern conflicts. The piece cites ratios of deaths to shells and observes rapid fire aims and lower body wounds. It questions whether Boer guns have inflated reputations of marksmen.
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Mezieres
Trouville
Sidan
Santiago
Matabeleland
Lobenzula
Buluwase
Costetut
Transvaal
Loadom Mail
Not a General's Exe Fresh eggs cause a royal misserve
A British India era anecdote recounts Arthur Wellesley later Duke of Wellington prompting laughter at Calcutta breakfast when an egg shell mishap reveals the cook served an aide de camp’s egg by mistake. The valet’s solemn apology underscores colonial era humor.
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India
Arthur Wellesley
Duke of Wellington
Calcutta
Laurell
Spreader pawns overcoat to fund painting sale
The Indianapolis Journal notes a man named Spreader pawned his overcoat to wet canvas for a painting. He later sold the picture and used the proceeds to recover the coat, illustrating a frugal, if odd, bargain.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marvelous Operation At Sea Meet Inspires Crowd
A London Chronicle summary notes a dramatic description of a mixed metal horn at a South Shields meeting last week. An enthusiastic speaker urged the crowd to “take the tide by the food and srasp it red-not,” signaling a lively, if garbled, public exhortation amid maritime topics.
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South Shields
London Chronicle
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Uinebyla
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ATS
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Louis Cavagnart
Kabul
Oman
Gorsrnor Jones
New Comes
Deyne
Arkarpsas
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
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