The Anarchist Clockmaker and the London Fog
An unnamed clockmaker narrates a Christmas Eve night in fogbound London. Robbed and assaulted, he reveals a dangerous portable device in a box to two assailants, threatening to explode it. They flee as he demands calm and escapes to Leicester Square, delivering a chronometer to a clockmaker’s shop and reflecting on his near capture and the moral irony of being labeled monstrous.
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London
Fog
Clerkenwell
St. James
Red Lion Square
Smat
Boriung
Ratian
Min
Asseas
Gammon
Barlier Blackguard
Meo
Paradise
Mephistopheles
Leicester Square
Jeremy
Lord Bluebury
Mediterranean
Chas. W. Pearson
Charles W. Pearson
Northwestern University
General Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church
Pearson
University Board of Trustees
P Pearson
England
India
South America
Academy
College of Liberal Arts
Printing bank notes and a budding figure in one tale
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt discusses U S bank note printing history from Jacob Perkins to modern machines and ink, noting silk fiber paper and numbered discs preventing fraud, followed by a short scene of a young woman asserting her status among patrons as a “bud” in a dining setting.
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United States
Jacob Perkins
Massachusetts
Erroy
Cleveland Plain
Royal Etiquette and Letter Writing Traditions
The article notes that visiting royalty sign a guest book and receive a new pen unused by others. It explains that letters to the British sovereign are written on thick one sided white paper and placed in a suitably large envelope. It adds a quip that women in anger tend to tell the truth.
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England
Danish West Indies Now Belong to Uncle Sam
A map shows the Danish West Indies ceded to the United States. Secretary Hay and Danish minister Constantine Brun presented the treaty for Senate ratification. The islands St Thomas St Croix and St John lie southeast of Puerto Rico with St Thomas valued as the main port and coaling point. The harbor could be fortified and made impregnable.
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St. Thomas
United States
West Indies
United Resins
America
William LH. Seward
Denmark
United States Senate
Washington
Sana Domingo
Cost and Advantages of the Two Canal Routes Compared
The article compares the Panama and Nicaragua canal routes, noting cost estimates, climate, health of harbors, and voyage lengths. It highlights Panama’s shorter distance to Atlantic ports and Nicaragua’s favorable climate but greater harbor development needs. The piece discusses maintenance costs, passage times, and earthquake considerations shaping the choices.
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Nicaragua
Feon
ELSA
Peesage
New York
Damani Canal
Zee
Pacific Clilen
United States
Oles
Orient
Paonnina
Population debate over Philippine census figures
The article discusses census figures and methods, noting U S population estimates and overseas counts for the Philippines. It mentions Dr Presles M. Ruffey and Dr Nifty Rivers as naval and medical figures, and touches on religious and academic debates. It cites McKinley era data, Spanish census references, and a range of population estimates with a focus on the reliability of counts and assertions about global rankings.
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Danish West Indies
Uncle Sam
Aniearagua
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Adi Antagen
Soule Com
Mhoerteus Adieftaner
Conal
Niesragua
Honduras
Lake
Managua
Panama Canal
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Lowntenance
Pasatee
Laska
Philippines
Census Bureau
Tse
Shinati¢uims
Optus
Spain
Mervin Cromis
TSM
DR. Rixey
McKinley
Navy
Presles M. Ruxey
Mane
Tayy Dr Roixes
MelKintles
Tor Rae
Irlene Rennevelt
DR. Nixty
Dr Rises
Numeres
Posstons
Servis Dor Rives
MilWinks
Prof. Pearson
Standard Oil Company
John Kohler
John Olterman
Cleveland Water Works
Bank of Yukon, O. T
First National Bank of Yukon
W. V. Greene
Luzon
Visayas
Chicago Record
Herald
Nashville
Tenn
Lee James
Storkman
Nelson
I. T
Asylum For
Winfield
Kan
United Confederate Veterans’ Association
Dallas
Texas
Bank of
Butler, Ga
Chireage Record Herald
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