Kidnapping Tale of Davie Balfolk and Covenant Peril
In Stevenson style narrative from 1731, young Davie Balfour contends with his uncle Ebenezer’s treachery and a brewing voyage. A cabin boy Ransome reveals brutal sea life aboard the Covenant, while the Hawes Inn at Queensferry and the looming voyage anchor the danger. Davie observes the ship, senses peril, and resolves to avoid the notorious brig.
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David Balfour
Alan Breck Stewart
Ebenezer Balfour
Shaws
Robert Louis Stevenson
Hawes Inn
Queen’s Ferry
Firth
Mr. Rankeillor
Eutas Hoseason
Davie
Hoseason
Covenant
Dysart
Hawes
Rankeillor
Ebenezer
Cabin
Ransome
Heaven
Earth
Shuan
Brig Covenant
Laws
North America
Firth of Forth
Queensferry
Queen's Ferry Voyage Opens With Captain Hoseason
Ebenezer Balfour and kin meet Captain Hoseason at a warm inn room on the Queen's Ferry journey. The ship captain's cool, studious demeanor contrasts with the voyage ahead as the group plans departures and observes coast and crew. The scene shifts to a seaside stroll and tavern talk, foreshadowing misfortune tied to the captain's choices.
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Queen’s Ferry
Ransome
Ebenezer
Mr. Balfour
Isle of May
Hoseason
Fair and Fashion and Royal Ladies in History
A miscellany of notes on music and memory. The widow of Schumann reflects on letters to better interpret his work. Miss Jane Stone of Philadelphia plans ten wells and 100000 feet of lumber for oil in East Tennessee. Queen Victoria’s portrait sessions impress with strict time limits and royal staff arrangements. Earlier royal women, from Mary Stuart to Anne of Brittany, are praised as skilled needleworkers and educated for noble duties.
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Schumann
Jane Stone
Philadelphia
Tennessee
Hesse
Mary Stuart
Henry I
Matilda
Joan V
Albert
Navarre
Anne of Brittany
Anne Boleyn
Catharine de Medicis
Marie Antoinette
Queen Elizabeth
Mary II
England
Catharine of Braganza
Queen Charlote
Adelaide
Amy Robsart
Annie
Oliver Cromwell
Marchoness
Lansdowne
Subscription Aims for Complete Descartes Edition
Eminent metaphysicians and psychologists in France and Germany have begun a subscription to produce a full complete edition of Descartes works, noting the lack of a satisfactory existing edition and aiming to remedy the defect.
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Descartes
France
Germany
Pink Pills for Pale People Promoted in Cincinnati Enquirer
A Cincinnati Enquirer feature touts Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a cure for dyspepsia and nervousness. Testimony from H P Owens and his mother claims rapid relief from stomach trouble constipation and indigestion after taking the pills. They advocate the medicine as safe simple and effective and note availability from druggists or by mail at 50 cents per box.
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The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Dr. Williams
H. P. Owens
Central Avenue
Cincinnati
Ohio
Owens
Enquirer
A Tenderfoot Starts Out
Mr Kendall of Boston departs for Idaho by train to join a surveying party in the West He is a Harvard man and vows abstinence while hoping to adapt to rough Western life He plans two years of hard travel with no hunting and no revolver, amid miners with rough hearts and convivial habits.
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Kendall
Boston
Idaho
Northern Pacific
Twin City
West
Hendall
Harvard
Minneapolis Tribune
New England
Mr. Kendall
Total Abstinence Society
Baltimore Free Public Library Milestone and Reach
The Baltimore Free Public Library, founded five years ago by Enoch Pratt at about 1.25 million dollars, serves the reading classes with 461,840 books issued last year. The main library plus five branches keeps rooms crowded daily and aids the poor as a major educational force in the city.
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Free Public Library
Baltimore
Enoch Pratt
Subscriptions stir in Zion church conflict
A line from the Commercial notes a $500 subscription to a Zion church, prompting a remark that the donor opposes churches in general, while explaining the gift aims to fund the demolition or removal of the old church rather than support the new.
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Billers
New Zion Church
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Washington Star
Geneva
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Henry of Battenberg
Chas. C. McCabe
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