Love and Deception in a Hospital Romance
In a hospital tale, Cicely, a nurse, and Bob Curzon pursue marriage against Major Mainwaring's disapproval. The Major, a wounded veteran, falls for Cicely and proposes, while Cicely devises plans to win his consent. A bold ruse culminates in a playful twist as Cicely and the Major announce a marriage in the face of family opposition.
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Bob
Richard
Cicely
Little One
Leutenant
Mainwaring
Robert
France
Cicely Mainwaring
Jove
Chicago Tribune
Milk lifestyle man claims endless milk diet
Burlington Iowa man W F Kitzele is pictured as an example of living on milk alone for twenty five years. He claims to eat no solid food, drinking three quarts daily at about five cents a quart and budgeting fifteen cents a day for milk. He drinks no water after swallowing any solid food and notes past lye ingestion.
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Mainwaring
Jabez
Cicely
St. George's
Carolinas
W. F. Kitzele
Burlington
Iowa
Kitzele
Mr. Kitzele
Burlington Water Company
Only Six Survivors From Queen Victoria's Opening
A 1837 House of Lords crowd that watched Queen Victoria open her first Parliament left only six survivors by today. The list includes Leader, Hurst, Wentworth Fitzwilliam, Acland, Villiers, and Gladstone, all linked to early Victoria era politics. No first ministers remain alive.
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House of Lords
Queen Victoria
Mr. Leader
Victoria
Mr. Hurst
Horelam
Wentworth Fitswilliam
Malton
Earl
Frogs as Soldiers and Iceland Mosquito Plague Plans
A traveler notes frogs imported to Iceland to combat native mosquitoes by acting as an army of pest control. The piece also describes a German lamp design with a bulb oriented to improve safety when extinguishing flames. An excerpt on the Armory of First Corps Cadets Boston details skirmish tactics emphasizing sharpshooter training and individual riflemen.
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America
Europe
New York
Boston
First Corps
Cadets
Columbus Avenue
United States
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
States
New Orleans
Iceland
Brave men before equal force of Americans
The quotation discusses the challenge of facing a matched American force, implying only courageous individuals could confront an enemy with parity in power. The line reflects wartime morale and American military strength without naming people or events.
Stopping a Leak in a Boat Aboard a Junk
The tale recalls a voyage to Burmah where Captain Gul. R. E. notes a leak repair on a Yangtze bound junk. Jezebel the old lady skipper dismissed ideas, while coolies patched with cotton wool and rice mud and a wood patch inside, a method later joked as the Old Bailee after heavy bailing.
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Burmah
Gul. R. E
Harper
Yangtze River
Whdow
Jezebel
Curious Dinner at Jericho In Jericho Hotel Porch
An American traveler in Jerusalem recalls a dinner at a Jericho hotel porch featuring butter from Norway cheese from Switzerland marmalade from London wine from Jerusalem diluted with Eli sha well water raisins Ramoth Gilead oranges from Jericho Turkish tobacco and coffee from a Jericho corner grocery.
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Jericho
Jerusalem
Norway
Switzerland
London
Elisha
Ramoth Gilead
Jaffa
Indian River
Florida
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Bob Curzon
Christendom
Robert Cursey
St. George's Hospital
Beneodh
Peey
Major Mainwaring
Tresk
Pat Guaienan
India
Seb
National Guard
Union
Armory OF First Corps, Cadets
W. ¥. Kitzele
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