Stowaway on Only Son of Portsmouth Threatens Safe Passage
A ragged boy Dick Harley seeks passage aboard the Only Son of Portsmouth bound for Cape Town. Captain and first mate debate discipline and risk to a ship carrying 250,000 pounds in gold for Cecil Rhodes and the Chartered Company. The boy pleads to work, while the crew weighs spies and danger as the voyage proceeds.
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Mr. Billings
Mr Billngs
Cape Yown
Dick Harley
Tenteten
England
South Africa
Matabeleland
Portsmouth
Nils
Billings
Dick Hurley
Lancelot
Grage
London
Mr. Lancelot
Amother
Chartered Company of
Cape Town
Salisbury
Utien Globe
Stowaway Hero Saves Treasure Upon the Only Son
Dick Harley, hidden under tarpaulin, overhears plans to rob £250,000 from the Chartered Company. He alerts the captain, the plot is foiled, Billings and crew are captured, and Dick earns gratitude and a reward. The stowaway’s timely actions rescue the ship and fund the captain’s crew.
Spanish Barbarism and the Rise of Republics Across the World
A historical lament traces Spanish depredations from 18th century Jenkins affair to 19th century decline of empire. It links brutal treatment of captives and colonies to long wars and shifts in power, noting U S expansion, Florida cession, and liberation movements across Mexico Central and South America, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.
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Boali
Walsh Hearts Aid
Pantal
Gorter
Woyler
Junto
Epaln
Epali
United States
Florida
Spain
Jenkins
Rebecca
Horace Walpole
England
Albemarle
Havana
Quba
Paria
Philippine Islands
Pacific Ocean
Cuba
Porto Rico
Mexico
Central and
South America
Argentine Republic
la Plata
Chill
Peru
Colombia
Ecuador
Venezuela
San Domingo
Huaytl
Fish As Food The Light Wholesome Diet
A historical note on fish as easy to digest and nutritious. Saltwater fish are best when fresh and fleshy. herring, codfish, turbot, and flounder deemed most digestible. Salmon, mackerel, lobster harder to digest. Boiling favored. frying avoided. Acid sauces aid digestion. butter hinders it. lemon juice highlighted as a top fish sauce.
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The
New York Ledger
What Did He Mean A Humorous Temple Bar Anecdote
An amusing anecdote from Temple Bar mocks a young doctor new to his profession and his gunplay. A veteran keeper offers to try, quipping I will doctor em as he misses repeatedly. The tale notes the difficulty of handling a bulky horse and hints at personal affairs.
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Temple Bar
Lila
Governing a Horse Lessons in Calm Training
The article explains horses are nervous creatures often misjudged and mistreated. It stresses understanding horse behavior through the eye and ears, avoiding brute punishment, and using patient steady training to coax compliance. It notes frustration from ignorance or fright and urges persistent effort over weeks or months to achieve success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thia
Writer Folk and Cloths Describe Women Writers Fashion
A critique contrasts English women novelists with American female authors on dress. Corelli and Braddon are portrayed as indifferent to gowns, while Wildean heresay and Amber gossip illustrate varied sensibilities. Margaret Sangster Murfree Wilcox and others are praised for stylish attire and refined robes.
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Marie Corell
Novlista
Braddon Ia
Garda
Oulda
France
John Strange Winter
Mrs. Ward
Margaret Sangster
Miss Murfree
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Amber
Ruth McKquery Stewart
Kate Douglass
Lillian Bell
Onions and Fish Fights in Folklore and Sport History
In ancient Greece onions marked royal weddings and fortunes, while English folk used onions in matchmaking rites with two-door shops and pillow Under St Thomas Eve rituals. The Siamese love of fish fighting yields high stakes and royal revenue from entrancing contests, as described by Inverness Courier.
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Cotys
England
Thomas Eve
Bt. Thoms
St. Thomas
King of
Siam
Inverness
Unclear Patient Loss Report Cited by Punch Cartoon
A Punch cartoon captions condolences for a doctor and a long illness, noting a patient’s death and the doctor’s response. The fragment presents a somber scene with no clear names beyond Dr. Jones and an implied patient. No further context or details are available.
Uncertain International Facts and Miscellaneous Notes Found
A compilation of scattered assertions about geography biology law and technology. Topics include Europe and Asia sizes hair anatomy liver weight eye movement flogging in the navy sugar beet history stock rules in Ireland and California traffic of fruit imports and a plan to deliver electric power from the Sierra Nevada to San Francisco.
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Europe
Canada
United States
Asia
France
Holland
Europa
California
Kunsna
Germany
Austria
Denmark
Sweden
Hong Kong
China
Ireland
J. W. Hoffman
State Colored College
Orangeburg
D. C
American Geographical Society
Vienna
Prince Poniatowski
Sierra Nevada Mountains
San Francisco
Ania
Windsor Castle
Kaslo to Canada and U S via Tourist Cara Line
The advertisement promotes the cheapest and most comfortable route from Kaslo to destinations in Canada and the United States. It claims daily service through Tourist Cara to Toronto Montreal and Boston and to St Paul with through baggage checks. A daily Kaslo connection departs at 7:30 a.m. except Sunday, with J Be Coyle as district passenger agent in Vancouver BC.
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Kaslo
Canada
United States
Toronto
Montreal
Bostos
St. Paul
Rock-Ballant
Denerta
International Navigation & Trading Company
Kootenay
Donner's Ferry
Ida
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Woodford
Call
Grant
Pitzhigh Lee
Alternte
Victor Tigesists
Tli
Victor Wis Right de
Gatling
Cleveland
Elise
Ronally
Amerie
Glying Hier
Ecole
Seholie Deagusis
Estent
Hinself
Tuladelphiy Ledger
Uhiy
Hils
Lee Jert Tawi Decause le
Fudge
Elslon
Pness
Willy the Conqueror
Wugh O
Alaska
AiMeult
Bart
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Pindelpha
Thlidolphia
Chen Tuye
University of Chicago
Ton Thinvid University
Yith Hais
Colum
New York
Cornell
Girard
Deonsylvania
Joling Hopking
Maryland
Leland Stanforder
Texas
Friends of Social Order
Lewis
Mary J. Baldwin
Piane
Shia
Beccame
Wille Washington
Toni
Onder
Washington Star
Baie
Aritone
Floral
Dilek Warley
Reyvolvers
Land of Nod
Dick Marley
Nols
Akipper
Bik
Canadian Pacific
Carbon
Noloon
J. Coyle
Vancouver
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