The Patriot Spy in Morristown and Washington’s Plan
A Morristown house once served as Washington’s headquarters with a private office. Lieutenant John Woodville, in disguise as a Tory, travels from Morristown toward Newark and Elizabethtown to learn Howe’s moves and alert Washington. He follows a British troop movement to Elizabethtown while spying Jennie Smithson at the King’s Arms tavern and watches the spy's path toward a critical junction in the war.
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Morristuwa
Washington
New York
Hig
Imany
Roem
Morristown
Johin Woodville
Howe
P’hiladelphia
New Jersey
Burgoyne
Woodville
Garbeof
Orange
Newanrk
Elizabethtown
Canada
Mohawk River
Hudson
Lake Champlain
Nolelg
Nene
The
Jersey City
Curtiss
King's Army
Tors
Smithson
Jennie
Wight
Spy Jennie Smithson Aids Woodville In Howe Plan Broadcast
Woodville wins Jennie Smithson’s trust to learn a British commissary’s orders for subsistence. The coded message reveals Howe aims at Philadelphia, guiding Washington to intercept by sea. Jennie’s loyalty secures the crucial paper and the pursuit shapes the Philadelphia campaign.
England's Mother Church at Canterbury St Martin's
London Answers notes that Canterbury's St Martin's Church is the oldest frequented church in England and calls it the mother church. It recalls the ancient font, used to baptize King Ethelbert about 1,800 years ago, and questions whether Augustine or Bertha guided the king to the font.
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England
St Martin's
Canterbury
Ethelbert
Augustine
Bertha
London
Typhoid Fever and Cleanliness Message
Typhoid is spread by contaminated water milk and food. Koch stated there is no other infection source aside from humans. The text urges clean habits and urges helping others to keep clean to prevent the disease.
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Koch
Oirg
Experimental AID treatment discussed by Dr Sundwith
All treatment is experimental by nature writes Dr Sundwith in the CHalent Journal. No one can know the exact effect on an individual patient until tried. A drug may suit ninety nine but fail for the one hundredth due to some synergy.
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F. M. Sundwith
Chalent Journal
Football language and stray phrases in a clipping
A garbled OCR fragment references football terms and a dialogue about a forward pass. The text mentions a halfback and a ribbon clerk boarder with questions, then a quote about the football going out for the forward pass and a simile about butter, attributed to the Kansas City Journal.
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Kansas City
Colt nickname sticks for longtime horse trainer
The rider notes that the horseman has long carried the nickname the colt and will still be known by that name after twenty years. The use of the alias shows enduring respect for the figure among patrons and peers in the racing community.
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Ostler
Bloodless London Bedtime Prank Ends in Humor
A young Indian visitor recalls his first London night at a hostess home. She placed a rubber hot water bottle in his bed, startling him as he searched in the dark for an intruder. He armed himself with a closet weapon, uncovered the creature, and learned the harmless object was a familiar bath item, leaving him amused and relieved by morning.
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Hindeo
London
India
Lensth
STYLE IN OLD ST. LOUIS DRESS IN COLONIAL TIMES
In Monette’s history of the Mississippi valley, he notes St. Louis dress in colonial days. Men wore deerhide leggings, a case blanket as cold weather protection, a capote serving as a cloak and hood. Women’s headdresses featured blue handkerchiefs and ribbons, with matrons wearing plain jackets and petticoats. Footwear included wooden clogs in winter and festive decorations with quills and shells for special occasions.
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Monette
Valley of the Mississippi
St. Louis
Flere
Hbter
Emi
Tyre
St. Lauis Thies
Parker's Two Sermons Story of Joseph Parker
A Kent writer relays an anecdote about Joseph Parker a local preacher told by an old minister He recalls Parker asking for his Sunday work and whether his evening sermon was ready The morning sermon explained the text as Parker saw it but the minister insisted the real meaning lay in the commentaries The minister later asked how Parker fared and Parker said the morning went well and the evening offered a different understanding leading to a happy day
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Jennie
Amercy
Berne
Woodville
Newark
Elizabethtown
Princeton
Howe
New York
Manhattan Island
Hqnor
Whiting
Poe
George Doncaster
Princeton S.J
Priniceton
Genem
Morristown
Wassline
Orange
Sind
Washington
Jennie Smithson
Philadelphia
Burgoyne
Beratoga
Parker
Kent
Beltish Weekly
Dilnister
Jhoseph Parker
Josep
Joseph
Picturesque Damascus Hotel And City Sights
A fragmentary travel sketch describes Damascus with the Grand Victoria hotel perched above a blacksmith and saddlery shop. The exterior shows blank towers and overhanging ledges while interiors feature marble courts, fountains, orange trees, and lavish inlaid furnishings. The piece notes Damascus as a Moorish capital with wealth from the Abunna river and a view of Mohammed outside the walls.
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Damascus
Athans
Ipipertunre
Adind
Christian Uerald
Wanted One More Ride Story Involving Lord Kitchener
The Boston Transcript reports a tale in which Lord Kitchener helps an old man who is an acquaintance from the Sudkin. The man later seeks rides with Kitchener again, claiming gain from others who believe they speak in his favor. The piece suggests the old man’s scheme to profit from Kitchener’s name and influence.
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Boston Transcript
Ayaming
Lord Kitchener
Reypl
Stuine
Ed Lord
Varying Force of Radium and Fragments of Era
The article explains three radium rays alpha beta gamma with ranges from half an inch to nineteen centimeters of iron. It notes shielding requirements, particle charges and speeds, and compares penetrating power. It also recounts Primrose League history, Carlyle, glace nuts, and stage makeup traditions in brief notices.
Charges and charades in courtroom chatter
A terse exchange reveals sharp barbed quips about legal accusations. One speaker notes their lawyer’s severe charges against an opponent, while the other replies with a jab about the other side charging them.
Fragmentary note on a noble deed and consent
A damaged fragment references a noble deed and consent. The text is incomplete but implies approval or endorsement by a person of standing. No clear names, dates, or places are readable.
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King’s Arms
Jenure
Old ST. Louis
Mohammed
Denton W National Bank
Life’s
T. C. West
Harvey L. Cooper
ISS4
Lord Beaconsfiell
Beaconsield
Parliament Square
Carlyle
Thonas Carlyle
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Plave
Boston Globe
London Dramatic Journal
Sixth Street
Denton
J. H. Beer
Maryland
Denmark
Shees
Tool
Dr. Sull
James W. Byrd
S. 15Th St. Phila., Pa
C. Meyer & CO
Baltimore, MD
Maryland Agricultural College
Terminal Freezing & Heating Co
S. Eutaw St
Baltimore
Serrie
Stevens Brothers
S. Charles
Gen. Campen Sr
R. Nelson Stevens
J. K. B. Emory
Merchants-Mechanics Bank
Olicalo Praney
Atellita
Sunn
Scientific American
Munn & Co
D. G
Gill
Baltimore St
Baltimore, ME
the Peoples National Bank
Albert G. Towers
Prest
T. F. Johnson
Nuttle Hardware Company
Greensboro
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Concord
Federalsburg
Hickman
Williston
Smithville
State Road
Citizens Fire Insurance Company of
Royal Exchange
Liverpool
German Alliance Insurance Company
N. Y
Masonic Building
SI. G. Nuttle
Dulany-Vernay
N. Charles St
S. C
Madison Square Garden
Cedar Mount
Poultry Farm
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