Transvaal lovers clash over love and war tragedy
Hendrick Hoopstad chooses duty over love and dies in a Boer peril while aiding Nancy Martin and her English lover Dick Harvey. His brother Paul, learning of Hendrick’s fate, blindsides in grief as Glencoe falls and John Martin escapes, with Nancy tending the wounded. The tale ends in a grim price of loyalty.
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Harrismith
Caith
Hendrick Hoopstad
Hendrick
Paul
Fenudrick
Nancy Martin
England
Newcastle
Trendrick
John Martin
Caladon
Basutol
Natal
Hendrick Hwoeopstad
Nancy
Snaney
Dime
Dilek
Harvey
Miss Nancy
Durban
Dek Harvey
Tfendrick
Jim
Dick Harvey
Captain Harvey
Hoopstad
Hin
Sendrick
John Wyattin
Shiel
Glencoe
John Martina
Endrick
Conecenhuent
Mr. Martin
Martin
Wendrick
Thiendrick
Shiels
Paul Hoopstad
Ife
Philadelphia Times
A Capital Joke About a Meanness Master
A London Answers quip narrates a traveling man who habitually delays paying porters for his luggage. On a Birmingham journey he repeats the trick, apologizing as the train pulls out, only to hear the porter reveal the missing brown portmanteau lying on the platform.
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Birmingham
Londoen
Sir William Larcourt Shelters Aboard A Warship
Sir William Larcourt visited a man of war off the Hampshire coast and slept in the captain's berth after a rough dinner. The captain woke to discover a huge, swollen figure in bed, prompting the crew to call the surgeon.
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Sir William Larcourt
Hampshire
Sir William
London
Bear in a Tower Bed Story from Livonia
A Russian tale from Livonia describes a bear who prefers indoor lodging and beds. At a Baltic country house, a cousin endures a terrifying night as the bear enters the tower room, bedding down on the couch and causing fear until morning. The anecdote ends with the bear waking for breakfast as guests gather below.
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Livonia
Yanl
Ivan
Bruip
Kriln
Bralh
Bear
London News
Salt Works of Sardinia Run By Convict Labor
In Sardinia near Cagliari vast salt mountains line the coast as 3,000 workers, mostly convicts, toil in a state monopoly operation. Wages vary from 20 cents to $1 daily, convicts earning little yet some save enough to start anew. the works yield about 200,000 tons annually per the Argonaut.
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Sardinia
Italy
Cagliari
Salt Works
San Francisco
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