Diamond of the Canaries Hidden by Night in Vinous Ravine
Dick Rodney and Hislop trek through Tenerife’s ravine aided by chalk marks and a chalk bullet to reveal a moonlit diamond. A gunpowder blast frees the gem, worth about £70,000, prompting a swift escape toward Santa Cruz with the treasure concealed.
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Orotava
Islop
Dick Rodney
Hislop
Scotland
Orotaya
Fred
Spaka
Salloriike
Loslop
Venerife
Canaries
Fairy Valley
Juan Hererro
Ellte
India
London
Santa Cruz
Nislop
Mov
Kinnoul
Perth
The Last of Antonio El Cubano Executed at Santa Cruz
We reach Santa Cruz to find a vast crowd gathered for the execution of Antonio the Cuban pirate by garrote. British sailors from HMS Active stand among the mob as priests collect masses for the condemned man’s soul while tension and anger mount. Captain Estremera recounts a ferocious morning in the castle with a tale of madness and fear.
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Antonio EL Cubano
Santa Cruz
Antonio
San Ildefonso
H. M
Jose Estremera
Castle of
Elalan
Senor
Anselsno
Castle of Santa Cruz
Osoribano
Anselmo
Fra Anselmo
Escribano
Leutenant
Jauiz Pineda
Don Luiz
Sonor Padre
Buena
Pineda
Don
Luiz
Anselino
Posada
Gazotte
Hislop
Lambourne
Carleton
Egerton B
Active
England
Rodney
Tom
Ned Carleton
Probart
Eugenia
Teaven
A.B
Manuel Gautier
Surabaya
Tenerife
Watch
Old England
Momo
Hent
Dover
Deal
Antonio the Cubano’s Bold Escape Ends in Blood and Death
In a Tenerife prison scene a condemned Cuban seized the castle keys, fought guards with a large iron bar, and wounded many before a brutal shootout and collapse. Antonio el Cubano dies after a final savage defense, as British rescue attempts and a voyage home unfold.
Medieval Beggar Dynasties And Legends Of Ragged Rule
The article recounts a lore of medieval French beggars organized into distinct mendicancy classes with specialists, notes rulers like Ragot Solon in rags Anacreon and a king of Tunis, and describes a recurring beggar parliament at St Anne in Brittany, all rendered in a vivid, Nightmarelike historical vignette from Lippincott's.
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Argot
Solon
Anacreon
Paris
Tunis
Bordeaux
St. Anne WaAuray
Brittany
Lippincott’s
A Two Year Old's Early Reasoning Cited in Journal
The Journal of Pedagogy notes a remarkable two year old who questions why ducks won’t enter water and doubts a cat dressed as a coachman could drive. He asks to grow down and recalls a childlike escape by crawling under a newspaper to hide from a stranger, illustrating early cognitive development.
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London
Rodney & Co
John Thomas
Erlesmere
Cuba
Eriesmere
Mare Hislop
Scotland
Surabaya
King's College, Cambridge
Journal of Pedagogy
Northern Chinese Giants Take On Yale and Princeton In Street Football
In northern China a group of 50 tall, heavy Celestials play a street football variant with a basket replacing a goal. The players average about 200 pounds and stand around six feet tall, forming a formidable team against Yale and Princeton.
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China
Knights of the Gridiron
Yale
Princeton
Chi
Black Men as Soldiers in U S Army History
Article analyzes Black soldiers' bravery and discipline in U S military history. It cites W. Thornton Parker discussing Fort Craig discipline of white troops saluting Black detail and a plotted revolt by disaffected colored troops at Fort Gumnos N M. A sergeant exposed the mutiny, leading to suppression by white forces.
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United States
Cubs
W. Thornton Parker
Fort Craig
N. M
Dr. Parker
Fort Gumnings
Ta Chien Lu Market Tales from Cornhill Magazine
A Cornhill Magazine excerpt describes Ta Chien Lu where buyers bargain with vendors arriving from dawn to night. Aged leaders offer heirloom prayer items, a Tibetan buyer presents bells cymbals and wool cloths, while maids show cast off garments as sellers seek buyers.
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Ta Chien Lu
Cornhill Magazine
Grumbling Anthony Trollope in Chambers’ Journal
Universal dissent marked Trollope’s lively talk as he teased, dozed, and joked. He avoided vanity, helped friends in need by buying their works to ease widows’ burdens, and kept his generosity discreet.
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Anthony Trollope
Trollope
Hammer
Chambers’ Journal
Exposition travel and rail excursion offers
Paris Exposition passenger bookings to London Glasgow and Londonderry with round trip rates from 141.75 for first class 101.90 second class and 89.40 third class. Agents for steamers from New York Boston and Montreal. Des Moines fair agricultural meeting offers CGW excursion tickets Aug 23 to Sept 3. Burlington Route Homeseekers' Excursion half fare plus 2, sale dates July 17 Aug 7 and 21. City offices and depots listed for details.
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London
Glasgow
Londonderry
Dubuque
New York
Boston
Aontreal
Bank and Insurance
Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago Great Western Railway
IF. B. Ross
Main Street
Burlington
Second Street
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James Grant
Valley OF the Diamond
Horton
Ets
Montanza Do Cuantejo
Pielog
Ib Cote
Omar
Alphonse de Albuquerquue
Tristate de Catoha
Hammond
Tsurels
Talsa
Wwe
Wayne
Bastal
Antonino
Tiislop
Adam
Europe
Salvago Islands
Isle of Wight
Madeira
Ctobar
Plains
Chicago Times-Herald
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