The Godsend Escape Into Bodmin Moor
In Silver Spur Chapter X1 the narrator Delia and I flee through lanes to a river and a seaside warehouse. We evade troopers, hide in casks, and hatch a plea with Captain Billy as Master Pottery’s ship holds us. We land near Bodmin and, after a daring escape on Molly, surge westward pursued by soldiers.
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Avon
Colin
Archousos
Féleord
Delhi
Ant
Fontess
Agen
Elia
Delia
Wong
Billy
John Marvel
Delis
Della
Jack
Pottery
Master Pottery
Stubbs
Tully
Plymouth Sound
Plymouth
Bude
Chad Miste Xharey
Josef
Bodmin
Dueowas
Sri Della
Jowas
Jook
Dolby
Wade Ma
Molly
Arconda
Captain Settle
Carter
Inet
House Built in a Day by Hundred Workers
A remarkable town story tells how James Rose hired 26 carpenters and laborers, who, fed by Mrs. Rose with a chicken dinner, finished building a cottage in a single day. The effort began at dawn, progress sped to noon, dinner halted work, and by nightfall the cottage stood complete except for final paint and plaster.
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New York Sun
Rose Cottage
Tuksous
Mr. Rose
Nedline
iSvery
Ted
Rose Hu
Khotelock
Hibs Ain
Dinneh in Hinton Temples and the Peanut Basket
A fragment from the Yonkers Statesman ponders a thoughtless act in a humorous tone. It imagines a toy or joke scene where a peanut drops into a basket, provoking whimsy about elephants and the cofley thon amid temple imagery.
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Hinton
Elephant Urkes
Cofleython
Gothiam
Yonkers Statesman
Theodore Thomas Dead Noted Conductor of Chicago Orchestra Dies
Theodore Thomas, famed conductor and founder of major U S orchestras, died of pneumonia in Chicago at age 60. Born in 1836 in Hamburg, he led ensembles in New York Cincinnati and Chicago, popularized Wagnerian soloists, promoted a new Chicago concert hall, and shaped American classical music.
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Chicago
Theodore Thomas
Tener
Benth
Aitmost
Chienga Orchestra
Dun Magnifcent
Shomag Uved
Poplar Sihy Eviption
Theodore Nicomas
Si Export
Hostus
Minover
Germany
Bates
New York City
Eltos
Thomas
New York
America
Jonny Jind
Sontag
Grisi
Chamber Cotheerty
LSGL
Theodore 'Thomas
Cincinnati
Vnd
New Year Reception at the White House
Thousands attend the New Year’s reception hosted by President and Mrs. Roosevelt at the White House. The event opens at 11 a.m. with the diplomatic corps led by Count Cassini and seven ambassadors presented, minus Baron Speck von Sternburg. Miss Roosevelt greets guests, assisted by relatives and Groton students among the invited.
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Presider
Roosevelt
White House
Bire
Diplomatic Corps
Count Cassini
Cassini
Baron Speck von Sternburg
Sanony
Miss Roosevelt
Theodore Soosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt
Groton
World and academic notes from a late 19th century issue
A patchwork of academic appointments, donations, and students. Yale researchers study Indian relics from Zuni to the Brooklyn Institute. Alfred Belts proposes a colonial history professorship at Oxford. Countess Bow Kmieviewska studies agronomy at town State college. Lehigh University mourns president Thomas ML Drown. Penck advocates imperial globe mapping. Julius Weisner to study Yellowstone relations. Alfred Bell funds exploration. Albion Knight named Cuban bishop. Born in Florida in 1850, he hails from the University of the South and Dean.
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Marqux Sto
Japan
Yale
Edward Everettile
Stuart Culin
Zuni
Brooklyn Institute
Alfred Belts
Oxford
Bow Kmieviewska
Town State College
Alimmada
Jiisco
Max
Flarvard
Thomas ML. Drown
Lehigh University
Albrecht Penck
University of Vienna
Imperial Academy of Sciences of
Tulius Weisner
Mit
Hornby Yellowstone Park
Alfred Bell
Andrew Carnegie
Stey
Albion W. Knight
Cuba
Florida
University of the South
Sawahee
Senate aging pace reshaped by new arrivals and exodus
A survey shows only 17 Senators entered before 1898, with many long-serving figures leaving in coming years. It notes Allison as the oldest in 1873, Morgan in 1877, and Cockrell near that rank, while 1896 or later arrivals swell the current Senate. Also covered are the Fayerweather will case, Florence Maybrick’s lecture tour objections, Hay’s tenure, and Roosevelt era political context alongside postal and railroad statistics.
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United States Senate
Senator Allison
Senate
Senator Cockrell
Senator Morgan
Senator Platt
Connecticut
Hale
Hawley
Frye
Aldrich
Cultom
Woller
Berry
Bate
Daniel
Stewart
Gullinger
Hnansborough
Proctor
Lodge
Perkins
Cockrell
Fayerwenather
Supreme Court of the United States
Fayerweather
New York
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Bay State Gas Company
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Algionsi
Ife
Phalate
George A. Yost
Gus
Conde
Grant County
Indiana
William MM. Amsden
Forty-Eighth Judicial
Dan” Emmitt
Dixie
Rixey
United States States Navy
Kling of
Santa Maria
William Bell Cooper
National Manon
Washington
Prof. Langley
Tsniahi. Montgomery
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi
Montgomery
Father Stanton
National Museum At
Philippines
Patrick Golvin
New Orleans
Panama
DR. Rixey
Vtueodore Thomas
Senoors Erpolleges
State Department
Ave
Hay
Eigbt
Hoy
New York ‘Times
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Debs
Swallow
Prohibition
Watson
People’s Party
Corregan
Sovlangt Lachar
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Theracelpta
Postoffica
Malia
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