A Gentle Servant and a Colonel in India Folly
The tale centers on Colonel Colinwood a dominant British officer in India who brutalizes staff and distrusts servants especially a gentle Indian man Haroutune. A diamond theft leads to Haroutune’s unjust imprisonment followed by decades of quiet suffering and a series of tragedies for the colonel’s family. A settlement with the thief is plotted but justice remains elusive as more misfortune befalls the colonel and his kin. The narrative blends colonial arrogance with a haunting arc of guilt and retribution.
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Celinwood
London
Colin- Food
Malupy
Ove
Haroutune
Maloay
Loth
Trisbuian
Colinwood
England
Che
Afalous
Harcutune
Mulony
Harreutune
Mutiy
Haroutune Waekens
Rot Jouy
Mutouy
Seles
Blighe
Toand
Clover
Wade
India
Hariutune
Haroutne
Delals
Shfim
Prise
Collywoodt
Wison
Elsie Colinwoul
Humming Birds Names Through History and Origins
The text traces hummingbird names from scientific terms trochilidae to trochilidiets and notes the Spanish tominejo linking to the bird’s tiny size. It mentions early references such as Morier’s 1632 phrase purring with her wings and contrasts names across languages and cultures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammiius Bieda
Elerodotus
Thomes Morton 1632
Perfect Leaf and the Nine Perfect Tones Tale
A quirky school tale from New York recounts students seeking a perfect leaf and pondering unique human voices. It contrasts strict standards with individual variation, noting that only nine perfect tones exist in the voice yet countless sounds arise from muscle cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Qaidly
Dramatic Strands and a Stable Chase at Hyde Park
In a fragment from the Strand era scene a broken actor disputes theater odds while Generaun Avtor and Sir Henry Levins discuss a mischance. A rider with 3 fifty dollars and a horse named Jumpers confronts a high Hyde Park wall, a feat deemed impossible by onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Generaun Avtor
Henry Levins
Strand
Coffee Labor Inputs and Yields in Guatemala Plantations
Laborers on Guatemalan plantations earn three to two and a half orate per day while capitalists receive a fixed share of market value. Harvesting and processing provide employment to over half the workforce. A single coffee tree can yield up to twenty five pounds of beans under favorable conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala
Fragmentary historical note on talkativeness and occupation
The text discusses how talkativeness in men and women relates to sedentary work and occupations like shoemaking. It cites a physician or scholar referencing observations about hypochondria and verbal sociability as linked to sitting and activity, attributed to Richter.
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Wooren
Comidyd
Richter
The Word Cigar Evolution Across Languages
A compact note traces the term cigar from its first appearance in a 1880s dictionary to its use in various languages. It cites Kant’s 1708 reference to “2beera,” Spain’s modern "cigarro" and the local term "PGR" used by the public.
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Kant
Spain
Catholics Win Special Friday Meat Dispensation
A letter from Very Rev J J Smith to Bishop Garrigan records a special dispensation granting Catholics the privilege to eat fresh meat on Friday July 6 at Emmetsboro during the Semi centennial celebration. The request notes alms for charity. Also reported is the wedding of T W Salven and Blanche X Lawhorn today at the Lawhorn home, with vows to be followed by their move to Watertown SD.
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J. J. Smith
Garrigan
Emmetsboro
Catholica
Father Smith
Siasz Caty
T. J. Garrigan
Hiahtop
Sioux City
James Lawhorn
T. W. Salven
Blanche XN. Lawhorn
Losses Adjusted Promptly in Emmeteborg Iowa
A letter from Ed Smith, secretary of Farmers' Trade Association in Cedar Rapids Iowa notes a horse killed by lightning on May 20. The loss was adjusted promptly by agent C burg the next day and the sender praises McFarland and the company for fair insurance values and recommends them to neighbors.
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Emmeteborg
Smith
Sec
Tna. Co
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
McFar
Women’s Temperance Union objects to smoking cars on trains
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union of Galesburg Illinois advocates banning smoking cars on railway coaches. They argue for passengers to ride in regular coaches and warn against allowing smokers aboard. A Virginia man’s unfortunate marital anecdote is noted with mispunctuated text as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Galesburg
Illinois
Bank Report Details Reserves and Deposits at State Bank
IW M Brown Cashier swears the financial statement reflects official reserves including specie and noninterest bearing notes. It lists deposits held at the State and National Banks, with secured trust funds and legal tender notes, plus distribution across bank networks and reserve accounts.
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Sticuia
Laagiel Vapitalsonk Pandan Oy
Fea
Jess
Natonal Bank
Eeys
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Lomion
Salvent Lawhorn
Virginia
The
Emmetsburg National Bank
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Naleistung
Bethe Mateal
Down
Shewi Busiters
Pune
Pars Oer
State of
Lus
S. Brown
Hank du Solemoly
Brown
Agate
Jessie M. Lou
Worary
Alex Pedihe
Gira
Arey
M. Brown
Direeturs
INE Pride Clothiers
HEP
Emmetsburg
Palo Alto Coun
O. A. Holmes
Algona
Emmetsberg, Ruthven
Fraettinger
Palo Alto
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