Naval saga of Richard Glyn in Hawkshaw circle
The excerpt follows Richard Glyn, Admiral Sir Peter Hawkshaw’s ward, from his first love with Lady Arabella Stormont to naval service aboard the Ajax. It recounts battles in the Mediterranean, prize money, a duel, mutal loyalties, and Glyn’s later pursuit of Giles Vernon, with Nelson’s Nile campaign and a London reunion shaping the arc.
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Peter Hawkshaw
Richard Glyn
Arabella Stormont
Ajax
Gitles Vernon
T Homan Vernon
Hawkshaw
Arabella
Veron
Philip Overton
X. Thomas Vernon
Daphne
Arabella Peain
Glyn
Overton
Aralla
Richard
Chard
Giles
Plymouth
London
Giles Vernon
Nelson
Nile
Admiral Villeneuve
Lord Nelson
Sir Peter
Admiralty
Berkeley Square
Lady Hawkshaw
Daphne Carmichael
Lady Arabella and Daphne Stir London Society's Ties
Richard Glyn recounts life in London and Portsmouth as he helps Giles Vernon secure an exchange while navigating affectionate entanglements with Lady Arabella Stormont and Daphne Carmichael. Overton returns from foreign service wounded, Arabella remains free to defy marriage, and Glyn confronts growing feelings for Daphne.
Seagull Returns to Old Home in Auchmithie Tale
In the fishing village of Auchmithie a gull that fed from fishermens hands stayed year round in one home except breeding season. After the house moved three and a half miles away the bird unexpectedly walked into the new residence to resume familiar habits.
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Auchmithie
A Dangerous Roll In Water Pipe Collapse
H Engels an Oakland boiler maker escaped death when a 28 inch water pipe section slid down a hillside as rivets were being set. The section rolled hundreds of feet into a ditch with running water. Engels was rescued alive though seriously cut bruised and nearly drowned.
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H. Engels
Oakland
Cal
Engel
Engels
Detroit News-Tribune
Why We Shake Hand Ind the barbarous days of old when
The fragment hints at a discussion of handshake traditions in ancient or historical times. It mentions barbarous days and cultural practices but lacks clear events, names, or places to anchor a full report. Further readable facts are needed to compose a proper news item.
Collision sinks steamer John B. Cowle on Lake Superior
A fog bound collision between the steamers Isaac M. Scott and John B. Cowle off Whitefish Point, Lake Superior, sinks the Cowle with 14 crew aboard. The Scott, damaged but salvageable, returns to Sault Ste. Marie as Goodyear rescues survivors. Names of the dead not yet confirmed. Cowle Transit Co. owned vessel.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Isaac M. Scott
John B. Cowle
Lake
Superior
Whitefish
Point Lighthouse
Cowle
Scott
Whitefish Point
Cowles
Lake Superior
Goodyear
Hughes
Porter
Patten
Cowle Transit Co
Cleveland
Heroism of Pleasure Seekers on New Jersey Coast
Six men were saved from a wreck off the Great Egg Harbor bay when the yacht Marie foundered on a dangerous bar. The Philadelphia yacht Comanche volunteers rescued four from the wreck and two from a makeshift raft, including Captain Garrison of the Maine and passengers R. A. Bryce, J. Bryce, E. B. Baurs, Slack, and Howard Walker.
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Ocean City
N. J
Atlantic
Egg Harbor Bay
Marie
Comanche
Philadelphia
Carnegie
Capt. Garrison
Maine
R. A. Bryce
A. Bryce
Camden
EB. J. Baurs
Co. M. Slack
Howard Walker
Woman Jumped From Museum Window in Milwaukee Tragedy
Stella May Dunn daughter of S. M. Dunn a Bloomington Iowa jeweler jumped to her death before a crowd in Milwaukee. After months of nervous trouble she was a patient at Wauwatosa sanitarium and fled from her mother and brother before leaping from a second story window of the Milwaukee Public Museum.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Stella May Dunn
S. M. Dunn
Bloomington
Milwaukee Public Museum
Miss Dunn
Wauwautosa
Bee Sting Fatal to Mrs. Mary Buck in Iowa
Mrs. Mary J. Buck of Garrison Iowa died twenty minutes after a bee sting on her right temple. A neighbor's hive swarmed and lit on a tree near the Buck residence where she sat on the porch when the attack occurred.
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Mason City
Mary J. Buck
Garrison
Arrest leads to suicide in Linden Alabama incident
Brooks Flowers age 21 of a prominent local family was arrested on a charge of wronging Misa Laura Barclay. He shot and killed himself at his home in Agtabert HIN near Linden.
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Linden
Ala
Misa Laura Barclay
Brooks Flowers
Agtabert
Curb Brokers Sell Dew Drop Shares in Street Scene
In a Puck style vignette a red cap dealer signals 12 000 Dew Drop shares traded while two men watch. prices hover near seven dollars and rent debts are noted. The scene mocks finance and labor with wit.
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Jonas
Rollo
Yarvard
Puck
Chinese Dramatic Crudities in Stagecraft
Will Irwin notes from Everybody's criticizes a Chinese stage scene where Hom Ling as the younger son performs a funeral rite and then abandons the family, signaling a shift from house to temple as he chats with a musician while the rest kneels.
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Hom Ling
Will Irwin
The Joy of Work and the Longyear Sisters
Helen McGraw Longyear of Brookline Massachusetts, heir to an estimated fortune around 50 million dollars, has earned a Massachusetts Institute of Technology degree and practical architectural knowledge. Her sister Abby Beecher Longyear is educated in music and could also earn a living. Helen leads the Tech women’s society and serves as art editor of the yearbook.
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Helen McGraw Longyear
Brookline
Mass
Miss Longyear
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abby Beecher Longyear
Helen
Woman's Society of the “Tech
Fine Collection of Dolls At Brussels Exhibition
The Countess de Blonay displays a world famed doll collection in Brussels for the Calvary guild. Oldest dolls descend from Nineveh ruins and were gifted to the countess’s ancestress by Queen Marie Antoinette. The standout pieces are the Fingo dolls from South Africa.
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Countess de Blonay
Brussels
Calvary Guild
Nineveh
Marie Antoinette
South Africa
Doctor's Blunder Misdiagnosis of Diphtheria Cited
A three year old boy choked at dinner and was misdiagnosed with diphtheria by London doctors at St Pancras hospital. He died after treatment, and a post mortem revealed a bone fragment in the larynx, proving no diphtheria. The Springfield Republican notes similar errors occur in hospitals.
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St. Pancras Hospital
London
Springfield Republican
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised
A testimonial letters page praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ills including backache irregularities and nervous prostration. Readers from Camden New Jersey Gardiner Maine report relief and renewed health after three months of use.
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Lydia E. Pinkhan
W. P. Valentine
Camden
N.je
Gardiner
Lydia Enkham
A. Willams
Don O x
Lala
Umbrella joke and Wa shington ball room critique
In a rainy Washington scene Mrs Jones buys an umbrella while a dancer teases the modern ballroom belle. Wu Ting Fang compares the belle to an ancient Briton in blue and accuses her of using paint over clothing in a witty social aside.
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Wu Ting Fang
Washington
Hard to Convince Him About Marriage Plans
A brief dialogue excerpt shows a suitor trying to persuade a father to accept his plan to marry the daughter, arguing two can live cheaper than one while the father remains unconvinced.
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Gotrox
Better than gold and cure alls advertised in ad copy
The page advertises Hamlins Wizard Oil as a remedy for rheumatism neuralgia and pain and promotes Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup for teething children with claims of relief. It mentions an “ugly chorus girl” and references a misattributed family tale about a daughter's acts by the mother.
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