Trial of Captain Seaton Before British Court
A court of British officers led by Gen. Knyphausen tries Captain Robert Seaton, identified as a spy in disguise, who admits serving under Washington. The verdict orders Seaton hanged at nine morning on March fifth, with Lillian East and Tam Wenlock contending over a possible rescue plan involving Lord Wenlock as the sole potential savior.
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Chestnut Street
State House
Chestnut
Walnut
Knyphausen
Continental Congress
Robert Seaton
George Washington
Washington
Col. Simcoe
John Tremaine
Walnut Street Court
Simcoe
Duston
Valley Forge
Gen. Knyphauzen
Forsaken Lillian to Decide Robber’s Fate for Love
Lillian, pale and ghostly, rejects comfort as Allan Fitzgerald, Earl of Wenlock, offers a dangerous bargain. He promises to save Robert Lenton by arching her to marry him, declaring the life in her hands and demanding a midnight decision within one hour.
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Lillian
Robert Seaton
Lord Wenlock
Captain Seaton
William
Mary
Allan Fitzgerald
Earl of Wenlock
William Howe
Lillian Binds Fate to Save Robert Seaton
In a dramatic moral bargain Lord Wenlock demands a life for a life and Lillian agrees to save Robert Seaton. She pledges that six months must pass after his mother’s death before she may claim the hand of her lover, sealing a perilous saving mission and sacrifice.
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Lillian
Lord Wenlock
Lilliant
Mary Darrah
Rescue by Song After English Steamer Wreck
Twelve women abandoned in a lifeboat during the Stella disaster near the Casquets on March 30 were saved when Miss Marguerite Williams a contralto singer began singing hymns and oratorio passages. Her voice guided a rescuing steam craft to the boat delivering the survivors.
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Stella
Casquet Rocks
Marguerite Williams
Elijah
The Old Porcelain Vendor and the Cracked Jar
Horace Walpole narrates a lively tale of a porcelain seller who priced a cracked jar as the only jap in the world cracked by an earthquake. A hot summer quake shakes his house, yet he doubles the price and advertises the crack as a rare distinction. The tale ends with the question of whether he obtained the money. An aside notes that a woman carries about many miles of hair on her head.
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Horace Walpole
British Isles
Railroading Under the Flooded Bridge and Canton’s Curious Street
A Bulawayo correspondent describes a river crossing method using paired locomotives to push a train across eight feet of water after Shashi’s bridge washed away. Canton China boasts Fiysie Street glazed with bamboo roofs and packed with apothecaries and dentists Parlor shops, a medical hub rather than a commercial street.
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Bulawayo
Canton
China
Klondike
Fiysie Street
Non-sinkable boats and life preservation claims
A 19th century ad extols non-sinkable boats as a life saver and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure all for stomach ailments and a tonic. It frames life preservation and public health through patent medicines.
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Hostetter
Miss Smith Rebuffs Offended Cigarette Remark
A man tells Miss Smith he hopes the cigarette will not be offensive. She answers that it would be offensive unless he lights it, prompting silence for two blocks.
Combination Book Case Offered By Smyth Co
The John M. Smyth Co of Chicago sells a combination bookcase for 13.95 as part of its extensive catalogue. Located at 150 to 166 West Madison street the firm has served Chicago households for thirty years and claims to furnish over half a million homes. The ad highlights the catalogue and values across many useful articles.
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John M. Smyth Co
West
Madison Street
Chicago
John M. Smyth Company
War News Quips About Boer Fighters in South Africa
Quote captures mixed sentiments as Philadelphia papers note British reports that many Boers are being lifted from the field. The exchange reflects wartime fatigue and shifting casualty framing.
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South Africa
Philadelphia
Grain O New Drink Replaces Coffee Says Grocers
Try Grain O the new food drink offered by grocers that substitutes coffee. Children may drink it safely and adults like it. Grain O resembles Mocha and Java in color but is grain based and easy on the stomach. Priced 3 cents and 160 250 per package. Also a note that many Italians were victims of a 1899 lightning event in Italy.
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Italy
Lane's Family Seavants Offers Daily Health Aid
An old advertisement promotes Lane's Family Seavants claiming daily use aids digestion and liver and kidney health, cures headaches, with a price of 25 and BOc. The copy mentions a kiss as a conjunction in a grammatically phrased aside.
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Lane
Price
Boc
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Lillian Eastcourt
Tam @orry
Robert Lenton
Joan
Robert
Walley Forge
Wetlock
Lil- Man
Markyn
Lyllian
Bivac
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