Peggy and Percy In Love Across a Heath to Kennaston
In a midstory of passion and virtue Lady Peggy hides her truth until Sir Percy learns of her heart. He asks to marry. she names two suitors and sets a Christmas union with Sir Robin McTart. Her parents bless the couple on transfigured tenterhooks as the tale ends.
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Percy
Diana
Peggy
Mr. Brummel
Robin McTart
Chuck
Robin
Perruquier’s
Lark Lane
Kent
Cook
Kerry
Broot-Armsleigh
Kennaston
Chockey
Grigson
Earl
Sir Percy
Slitterkins
Abigail
Chock
Lawk
Magam
Ger
Tia
London
Mr. Grigson
Dad
Peg
Norway and Sweden Face Growing Rift Over Separate Diplomatic System
A long running dispute over Norway's separate diplomatic service risks tearing apart the union with Sweden. Norway seeks sovereignty and an independent international position, while Sweden upholds a united consular framework. Crown Prince Gustav's regency and rumored German links heighten tensions as Norway contemplates new forms of cooperation.
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Norway
Sweden
Oscar
Gustav
William
Germany
Guntav
Btockholm
Oscar II
Honme
Denmark
Frederick VI
Cesson
Hagerup
Storthing
Christiania
Sophia of Nassau
Oster
Dickens as Politician Social Reformer Mentioned at Boz Club Dinner
At the Savoy Hotel a Boz Club dinner marked Dickens birthday with Lord Halsbury praising Dickens as a party politician while noting his social reform impact. He cited Oliver Twist and poor law debates, arguing Dickens mixed politics with morals though admired his writings.
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Charles Dickens
Boz” Club
Savoy Hotel
Lord Halsbury
Dickens
Hear
London Standard
The Gentle Englishman and a Train Carriage Disgrace
Mortimer Menpes cites a Victorian incident where a subaltern in a first class railway carriage hurled a seated man described as colored from the train. A bystander explained the action by noting they had ejected a judge of her majesty, provoking surprise among onlookers.
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Mortimer Menpes
India
Her
The Dog Spider of Madagascar
The dog spider, Madagascar’s largest spider, weighs nearly a pound with legs larger than a cedar pencil. It hunts by scent like a hound, chasing lizards and rats without a web, and its bite is as harmless as a squirrel’s or rabbit’s.
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Madagascar
Ceylon
Barnaby
Admiral Sir Nowell Salmon Retires After Fifty-Eight Years
The London Express notes Admiral Sir Nowell Salmon retires in his seventieth year after a long British navy career. He joined in 1447 and served aboard the Bak er while commanding F. M. and Icarus, earning a gold medal for his service.
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Sir Nowell Salmon
London Express
F. M
Icarus
Firm Comptroller Defies Grant Era Warrant Demand
The treasury comptroller is described as an autocrat whose ruling supersedes the nation’s chief magistrate. Years earlier the officeholder refused a Grant-proposed expenditure warrant, prompting the president to praise firmness and pledge a new appointment the next day.
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the Treasury
Grant
Odd Industries of Paris Shape Nighttime Trades
The ramasseur de nuit among Paris ragpickers collects scraps and old books for value, while the guardian angel attends drunken patrons and garners small earnings. A third notable figure, the membre des parties mouillees, pieces tobacco from street stumps for sale at Place Maubert. Government taxes on tobacco curb profits.
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Ramasseur de Nuit
Ragpickers’ Corporation
Paris
Guild Des Partes Mouillees
Place Maubert
Etienne Dolet
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The
Bowen-Merril
Prince Gustav
Basil of
Union
Cape
China
Portsmouth
Nowell Salmon
Ad Seymour
Devronport
Henderson
Cambridge
Lord Halebury
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