Ghost on the Ridge Forces a Choice in Murder Plot
In a moonlit hillside, Hugh Stires confronts Harry Sanderson as the two faces of old sins converge. Hugh seeks Jessica's aid and money to flee, while Sanderson contemplates a risky plan to shield a wrongful accusation of Dr. Moreau’s murder. Jessica ferries speed and peril toward a village in a tense climax.
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Hugh Stires
Preacher
Hugh Gronk
Jessica
Hugh
Sion
Harry Sanderson
Harry
Satan
Fingh
Warry Sanderson
Dr. Moreau
Atkan
Moreau
Aniston
Tere
South America
Belither
St James Parish
Satan Sanderson
Nhon
Hough
Funeral Hollow
Old complaint ends in burial for dead fowls
A provincial weekly receives a subscriber’s question on hens dying each morning. The editor replies the fowls are dead and nothing can be done except to bury them, labeling it an old complaint.
Floods Highlight Australia Seeks Irrigation Advances
The piece notes Australia's flood history from Victoria to New South Wales and the Hunter River, recounting towns nearly wiped out and the siege of Terry-hie-hie. It links flood damage to irrigation policy, mentioning Laanecoorie weir and ongoing projects at Goulburn and Barren Jack weirs as essential to industrial resilience.
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Australia
Frank Fox
London
England
Victoria
Brisbane
Queensland
Bourke
N.S.W
Gundagai
Hunter River
Ns.w
Narrebri
New South Wales
Terry-hie-hie
Melbourne
Yarra
Laanecoorie
Cable
Alfred Deakin
Goulburn
Jack
Nile
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say Hymn Manuscript
The article notes Horatius Bonar wrote the hymn while minister at Kelso. His notebook shows sketches in margins and shorthand similar to Pitman. The worn pencil manuscript of I heard the voice of Jesus say is preserved with other hymns and notes from 1855 and earlier.
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Jesus
Horatius Bonar
Kelso
Pitman
Bonar
Artist and Comedian George Robey’s Diverse Pursuits
The London comedian Mr. George Robey is a painter who has exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. He also enjoys cricket and football, admires Egyptian history and antiquities, and studies Africa, though he will not pursue exploration like Stanley.
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London
George Robey
Royal Academy
Royal Institute of Painters
Africa
Stanley
Artificial Limbs For Animals Through History
The article notes that artificial limbs for animals are not uncommon with early examples including a London firm fitting a cow with a wooden leg about a quarter century ago and the Comte de Paris having a log fitted with wood and leather. It mentions Col North providing a new foot to a greyhound worth $5,000 and Lord Denman owning a wood themed limb.
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London
Comte de Paris
Col. North
Lord Denman
Thornby Cloakroom Girl’s Dance With A Porter
Molly Dodge, a Southern girl working in Thornby college cloakroom, flirts with the porter and steals glances at furs and hats. After a dance night, a revelation shows the porter is a student and Molly chooses to pursue him as the cloaked romance ends when autumn returns.
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Thornby College
Molly Dodge
Molly
Horace
Ian
Song of the Ancient Spinning Reel Traditions
The text traces early spinning reel devices from the band reel to the clock reel with a clock face and two hands. It explains how reels wound flax into yarn, the use of skeins, and the hedden or leben to keep strands in place. A ballad mention links kissing Mistress Polly to the reel’s timing.
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Mistress Polly
Mistress Nolly
A Lecturer’s Amusing Lantern Misadventure
Mr. Harry Furniss recounts showing portraits of Mr. Gladstone during The Humors of Parliament when a giant fly, trapped in the lantern, appeared magnified on the screen provoking laughter. The incident followed a lecture moment highlighting Gladstone’s features.
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Harry Furniss
Mr. Gladstone
Gladstone
London
Latest African Fashions and Body Adornment
A traveler notes Central African dress emphasizes adornment over climate. Natives in Congo sometimes wear no coverings while Kisumu Ugandan railway regions show bold body modifications. Descriptions cover shaved heads, facial paints, pierced ears, dental work, skin incisions, and raised cicatrices.
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Congo
Kisumu
Uganda
Lake Victoria Nyanga
East Africa
British golfer Dorothy Campbell Wins Haverford Final
Dorothy Campbell, the English golf star, captured the women's national title at Haverford near Philadelphia by defeating Mrs. R H Barlow of Quaker City. Campbell, already the English Open champion and three time Scottish champion, delivered a standout display and received a rousing American reception.
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Miss Campbell
Dorothy Campbell
Haverford
Philadelphia
R. H. Barlow
Quaker City
England
Scotland
Herbert Jacques
American National Golf Association
Caryll to Furnish Music for Metropole Piece
The choice of Ivan Caryll to supply music for a work at Theatre Metropole Ilin is a notable honor for the popular composer. Although French by birth, Caryll is a naturalized Briton who has spent 25 years in English musical comedy and recalls a lean London start teaching music lessons in Streatham and outer suburbs.
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Ivan Caryll
Theatre Metropole
Ilin
Caryll
London
Streatham
Six Soldier Sons Of One Kent Family
Six sons of Mr and Mrs John Moore of Edwards Road Belvedere Kent England all serve in the army five in field artillery with a combined twenty nine and a half years service and the sixth in the Army Service Corps
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John Moore
Edwards Road
Belvedere
Kent
Eng
Army
al Field Artillery
Army B Service Corps
Libretto: a home for old jokes in Aurelius
The dialogue defines a libretto as a home for old jokes spoken by Pa and Aurelius. The exchange frames the term in playful, domestic terms and uses a humorous mispronunciation to provoke a smile.
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Aurelius
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