The Man With the Squint Persists Through London Night
A narrator fleeing two pursuers in a London chase hides in a smoking carriage and later seeks shelter with Lord Winthorp. After eluding capture, he escapes through a back garden to a road and a hansom, continuing his desperate night pursued through Kensington and Bayswater toward safety.
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Sheppard
Down Street
Birt
London
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Knightsbridge
Kensington
Bayswater
Sercombe
Gloucester Road
Winthorp
Lord Winthorm
Insidious Power of Wealth Temptations and Social Duty
A timeless sermon argues wealth as a public trust not personal dominion. It cites Ecclesiastes and figures like Montefiore Dodge and Cooper, contrasts love of money with Christ, and warns greed spoils virtue, family, and society while urging charitable use of wealth.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ecclesiastes
Sir Moses Montefiore
Baron Hirsch
Peter Cooper
William E Dodge
Robert Morris
Jay Cooke
Washington
Secretary Chase
Jay Coooke
San Bernardino
Tawanda
Ettawanda
Little Bear Valley
Christ
God
Carlyles in Cheyne Walk Watered by Devoted Friends
A lighthearted anecdote recalls Jeannie Welsh Carlyle coaxing a watering parade for Thomas Carlyle at Cheyne Walk. Mary Ann and others showered the stone flags, while Carlyle forbade any spill on his person. Mrs Carlyle kept a dog clean via a local laundress who washed him weekly.
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Cheyne Walk
Jeannie Welsh Carlyle
Mary Ann
Carlyle
The Jaw and The Teeth Changes in Human Anatomy
The article argues teeth are skin appendages not bones and that the jaw shapes to hold teeth. It warns soft foods shrink teeth and may cause their disappearance, gums to vanish, lips to sag, and a Punch-like face. It suggests altered speech from facial changes.
Denning His Hours in Cleveland Romance
A Cleveland judge rules that 11 o clock is late enough for a man to stay with his girlfriend Patrice. The decision hints at the two hours allowed for farewells at the door.
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Cleveland
Patrice
Goodby
Yonkers
Decapitating Words in Language History
A London Chronicle writer argues that modern English decapitates words like bus and phone is not a new trend. He traces spend to spendan from Latin dispendere and sport to disport meaning to carry apart, noting how these forms evolved into current senses of pay out and amusement.
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London Chronicle
Canadian Pacific Plans a Mile‑Long Bridge Near Lethbridge
Engineers unveil a bridge plan near Lethbridge Alberta that would span more than a mile and rise about 300 feet above water, promising to rank among the world’s wonders and surpass the Brooklyn Bridge in height.
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Canadian Pacific
Lethbridge
Alberta
Brooklyn Bridge
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