Mine Rescue Amid Turbulent Mine and Love
Hugh Trelawney descends into a flooded mine to save George Redruth and his uncle, aided by brave miners as a storm lashes the coast. Madeline Graham, Annie, and the Pendragon household face peril and heartache while a dangerous rescue unfolds under water and shifting rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Penmaur
Measter Hugh
George Redruth
George Rudruth
Annie
Madeline
Mrs. Redrath
Michael Petmaur
Leat
Michael Ponmaur
Promis
Lwan
Laws 4500 Years Old Unearthed In Egyptian Tablet Find
The New York World reports a 4500-year-old slab unearthed at Dersepolie by J. de Morgan for the French Government. It depicts King Hammurabi receiving laws from the sun god, detailing ancient marriage, inheritance, and agency norms, with a note that murder was not treated as a crime but as a loss to kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dersepolie
J. de Morgan
Saga
New York World
Humwurabi
Baus
Morover
Books on women and society gain notice in press review
A New York Times notice highlights Pansy’s new book Dory Farrand adoration praising its religious respect but criticizing its take on Milton. Olive Thorne Miller’s With the Birds in Mather widens birds’ reach. Florence Morse Kingsley’s The Singular Miss Smith critiques domestic service romance with a Harvard professor. Wiggin’s Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm remains best seller with praise from The Christian Million and NY Public Library demand noted.
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Pansy
Dory Farrand
Tor
Milton
New York Times
Olive Thorne Miller
Shoe
Mather
New England
Middle States
Crase
Miss Smith
Florence Morse Kingsley
Macmillany
New York Sun
Harvard
Christan Million
London
England
America
Wigeio
New York Public Library
New York State Library
Then and Now in a College Youth Tale
An old verse about youth and knowledge contrasts present triumph with later realization of what one did not know. The dialogue mocks a conscientious man and a mischief bystander as a dentist jokes about a free tooth extraction and a minor quarrel over a bill.
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Annie
John Rudd
Jace
Hugh
Ben
Lalrath
Madeline
Ant Musle
Mr. Trelawney
Cas
Astral
Warewa
Annie Pendragon
Moirling
Mr. Trelawnry
Mr. Redruth
Trelawney
Maine
Dartna
Ming
Hushband Teases Talkative Youngest Child in Quip
In a playful exchange a husband complains his youngest child talks constantly while the wife asks if it is a boy or a girl. He echoes frustration with a humorous aside.
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Hushband
Blank
Adoptions of Whites in Cherokee Nation Citizenship
The Kaness City Journal notes the long standing law allowing a white man to marry a Cherokee woman by petition and pledge of good moral character for citizenship. The law included forfeiture clauses and, under Fort Smith and Supreme Court tolerance, granted jurisdiction over the adopted man. An 186 date amendment restricted property rights but kept political rights, and the Dawes commission treats the adopted white as a full citizen, though courts have not ruled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaness City
Parker
Fort Smith
Supreme Court
Washington
Dawes Commission Hia
Leap Year Quip Sparks Debate Among Singles
In a witty exchange, a bachelor declares leap year a great comfort to women because it gives them an extra day without increasing their years. A listener with hopeful prospects questions the claim as the conversation unfolds with playful banter.
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Worder
Lady Lawson Appointed Church Warden at Asparia Church
Lady Lawson named church warden of Asparia Church in Cumberland England. The note urges attentiveness to a woman seeking to share troubles to preserve friendship.
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Lady Lawson
England
Asparia Church
Cumberland
A Peasimiatic View and Humorous Exchanges
A quirky 19th century style page features comic dialogue between characters like Johnny Pum pertuckle and an old man, with quips about honesty, belief, and social pretenses. It includes crosstalk about gowns, church attendance, self-made men, and a sly jab at a society leader Mrs DeSwymm, ending with a puzzle question about suppression termed by Rockety.
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Robert Buchanan
Jom Tredgar
Dprosance
Mr Uncle
John Pendragon
George Medruth
Woodby
Wiseman
Sinnickson
Catholic Standard and Times
Knoviak
Rakovich
Knovlak
Pinkham
E. Pinkham
Templar
Order of Good Templars
Lydis
Man
Tri Han
Larimore
N.D
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Chas
Fletcher
FT Surrey
Johnny Pumpertuckle
Ugrea
H. Milne
Lada
Piliadelpia
Hetween Priend
Hix
Dix
Brownovitch
Smithinnky
Hrownovitch
Smithionky
Bookle
Piker
Hilow
Mra. DeSwymm
Rockety
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