Dawn Rescue at Gannet Rocks Inspires Fear and Hope
Don and a band of jet hunters rescue seven trapped people from the Soldiers Slough as the quicksand advances. Violet Mowbray, ward of Rev. Langton, meets Don, whose courage stirs growing feelings amid a social divide.
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Dale
Waogland
Don
Jedson
Whitby Way
Mezia
Obadiah
John Anderson
Nursling
Joe
Mr. Dent
Dou
Rutus Crouch
Rufus Crouch
Rufna Crouch
Rufus
Abvaya
Nixon
Galdiera
Dame Kerla
Waele Q
Devel
Tiezial
Jon
Jee
Dan
Emerend
North
Yorkshire
Thorpe
Shirhig
Joe Nixon
Jedsen
Whitby
Jeri Hanter
Eckdals
Thorpe Hinself
Sp. Fletcher
Daira
Sore Nord
Etufus
Annie Shaw
Old Peterson
Mr. Don
Joe Nizen
Rector honors old friend and ward at Woodburn Parish
The rector and his friend Tan share praise and relief as Don, the adopted son of Obadiah Jedsen, completes a risky day under the cleric’s guidance at Woodburn Parish. The passage depicts a learned, generous pastor aiding a young ward amid troubling events.
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Tan
Wonodhirn Mare 2
Atmwik Jie
Don
Oeighant
Obadiah Jedsen
Woodburn Parse
Timber decay facts and a courtroom quip
Facts on timber preservation note warm humidity accelerating decay and winter felled timber lasting longer with species details. A New York lawyer joke followed Judge Allen’s remark about a persistent attorney in a U S Circuit Court case.
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New York
Paris Schools Compared with American Prisons in Forming Minds
The piece criticizes Paris lycees calling pupils boxes kept in dormitories with uniforms and strict routines. It contrasts French discipline with American student life, urges orderly rooms and thoughtful teaching, and warns against rote recitation without fostering critical thinking. It argues teachers should awaken thought and manage classes with purposeful assignments.
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Paris
Lycees
Lyceums
America
Allence
Gfervanta Pass Ajong
Chumming in Africa and native social rules
A fragment discusses Tonutier society and chumming norms in Africa. It suggests a PUP rule set with a dominant Straonys group and a weaker faction, detailing protection, respect, and duties. The text references strangers handling possessions and dead matters, with unclear terms and distorted phrases.
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Africa
Strane Br
Remarkable Servant Theme in Regency Tea Room Scene
A garbled description shows Lita Roy and Chang family figures with an English officer exchanging formal salutations. A Chinese naval commander, once defeated in a conflict with Japan, faces death before a reversal appointing him as a servant to a high official, Li Wane Chang. Assyrian references appear as stray, unclear lines.
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Dung Chang
Tina Chang
Li Wane Chang
London Literary World notes ambition of American poem as anthem
The London literary scene highlights Stanley Waterloo of Chicago as author of The March of America which may become a national anthem. It cites prizes in London for poetry and prizes for a London hospital, plus remarks on Amelia Barr's Prisoners of Conscience and Bret Harte collections.
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London
Stanley Waterloo
Chicago
Family Circle
Amelia B. Barr
Shetland Islands
Fisherfollk
Bret Warte
Barker
Emile Bourgeois
Paris
Atlanta
Slidling Gear
Garland
Jeftle
Preaching with Pistols Across Early American Divisions
A sensational account of clergy and politicians wielding pistols amid revolutionary and civil conflict. It recalls Rev. Jonathan Beucher in Annapolis criticizing republican reforms and a Kentucky Presbyterian slaver abolition leader, highlighting violent demonstrations surrounding sermons and the era’s heated rhetoric.
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George Washington
Jonathan Beucher
Ghureh
Isnguind
Patrick Henry
George Tel
Tished
America
Annapolia
Dafiaace
Pistola
Cler Eyman
Kentucky
Orica
Peace Society
Preventing Pilfering in Philadelphia Cigar Boxes
A Philadelphia wholesale cigar firm, shipping across neighboring states, adopted a theft deterrent. Previously crates of fifty boxes were often opened and some cigars removed, cases resealed. Now crates use about two dozen boards with a single thick twine threaded through each, ends sealed with lead bearing the firm’s name, making theft detectable.
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Ethiladelphia
First Iodian Nurse from Oneida Tribe Trains in Connecticut
Nancy Coroch of the Oneida tribe Wisconsin becomes a pioneering nurse. She studied at the Oneida reservation school, trained at Carlisle and Connecticut schools, and graduated in 1889. She sees no reason to return to the reservation given unfavorable circumstances.
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Nancy Coroch
Wisconsin
Oneida
Tie Training School
Carliste, A
Connecticut Training Schiol
Paris Stationer Ad Promises Safe Ink for Letters
An advertisement from a Parisian stationer touts Safe Love Better Takk ink. The solution uses foolite af stares and writes with characters that fade in four weeks.
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Beuwice
Efien Watros
Thirsk
Ralph Watson
Fog
Larry
Ireland
Ellen Watson
Alers
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Den
Fhrepham
Ton
Andie
Mark
Rufus Craneh
Violet Mowbray
Corth
Samuel Langton
Major Mowbray
India
Violet
Europe
Madras Presidency
Atr. Langton
Hinam
Mr. Langton
Witcher
Viele Mowbray
Teoeple
Bern
Ferhapa
Allen
Unites States
Cauet
Ab Sprigfield, Vi
Janes C. Gourley
Tian
Jimige Allen
Mr. Courtney
Educational Columin
Bifications! Journal
Trimary
Ely
Hon-eseeHye
Thave Snygsons
Thas
Jessona
Lereona
Taney
Dr. W. Goretin
Lita Roy
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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