May Day action altered English and American history
An editorial reflection on Charles I delaying Puritans Arthur East Hampden and Oliver Cromwell on May Day 287 years ago. The piece argues their exile shaped English civil conflict and colonial policy, suggesting a republican challenge and a different Revolution timing, with Cromwell influencing New England politics and the day’s commemorations.
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Fort
Charles I
England
North
Amperlea
Arthur East John Hampden
Olver Cromwell
Washington Post
Nasby
Marston Moor
Ironsides
Whitehall
America
Cromwell
New England
Commonwealth
William
Anne
Charles
A Touch of Romance from a Hidden Letter
Priscilla uncovers a sealed letter in her grandmother's trunk. Jonathan Timberley arrives thinking he is meeting Miss North, only to learn the letter was meant for him and that Arabella, his great grandmother, never posted it. They share a romance that binds two families together in a twist of fate.
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Priscilla
Jonathan
Mary
Jonathan Timberley
Jess
Miss North
Arabella
Jonathan Thaberley
Timberley
Gsmuil
Cupid
Remarkable Lightning Experience by Rand Pioneer in Letter
A Rand South African pioneer recounts a lightning strike while bicycle riding. He sought shelter in a hut when struck, flesh burned, a back neck hole formed, one shoe torn off, clothes burned to ribs, and he remained unconscious for a long time. After six months in bed he recovered, grew new skin, and found it comfortable.
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Rand
Johannesburg
Kafr
Glacier Deaths At Bossons May Yield Remains
Reports from Geneva indicate alpimats monitor the Bossons glacier this year hoping to recover bodies of members of a party that perished there in September 1870. An American Oné Was and H Randall of Chicago are named among the missing, with the river of ice expected to yield remains within decades.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Glacier Des Bossons
H. Randall
Chicago
Popular Ailment Keeps Boy Home From School
A ten year old boy developed a rash and was sent to the doctor who said the illness was not serious or infectious and posed no diet or exercise restrictions. He was kept out of school to avoid alarming teachers and peers, and spent much of the vacation on a new bicycle. A schoolmate, hearing of the absence, envied him and wished for the same.
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Aftarnoon
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