Barrie and Thrums Tales Echo in Early Stories and Plays
The excerpt surveys James Barrie and his works, noting his rise from local Scottish roots to global fame. It references Thrums life, his stage successes such as The Little Minister and Peter Pan, and includes vivid scenes from a Thrums narrative involving Gavin the minister, a gypsy Egyptian figure, and village upheaval.
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Ames Mathew Barrie
Seotehmeca
General Fries Academy
Edinburgh University
Prince of Whiteates
United States
Great Britain
Barrie
Thrums Tale of Gavin Babbie and Rob Dow in Love and Flood
The narrator recounts Gavin and Babbie’s secret love amid village scrutiny and a looming gypsy wedding. Rob Dow risks all to save his friend as a catastrophic flood swallows Thrums. Gavin and Rob wed afterward. Babbie’s hidden past remains a quiet wake for Margaret’s memory.
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Margaret
Gavin
Thruma
Rob Dow
Red Dow's
Cadden Woods
Gevin
Nanny Webster
Jaik
Rabbie
Babbie
Caddam Woods
Nanny
Rob
Kirk
Babble
Nanny's
Wooman
Child recalls Eve story misquote on prayer
Five year old Marjory, after hearing the Eve tale, says the trouble was that the tree wasn’t prayed and Eve should not have eaten from a tree that wasn’t prayed. She adds you never can tell what will happen.
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Mies
Marjory
Eve
Mise Smith
Boston Transcript
Author's Trip Almost Royal
Mark Twain notes Bret Harte's 1870 eastward journey to Chicago for Lakeside Magazine editorship drew national interest worthy of a viceroy of India or Halley’s comet return after 75 years of absence.
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Mark Twain
Bret Harte
Lakeside Magazine
Chicago
India
Halley
Area near Cuban coast yields world’s top tobacco
The finest aromatic tobacco in a western Cuba coastal area over twenty-five square miles earns the distinction of the highest priced crop. Production is unique to this region, with no equal elsewhere.
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Cuba
Brooklyn Hagle
New York City Overtakes London in Population Within 19 Mile Radius
New York City’s population within a 19 mile radius of City Hall exceeds Greater London’s population in 1920 by 344,508 people, according to Dr. Walter Laidlaw. London’s count covers a broader area including outer suburban zones and additional counties. London total 7,476,168. Largest New York total 7,820,676.
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New York
London
New York City
Walter Laidlaw
City Wall
Greater London
New York Herald
New Jersey
Newark
Jersey City
Poison Ivy Fear Erased by Simple Gasoline Remedy
Science shows gasoline or benzine can dissolve the ivy oil and prevent infection after contact. The irritation is a chemical burn and treatment within eight hours is effective, making outdoor activities safer for hikers and motorists alike.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Insect Devastation Threatens New Guinea Plantations
The rhinoceros beetle is destroying coast plantations in German New Guinea. If Australia acts as the mandate power, it could reverse years of losses from this pest. During German rule scientists tried sprays to spare palms, but war halted progress and little has been done since. The depredations erase ten to twenty years of hard work annually.
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German New Guinea
Cameroons
Germany
Bureau of Agriculture
Normal hearts not a fixed entity says Dr Big Shop
Dr Louis Faugeres Big Shop argues there is no universal normal heart and each heart is normal for its owner. He urges using fluoroscopy to view the heart in action to detect functional abnormalities during medical examinations.
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Louis Faugeres
Medical Society
New York
Bishop
Windows on Modern Ships and Frameless Glass Design
A Popular Mechanics discussion notes the shift from circular portholes to square windows on passenger ships. Frameless plate glass panels avoid spray damage and require care, used in deckhouses and chartrooms, symbolizing maritime design progress.
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Popular Mechanics Magasine
Mourning Customs among Syrians Seen as Weakness
The text notes that Syrians viewed mourning as effeminate and when they grieved they wore women's clothes as a symbol of weakness.
River floods cripple Port Jackson mollusk beds in 1866 and 1891
In a Royal Society of New South Wales address Charles Hedley recalls river flood events that freshened harbor waters, killed mussels oysters limpets and periwinkles, and caused red Granadinium blooms that suffocated bivalves and fouled the shore. Japanese reefs reportedly bleach and vanish when heavy floods bring fresh water.
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Royal Society of New South Wales
Charles Hedley
Port Jackson
Population and Production Across Tropics and Temperate Zones
The tropical belt between the 13th north and 30th south parallels holds half the land area outside polar regions and half the population, yet accounts for only one sixth of world trade and one seventh of global railways, despite temperate zones craving its food and manufacturing goods.
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New Orleans
Africa
India
China
Brazil
Australia
Polar
Hypnosis Theory Draws Attention in Sermons
An English professor suggests listeners grow sleepy during sermons not from inattentiveness but from intense focus as they hypnotize themselves on the preacher. The idea treats sermon reactions as boosts to the parson rather than faults.
Tragedy in Paris as Fire Affects First-Class Passengers
The prefect of the department arrives at the scene to oversee rescue efforts after a fire on a transport raft. A passerby describes seeing the first-class passengers and the shock of the event. The prefect, in office sash, calmly surveys the wounded as guards work. He encounters a bystander seemingly casual in conversation.
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Leonor
Paris
Bigger Game Inspires Child's Snake Chase
Bobby and Ruth visit the country with a nurse. While Ruth fears snakes, Bobby boasts he is not afraid and may seek a garter snake. A garter serpent crosses the path and Bobby runs away. He quips he is not scared but simply looking for a digger one.
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Bobby
Ruth
Ruuh
Easy Conditions Widow Seeks Message From Dying Friend
The widow sits by her dying friend and asks Susan to tell her husband John that she longs to be with him in heaven. Susan replies that if she cannot reach him she will not wander heavenward on a clackety path in search of him.
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Susan
John
Quirinal Palace and the Birth of unified Italy
The Quirinal hill in Rome held Romulus Quirinus designation. The palace was built in the sixteenth century by the Catholic Church and after 1870 became the residence of Italian kings. The term Quirinal denotes the court of united Italy and the monarchical regime.
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Quirinal
Rome
Romulus
Quirinus
Italy
Girsies in Hisatary and Origin Theories
The article discusses groups known as Repyans arriving in Europe around the sixteenth century from Hindu origins. Some scholars link them to exile or flight from Timur’s persecution in India. European travelers noted their unfamiliar language and rumoured Egyptian connections.
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Europe
Timur
India
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