A Quiet English Manor Love and a Hidden Heart
In a misty October morning at a manor near Austin area, Mr ErsEmay Booth pursues study while young Dick Bent and Rose Dormer stir romantic trials. Mr Scott, an elderly scholar, grieves as Dick and Rose become engaged, revealing unspoken pain and sacrifice behind scholarly walls.
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Tyna
Tanor-Honss Terrane
Ersemay Booth
Els
Goa
Mr. Scott
Scott
Dormar
Takale
Aiabor-House
Erasmun
New
Lintown
Boott
Abelste
Bose
Ross Dormer
Lanvea
Penn
Bent
Depa Tuam
Son
Clini
Ata’ Fay Sabia
Strand
Scotland
Rose Dormer
Courne
Eramus
Beeber
Almel
Cora
Erasmus
Rose
Oply
Conyer
Boso
Isabe
Anns Fellowes
Brooklyn
Glenburnie May Come to Day at the Brownes Summer
Melicent Harper from New York visits Glenburnie with the Brownes and meets Harry Brown and Marian. Beatrix and Herschel Hubert Browne scheme for matches while Miss Harper explores a cottage life and a mistaken path to romance before her return to New York.
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eTipTha Brownes
Migs Harper
Melicent Herper
Paris
Woodbine
Melicant
Melicent
Harry Brown
Marian
Mies Harper
New York
Diana
Glen
Barnle
Beatrix Browne
Misa Harper
Glenburnie
Mise Beatrix Browne
Melicent Harper
Herschel Hubert
Tam
Molingat
Harry
Rapid Growth in a Four-Year Dakota City
A humorous sketch mocks rapid western development in Central Dakota. It notes a four-year-old town with five large hotels, six churches, sixty saloons, water works, electric lights, schools, and banks. An engineer’s tall tale from the Chicago and Milwaukee Road imagines a town sprouting overnight, as crews rush to ring bells and watch for new towns.
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Talen
Dakota
Thia
Hercules
Theorthwest
Aketoh
Chicago and
Milwaukee Road
Jim
Anya T
Firemas
Saya Jim
Roy
Bob
Ancient tunnel in Samos described by Herodotus found
A long ancient tunnel on Samos dated as nine centuries before Christ is reported by the island's governor. It carried drinking water to the old seaport and remains well preserved with a broken straight wall and a laternal pipe. The report notes vast perfume and other commodity statistics and various social observations.
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Samos
Herodotus
Europe
British
India
Cannes
France
Stockholm
Sopho Kowalovaki
What I Think Mind Is and the Force of Thought
A fragment from a Postular Science Monthly lecture at Lehigh University describes mind as a force produced by substances in the nervous system. It equates mind with galvanic energy and other natural forces while noting the limits of a full definition. The speaker urges students to connect familiar perceptions of light heat and gravitation to the workings of thought.
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Setardey
Batisa
Rowe
Americus
Thay
Hustorien
New Jersey
Germany
England
Shso
Paris
London Lancet
Nother
Aria
Prom
Br. Hammons
Lehigh University
Postular Science Monthly
Chemical Laboratory
Noble University
Physica
Mrs Burnett and Her Two Handsome Boys
A Washington Letter praises Frances Hodgson Burnett and describes how she trains her two sons for photogenic poses. The article notes their beauty and the fatherly or maternal guidance that makes their home a picturesque scene. It also mentions summer poses and the curiosity about the novel's impact on their education.
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Washington
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Han
Houa
Hove
Ashe
Posea
Forest Police in Germany Protect Forests From Destruction
Cornhill Magazine describes a German forest policy where officials regulate tree cutting to preserve wood fuel for the country. It notes Bavaria’s fuel tax impact and timber prices, historical royal protection of forests, and a 30 year cycle of clearing and replanting, contrasting with the ancient Bohmer Wald where pines remain centuries old.
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Germany
Cornhill Magazine
Wooda
Bavaria
Arule
Decline in Chinese Tea and Silk Exports Highlight 1880s Trade
The article notes a sharp drop in tea exports from Shine after a peak in 1880-1, with tea shipments sliding from 174,514,000 pounds to 113,845,000 pounds by 1881-2 and 149,101,000 pounds in 1882-3. Silk also fell from 79,199 bales in 1861-2 to 17,868 bales in 1883-4, signaling a broad decline in Chinese export activity. It mentions Hannibal Humlin as the oldest living stump speaker active since Andrew Jackson’s era.
Debated Hangings and The Science of Death in Brooklyn
The article discusses execution methods and medical opinions on hanging, citing Dr Barr of royal prisons. It details long drop versus short drop, rope materials, knot placement, and physiological effects including brain blood flow, asphyxia, and spinal injury. It cites experts like Calcratt and Professor Haughton, weighing pain and duration of death.
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Peta
Tro Toftorann
Brooklyn
Barr
Royal Prisons
Eppeara
Alow
Saphyala
Marwood
Asphylla
Arbatia
Evan
Tizlitaniig
Taylor
Sppeara
Parron
Tidy
Profesor Haughton
Langtry Husband Seeks Divorce Amid Society Buzz
In New York and Detroit circles, rumor and public interest swirl around Mrs. Langtry, the actress Gebhard, and her husband Mr. Langtry. He reportedly seeks a divorce and estrangement as her vanity and adulatory life threaten his fortune and honor, while Gebhard is portrayed with sharp controversy in society gossip and press.
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Gebhard
New York
Detroit
Edriona
Tangtry
Lusband
Fortuna
Tyettier
Alon
Langtry
Nat Soane
Dora
Betleemtutt
Lauptry
Ida
Elagant Young
Ian
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Petre
Austin Area
Gover
Bashey
West Africa
Jatown
Old Calabar
Bonny
Benjemin
Tayior
Howe
Glenburnir
Hostric Browne
Miss Beatrix
Mrs
Bethens Brow
Herschel
Trix
Ale
Bethune
Fraight
Tam Miss Harper
Browes
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Talmage's
America
Third Presbyterian Church of
Chicago
Fifth Avenue Church
John Hall
Lafayette Avenue
Cuyler
Bethany Church
Philadelphia
Rochester
Hannibal Humlin
Andrew Tackson
Mr. Langtry
Ohio Agricultural He
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Ha Zai
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