Old Colonel Holds on Until Son Returns in Battle Scene
A dying colonel near a Pacific posting clings to life to meet his son arriving from the Pacific. A young doctor stages a dramatic military dispatch at the bedside with a guard and volley to revive the old soldier, who then speaks with his son and finalizes his will and reward.
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Philippie
United States
Pacific
Tain
Theo
San Francisco
Ae Pacific Coast
Moon
Wis
Ti Walt
Valentine kindness from Mrs Barker and Peter Blake
In a small village tale, Mrs Barker entrusts Peter with a valentine from her past while Peter secretly plans to send her one in return. That night he finds a heart shaped apple tart addressed to him, signed To My Valentine, believed to be from Mrs Barker in memory of her own lost son.
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Mrs Barker
Veter
Peter
Mrs. Barker
Valentine
Peter Blake
Five Books for a Childs First Library Revealed
A 1913 guide urges parents to curate a child’s first bookshelf with four living books: a vivid picture book, a nature query producer, a big magical tales collection, and a motherly activity book. It counsels care, beauty, environment learning, and hands on projects to foster early education. It also shares nursing advice and toy trends shaping child development.
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Carollyn Sherwin Baily
Dementor
Vogue Patterns Show Smart Girls New Figure Lines
The article describes May Manton patterns with long sleeves and pointed waists, noting outfits with straight fronts and oblique tops. It lists pattern sizes for waist 34 to 42 inches and bust 36 to 48 inches, instructs sending 20 cents with numbers 7352 and 7670 to receive by mail, and asks for a two cent extra stamp for letter postage.
Steamed Puddings and Sweet Desserts from Home Kitchen
A guide to making steamed puddings and desserts with steps for Lemon Pudding Date Pudding White Pudding Sirup Pudding and Caramel Pudding. Methods include bread and custard soaking, steaming in dishes and cups and finishing with syrups or caramel.
Fireships and the ancient explosive vessels in naval history
The article recounts early incendiary vessels called explosion or infantry ships used in ancient and later sieges. It describes Ghink belli’s heavy wrecking craft, its brick foundation and vault, loaded with gunpowder and weighty projectiles to breach ships. It also covers the Spanish Armada battle and Lord Cochrane’s Basque Roads explosive attack with dramatic consequences.
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Tyre
B.C
Tuale
Ghink Belli
Calais
Gravelloes
Basque Heads
Lora Cochrane
Troy
Cochrane
London Globe
President Sees Him in Lippincotts Tale
An Irish Chicago mother learns the president has seen Richard’s Lippincotts in a story with a moral. A worker pretends his absence is due to scarlet fever. the manager grants two weeks’ leave without pay fearing contagion at home.
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Chicago
Washington
Tidy
Cerness
Letber
Richard
Louis Glotie-Dewnerat
Monkeyfolk to South Africa Common Baboons Seek Oysters
The piece notes baboons share a taste for oysters with humans and other shellfish. Baboons roam to the coast to find oysters, opening shells with teeth or by striking them on rocks, illustrating advanced foraging behavior observed in troop excursions.
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South Afric
FW. Fitzsimons
A Long Pedigree and a Heraldry Punchline
Sir William Lever joked about his pedigree after receiving a baronetcy. He compared heralds finding an obvious lineage by simply removing the L and R from his name to reveal Evel, humorously underscoring the ease of tracing aristocratic roots.
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William Lever
College of Heralds
Evel
London Answers
Be Say We All. Quotes on music and barbarism
A quirky collection of clipped phrases and jokes. The notes mock polite talk about music preferences and expose satirical references to barbarism, medical plasters, and fools during a holiday.
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Lippincott
Waiting For the Lightning in Sierra Sequoia Myth
The text quotes John Muir on giant sequoias claiming their immortality against decay and disease. Naturalist notes trees rarely sick, though lightning defeats aging, with ancient sequoias losing tops after strikes as the forest waits for fate.
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California
Jobn Muir
Walta
Memorable Meeting With Grand Vizier In Turkish Negotiations
In reminiscences Mrs Hugh Frazer recalls James Keith a Scot who served with Spain Russia and Prussia. As a general officer of Empress Anna Petrovna he helped conduct peace preliminaries with Turkey before the Belgrade treaty. The Turkish grand vizier met Keith at the table in fluent English with a Scottish accent.
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Boot
Hugh Frazer
James Keith
Spain
Russia
Prussia
Anna Petrovan
Turkey
Belgrade
Mesxa
Keith
Kirkcaldy
The Serbs' Rout at the Maritza 1304
In 1304 near Adrianople on the Maritza the Turks surprised the allied Slavonic forces led by Louis I of Hungary and Poland. The Serbs Bosnians Bulgarians and Wallachians were intoxicated by Turkish drums and fled in panic, drowning as they crossed the stream. The site remains marked as Siri Sindughi the Serba Fountain.
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Maritza
Adrianople
Louis L
Hungary
Poland
Bosnia
Servia
Wallachia
Eultan
Sa'd-ud-Din
Marat the Unattractive Physician of the Revolution
The article notes Paul Marat as one of France's ugliest men yet a popular Paris physician in his early career. It claims his consulting rooms were crowded with Parisian women and recounts a tale of tender pursuit by an admirer who later became his wife despite Marat suffering from a contagious skin disease.
When Edward Was Peeved in King Edward In His True Colors
A fragment describes the Prince of Wales at Marlborough House in the eighties during a billiards game. After a bad shot a guest prods him to pull himself together, the prince signals a carriage for a servant, illustrating royal impatience.
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Edward
Marlborough
Prince of Wales
Wales
Surprise Birthday Pill Plot Revealed
A playful exchange hints at a planned surprise involving a birth date and a pill, with one speaker claiming the husband will be surprised when he receives the pill. The dialogue centers on expectations and a hinted twist for the birthday.
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