Days of Suspense by Frank H. Sweet
Pierre dreams of becoming a physician like his father and owning plantations while keeping his plan secret from his grandmother who clings to him. He supports the household, saves pennies, and buys books in the science she loves, hoping for a chance to study medicine away from home.
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Frank H. Sweet
Daily Story Pub
Pierre
Igreri
Dollera
la Grand'mere
Frea Brary
Imerra
Mattava
The Grandmother and the Plague Tests Pierre Faith
Pierre grows up aiding his grandmother while saving money and studying medicine. A severe plague sweeps the city, forcing him to leave a drug store post to care for the sick. He returns to his grandmother, who learns he can go back to her side as the plague ends.
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Pierre
Pierra
Troubles of Dird GTN the birds and their nests
A long natural-history vignette details robins building three nests in an apple tree, with eggs destroyed by a jay and a red squirrel, while a yellow warbler falls victim to a cowbird. It notes cowbird greed, nesting challenges for warblers, catbirds, mourning doves, woodpeckers and flickers, plus hazards from cats and other birds in a rural setting.
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Pasture Wood
Robin Redbreast
Prefer to Remain Slaves Says London Correspondence
London Foreign Office correspondence states 98 percent of Zanzibar and Pemba slaves prefer to remain enslaved. Few applied for freedom in 1900 vs 1899, as British miseloney claims most know they cannot gain present advantage. Masters have become kinder since slave legislation, and seek to make service more attractive.
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London Foreign Office
Zanzibar
Pemba
Com
Miseloney
Oldest Protestant church in America: St Luke’s Va
The Chicago Record Herald notes St Luke’s Church in Smithfield Virginia as the oldest Protestant church in the United States, erected in 1632 and restored in 1894 to its original condition. It is an English Gothic structure with mullioned windows and a tower, used for worship for two centuries. The Jamestown church built by John Smith’s colonists vanished save for an ivy clad brick tower.
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United States
St. Luke's
Smithfield
Willem WH. Curtis
Chicago Record-Herald
Jamestown Island
Morgod Keeps Old Ocean at Bay
The article notes about 1,000 metres of sea dikes in the Netherlands and discusses the challenge of estimating total dike length, emphasizing the vast and variable nature of the coastal defenses and their aging condition.
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Morgod
Netherlands
Russia's White City Archangel to become western capital
A vivid portrait of Archangel, the White City, enduring long winters with little sun and endless snow. The article notes white churches, walls, and uniforms, with only women and children adding color, and observes Archangel’s future role as capital of a new western Russia.
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Russia
Archangel
Great Western
Europe
Near West
Supreme Court Rules No Legal Ground in Divorce Bill
The Supreme court at Washington held that an allegation in a bill for divorce against a wife did not state any legal ground. The description includes that she was quarrelsome irritable violent in threats hysterical and ungovernable in temper crazy in her actions boisterous screaming hallooing and wild conduct causing intolerable nuisance to neighbors.
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Supreme Court At
Washington
Dikes Protect Lands Reclaimed Across Fertile Expanses
The article reflects on dikes that have been destroyed and rebuilt through the ages, emphasizing maintenance over new construction. It notes dikes defending against fresh and salt water and reclaiming about 210,000 acres of fertile land, highlighting national importance and land gain.
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National Geographic Magazine
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Chicago Tribune
North America
John Smith
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