A Tale of Damascus and a Royal Court in Peril
A romance fragment set in Damascus follows Ulin, Albia, and Abia as the King Horam defends a valley from Julian the Scourge. An arranged match, danger from the Scourge, and a tense palace struggle unfold with palace intrigue, threats at the pass, and a looming confrontation.
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Phorpar
Aboul Cheem
Cassem
Hig
Alin
Rahem
Albin
Helen
Oacred Doly
Olln
Damascia
Tioram
Lycanius
Thither
Ulin
Albia
Thaly
Horam
Reais
bin Hibndly
Julian
Hode
Hut Horam
Sadak
Damascus
Actio
Thant
Tadmoor
Mehes
Bassora
Alan
Damancum
Indy
Albcia
Hal
Aswad
Bia Spa
Witn
West Madison Car Wish Ends With Gentle Rescue
A distraught woman named Montelpal Daty lingered at Clare and Madison as a parade rolled by. A careful Chicago police officer guided her across the street to safety, and she then asked to return so she could catch a West Madison car. The officer wandered away amusedly after escorting her.
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Montelpal
Clare
Madison
Chicago Journal
Este
Eho
Madison Street
Clark Street
Dress and dignity in the Senate and Mexican military schools
A National Geographic Magazine piece contrasts the old Senate’s formal dress with modern a ife sacked suit imagery and notes Washington's Capitol design as a legislative temple. It also praises Chapultepec military school in Mexico as a model of rigorous officer training observed by foreign officers.
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Fenate
United States Senate
Morgan
Teller
Cockrell
Berry
Proctor
Doni
Atiil
New York
Washington
New York Herald
St. Petersburg
Merion
Mexico
Diaz
Chapultepec
Centenary of Victor Hugo Birth in France Celebrated
On February 26 1002 France marks Victor Hugo birth centenary. Paul Meurice donates £0,000 francs to Paris to form a museum collection of portraits autographs engravings and related items. The museum would be housed in Hugo s former residence at Place Royale now Phare det Vore.
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France
Victor Hugo
M. Paul Meurice
Paria
Thealdes Arant
Lse
Place Royale
Phare Det Vore
Reverend J W Cross Harvard graduate nears centennial
The article honors Rev J W Cross born 1808 in Bridgewater Mass. A Harvard graduate class of 1828, he taught at Chatham Academy, studied at divinity schools, and served fifty years at the West Boylston church. He was a state constitutional convention member in 1853 and 1873. Now nearing a hundred, he remains active and engaged with the world and his alma mater.
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Ee Josaph Warren
Harvard
Wiverthry
Comfortale
Worcester
Crowd
Bridgewater
Max
Pitt Clark
Newton
Mary J. Danforth
Crome
Chatham Academy
Divinity School
Andover Seminary
Wyet
Cross
Parochial Schools Attract Pupils From Public System
At the national teachers' convention in Detroit the debate yielded little new information beyond rising expenditures in religious schools and their draw on the public system. The article urges the National Educational Association to investigate why parents choose parochial schools and to compare curricula and teaching methods with public schools.
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Detroit
National Educational Association
Naiad Queen wins third consecutive swimming shield
Constance Mackenzie, niece of the Duke of Sutherland and Cromartie heiress, defeated eight young society readers in serge outfits minus shoes to take the championship. She wore the gold medal on her blouse, with her raven hair falling over her shoulders.
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Constance MacKenzie
London Cablegram
Constance Mackensie
Duke of Sutherland
Cromartie Estates
War on Rass and Rat Bounty in Cape Town Feeds Public Fear
A grim report outlines a proposed US led extermination drive focused on rats in Cape Town with a six cent bounty per rat delivered dead or alive, as public fear grows over bubonic plague. The piece shifts to natural history notes on how birds and other animals produce sounds without opening their mouths, citing pigeons, cuckoos, snipes, and nightingales as examples.
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United States
Telontiean Energy
Cape Town
South Africa
Por & White
Teeland’s Odd Policeman Tradition Ends in Solemn Duty
The Teeland people maintain a single policeman who is kept for ornament and dignity rather than practical use. The article notes Teeland is unique in having a capital with only one lawman, a safeguard reflecting a long tradition and the descendants of Vikings.
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Teeland
Three Colonial Dames Societies Lose Exclusive Title Claim
The New York Appellate Division upheld a lower court ruling that all three Societies of Colonial Dames may use the title Original Colonial Dames of America. The ruling ends any single exclusive claim and suggests internal tensions among the groups. A writer notes many members trace ancestry to Tory loyalists, distinct from actual Revolution patriots.
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Colonial Dames
Colonial Damen of America
Supreme Court of New York
Walton
al Three
Deacri Bea
Britain
Mayor Harrison Appears in Shirt Waist Garment
Chicago mayor Harrison surprised officials and onlookers by arriving at his office in a plaited and beruffled shirt waist, prompting a wave of curiosity about his attire and public image.
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Mayor Harrison
Chicago
Coations
Harrison
Polar Expeditions and Invasion of English Markets
The report details multiple polar expeditions including Bridgeman’s Peary relief mission aiming for the pole, Baldwin’s Norse departure with a strong outfit, and Bernier’s plan to reach via Bering Strait. It notes four northern- and southern-polar ventures and highlights brisk British concern over American competition shaping English industry and trade policy.
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Peary
N. L. Bridgeman
New York
Mir
Bridgeman
Pole
E. B. Baldwin
Sinois
Tromssa
Norway
North Pole
Bernier
Canada
Arctic
Bering Strait
South Polar
Rele
Baldwin
Control of Balloons Shows New Aeronautic Mastery
A Paris dispatch describes Santos Dumont steering a cigar shaped balloon around the Longchamp course and around the Eiffel Tower, illustrating a solved navigation problem. Earlier long voyages by Wise and others showed balloons moved by wind, not by the pilot, making ballooning a matter of adventure until new designs allowed self sustaining flight with propulsion and control systems.
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Paris
Santos Dumont
Longechamps
Eiffel Tower
Professor Wise
St. Louis
New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Monument to Robert Oettel by poultry fanciers guild
A grand monument now stands in Görlitz Germany honoring Robert Oettel father of poultry breeding in Germany and Austria. Born 1788 he died 184? and dedicated fifty years to breed improvement and organizing poultry societies with over 3000 members. European sewer and naval asset figures appear in passage.
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Oettel
Germany
Austria
Gorlitz
Robert Oettel
Innovative concealed camera sermon idea shocks England church
A clergyman proposes a concealed camera in church pulpits to photograph congregants and expose sleepers. He believes showing the images to backsliders will shame them into better conduct. Critics argue faithful preaching is the cure, not surveillance in worship.
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England
A Judge's Wife Endorses Peruna Cure Story
A Minneapolis woman Mrs Minnie B McAllister describes long back pain eased after seven weeks on Peruna. She credits restored health to the catarrh remedy and praises its effects, warning against cheaper imitations sold by druggists. She invites others to seek Hartman’s free guidance if results are not prompt.
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McAllister
Minneapolis
Minn
Peruna
Minnie B. McAlister
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
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