Comedy of Errors. Chapter The Heiress in Spring
Mrs Farquhar, thirty years younger than her husband, dies penniless leaving her son John a pittance while Jessica inherits wealth and a park. Nevill plans a marriage to rescue Jessica’s fortune, Jessica resists, longing for Girton and true love. John accepts the betrothal, unaware of springtime temptations. To be continued.
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Farquhar
Mr. Nevill
John Farquher
John
Mr. Evill
Jessica
Spain
John Farquhar
Essica
Papa
Miss Snow
John Farahar
Girton
Flora Williams
Nevill Lodge
Snow crystals and the blue tint of mass ice
An analysis of snow as crystallized water describes its blue tint in large masses, the hexagonal prism form of snow crystals, and how molecular arrangement and physical forces govern crystal shapes revealing universal natural laws.
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Andes
British Defences Unmasked by French Spy in India
A French agent under a German alias obtained leave from Rangoon and revealed plans of Aden Karachi Bombay and Rangoon fortifications to Paris. The man known as Wald, real name De Boulanger from Marseilles, rose from clerk to Bombay staff chief clerk then Rangoon gunner to spy. He spoke multiple languages and vanished with a French companion after securing Paris tickets.
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Rangon
Burmah
Batish
Aden
Karrachi
Mbay
Rangoon
Paris
Army
London
Indian Empire
British India Service
Bombay
Home Office
Wald
de Boulanger
Marseilles
Pondicherry
Algiers
India
Ward
Royal Artillery
Colaba
Kurrachi
Monkey Point
France
Mme. N
Europe’s Armies and the Social Toll on Nations
The essay argues that Europe’s large standing armies strain domestic stability in Italy Germany Austria Hungary and France. It suggests war taxes conscription feed social unrest, while emigration could ease pressures by shifting labor, boosting production and lowering prices, benefiting society though war could be avoided.
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Europe
Italy
Germany
Austria-Hungary
France
America
South Africa
Afghan stamp issues of Ameer Abdur Rahman described
Collectors learn of three stamp issues during Ameer Abdur Rahman reign. The first two round dull red stamps carried values of one abasi four annas and two abasis. A black oblong stamp valued at one abasi followed, later replaced by a larger red oblong bearing the same inscription with a mosque and two flags. Also noted is the inscription Darus Sultaneh Cabul. Separately, Roman watergate remains unearthed at Nimes show two openings of 13 feet.
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Ameer Abdur Rahman
Where Law Is Not Respected In The United States
The article notes brigand bands stopping Boston and Maine freight trains and raiding cars before reinforcements repelled them. It argues citizens and companies often defend property themselves, with limited police aid, criticizing neglect of lawful justice and urging stronger government administration of law and order.
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Boston and Maine
United States
Western States
Pinkerton
Irish Villages and the Threat of Returning Loafers
A Fortnightly Review piece laments the decline of Irish villages as returning migrants from America and Australia join local loiterers to disturb order. It praises the few steady youths while warning the majority will drift toward vice, politics, and upheaval under the influence of worldly outsiders.
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Levil
America
Australia
Christianity and Islam as Asiatic Religions and Civilizational Paths
The article argues both Christianity and Islam originate in Asia and are Semitic, noting Christianity’s wider global spread and Islam’s confinement to Asia and Africa. It contrasts stationary Mohammedanism with progressive Christianity, cites a golden age under Muslim rule as not intrinsic to Islam, and emphasizes Christianity’s influence on modern civilization while Islam’s core remains tied to older law.
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Jerusalem
Mecca
Asia
Africa
Europe
New World
China
Turkey
Bagdad
Cordova
Kenan
the Contemporary Review
Tallest Extant Animals Reach Eighteen Feet Heights
The article compares living and extinct mammals noting giants like cave bears and short-faced camels, but asserts giraffes remain the tallest living mammals. It cites male giraffe heights around sixteen to eighteen feet, with a Southern Africa shot female at seventeen feet and a museum specimen suggesting eighteen feet.
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H.A. Bryden
Africa
Natural History Museum
Her First Mother Abuses Infant On Toronto Streetcar
A woman on a Toronto streetcar, carrying a six month old baby, subjected the child to repeated rough handling during a 250 yard ride. She lifted, hugged, tossed, patted, and jiggled the infant many times while humming, talking gibberish, and gazing at it with evident emotion, before the conductor intervened.
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Torento
Yates
Renmark
Renny
Kitty
Fragmented dialogue from a themed drama scene
Fragmentary OCR dialogue reveals a tense confrontation with romance and manipulation. Characters Renmark and an unnamed speaker bicker about love and social constraints while planning a late night confrontation and a potential breakup. The scene hints at deception, jealousy, and looming consequences.
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Nimes
Siwalik Hills
Mascarene
Galapagos Islands
Ganges
South America
Her First
EY Roe
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