Reverend Sextus Worterly and the Letter of Love
In a shaded rural setting the Reverend Sextus Worterly, a respected but lonely minister, discovers his passion for Cynthia Trimble. After two rough hikers steal a love letter he wrote to her, his restraint crumbles and he confronts guilt and temptation while awaiting the awaited reply.
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Sextus
Sextus Westerly
Dione
Amson
Daleville
Wilow Trimble
Ste
Elergymin
Cynthia Trimble
Cynthia
Couras
Shigey
Shager
Pete
Sextus Worterly
Shaggy
Min
Petre
Verte
Lebl
Diuleville
Tie
Jatt
Centhia
Cynthia S Society
Nini
Sean
Jean Be
Reverend Sextus
Cypthia
Colsus
Iron Pier Builders Hold Back Flood with Heroic Effort
The Great Bridge over the Goontree river nears completion after labor by thousand workers and an elephant corps. A harsh discipline system, a whipping of Kim Nassik, and a loyal elephant Bandara frame a tale of toil, courage, and river wrath as flood waters threaten to overwhelm the structure.
How Names Grow Up in Geography and History
London Globe notes how names reveal history and places. It explains that “burgh” marks a corporate town and traces Edinburgh to Edwin, the town of Edwin, illustrating how syllables encode rulers, forts, and origins.
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Berg
Burg
Burgh
Borough
Edinburgh
Stumptown
Hardscrabbie
England
Scotland
Berry
Burrow
Bury
Borrow
Edin
Edwin
London
Medicines and Death of Prince Conde Revealed
Paris National Library unearthed prescriptions from Prince Conde’s last illness. Three doctors ordered a rice syrup with marshmallow roots and sugar candies and a night and morning blister. A fourth prescribed hyacinths to fortify the exhausted powers, followed by poppy water and various tonics. The prince died after six months of treatment, of the malady he suffered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Biblotheque Nationale
Prince Conde
Ude
An Odd Regiment Formed by Emperor Pan
In the fifties Mr. Leveson-Crower lived in St Petersburg. A regiment named Pavlovski was formed by the Emperor Pan, with men sharing similar facial features. One regiment consisted of smallpox marked men who blew their noses with their fingers at command to avoid sneezing as the sovereign passed.
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Leveson-Crower
St. Petersburg
Pavlovski
Pan
Paniovski
Excursion Steamer Sirius Beached Near Slocum Site
In New York on July 22 the crowded Sirius excursion vessel intentionally beached near North Brother Island to avert a Slocum disaster repeat. A Sunday school outing of about 1000, mostly women and children, rode amid rough seas after striking a rock. Captain Pearce steered toward mud flats near Rikers Island as police and rescue boats ferried frightened passengers to safety.
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Slocum
New York
Sirius
General Slocum
North Brother Island
William
Payne
William Pearce
Rikers
Sland
Strike May Be Renewed in Chicago
Chicago July 25 a mass meeting of over 200 business houses decided no more teamsters on strike would be reinstated until all unions call off the strike. Employers threaten a general citywide strike of 35,000 if concessions are not made, following a recent end to the 5,000-strong walkout.
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Chicago
Employers’ Association
Teamsters
Teamsters’ Joint Council
Yellow fever reports rise in New Orleans area
The state board of health will have the city health department report daily yellow fever cases and deaths with locations. Seventeen cases and six deaths have been reported to date. In Mobile on July 25 rumors say two crew members of the Columbia from Colon and Bocas del Toro infected with yellow fever were removed at the quarantine station thirty miles below Mobile. The Columbia did not land locally and one man reportedly died.
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New Orleans
State Board of Health
City Board of Health
State Board
Mobile
Alm
Columbia
Colon Yia Bocas Ael Toro
Toadstools Fatal to Four at Birthday Party
Four members of the Franzor family near Landisville New Zealand died after eating toxic toadstools mixed with mushrooms at a birthday gathering. Joseph Franzor his wife and two young daughters perished while two sons aged five and four survived for not eating the meal. Franzor earlier worked as a miner in Leadville Colorado.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Franzor
Landinville
N. Z
Franzer
Leadville
Colo
Yellow Fever Breaks Out in New Orleans
Yellow fever has broken out at New Orleans with several deaths daily. Health officers are making strenuous efforts to eradicate the disease and an attempt is being made to exterminate mosquitoes, held a chief source of infection. It is believed to have been brought in by vessels with fruit from foreign ports.
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New Orleans
New Oreans
Railroad Trainman Killed in Sioux City Yard
Fred Wilson of Ashland lodge Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen Watertown New York was struck by a train in the railroad yards and instantly killed. He ignored warnings from whistle and bell. Railroad men dispute death by his own action.
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Sioux City
Fred Wilson
Ashland Lodge
Brotherhood of Railway
Watertown
N. Y
The Price of Peace Demand from Japan on Russia
Japan is said to demand an indemnity from Russia equal to its war expenses up to the peace conference. The estimate places the sum at about a billion dollars.
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Japan
Russia
Swift Is Freed on Habeas Corpus Bond in Chicago
Rodney Swift former International Harvester official and stockholder, indicted in Indiana and arrested in Chicago on conspiracy charges, released on habeas corpus with a $10,000 bond for appearance August 28.
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Swift
Chicago
Indiana
Rodney
International Harvester Company
Bryan Opens Clear Lake Chautauqua
William Jennings Bryan opened the Clear Lake Chautauqua with a lecture in Mason City Iowa drawing about twenty five hundred listeners. Governor LaFollette is scheduled to speak on Saturday. An advertisement offers Hollister's Rocky Mountain Ex for a beautified complexion at 35 cents.
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Bryan
Clear Lake Chautauqua
Mason City
William Jennings Bryan
LaFollette
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
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Bundura
Asker
Bundara
Kim Nasiir
Nassi
Iron Horse
Risa
Naselk
Tee By
Tey
Nassil
Chiet
Goontree
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