Flood trapped subway romance in damp tunnel
Jennings pursues Nell as flood waters fill the Fulton Street subway car. Amid fear and crowd tension he persuades her to flee with him through the rising tide, revealing a past letter mix up and planning an imminent marriage once they reach safety.
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Jennings
Fulton Street
Neil Preston
Nell
San Francisco
Worth Street
Neil
Worth
Canal
Grace
Jimmie Belding
Colleen Bawn and the Irish Playwright Quick Write
The narrative recalls Dion Boucicault reading Colleen Bawn after Vanity Fair failed. He sent Laura Keene steel engravings and melodies for scoring. He planned to read act 1 Friday and finish acts 2 and 3 within a fort-night to stage the new Irish play promptly.
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Beeedeault
Colleen Bawn
Dion Boouctrault
America
Montrose G. Moses
Hhis
Vanity Fair
Laura Keene
Roucicault
Miss Keene
Laura
Killarney
Baker
English volunteers to serve on the Prairie mission drive
Two dozen English volunteers, sent by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel at the Saskatchewan bishop's request, arrive in Montreal for service in the Canadian West. They receive tents, horses, and funds, live by the land, visit settlers, and pave the way for ordained clergymen after three years.
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Prairies
Montreal
Canadian West
Canada
Society For the Propagation of the Gospel
Saskatchewan
Divinity School
England
Archddeacon Lloyd
Modern Forestry Shapes Old Shade Trees
The piece describes careful care of ancient shade trees with limb amputation to stop decay and cavity cleaning with preserving cement. It notes building a tin roof along upper branches to shed dampness and prevent further decay, praising admired patriarchs.
Holes In the Legs Describe Hog Heat Regulation
A scientist notes hogs use leg ducts as a unique waste and heat management system. Inner leg openings above the knee in fore legs and near hind leg joints vent moisture and excess heat, functioning even when hot. Fore leg ducts remain active, cool moisture continuously present.
Cats Vary Wide in Size From Tiny to Large
Wildcats show extreme size variation from about two feet to five feet in length. The smallest varieties resemble domestic cats in size and form.
Standardized Sausage Contested by The Lancet
The Lancet argues for a legal standard definition of sausage to prevent cheap substitutes and fraud. It warns that sausage is a meat product not bread or waste biscuit and calls for authoritative regulation to ensure wholesome ingredients.
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London
Lord Curzon Becomes Chancellor of Oxford University
The article notes a historic line of university chancellors including Lord Curzon at Oxford. It lists peers presiding over major universities such as Rosebery at London Cambridge Derby Manchester Norfolk Sheffield Ripon Chamberlain Balfour Kelvin Strathcona Balfour Edinburgh Rosse Dublin Castletown and the Prince of Wales at Wales with the King as Protector.
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Lord Curzon
Oxford University
Lord Rosebery
University of London
Cambridge
Duke of Devonshire
Manchester University
Lord Spencer
Duke of Norfolk
University of Sheffield
Lord Ripon
University of Leeds
Mr. Chamberlain
Birmingham
Lord Balfour
Burleigh
St. Andrews
Lord Kelvin
Glasgow
Lord Strathcona
Aberdeen
Mr. Balfour
Edinburgh
Lord Rosse
Dublin
Lord Castletown
Royal University of Ireland
Prince of Wales
University of Wales
Franklins Orderly Veteran George Parr at Ninety One
In Gillingham Kent veteran George Parr, orderly to Sir John Franklin, turns ninety one. Parr joined the Royal Marines in 1834 and sailed with Sir James Ross on the Erebus and Terror voyage of 1839, enduring privations and fame. He later served in New Zealand and earned royal interest from King Edward, with Earl Roberts among those who spoke with him.
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Franklin
Gillingham
Kent
Sir John Franklin
George Parr
Parr
Royal Marines
Sir James Ross
Antarctic
Victoria Land
Erebus
Terror
John Franklin
Admiralty
Arctic
New Zealand
King Edward
Chatham
Earl Roberts
Where Sun Gets Its Heat From Corpuscle Motion
Sir Robert Ball argues in Pittsburgh that solar heat cannot arise from contraction alone. He cites the sun’s age exceeding 9.5 million years of heat from contraction and cites Joly on Earth's ocean aging. Ball posits energy from fast moving corpuscles, like radium, in the Sun’s original nebula as the heat source.
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Robert Ball
Cambridge Observatory
England
Carnegie’s Institute
Pittsburg
Joly
Oats Escape Cultivation Across Regions Worldwide
Oats escape cultivation and persist as if wild in regions from Algeria and Japan to the Pyrenees and north China, the Hebrides and Sinai desert. The weed behavior shows oats surviving year after year beyond cultivated fields.
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Algeria
Japan
Pyrenees
China
Hebrides
Desert
Mount
Sinai
Joyous Canadian Winter Slide Echoes In Love
An untitled Morning Post piece by E B Osborn revels in a Canadian winter dream. A couple speeds down a snow banked slide as rosy descriptions of danger, flirtation, and romance unfold against frostbitten scenery and a racing river below.
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The
Morning Post
E. B. Osborn
E¢ Dominion
A Northern rookery seals and breeding habits described
The article explains Behring Sea Pribyloff Island seals including sea lions and fur seals with terms bull cow pup bachelor and rookery. Old bulls arrive in May and fight for breeding spaces while females arrive later to give birth. The fur trade relies on bachelor seals skins taken by hunters using blunt impacts to avoid skin damage.
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Pribyloff Islands
Behring Sea
Perfectly Fitting Collars to Prevent Sore Shoulders
H. E. Cook recommends collars fitted to horse shoulders to prevent sore shoulders. After soaking the ecollars, fit them by working the horse in them to ensure proper fit and avoid unnecessary pads.
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H. E. Cook
Ander
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