A Romantic Return to Crayley Hill
Mabel and Dick navigate family tensions at Charlford's manor as Lord Wynmore arrives. Letters from abroad reveal secrets about their father while Mab hides a growing affection for Wynmore. Dick suspects Mab's misread signals and a hidden box fuels danger tied to a mysterious admirer.
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Mab
Lord Wynmore
John
Mabed
Uncle John
Joly
Mabel
Diek
Jol
Caroline
Crayley Hill
Filton
Wilton
Sle
Green Wate
Lord Gilstone
John Charlford
Professor Lets Poor Student Keep Up With Study
A New Orleans professor helps a student juggle work and lectures by offering to arrange make up sessions and review knotty points in private. The encounter ends with the professor’s humane pledge to assist the student in catching up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Institutes of Learning
Blank
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Sure Thing Mentioned in Quiet Domestic Dialog
A brief exchange shows Mrs Mayfair asking to see Keane’s wife and Mr Pat Keane confirming she is at home all day. He notes she was considering going out to have a tooth pulled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Charlford
Mab
Uncle John
Diek
Lord Wynmore
Mabel
Lord Wrynmore
Caroline
Birds of ill omens and historical omens of birds
A discussion surveying superstition surrounding owls ravens magpies and stormy petrels noting characters from Chaucer Shakespeare Luther and Poe and tracing beliefs to weather omen and cultural fears. It contrasts ancient lore with natural explanations and recalls references from poets and historians.
Reformer Snubs Young Man Over Cigars on Corner
An elderly reformer questions a downtown youth about his smoking. The young man admits three cigars daily at ten cents each. The reformer argues that saving would let him own the corner building when old, but the youth questions ownership of the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bilstone
John
Tom
Young Inn
Origin of Yankee Doodle Traced to Cavalier Air
A correspondent notes that Yankee Doodle began as Nankee Doodle a Cavalier ditty sung to irritate Roundheads. It referenced Oliver Cromwell with a feathered hat as a mock hero, and crossed the Atlantic as the term Yankee started to be used broadly beyond New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Oliver Cromwell
Oxford
Atlantic
Ben
Yeughee
Snakes and a Tale of Unexploded Dynamite in Guiana
A rambled reminiscence describes Dutch Guiana as a land of many snakes from parrot-green to mud-colored varieties. An engineer recalls a Guatemala line spur scene where a native mishandled a dynamite cartridge, mistaking shaving soap for the dynamite, prompting a tense, near miss during construction.
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Dutch Guiana
Carnup
Guatemala
Northern Sun
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Tos Hele
Iilso
Imine
Hereditary Strength of Oxen Revealed at Chili Park
A fragment notes the unusual strength of oxen at Chili Park Northumberland where bulls display a remarkable neck power aiding in battles for herd leadership. The text attributes this trait to an age old hereditary quality that ensures dominance in tussles among wild cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chili Park
Northumberland
Eusiit
Steve
Snipe Hunting in Germany and Household Jokes
Fragmentary notes describe snipe scarcity in Germany with prices around $1.12 each and 100 amateur hunters spending about $2,500 last year while bagging twenty plus. A stray joke about naming a child Willy and civic chores adds to the miscellany.
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Germany
Geri
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Othe
Taline
Jonn
Darstine
Mishel
Celia
Prankfort
Caeolne
Ancle Julian
Auizemuat
Matbel
Awell
Mabelle
Father
Ness
Dirk
Carole
Charleford
Bat
Vuelo John
Ives
Uncle Joho
Thiele
Dank
Uncle Folh
Mrs. Hatehly
Rybody
Euroape
Americ
Tady Wraymore
Terd Woyuamere
Lorse
Wynmore
Lond Wynmore
Mar. Charlford
Bilstone Court
Lor Wyntmore
Isdy
Wyimuore
Wynmeore
BIRDS
Chicago News
Ovid
Martin Luther
Poe
Bauler
Luichard III
Macbeth
Deancan
Wilson
Sonltor
Lord Percy
Imarehii
Boston
Percy
Destre Lburgh
Gran
Hyly
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