Micah Clarke Dramatic Courtroom Exchange at Whitehall
In a scene from Micah Clarke, King Monmouth cheers his troops as Sir Gervas Jerome and Saxon exchange banter. Monmouth selects Jerome to lead musketeers and rides past cheering crowds while Reuben catches a falling token and the hero reflects on his wartime loyalties and fate.
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Yrus
Gervas Jerome
Surrey
St. James's
Whitehall
Monmouth
Thomas Kalligrew
Dunkirk House
Gervas
King Monmouth
Reuben
Tan
Micah
Ito
Jad
Sword Play and Secret Messages at Monmouth’s Lively Council
In a spirited gathering at a Hanoverian holdout, Saxon and Buyse duel in a display of strength while Monmouth’s faction, aided by Lord Grey and Wade, pries open a coded letter. A hidden diamond and ingots are pledged to fund loyalists as plans unfold against the usurper in a tense struggle.
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Lord Grey
Buyse
Monmouth
Hague
Anak
Ferguson
Colonel Holmes
Wade
James
Duke of Monmouth
Jacob Ciancing
Snellaby Hall
Salisbury Plain
Jacob
Westminster
Trine
Rhine
Medicinal Substances and Origins Across History
A survey from the Philadelphia Record traces how substances like glycerine in 1789 creosote in 1830 and caffeine in 1820 emerged in medicine. It notes origins for poisons and remedies such as hemlock from Italy and Greece, opium and hashish from India, and hops used since 2000 B C with Egyptian depictions.
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Scheele
Humphrey Davy
Socrates
Italy
Greece
Reichenbach
India
Ceylon
Europe
Arabia
Persia
Solomon
Siberia
Central Asia
Storck
Courtois
London
Hahnemann
Africa
Asia
Germany
France
South America
Runge
Jaya
Martinique
B. C
Philadelphia
Humorous Visitor Observes Hospital Ward Dynamics
A witty observer travels near a distant hospital and notes jealously among country folk in the ward. A man with a broken leg is treated, then demands medicine two days later. The doctor refuses, saying medicine isn’t needed, while the patient insists others are given medicine.
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Pittsburg
Operation Aimed at Settling Longstanding Medical Point
A physician plans an operation to resolve a medical dispute that has persisted for fifty years. A relative asks if it will help and the doctor replies that it will not save the patient, but will settle the long standing question.
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Chicago Post
Please Excooze Henry For Ab Sents Yeesterday
A city school notes a pupil was kept home as he and another got a ride to a funeral in a carriage. The writer asks the teacher to excuse Henry for his absence yesterday, explaining he stayed home to join a rare outing and had not rode in a carriage or attended a funeral before.
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Elias
Iber
Plese
Henry
Yeesterday
Harper’s Round Table
Leander’s Swim Inspires Theatrical Talk Of Wealth
A Washington tar remarks on Leander's legendary swim and questions why he did not seize opportunities to amass wealth, suggesting he could have earned money through a tank drama and even bought a steam launch.
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Leander
the Hellespont
Washington
Sealed Orders Send Schley Fleet to Sea for Cable Cut
Washington reports Commander Schley and the flying squadron at Hampton Roads were ordered to sea at 2 p m under sealed orders not to be opened until far offshore. Officially the move follows Spain's restriction on messages via the French cable from Cuba. The squadron is to cut the Cuban coast cable and bring back at least one mile to halt its operation.
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Washington
Schley
Hampton Roads
Navy Department
Cuba
Diplomatic Note to McKinley on Cuba Appealed by European Powers
Sir Julian Pauncefote presented a note from Germany Austria Hungary France Great Britain Italy and Russia urging humane action and renewed negotiations to restore order in Cuba. McKinley replied praising humanitarian aims and hoping for peace with necessary guarantees while ending the Cuban disturbance. The representatives met with Judge Day at the State Department and left, with officials deeming no change in the situation.
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Great Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Austria
Italy
White House
Julian Pauncefote
Austria-Hungary
Spain
Cuba
McKinley
United States
Austria- Hungary
State Department
Judge Day
Generous New Jersey Schoolchildren Donate Pennies for Cuban Relief
In New Brunswick H B Willis deposited 174 dollars in pennies at the People's National Bank as the first mite installment from rural schools for Cuban relief. Country teachers from Perth Amboy South Amboy Dunellen and Jamesburg traveled to town loading copper and counting coins most of the morning.
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New Brunswick
N. J
People’s National Bank
H. KB. Willis
Perth Amboy
South Amboy
Dunellen
Jamesburg
Cuban insurgent republic cites recognition by Spaniards
Senor Quesada, representing Cuban insurgents, states the civil government they run in the controlled area has been established and claims it has been recognized by Spaniards. He cites official dispatches mentioning such recognition.
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Senor Quesada
Ele
Train Stop Tea Bargain Delights Aroostook Lady
An elderly passenger on a Maine bound train in Aroostook County alights for dinner. She asks the innkeeper the bill, learns twenty five cents, protests she would have eaten more if she knew. The landlord smiles and offers to hold the train while she eats.
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Aroostook County
Maine
Marm
New York Tribune
The Old Lady on Deck
A Georgia girl in rural districts runs away to marry a book agent despite her parents wish. She asks her sister if a light will be lit for her return and the reply warns that mammy awaits with a huge bundle of hickory switches behind it.
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Georgia
Sue
Atlanta Constitution
Phrenology Joke In Cleveland Leader Quip
A Cleveland Leader humor piece recalls a phrenology session where the examiner reads the first bump and jokes that the subject’s wife uses an old-fashioned rolling pin. The quip reflects lighthearted attitudes toward pseudoscience in daily humor.
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Cleveland
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Micah Clarke
A. Conan Doyle
Saxon
Hampshire
Axminster
Gren
Nurnberg
Boyse
Yaese
Donnerwetter
Anthony Buyse
England
Brandenburg
Erik
Seti
Sean
Fiare
Flying
Naval Department
Indianapolis
Chicago
Nature
Ayer
Deutora
J. C. Ayer
Lowell
Mass
Least Money Jones
Binghamton N. Y
K. C. Mead Cycle Cco
Wells Medicine GO
LaPayette
Ind
Vans Chemical Cincinnation
Express
Rcular
J. A. Houser
Janes
Sebgort
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