Timewell House Banquet Reveals City Politics and Piety
Micah Clarke narrator and companions join Mayor Timewell at his home in Taunton for a Puritan feast. The dinner scene exposes class tension, religious zeal, and rivalries among gentry and tradesmen as guests discuss court life, loyalty to the king, and the fortunes of Monmouth’s rebellion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mistress Timewell
Secaet
Sir Gervas
Saxon
Theckarby
Werness
Saxom Phere
Poe
Maisey
Arma
Raunis
Brooke
Heller
Abchurch Lane
London
Gervas
Fiphinstone
Sir John Cochrane
Jessen
Monmouth
Fenang
Argyle
Rumbold
Axminster
Churchill
Feversham
James
Micah Clarke
Reuben Lockarby
Frances Wiillard on Women's Role in Reform and War
The passage argues two thirds of Christ's church are women whose influence boosts evangelistic work. It cites Frances Wiillard urging front-line advocacy, turning conflict into a war of words, praising equality and partnership between men and women in bearing burdens and shaping society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah
Ark
Christ's Church
Foor
George Eliot
Ime
Knights of the Old Dussley
Republic
Man With Wooden Leg Recovers Lost Crutch Tale
A shop manager in Tewes recalls a tale of a one legged man who asked for a favor and reclaimed his wooden leg and crutch from a passerby. The incident ends with the visitor insisting a joke about being struck by a boy who once hit him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tewes
Wes Gee
Faith and doubt in a poet’s last line
George H. Hepworth in the New York Herald reflects on faith and mortality. The fragment speaks of a longing for eternal guard, a belief in a higher heaven, and the tension between death and hope in a veiled prophetic tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Hepworth
New York Herald
How to submit articles to the paper instructive joke
A Western journal correspondent asks how to get an article into the paper and is told the method varies by size. If small like a hair brush or tea caddy spread the paper, wrap it, fold edges, and tie. Larger items like an English bathtub or clothes horse should not be attempted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gervas
Owarrane
Reuben
Joe 'Yur
Warcrante
Colonel Pride
Clark
Mayer
Toorvas
Sulamant
VINDICTIVE IN DEATH
A private Gratmar in San Francisco is driven to suicide amid abuse by a harsh officer. A narrator investigates hauntings and murder, follows a suspected spirit linked plot, and discovers a grim scene in a military hack near the reservation. The piece ends with a letter from Sweden proposing a post mortem revenge theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gratmar
San Francisco
Efe
Hlischoler
Grank
Stockholm
Sweden
Lving
Ramtarg
Condensed Wisdom excerpt from Chicago Record
A cynical quote about consistent behavior and expectations. A man who praises virtue should keep at it. Love is acceptable but risky for professional image. People overestimate their goodness and assume outcomes align with expectations. The unexpected never occurs because others anticipate it.
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A. Conan Doyle
Stephen Timewell
Taunton
Orgs Wight
Wii
Enginere
Overzeal
Ruth
Sam Derrick
Gervas Jerome
John Dryden
Samuel Butler
Htudibras
Plothes
Bader
England
God
Vandal
Etyerenete
Peter Krew
Torgny
Covenant
Patrick Plume
Polwarth
Richard Bumbeld
Frances Wiillard
Condensed Wisdom
Hagenbeck’s
Die Fliegends Bloctter
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