Strangeweys Host a Visitor at Peak Hat Hall
Louise meets the stern Strangewey brothers John and Stephen at Beak Hall Peak Hat where farm life clashes with old world pride. Stephen proclaims a wary banner against women, while Louise senses a growing mutual intrigue amid wary hospitality and family secrecy.
Last Recruits of Slavery in Plateau Alabama
A group of nine elderly African Americans in Plateau near Mobile, remnants of the last slave cargo, secured land along Three Mile Creek after emancipation in 1805 and now own substantial property and businesses, including nine stores and large land holdings.
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America
Alabama
Mobile
Plateau
Africa
Cuba
Porto Rico
Louise Chats with John Before Resume Journey
Louise engages in a brief conversation with John before continuing her travels, an exchange that awakens emotions long dormant in him.
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Louise
John
Foods That Cause Rickets Warns on Dairy Diets
Dr Beverley Robinson of New York cautions that excessive pasteurized milk and proprietary foods can cause rickets in healthy two to three year olds. He notes rickets arises from high starch foods, low animal fat and protein, and low lime salts, leading to knock knees and bow legs.
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Beverley Robinson
New York
New York Medical Journal
Osler
Memory and mistaken art question at Corcoran Gallery
A middle aged, stylish woman wearing a lorgnette asks about a painting at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. She misremembers the death of the Lord while another visitor explains the work depicts the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian.
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Corcoran Gallery of Art
Sebastian
Washington Star
Rare act of chivalry pardons officer after fraud case
London reports a full royal pardon for Teut Cecil Aylmer Cameron by King George amid a sensational case from 1911. Cameron served three years for fraud tied to an insurance suit with his wife, who later admitted sole guilt as she faced illness and release after four months in prison.
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Stephen
Cumberland
John Strangewey
Louise
John
London
Teut
Cecil Aylmer Cameron
George
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Ife
Cameron
Lord Kitchener
Wifes Biscuits Save Man In Judge Latshaw Case
In Kansas City a man named John Jones faced a wrecking charge after allegedly damaging Judge Latshaw's car during an unauthorized joyride. Judge Latshaw sat in, with Justice Shepard substituting, and the court imposed six months in jail but granted parole due to extenuating circumstances. The judge cited Jones wifes biscuits as the reason he feared a strike by the cook.
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Kansas City
Ralph Latshaw
John Jones
Latshaw
Justice Shepard
Burglar Prefers No Gun Claims Gentleman Theft Style
John Sumner twenty years old confessed to about twenty burglaries to Brooklyn police. He said he never carries a gun, considers himself too much of a gentleman. He typically entered after dinner when residents were away and rifled jewel cases for valuables upstairs.
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New York
John Sumner
Brooklyn
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