Intrigue Bends Loango House Party Toward Africa
Meredith’s slow recovery in Loango is aided by Joseph and Marie as Jocelyn Gordon meets Sir John Meredith at Lady Cantourne’s drawing room. Millicent Chyne and Jocelyn press for news about the relief mission while suspicion threads through Sir John’s polite exchanges.
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Joseph
St. Paul de Loanda
Maurice Gordon
England
2Sculapius
Loango
Meredith
Missis
Marie
Miss Gordon
Millicent Chyne
Jocelyn Gordon
Millicent
Mr. Oscard
Mr. Meredith
Jocelyn
Ogowe
Simiacine
Africa
Lady Cantourne
Sir John Meredith
Cantourne
Sir John
Eton
Maurice
Vague complaint on interest in victuals and progress
The speaker laments a lack of progress and says the man shows no interest in anything, especially his meals. The tone is critical and conveys concern about the subject’s poor condition and apathy.
People of the Rocks Fortress in Madagascar Noted
In northern Madagascar a vast natural fortress rises 1000 feet and covers eight square miles. A wild tribe, the People of the Rocks, occupy it. The rock is sheer on all sides and unreachable without artificial means. A hollow interior hosts a single subterranean entrance.
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Madagascar
St. James
Thrift and Shiftlessness Warned in Old Fashioned Call
A compact editorial urges thrift and condemns shiftlessness without naming individuals. The piece argues thrift should reappear as a guiding norm in everyday life and social conduct.
Bound to Get There
An old man contemplates John's fate amid a legal dispute and a drastic personal injury. He muses whether to steer John toward medicine or law while noting he faces a pending lawsuit and a severed leg that could drive his decisions.
Point of View Inside a Busy Morning Exchange
A humorous exchange contrasts Susie and Johnnie about happiness and rising early, with Truth weighing in on the morning routine and the idea of shared joy. The dialogue hints at family dynamics and everyday humor.
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Susie
Johnniie
Shaw on Despotism and the Call to Kill
George Bernard Shaw argues that liberal monarchies hide danger as socialism grows and imagines scenarios where elections shift power. He asks what remedy exists if a king sides with anti democratic measures and suggests the blunt, historical answer to violence has failed to resolve the problem.
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George Bernard Shaw
Alexander II
Russia
Charles I
England
King
Portuga
Edward
Showman’s Plea Sparks Lively Theatrical Tale
Blanche Bates recalls a comical marriage proposal from a showman who pressed her with a frantic appeal. He argued she would not have to join the parade, yet his persistence stood out as the most amusing moment in a string of proposals.
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Blanche Bates
St. Louis Republic
The Cute Jap English Lesson Trick
In Strand Magazine the writer notes Japanese youths offering to walk with him to practice English, revealing their aim was a free language lesson rather than companionship. The piece reflects early 20th century attitudes about Japan and language learning in tourist settings.
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Strand Magazine
Lived After Being Hanged in Noted Cases Across Centuries
The article recalls numerous instances of resuscitation after hanging. It cites Henry III pardoning Inetta de Balsham after a lengthy suspension, Annie Green and Mrs. Cope rising after Oxford hangings, Margaret Dickson the Half-Hanged Maggy, and other cases in Tyburn Cork and Shrewsbury, with varied outcomes and speculative explanations.
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Henry III
Inetta de Balsham
Annie Green
Oxford
William Duell
London
Cork
Richard Johnson
Shrewsbury
Ieee Oan Wan
Lost Book Returns to Poet Banker After Outburst
Edmund Clarence Stedman, the poet banker, once hurled a book at a servant and lost a rare volume. A passerby nabbed it, later found in a second hand shop. Stedman bought it back for 40 dollars, only to discover the book was his own. The incident cured him of throwing books at staff.
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Edmund Clarence Stedman
Stedman
Three Deadly Agents From Nature Shocks and Warns
In Per u and parts of South Australia a tiny spider injects venom that scorches vessels and tissue, causing two days of agony before certain death. The eastern vegetable bhat can trigger violent mania and death from a few grains. A South American knotter vine seizes prey with burning tentacles and crushes it in its heart. Pearson’s Weekly warns of these terrors.
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Peru
South Australia
Pearson’s Weekly
A Sporting Judge and a Prophetic Exchange
In a racing case Baron Martin, who distrusted sporting prophets, rebuked counsel Stammers for quoting Scripture. He quipped that no prophet would sell his father’s halfpence, and mocked the Jeremiah reference, noting a shared habit with the baron’s friend Mr. Myer.
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Baron Martin
Stammers
Presence of Mind in a Sermon on Selfishness
A clergyman urges less selfishness noting people hoard attention. He recalls a Vermont art student sharing a studio with a Wisconsin journalist. The student buys two chops. the cat eats one, and the man laments the missing portion as the cat ate the other chop.
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Vermont
Wisconsin
Surgeon's Plaster for Wound Care Endorsement
The article explains court plaster should not cover large cuts or healing wounds. For faster healing use soft linen held in place by strips of surgeon's pilaster at the ends.
Stone Slingers of the Roman Army Core
The best slingers came from the Balearleisses. Boys trained from a young age used a suspended dinner to force cutting the string with a sling stone, honing early aim and skill for battle.
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Balearleisses
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Jack Meredith
Guy Os Ecard
Ydu
Oscard
Mr. Grubb
Jack
Shaw
Despot
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