Intrigue in Loango as Meredith's Recovery unfolds
Meredith slowly improves after a perilous relief effort to Loango with nurse Joseph. Marie and a young doctor oversee care while letters reveal Maurice Gordon’s plans. Jocelyn Gordon confronts Sir John Meredith about risks and family ties as Millicent Chyne and Lady Cantourne observe.
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Esculapius
Loanga
Meredith
Joseph
Misais
Marie
Millicent Chyne
Jocelyn Gordon
Mr. Oscard
Millicent
Mr. Meredith
Jocelyn
Ogowe
Simiacine
Africa
Oscard
Cantourne
Sir John Meredith
Miss Gordon
Sir John
Mr. Grubb
Lady Cantourne
Loango
Eton
Grast
Maurice
Osecard
Jack
Noted Avert Attention To Food In Strained Speech
The excerpt shows a speaker lamenting poor progress and apathy toward meals, describing a man as uninterested in victuals and in a bad state for not taking interest in his sustenance. The tone suggests a rural or old fashioned voice.
People of the Rocks Defend Majestic Madagascar Fortress
A northern Madagascar fortress rises 1,000 feet high and covers eight square miles. The rock is so steep it cannot be climbed without artificial aids and a hidden subterranean passage serves as the only entrance. The wild tribe inhabits the site, known as the People of the Rocks.
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Madagascar
St. James
Thrift and Shiftlessness Mentioned in Editorial Note
An editorial paragraph urges readers to revisit thrift amid concerns over a number of shiftless individuals. The writer avoids naming anyone while prompting serious reflection on frugality and its social value.
Bound to Get There
A quoted old man weighs two fates a courtroom and a medical scar. He says he has a lawsuit to settle and a leg to be cut off, implying a dire choice between legal action and medical need.
Point of View Speech Playful Banter
A short exchange contrasts Susie’s wish for happiness with Joinnie’s reluctance and a quick remark about early rising. The fragment hints at a humorous social chat.
Shaw on the Kings and the threat of socialism
George Bernard Shaw argues that monarchs face risk in modern politics as socialism grows. He imagines elections shifting power, potential reform reversals, and asks how to resist tyranny without violence, noting England, France, Russia, Portugal and Rome historically answered with killing rulers.
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George Bernard Shaw
Alexander II
Russia
Charles I
England
King
Portuga
Edward
Showman's Proposal Provokes Laughs From Blanche Bates
Blanche Bates recalls a comically insistent marriage proposal from a traveling showman. She rejected him, noting his importunate plea and clever argument that she could avoid parade duties by marrying him. The anecdote appears in the St. Louis Republic.
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Blanche Bates
St. Louis Republic
Free English Lessons Offer From Japanese Youths
The narrator notes Japanese youths in hotels offering to walk with him to practice English, only to learn the visitors seek free language lessons, reflecting their eagerness to learn. The piece remarks on the polite approach and the prevalence of language exchange attempts among travelers.
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Strand
Remarkable Tales Of Surviving Hangs Across History
The article recounts numerous revival cases after hanging from 1630 to 1765, naming individuals such as Inetta de Balsham Annie Green Mrs Cope Half Hanged Maggy Dickson and others in Oxford Edinburgh Tyburn Cork Shrewsbury and London. It notes pardons reprieves and unusual medical recoveries and ends mid discussion on possible explanations.
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Henry III
Inetta de Balsham
William Duell
London
Cork
Richard Johnson
Shrewsbury
Stedman’s Lost Book Returns In Unlikely Twist
Edmund Clarence Stedman, notorious for a hot temper and rare-book love, hurled a volume at a servant and later recovered the very book in a secondhand shop. The dealer offered forty dollars, but the wit of fate had him buy back his own property for a price he could scarcely resist. The incident cured him of throwing books at people.
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Edmund Clarence Stedman
Stedman
Three Deadly Agents Peculiar Deaths From Spider Bhath and Knotter
A Pearsons Weekly feature describes three deadly agents: a tiny Peruvian spider whose venom causes two days of agony before death, the east grain bhat that induces violent mania and death, and a South American knotter vine whose burning grip crushes its prey in foliage.
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Peru
South Australia
Pearson's Weekly
A Sporting Judge and a Prophet Quip at Law
Baron Martin, famed for fearing sporting prophets, once presided over a racing case. Counsel Stammers, a Scripture quoting orator, began with as the prophet says. The judge cut him off and invoked Mr. Myer, cheekily doubting prophets’ integrity.
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Baron Martin
Stammers
Presence of Mind and a Vermont art student tale
A clergyman urges less selfishness and compares people to an art student. A Vermont student shares a studio with a Wisconsin journalist. The Vermonter buys two chops. the cat eats one, prompting the remark that the cat ate the other chop.
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Vermont
Wisconsin
Surgeon's Plaster Advice for Wounds
A short guide notes court plaster protects minor scratches but should not cover larger wounds. For faster healing use soft linen held in place with strips of surgeon's plaster.
Stone Slingers of the Balearic Isles
The best Roman slingers came from the Balearic isles where youths trained early, their dinners hung from trees as they learned to cut the string with a sling stone before eating.
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Balearic Isles
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Harper & Brothers
Jack Meredith
Guy Onecard
Maurice Gordon
Missia
Nestorius
Mr. Gordon
St. Paul de Loanda
Susie
Shaw
Despot
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