Africa Expedition Ties Bond as Melange of intrigue unfolds
Jack Meredith plans an African venture with Durnovo, Meala headquarters, and a looming departure from Loango. Jocelyn weighs Maurice Gordes influence while fearing Durnovo, and Meredith vows to keep him in check during the voyage.
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Jocelyn
Jack Meredith
Africa
Victor Durnovo
Meredith
Loango
Meala
St. Paul
Loango Aimost
Maurice Gordes
Harrow
Eton
Jack
Maurice
Worl
Maurice Gordon
Fit
Durnovo Threat and Velvet Promise in a Marches Tale
Victor Wurnova remains a close friend of the narrator as Meredith asks Miss Gordon for help if Durnovos men become dangerous. The exchange reveals fear, resolve, and a plan to handle Durnovo with Sidney Gordon present. The scene closes with Joseph escorting Maurice Gordon’s guest to the door as the tale continues.
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Victor” Wurnova
Miss Gordon
Meredith
Durnove
Durnovo
Durnovos
Mr. Durnovo
Joseph
Maurice Gordon
Can Ties of Respect Defeat a Bald Father
A Sunday school superintendent asks boys to honor their aging fathers and raise their hands to pledge respect for gray hair. All raise except one who explains his dad is bald, prompting laughter and the superintendent to move on.
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Sonny
Strand Magazine
Theatrical News Roundup From London To New York
Marie Dressier scores in London while James K. Hackett plans John Glyde's Honor in New York. Richard Mansfield's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde tours. Mrs Bernard Beere returns to London stage. Alla Nazimova seeks Elinor Glyn rights for Three Weeks. Olga Nethersole eyes Mexico season. The Submarine staged in Paris may head to Mexico after. Justin H McCarthy writes a French manners comedy set around 1700.
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Marie Dressier
London
Mr. Sutro
John Glyde
New York
James K. Hackett
Richard Mansfield
Olga Nethersole
Mexico
Paris
Justin H. McCarthy
Philip of Orleans
Hoyden
Epitaph doubles as business ad in West Virginia cemetery
A widow in West Virginia arranged a tombstone inscription that doubles as a business advertisement. The stone honors James Perkins, longtime senior partner of Perkins & Parker, now Parker & 0, noting his thirty years with the firm and the widow’s remarriage to his business associate.
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West Virginia
Perkins
Parker
James Perkins
Perkins & Parker
Parker & 0
Russian Betrothals and Customs in Russia and China
Betrothal ceremonies occur a week and a day before the wedding in Russia with the bride kept cheerful advised and consoled by her bridesmaids. The custom is also noted as practiced among the Chinese.
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Russia
Hawthorne Birthplace Becomes Tenement in Salem
A two story wooden house at 21 Union Street Salem known as Hawthorne birthplace is now used as a tenement. The building dates from more than a century ago.
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Hawthorne
Union Street
Salem
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Monotonous Menu Exchange at the House
A brief dialogue snippet shows Bass and Foss in a domestic exchange over a house discussion. The line features Fogr-Well and a remark about one point said by Bass and Foss.
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Foss
Notable Women and Patrons Highlight Society Circles
Mrs. Sarah Bradley aged ninety one enjoys piano at the Old People’s Home near Darby Pa. Gardiner claims Maine’s only woman cab driver. Mrs Winnie Foster plans women focused cab work. Mrs Straus hosts capital visitors, likely to entertain most. China and cut glass from Mount Vernon loaned to Washington museum. Nan Heth lends Lee Washington relics. Hetty Green portrait shown with dog, signaling love of animals. Emily Talbot a wealthiest Briton with estates worth about 7 million. Alice de Rothschild noted for charity and gardening passion.
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Sarah Bradley
Old People’s Home
Darby
Gardiner
Maine
Winnie Foster
Straus
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Washington
Mount Vernon
National Museum At
Nannle Randolph Heth
Hall of History
Hetty Green
New York
Great Britain
Emily Charlotte Talbot
Alice de Rothschild
Royal box details court life and royal wardrobes
The account notes the empress of Japan promoting education in the empire and palace ministers visiting the nursery to see the sleeping infant. It also recalls Queen Alexandra's wedding dress preserved by her, a gift to Victoria, and predicts Princess Marie Bonaparte's busy wardrobe as Greek crown princess with many dresses, including thirty four evening gowns.
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Japan
Queen Alexandra
Queen Victoria
Mac
Marie Bonaparte
Greece
Trousseau
Woman Suffrage News Highlights From Around the World
One third of Great Britain's telegraph operators are women. Adelaide Ballard, ex-president of the Iowa Equal Suffrage Association, now leads a Chico California suffrage club. New Zealand election stats show female voters outvoting males in fourteen contests. Youngstown hosts the History of Woman Suffrage in four volumes donated by the Ohio Woman's Suffrage Association.
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Great Britain
Adelaide Ballard
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
Chico
Cal
New Zealand
Ohio Woman's Suffrage Association
Reuben McMillan Free Library
Youngstown
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Miss Anthony
Ida Hasted Harper
The Doctor's Life Through the Centuries
The text notes a rising average life expectancy for physicians across centuries from 16th century 36 years 5 months to 17th century about 45 years, 18th century around 49 years, and 19th century about 58 years 7 months.
Lydia Darrach and the Eavesdropping Quakeress Tale
A Philadelphia tale connects Lydia Darrach to the Loxley house at Little Dock and Second streets where a supposed eavesdropping intercepted by Mrs Darrach aided Washington’s army. The story, later discredited, first appeared in the American Quarterly Review in 1827 attributed to Garden’s Anecdotes of the American Revolution.
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Lexiey Mouse
Philadelphia
Lydia Daerrech
Major Garden
Stories of Tennyson Odd Ways of the Famous Poet
Memoirs of William Allingham recount Tennyson at Twickenham and later at Farringford Isle of Wight. Allingham recalls a spectral, bespectacled figure aged about forty one who remained dignified amid strange antics. Tennyson speaks of unhappiness over humanity's fate and immortality dreams.
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William Allingham
Tennyson
Allingham
Twickenham
Farringford
Freshwater
Isle of Wight
Allinghan
Feet of the Ancient Greeks at British Museum
A walk through the British Museum reveals poor examples of feet in ancient sculpture. The Thrower shows notably bad toe and bunion joints while the Farnese Apollo, used as a model in art schools, suggests coins and bunions were common in classical Greece.
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British Museum
You Never Can Tell An Earnest Word
Uncle Allen Sparks muses on the enduring power of well timed earnest speech. He notes that a single spoken truth can leave a lasting mark, shaping a person’s life in unforeseen ways.
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Allen Sparks
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Lydia Darrach
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