End of the Simianine Scheme in Russell Square
In a London house on Russell Square two men, Jack Meredith and Guy Oscard, discuss the failed simiacine venture. Durnovo is dead from sleeping sickness. the plateau remains lost with £90,000 worth of drug and thirty-four dead guards. The men decide to renounce the risk, share the wealth, and part ways, with Meredith planning to leave London while Oscard resumes his own game elsewhere.
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Joseph
Mr. Meredith
Guy Oscard
Oscard
Victor Durnovo
Jack Meredith
Meredith
Oscar
Jack
Durnovo
Msala
Durnevo
Masala
Marie
Jocelyn
Decard
Msaia
Simiacine
Sahara
Africa
Wourch
Russell Square
Marie Durnovo
Jack Yleredith
London
America
The Duke’s Seven Prophets and a New Prophet
A Washington dinner tale recalls the late Duke of Devonshire who trusted a racing prophets paper. At Goodwood a reader asked about the six prophets who all picked different horses, seven ran, and the winner was the unchosen seventh. The duke replied there’s room for another prophet on that paper.
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Duke of Devonshire
Washington
Goodwood
Inauguration Sundays and March Fourth Folklore
The Norfolk Landmark notes that March 4 fell on Sunday in 1821 causing James Monroe to begin his second term on Monday March 5. It records later inaugurations on March 5 in 1849 and 1877 and mentions a 1913 date as next occurrence. It cites Ben Franklin’s suggested reason for choosing March 4 to minimize Sunday chances.
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James Monroe
Mr. Mouroe
Zachary Taylor
Rutherford B. Hayes
Benjamin Franklin
Norfolk
Haunted Red Palace Drives French Ambassador From Turkey
French diplomat M. Constans, longtime ambassador to Constantinople, says the Red Palace is haunted after the suicide of Prince Ypsilanti. He reports unseen forces shook his bed and the ambassadress was injured, while four embassy staff died mysteriously. The embassy remains tense amid superstition and unexplained events.
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Red Palace
M. Constans
France
Constantinople
Foreign Office
Turkey
Prince Ypsolanti
Rigo
Pierre
New York American
Indian greeting and language notes from 1846 Kane account
The piece discusses Paul Kane's depiction of Pacific coast Indians in 1846, noting their language as a blend with English and French traders and a common greeting "Clah-bob ah-yah" derived from a man named Clark. It reflects on the difficulty of mastering their speech and the role of trader contact.
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Pacific Coast
Paul Kane
Max Muller
Clark
Columbia River
Major Lewis
Mr. Kane
Chinese Dentist Teeth Heaped In Street Scene
A North China Daily anecdote describes a dentist who buys extracted teeth from patients then uses them to replace missing upper front teeth. A patient lacking four incisors receives four donated teeth bound with iron wire, restoring his smile in a makeshift yet convincing fashion.
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Modern
Chine
John MacGowan
North China Laliy News
Thames
Zem
Clergymen Essay Delights Bishop Potter at New York Dinner
A Cooperstown schoolboy's humorous essay on clergymen amused Bishop Potter during an ecclesiastical dinner in New York. The boy lists three kinds of clergymen bishops rectors and curates noting roles and progression from curate to rector and longer sermons.
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Potter
New York
Cooperstown
London street numbering shuns the number thirteen
A London survey finds about 21.8 percent of streets lack the number 13. The Strand Holborn St James' Street Holborn Viaduct Bloomsbury Street Ludgate Hill Newington Butts Cadogan Street Eaton Place and other districts avoid 13. The superstition spans districts and classes including Kensington Soho and Westbourne areas.
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Berkeley Square
Hounds Ditch
Clanricade Gardens
Kensington
Frith Street
Soho
Bayswater
Westbourne Park Road
Villas
Crescent
Westbourne Square
My Mother Calls First Sturdy Reply by Captain Stuart
A Newport News moment recalls Captain J. E. B. Stuart and a coastwise steamer captain. When a messenger reports his mother’s call, the steamer captain argues for priority, but Stuart retorts he cannot resign his mother and that she shall not wait or call in vain.
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Newport News
Custom House
J. E. B. Stuart
Stuart
Norfolk
Captain Stuart
A Lost Opportunity
A brief literary quote appears in the Cleveland Plain Dealer noting a witty remark about a girl with hat pins and her mother entering the room. The exact phrasing reflects casual conversational humor from the era.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Those Suffragettes Reform Faults Blamed on Men
A Catholic Standard and Times reflection notes that when women pursue reform, the faults they target are often the faults of men, suggesting male accountability in social change and noting frequent patriarchal resistance.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Uncle Jerry Predicts Rain Reputation Tale
A Chicago Tribune quotation features Uncle Jerry Peebles noting that a man can gain a prophet reputation by simply looking wise and predicting rain in any climate. The remark mocks weather predicting credulity with humor.
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Jerry Peebles
Chicago Tribune
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