End of the simiacine saga in Rus sell square
In a quiet London house two men, Jack Meredith and Guy Oscard, discuss the failed simiacine scheme after learning Durnovo is dead and the plateau’s treasure is hidden with thirty four guards dead. They settle money shares and vow not to return to Africa, while Meredith prepares to depart abroad and Oscard vows to return to his big game elsewhere.
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Nusseli Square
Joseph
Mr. Meredith
Guy Oscard
Oscard
Victor Durnovo
Jack Meredith
Meredith
Oscar
Osccard
Jack
Durnovo
Meala
Msala
Durnove
Jocelyn
Decard
Quaccard
Masala
Simiacine
Sahara
Africa
Russell Square
Marie Durnovo
Jack Yleredith
London
America
The Prophetic Races and March Inaugurations
A Washington luncheon tale cites a duke who trusts racing prophets then notes March Sundays in presidential inaugurations. It recounts Monroe 1821 and 1849 Taylor and Hayes inaugurations, plus Franklin’s rationale for March 4 as inauguration day.
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James Monroe
Mr. Monroe
Zachary Taylor
Rutherford B. Hayes
Benjamin Franklin
Norfolk
Ghost Haunting Ends Diplomats Stay In Constantinople
French ambassador M Constans labels the Red Palace haunted by a ghost. A Prince Ypsolanti hanged himself there, and the palace is deemed uninhabitable. Attendants at the embassy have died under mysterious circumstances amid reports of attacks on Constans and his wife. The ambassador plans recall as events in Turkey provoke fear and superstition.
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Red Palace
M. Constans
France
Constantinople
Foreign Office
Turkey
Ypsolanti
Constans
Rigo
Pierre
New York American
Indian Greetings and Language Mix on Pacific Coast
The 1846 observations of Paul Kane describe Pacific coast Indians and their language as harsh and spluttering to a Western ear. He notes a blended patois from English and French trade contact enabling basic conversation with chiefs and a common salutation “Clak bob ab yab” linked to a trader named Clark.
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Pacific Coast
Paul Kane
Ald Heve
Max Muller
Clark
Columbia River
Major Lewis
Mr. Kane
Boy's humorous essay on clergymen amuses Bishop Potter
At a New York ecclesiastical dinner Bishop Potter read a Cooperstown schoolboy's essay on clergy. The piece lists clergymen as bishops rectors and curates and jokes that a curat is thin and married, but when rector he grows fuller and can preach longer sermons and become a good man.
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Potter
New York
Cooperstown
London Streets Skirt the Number Thirteen
A London study reveals that about 21.8 percent of streets avoid the digit thirteen. Museums, squares, and avenues from The Strand to Westbourne Park Road omit thirteen, showing superstition spans boroughs and social classes in naming.
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London Street
Strand
Holborn
James’ Street
Holborn Viaduct
Sissel Street
Ludgate Hill
New Cut
Newee Butts
Cadogan Street
Eaton Por
Charles Street
Berkeley Square
Hounds Ditch
Clanricade
Kensington
Frith Street
Bayswater
Westbourne Park Road
Villas
Crescent
Westbourne Square
Simple Chinese Dentist Patchwork Teeth From a Heap
The Rev John Mac Gowans description in the North China Lai ty News tells of a Chinese dentist who buys teeth from patients and uses stray teeth to fill gaps. He measures the cavity, binds teeth with iron wire, and the replacement mouth looks natural to onlookers.
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Modern
Chine
John MacGowan
North China Laity News
Thames Tunnel
His Mother Was First The Newport News Phone Call
In Newport News Virginia Captain J E B Stuart son of the famed Confederate cavalry leader sits as port collector. A coastwise steamer captain demands attention but Stuart insists his mother is calling and will not be kept waiting. He says I can resign my official position in a minute but I can never resign my mother.
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Newport News
Custom House
J. E. B. Stuart
Stuart
Norfolk
Captain Stuart
Lost Opportunity Quote Sparks Laughs in Cleveland
A Cleveland Plain Dealer anecdote features a quip about a girl with pins in her mouth and her mother walking in, capturing a moment of humor and shock in a brief column snippet.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Those Suffragettes and the Reform Storm
Poetic reflection notes that when women pursue reform the faults blamed on men. The Catholic Standard and Times commentary treats gender activism as a societal fault projected onto male leadership.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Weather Prophet Jest Cited by Uncle Jerry Peebles
Uncle Jerry Peebles jokes that any man can gain a prophet reputation by simply looking wise and predicting rain in a playful remark quoted by the Chicago Tribune.
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Jerry
Uncle Jerry Peebles
Chicago Tribune
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Washington
Goodwood
Dodd
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