Simiacine Venture Drives Rift in West Africa
Guy Oscard leads a forty day march to bring the first load of simiacine valued at £40,000 from the plateau to Loango. He plans marriage in London with Millicent Chyne while Jocelyn Gordon wrestles with hidden feelings as Victor Durnovo carries further danger and letters from Millicent.
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Guy Oscard
England
Meala
Oscard
Victor Durnovo
Meredith
Leango
Gordon
Loango
Maurice
Jocelyn
Morocco
Jocelyn Gordon
Millicent
Millicent Chyne
Africa
Fortune
Maurice Gordon
Jack Meredith
Durnovo
Mulicent
Bung
Return to Loango Sparks Vengeance and Escape
In Loango the unnamed man returns to fetch more men despite plans for a different ending. Jocelyn meets Victor Durnovo and senses his fear and deception as she heads home in the forest. The scene hints at unresolved danger and a renewed threat along the coast.
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Loango
Jack Mere
Durnovond
Jocelyn
Victor Durnovo
Durnova
Navy Gun Deafness Warns of Target Practice Dangers
The Washington Star reports Surgeon General Rixey urges mandatory use of hearing protectors for naval crews to prevent deafness and brain injury from gunfire and explosions. He notes current protection is inadequate and that sudden gunfire worsens ear damage, calling for a general Navy order requiring pledgers or substitutes in all exposed personnel.
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Rixey
Navy Department
Washington Star
Greek Peasant Babies Ritual Described in Antiquated Text
A historical note describes Greek peasant customs where a newborn receives lukewarm wine and myrtle leaves, then is wrapped in salt. The passage emphasizes ritual preparation and care taken for infants in that culture.
Legal Right to Pick Cigar Under Connecticut Law
The report notes that when a patron enters a cigar store in Connecticut and asks for a cigar the dealer places several cigars of the desired kind on the counter to let the customer choose the exact one to buy.
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Connecticut
Dublin's Lord Lieutenant Court Aims and Critiques
A London writer recalls the new Lord Lieutenant's Dublin entry with royal display and notes the viceroy’s ceremonial role amid Irish disaffection. The piece questions accountability, costs, and the post’s attractiveness, contrasting Dublin with imperial capitals and the distant appeal of governance.
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Dublin
London
Old
India
Alty
Cana
Australia
New Zealand
Government House
Dublin Court
Downing Street
Death by own action and its social causes
The author notes a rise in deaths by own action across ages, cites weakened religious sanction, increased moral sensibility, and general evilization. It argues conscientious duty keeps one from suicide, condemns disgrace affecting others, and distinguishes euthanasia from death by one’s own hand with a Napoleon reference.
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Napoleon
Fortune
Fontainebleau
Goldwin Smith
Weekly Sun
Schoolgirls Secret Society Ordeal Sparks Mothers’ Outcry
Indignant New York mothers denounce schoolgirl secret societies after Julia Mills a 16 year old joins the Sigma Gamma Society. She undergoes nerve shredding trials half stripped blindfolded forced to drink from a skull and branded with ice as a mock torture. Her terrified return provokes a crusade to abolish such societies nationwide.
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New York
Julia Mills
Sigma-Gamma Society
Julia
The Circassians and the Harems of the Orient
The Circassians in the Caucasus are described as valuing raiding over industry. The text claims they sell their daughters into slavery, with 94 slaves going to Turkish and Persian harems, making Circassian beauties famous in orient harems rather than in their homeland.
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Caucasus
Orient
McKinley’s Devotion to His Invalid Wife Revealed
The article details President McKinley and Mark Hanna in a late night conference during the Spanish war. It notes McKinley’s routine of visiting his wife, reading a Bible chapter at her bedside, then returning to work late into the night, highlighting his personal devotion amid wartime pressures.
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McKinley
Mr. McKinley
Mark Hanna
President McKintey
Mark
Senator Hanna
Hanna
Greyhounds Through Time and Across Realms
A survey of greyhounds from ancient sculpture to modern coursing notes their universal western type. The piece cites speed estimates and historic claims, including a dog outrunning Flying Childers, and discusses fair run ethics in pure coursing versus racing.
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India
Arabia
Persia
England
Afghanistan
Flying Childers
The Wife's Reason
A quote from the Philadelphia Presa reveals a wife accusing her husband of disbelief and presenting a singular motive to doubt him, hinting at emotional strain and trust issues within the relationship.
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Philadelphia Presa
Knew the Cause Giggieton I Nearly Died
An odd incident unfolds in Giggieton as Parker queries a joke overheard last night while a near fatal event is hinted at, leaving residents puzzled about what caused the scare.
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Giggieton
Parker
Early English omnibuses begin service in 1829
On July 4 1829 two omnibuses started running from the Bank of England to the Yorkshire Stingo inn on the New Road. They carried twenty two passengers inside and none outside.
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England
Bank of England
Yorkshire Stingo Inn
New Road
Nene
Baby Eyelash Growth Method Questioned
A note on eyelash care for infants questions clipping to spur growth and notes that such a method is inadvisable after early childhood. The source discusses timing and potential outcomes.
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