Enderby Gains Knight Title Amid Looming Outlawry
John Enderby a Lincolnshire squire refuses a royal knighthood fee, angering King Charles I and prompting threats to confiscate his estate. A stratagem at Sutterby saves the king. Enderby is hailed as a loyal subject by Lord Rippingdale and rides home to reveal his daughter Peliciy, while a perilous future looms over his new title.
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John Enderby
Lincolnshire
Charles
Hoston
Enderby
Lord Rippingdale
Aoee
Sutterby
Wolds
Spilsby
Sutteriy
Horncastle
Blackney
Lord Wippingdile
Louth
Combe
Lincoln
Lord Hippingdale
Pingdale
Lord Hippligdate
John
Sir John Enderby
Erderby
Haderby
Enderby House
Pelicliy
Deaor
Stickford
Fen
Thas
Dock
Richard Mowbray
Leicester
Dick Mowbray
Boston Town
John Henderby
Jevy
Justice's Balloon Sleeves Rule the Armery Court
Chicago's Justice Underwood enters court wearing oversized blue polka dot sleeves, claiming they are the winter fashion. He pauses a case with a tramp on the lakefront as he asserts sleeves will end fashion competition, fining the tramp $25 as the day wears on.
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Chicago News
Justice Underwood
Armery Court
Vicksburg
Lucas
Lake Front
Pruit as Medicine and Fruit Digestion Benefits
A 19th century style summary notes that fruit aids digestion of fatty foods by acids and pectones. It cites apples and other cultivated fruits with malic acids and water, explaining pepsin action and bile help. Lemon juice is highlighted as a digestion aid prescribed by physicians and used in tea.
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Popular Science Monthly
Justinet
Dowager Empress of China A Slave Turned Regent
The Dowager Empress of China rose from peasant origins to become regent after a general owner spared her life. Her steadfast leadership and reform mood are praised as she guided state affairs and urged missionaries to frame Confucian teaching with Christian principles.
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China
Canton
Pekin
Parody of The Raven Found in Pow Manuscripts Collection
A newly discovered parody of The Raven, attributed to Midgar Allen Poe, appears in a collection of Pow maniscripts. Owned by a Boston geateman, its authenticity is questioned as the piece is printed for the first times. The uncontested text blends eerie dialogue with questions about Lenore and the Nevermore refrain.
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Midgar Allen Poe
Boston Geateman
Karne
Timr
Humorous Incidents in Statesmen Careers and Oddities
Senator West recalls a misadventure in Washington as he moved from boarding house to coffin factory above an undertaker shop. The tale contrasts politics with superstition and a Missouri boy’s unlikely rise in Governor Crittenden’s Kansas City office.
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Times-Herald
Washington
Senator West
Joe Blackburn
Kentucky
Blackburn
Wan
Inaime
Missouri
Senator
Jones
Sedalia
War Department
Governor Stewart in Missouri Campaign Tales
Representative Hatch recalls Governor Stewart as a brilliant speaker and witty figure from Missouri history. He recounts a St. Louis reception with the Prince of Wales and a staged prank by rival drinkers in Hannibal to outlast Stewart in a planned joint debate.
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Stewart
Hatch
Missouri
Prince of Wales
St. Louis
St. Louise
Prince
Crisix Stewart
Hannibal
The Lynching Prayer of a Gilpin County Senator
In early Gilpin county Colorado Senator Teller took a leading role in a lynching. A Mexican robber was hanged after he refused to pray, Teller offering a petition instead. Tom Bowen later noted the irony of praying for the condemned while denying him life in Gilpin county.
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Beck
Stewart
Froom
Gilpin County
Colorado
Senator Teller
Colorado Alver
Teller
Tom Bowen
Amorous Plea Fails As Silence Changes The Scene
Fragmentary verse recounts a lover’s oath and a rejected plea. A kneeling suitor implores a woman whose silence speaks louder than words, leaving a tale of unspoken romance and awkward social fate.
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Bacheller, Johnson and Bachellon
Part I
Lond Rippingdale
Justice
Pruit
Poet-Dispatch
Poe
Devil
Ling
Lenore
Pilgrim's Yard
Hlm
Jesse James
Jesse James’ Son
Representative Hall
Crittenden
Mexico
Hob Ford
Jesse
St. Joe
Ford
James
Kansas City
Stewart and the Prince
Ped
Trith
Fie
Pale
Cellulgid Company
Sapolio
E. Robinson's Sons
Manufacturera
Pst Lage Beer
Traders National Bank OF Scranton
John T. Porter
Wow. Watson
F. L. Phillips
Bank
of Business En and
Imei
Moosic Powder CO
Complth
Scranton
Moosic
Rughdale Works
Laflin & Rand Powder Co
Ropauno Chemical Co
Exet
M. W. Collins
Madea
Rovay. Medicine CO
River St
Chicago
Matthews Bros
Fantun
Goto
Washburn-Crosby Co
Dickson Manufacturing
Conton
Wilkes
Stationan
Engar Bolers
G Machininery
Asero
Dr. Peal
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