Captain's Club Tale Reveals Hidden Heroic Death
In a provincial town Union Club tale Captain Joubert recalls a night of high stakes poker. A young man M. de Mertens steals from a hat while the captain protects his name. Later a mother thanks him for preserving their honor and the son dies a heroic death in Kelung.
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Capt. Joubert
Union Club
The
Union
Magenta
M. de Mertens
Mertens
Magena
Aee Mae
Ree
Mme. de Mertens
Madanne
Sophia
Secret Service Expenditure Across Nations
The London Mail discusses secret service spending, noting Britain’s fund is small yet offshore payments to foreign officials aid espionage. It cites figures for Russia Germany France and others, claiming total global secret service expenditure nears 5.6 million pounds annually and implicating taxpayers in financing covert operations.
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Secret Service
Foreign Affairs
Colonies
Home Secretary
Trish
Russia
Sam
Tom
M. P
Aminother
Great Britain
France
Mursia
Porelen
Germany
Italy
Austria
Belgium
Holland
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
Spain
Portugal
England
A Message to Manila Travels Three Fifths the Globe
A brief ten word message to the Philippines costs about twenty five dollars, yet travels a long route around the globe under multiple company directions, making the charge seem reasonable in light of the journey.
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Philippines
Ruppert
Mme. A. Ruppert
America
Europe
Mme. Ruppert
Cable Message Route From New York To London
The passage describes a transatlantic cable message traveling from New York to Cape Breton and Newfoundland then to Ireland and London. It notes forwarding through London as a global clearing center, with steps via Lisbon Alexandria Bombay to Singapore Hong Kong and Manila, ending in English.
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Sage
New York
Cape Breton
Nova Scotia
Heart's Content
Newfoundland
Ireland
London
English Channel
Marseilles
Eastern Telegraph Company
Spanish Peninsula
Lisbon
Mediterranean
Alexandria
Egypt
Red Sea
Hombay
India
Bay of Bengal
Singapore
Hong Kong
China Sea
Manila
Ainslee's
Bible sales and global distribution in the Republic era
The piece surveys Bible production, noting 1.58 million copies issued by the American Bible Society last year with about half sent abroad. It highlights vast printed output by British and Foreign Bible Society and other NY publishers, missions work, and a China reform episode where the emperor reportedly studied Christianity before the empress dowager crushed reforms.
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New York
American Bible Society
Exlain
Bible Societies
British and Foreign Bible Society of London
Africa
Eigct
Ching
China
Bible Society
John R. Hykes
Hykes
Reform Party
Hykeas
Come
Bible’s Role in Oriental Tragedy Revealed by Dr Mykes
Dr Mykes exposes how biblical influence shaped the emperor’s fall and hints at his assassination, presenting a new interpretation of events in the eastern crisis. The analysis highlights scripture's authority and political intrigue surrounding the throne.
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Dr. Mykes
Tugela River and its dramatic Natal course described
The Tugela, longest river in Natal, flows from the Drakensberg to the sea carving deep canyons and cliffs. It borders Zululand, collects tributaries like the Buffalo, Blauwkrans, and Sunday rivers, and hosts historic sites such as Ladysmith and Ingo go. The landscape is described as picturesque with high cliffs, ravines, and kloofs.
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Modder
Tugela
South Africa
Natal
Zululand
Free States
Mont of Sources
Drakensberg
Kloof
Klip Diver
Weenen
Colenso
Colengo
Bilwer Road
Killip
Ladysmith
Estcourt
Biggareberg
Elandsvingte
Charlestown
Transvaal
Dundee
Melville
Ami- Jubu
Newcastle
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Kelting
Kelung
Strand Magazine
London Mail
St. Louis Republic
Tugela River
Ihe
LDU
WU Dude
Conrad Brothers
Wyoming Avenue
Scranton
George N. Pierce Co
Buffalo
Pennant
Indianola
Wyoming
Ilways
Perieca
Cn Ae
Har Fightdt Hull Fupctvision Sincs
What Is
Castoria
CrnTaun
iWime
A. Ruppert
East 14Th Street
Mme, Ruppert
Mme
Jonas Long
Denesten
Spruce Street
Pines
Chicago
Union Pacific
Lin
Sam Francisco Aloway
Hawaii
Entetas
Ching and
Janatty
Broadway
Poe
Remnae A
Tore Regal A
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