The Heart Beet Mystery at Sydney Greviston Inn
In a Pennsylvania hillside inn once run by the Greviston family a strange package arrives on the fifteenth anniversary of a young revolutionary soldier’s death. A stranger bearing a heart shaped seal seeks help, the inn is shaken by a beating heart from within the box, and old Sydney is found dead as doctors confirm the ghastly heart tale.
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Pennsylvania
Joel Reges
Begas
Joel
Lewie
Beggs
Sydney
Steht
Nidley
Borges
Tie
Bules
Stiles
Billes
Bewes
Vic
Leighton
Heges
Mar
Sydney Greviston
Mengage
Boggs
Regina
Travblers
Btles
Byrdney
Bulles
Ife
Grevistons
Bergese
Old Sydney
Hind
Berge
Lewis Stiles
Joe Beggs
Jonesy House
Stites
Landlord
Joan
Ike
Messencers
Nalegh
Ile
Jie
Monsieur Graviston
Monsieal
Moncleur Greviston
Regin
Monsieur Greviston
Voldier
Roger
Hoggie
Doctor Leighton
Tiny feet and newness in a fragile world
A poem excerpt by George Klingle in the Washington Star speaks of tiny feet and hands as life begins anew. It contrasts childhood innocence with the burden of immortality and the grace, patience, and guidance awaiting young lives.
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George Klingle
Washington Star
Revenge Plan Behind The Hinish Way Incident
Two bootblacks discuss vengeance over a rival named Nibsey Billy with a plan to ambush him and a vow to stand by him when he is harmed, muttering a cryptic line about Rhine. The brief snippet appears in Pourson's Weekly with a slangy dialect and noir mood.
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Bootblack
Nibsey
Billy
Rhine
Pourson's
Long Canaries of Germany. Canary song reigned in Harz breeding hubs
Chambers' Journal describes the Harz region as Germany's northern canary center where exquisite songbirds flourish. It notes the strong, compact birds with smooth feathers, varied yellow tones, and unrivaled singing ability cultivated over years, besting beauty in color and form.
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Harz
Leine
Saale
Nmost
Suppsance
Germany
Priella
Anhalt
Brunswick
Andregaberg
Canaries
Mad Mullah Threats Weigh on Indian Frontier Politics
London commentary describes the so called mad mullah of Bonair origin who fuels unrest in Swat through Jehad rhetoric. He aided by Khaka Khel agitates against the Khan of Dir, relying on British backing to sustain power while frontier stability hinges on suppressing the mullah and probing the Khan’s claims.
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London
Chicago
India
Chitral
Malakand
Bohair
Bonair
Swat
Dir
Khaka Khel
Zakat
Nowshert
Khan
Shipbuilding and Iron in Nautical Craft History
A Pall Mall Magazine excerpt traces iron as a material in ship construction from early experiments to formal use. It notes 19th century tests and a July 2 1887 publication mentioning a boat built from English iron by J Wilkinson, illustrating gradual adoption.
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Pall Mall Magazine
Grantham Eee
J. Wikinson
The Honest Price of Flattery in Work and Play
A provincial panorama shows how wealth and ambition buy praise. A northern employer pays for glowing testimonials while a clever manager pockets a fat fee. Actors, cricketers, and singers hire paid crowds to applaud, with sixpence to a shill or ten shillings in envelopes.
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Fugland
Midlands
Alluma
Smallest Book and Diminutive World Records
A Chicago Inter-Ocean feature notes the smallest book ever printed on Perrault’s Hop o My Thumb, measuring 1.5 by 1 inch and 0.25 inch thick, readable with a microscope and bearing four engravings. It lists minuscule items and micro-populations from tiny republics, noting Tavolara and Tristan da Cunha, a tiny salary for King Malidota and eight-foot-wide Chinese streets, plus a miniature Shears weight comparison and a pony owned by the Marquis.
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Chicago Inter-Ocean
Perrault
Sheffield
Gauetia
Aurea
Pyrenees
Tavolara
Sardinia
Tristan @Acunha
Atantic
Malidtoa
Remarkable World Wonders and Miniature Engine Details
A quirky roundup notes tiny creatures and objects from around the world including a Berlin elephant under a meter tall, Persian camels under fifty centimeters, and Samoan cows. It also describes a miniature locomotive at Omaha with a 25 inch rail height, 16 inch fringe, 10 inch driving wheel, 2 by 4 inch cylinders, a 4 1/4 horsepower boiler, 24 gallon water capacity, and a two pound weight requiring a three quarters inch fall to run.
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Berlin
Persia
Samoan Islands
Revolt Against Silence in Eastern Penitentiary
A Philadelphia Telegraph analysis argues solitary confinement at the Eastern Penitentiary on Fairmount Avenue creates severe mental strain. It describes daily quiet, inevitable brooding, and nightly revolts of inmates driven by enforced silence and isolation, with brief relief during labor and limited inmate voices.
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Eastern
Charles Dickens
Fairmount Avenue
Sines
Dickens
Giles in the Pulpit in Norfolk Sermon
Fragmentary account describes Nor folk preacher Giles nicknamed Cine larval delivering a sermon citing death as the wage of sin. The dialogue features townsfolk debating wages for harvest laborers with a moral lesson on reward and punishment. Westminster Connection implied.
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John Wesley
Norfolk
Gilee
Cine
Toca
Dune
Eam Ville
Transport Meade Sails With Marines For San Juan
The transport Meade sails to San Juan with 17 peerulis for the Fifth artillery Fifth cavalry and Eleventh infantry. It will return to port with the Nineteenth infantry.
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New York
United States
McClellan
Ula
Porto Wie
Chicago
Bane Tlago
McCiellan
Meade
Fan Juan
U7 Peerulis
Fifth Artillery
Fifth Cavalry
Hmleventh
Sheriff Beatty Dies After Barnes Gap Shootout
MecConnelisburg Pennsylvania, May. Deputy William C. Beatty died at his Buck Valley home after being shot by Clem Pennell at Barnes Gap in Fulton County. Pennell remains harbored by friends and vows to kill any who pursue him.
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Penell
MecConnelisburg
William C. Beatty
Clem Pennell
Barnes Gap
Fulton County
Beatty
Pennell
Buck Valley
Hazleton Three Day Session Concludes at Wyoming Church
The three day session of the Wyoming class of the Ru formed church concludes at Hazleton today. The heated meeting will be held at Danville in a year hence.
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Hazleton
May
Wyoming
Danville
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Singer
Beges
Francois
Wapetaka
John Gowland
Philipsburg
the Tribune
Philadelphia
Louis BE. Stix
Jermyn
Malta Temple
Bradley Forge
Ita
Mtal
Liverpool
Duke's Dock
Daniel Quilip
Ives
Chambers’ Journal
Shipbuilding and Tron
Liberty
Philadelphia Telegraph
Giles
Sheriff Beatty
Wyoming Classis
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