The Affray at the Tabard Inn Mystery Unfolds
In a London tavern scene Rosemary Allyn and Gil plot to aid a prisoner while King Charles intrigues swirl around Nell Gwyn and Lady Felton. A misdirection traps Royal Guards as Torraine’s band clashes with the King's Blues. a staged shadow distracts pursuit. The escape unfolds amid fog and mizzle as the tale continues.
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Gil
Torraine
Lady Felton
Gils
Jim Scrugs
Felton
Nell
London
Rosemary Allyn
Whitehall
Dwight
Castremaine
Mister Arnold
Rosemary
Cersed
Mikado's Advice to Boys From a Japanese Ruler
The Graphic recalls an old edict issued to Japanese schools urging filial piety, brotherly affection, modesty, benevolence, study, public service, and obedience to laws. It notes that youth have taken to heart the call to sacrifice for the public good amid recent events.
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Emirrer
Japan
the Graphic
Malin Thing Lawyer Receives $3000 Check After Seven Years
A lawyer recounts finally securing a government claim after seven years, yielding a $3,000 check. He notes the windfall for the village man and recalls presenting the check to the man’s wife with evident relief and surprise. The wife reacts with hopeful exclamations about the long-awaited payout.
Barleycorn blamed for farm decline and temperance link
A Louisville Courier-Journal verse condemns Barleycorn as the root of rust and neglect in farms and stores, describing worn workers and dilapidated households. The excerpt, tied to alcohol’s harm, notes a committee’s belief that alcoholic stimulants fuel physical deterioration and tuberculosis.
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Barleycorn
Louisville Courier-Journal
Temperance Teaching Gains International Notice
A report praises progressive compulsory temperance education in American public schools as shaping workers into nerve men. It cites Prof Justus Gaule of Zurich and a British royal committee urging similar hygiene and temperance study worldwide, noting 15,000 physicians backing compulsory school instruction.
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United States
Justus Gaule
Zurich
Switzerland
America
Europe
England
Scotland
Ireland
Wales
United Kingdom
Mary H. Hunt
Drink and Its Dangers Conference in London Aims at Hygiene
A London medical conference on teaching hygiene and temperance was presided by Sir William Broadbent at Victoria Embankment. Sir Victor Horsley welcomed rising acceptance, while Dr. Robert Jones highlighted the Inter-Departmental Committee on Physical Deterioration noting links between health ignorance and alcohol use among the poor who turn to drink to satisfy hunger.
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London
Victoria Embankment
William Broadbent
Victor Horsley
Board of Education
Robert Jones
London County Asylum
Claybury
Inter-Departmental
Europe
Peril of Alcohol Use Across the Physiological Limit
The article discusses varying medical views on safe daily alcohol intake, noting opinions range from one half to one and a half ounces of absolute alcohol. It argues that even small doses tax health reserves, especially in disease or exertion, and urges consideration of whether the perceived “game” is worth the candle. Dr German Sims Woodhead is cited.
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Bank of Health and
German Sims Woodhead
No License Law Praised by Town Protectionist
The Town Protectionist extols North Dakota's no license law for Nguor saloon ban. It claims reduced crime, purged political influence of the saloon, shifted business to legitimate trade, lowered rents, and improved morals by shielding youths from vice linked sights and gatherings.
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North Dakota
Refuge for Drunkards and State Refuges
The writer urges a state funded refuge for confirmed drunkards to escape whisky and temptation, arguing that many criminals derive from drink. A refuge could spare them burial costs and hospital care while preserving families, contrasting with current punitive approaches. The piece references the Chicago American.
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Chicago
A Fearful Waste in Grain From Liquor Trade
A Mountain State Patriot excerpt claims eighty three million three hundred fifty thousand bushels of grain were used to make drink last year. If that grain had become bread it would provide each US family with 365 loaves, one per day, highlighting the waste linked to liquor production.
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United States
Mountain State Patriot
Notes From The Capital Des Moines 1905
Des Moines May 26 1905 editorials discuss Shercliffe case outcomes pending Dennison trial at Red Oak and possible surrender requests from Oklahoma authorities. Governor Cummins proclaims June 14 1905 Wing Day urging nationwide flag reverence and patriotism. Debate grows on abolishing grand jury with information trials favored by Iowa Bar law reform committee.
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Des Moines
Shercliffe
Dennison
Red Oak
Oklahoma
Law Reform Committee
Iowa State Bar Association
Iowa
Law Reform Committee of the
Bar Association
Association
Wd. L. G. Kinne
M. J. Wade
Towa City
N. M. Remsey
Anamosa
J. HH. Senderson
Indianola
E. S. Huston
Burlington
Charles A. Clark
Cedar Rapids
HH. M.fowner
Corning
Towner
Nemley
Grand Jury
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Millicent E. Mann
Lucas-Lit
ILN CO
Cal
Lord Jeffreys
Epping Forest
Quentin Waters
Ludlow
Thay
Mikado
Cumming
Albert J. Cummins
Towa
Thurch
Chorge M. Stearns
Continental Life Insurance Company
Saint Petersburg
Washington Star
Gratefu
St. Louis
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