A Royal Reckoning in Gloucester Abbey
In Gloucester Abbey a royal revel begins with games and hunts as Canute and Elfgiva lead a gay procession. Randalin, disguised in male attire, faces scorn and danger when her ride spurs a boar hunt and a personal confrontation with Canute over trust and love. She confesses to loving an Englishman, while Canute accuses her of betraying a fellow Danish lord, setting the stage for further conflict.
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Gloucester Abbey
Tifgiva
Candida
Randalin
Teboen
Dearwyn
Canute
Frodo
Valkyria
Dudda
Odin
Tor
Elfgiva
Ethelberga
Dilemma on the Station Platform Over a Found Dollar
A man frets on a station platform over a dollar found in his trouser pocket. He worries whether he forgot it or if his wife slipped it to test him. He fears confessing or keeping silent will worsen their trust and his situation.
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Tibbs
Corelli and Caine clash over early romance book
Corelli faced rejection when Hall Caine, Bentley's chief reader, condemned her debut A Romance of Two Worlds. After initial setback, she found another publisher who accepted the manuscript, leading to later success and wealth from subsequent novels.
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Corelli
Caine
Hall Caine
Marie Corelli
Marile Corelli
London
Bentley
Breathless we strive for wealth and worldly sway
A reflective critique on pursuit of wealth and power, contrasting sacred frugality with modern excess. The passage cites moral decline through an inn sign, linked to Florence Goates and a Century reference, then condemns rising spirits and alcohol, noting a shift in professional stance on alcohol overindulgence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Medical Men and Intoxicants Petition for School Instruction
Dr C W Saleeby notes petition sent to UK medical practitioners urging education on alcohol in schools. He cites Canada Australia and the US as models and argues physiology shows alcohol is a toxin to protoplasm, lowers body temperature, and impairs mental processing while creating illusion of ease. He warns against prewar notions of alcohol as beneficial to doctors or cure-alls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Saleeby
London Daily Chronicle
United Kingdom
Canada
Victoria
South Australia
Natal
United States
Great Britain
Germany
France
America
Industrial Drinking and Alcoholic Poisoning Rules
Dr W C Sullivan told the medico-psychological association that chronic alcoholic poisoning, not simple drunkenness, drives most social harm from alcohol. He contrasted convivial drinking driven by luxury with industrial drinking tied to poor living conditions and work. Reducing industrial drinking requires higher living standards, restricted alcohol access during work, hygienic substitutes, and temperate guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Sullivan
Medico-Psychological Association of
Great Britain and Ireland
Defective Children and Alcohol in Belgium
The Le Bien Social article notes 954 scholars in Belgian schools for defective children, while the Society for the Protection of Defective Children suggests at least 8,000 affected youths with many uneducated. It cites a Antwerp teacher who quit alcohol after seeing harms, and questions whether rich distillers and retailers should bear the costs of education and remedies. It also links drink to crime, claiming 75 percent of criminals are alcoholics and urging accountability for the alcohol trade.
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le Bien Social
Society For the Protection of
Belgium
Antwerp
Io Alcohol
Model Village in Birmingham Waterworks Model Project
A British account describes Tan the site of Birmingham's new waterworks as the most complete model village in England. Built ten years ago for navvies, it features a suspended entrance bridge, strict quarantine for job seekers, a single public house serving beer only to adults, and limited daily hours from 12:30 to 2 and 5:30 to 9, with Sunday closure.
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Corporation Council of
Birmingham
England
United Kingdom Alliance
Tan
Birmingham Corporation
Rubicon
French statesmen Back Pension Scheme for Seniors
Leading French figures including Rouvier Combes and Trouillot approve a plan to grant every person over sixty a pension of 72 francs annually. If enacted the program would cost about 60 million dollars yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouvier
Combes
Trouillot
Census by card system to streamline Iowa data collection
Des Moines reports the Iowa census will switch to a card system next year with statistican Patterson assisting the secretary of the executive council. Cards issued via county auditors go to assessors and back to the secretary of state for compilation, reducing costs and easing returns. Delinquent assessors face state action.
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Des Moines
Executive Council
Iowa
Patterson
Secretary of State
Davison
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Ottilie A. Liljencrantz
A. GC. McClurg & CO
Pilgiva
Emma
Normandy
Difgiva
Ethelred
Thor
Black Ymer
King Himealf
Lord King
Rothgar Lodbroksson
Frode
Severstan
Lodbrok
King
Dee Opics
Rible
National Council of Congregational Churches
Plymouth Congregational Church
Amory H. Bradford
New Jersey
New Liberty Savings Bank
Scott County
Smith McPherson
Martin
Arnold Buethien
Gashier
Beuthiens
New Liberty Bank
Louis Block
Davenport
Supreme Court
Odebolt
Grey Bay Lumber Company
Furriekse
Town City
State University
A. M. Linn
State Board of Health
Supreme Court of
Japan
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